10 Facts About Jona Bechtolt

Jona Bechtolt is a former member of The Badger King, Dirty Projectors, and The Blow.

Jona Bechtolt never attended high school, instead opting to play drums and tour the US with his brother Joel Bechtolt in their punk band, Allegro.

Jona Bechtolt started working with electronics in the late 1990s.

Jona Bechtolt has been a vegetarian for most of his life and a vegan since 2000.

In early 2009, Jona Bechtolt stated during an interview that he uses unlicensed copies of audio software for music production.

Jona Bechtolt claimed to possess unauthorized copies of software made by Audio Damage and Propellerhead Software, and to have previously used copied versions of Ableton Live.

Jona Bechtolt performed with his group The Badger King with bandmate M Ritchey.

In 2006, Jona Bechtolt collaborated with Khaela Maricich as half of the pop group the Blow to release Paper Television.

Jona Bechtolt toured extensively with the Blow, providing beats and backup vocals until quitting the band in 2007 in order to focus on his work in YACHT.

Jona Bechtolt is a co-founder of the Portland-based popular blogging web community Urban Honking as well as the producer, editor, cameraman and a writer of The Ultimate Blogger.