1. Jonathan Patrick Wurster was born on October 31,1966 and is an American drummer, percussionist, vocalist and comedy writer.
20 Facts About Jon Wurster
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Jon Wurster is known for appearing on The Best Show with Tom Scharpling.
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Jon Wurster grew up in the southeastern Pennsylvania town of Harleysville and began playing drums at the age of ten, taking lessons for a few years before playing in local bands.
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In 1984 Jon Wurster joined the psychedelic punk band Psychotic Norman.
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Jon Wurster replaced drummer Doug Whelchel in the Raleigh-based roots rock band The Accelerators for the recording of their second album Dream Train.
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When Dream Train was finally released in 1991, front man Gerald Duncan and Jon Wurster were the only returning members for show at a The Brewery in Raleigh on October 4,1991.
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Jon Wurster moved to Chapel Hill in March 1991 and joined the band Superchunk in October just before the release of its second album, No Pocky for Kitty.
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Jon Wurster has drummed on every Superchunk album since No Pocky.
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Jon Wurster played drums and percussion on the Mountain Goats' 2007 album Heretic Pride and joined the band after the release of the album.
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Jon Wurster has drummed on every subsequent Mountain Goats album.
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Jon Wurster flew from Washington, DC to Los Angeles the day after the Mountain Goats' last show and played his first show with Mould the next night in Solana Beach, California.
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On Feb 10,2023, Jon Wurster announced his exit from Superchunk.
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Scharpling and Jon Wurster released four best of CDs between 1999 and 2007.
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In 2012 Jon Wurster appeared in the music video for Aimee Mann's "Labrador", which was directed by Scharpling.
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The video was a tongue-in-cheek shot-by-shot remake of the 1985 video for Voices Carry by Mann's band 'Til Tuesday, and Jon Wurster stood in for the abusive boyfriend originally played by Cully Holland.
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Jon Wurster is one of only a handful of artists to appear on Late Night as couch guest, musical guest and as a member of the 8G Band.
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Jon Wurster has appeared as an expert witness in the Judge John Hodgman podcast episode "A Trial of Two Cities".
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Jon Wurster has written articles for Rolling Stone, McSweeney's, The Onion and Spin and has been a contributing writer for Modern Drummer since 2003.
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Jon Wurster has written articles about touring and recording as well as features on other drummers.