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Jason Slater

American record producer (1971-2020)

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Jason C. Slater (March 8, 1971, December 9, 2020) was an American record producer and musician. Slater was an original bassist for Third Eye Blind as well as a member of Snake River Conspiracy, Brougham and Revenge of the Triads.

01Biography

Slater grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he helped form the bands Third Eye Blind, Brougham and Snake River Conspiracy. He is best known for being the co-founder, bassist and backup vocalist of Third Eye Blind from 1993 to 1994. He left the band after its first year. Following his departure from Third Eye Blind, Slater co-founded the rap rock band Brougham with Luke Oakson and the industrial rock band Snake River Conspiracy with Eric Valentine. He was also a member of two supergroups; "Band of Flakes" (with George Lynch), and Revenge of the Triads (with Charlie Clouser and Troy Van Leeuwen).

Outside of his work in bands, Slater produced several albums. He produced five albums for progressive metal band Queensrÿche between 2006 and 2013.

A book on Slater's life and career, Jason Slater: For the Sake of Supposing, was released on March 8, 2025, via Breakdown Room Publishing, LLC.

02Death

On December 9, 2020, Slater died from liver failure at a Maui, Hawaii hospital. He was 49 years old.

03Discography

List of albums with contributions from Jason Slater
Year Artist Album Producer Mixing Engineer Writing Instr. Ref.
1997 Bullmark Interstate '76 soundtrack Yes No No Yes Yes
1998 The Braids Here We Come No No No Yes No
2000 Brougham Le Cock Sportif Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Snake River Conspiracy Sonic Jihad Yes Yes No Yes Yes
2001 Pete pete. Yes No No No No
2002 Earshot Letting Go Yes No No No No
Edify Edify Yes No No No No
2003 Slaves on Dope Metafour Yes Yes No No No
Twisted Method Escape From Cape Coma Yes No No No No
Stimulator Stimulator No No No Yes No
2004 P.M.T. Acupuncture for the Soul Yes Yes No No No
2005 Enemy Hooray for Dark Matter Yes Yes Yes Yes No
2006 Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime II Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Temple of Brutality Lethal Agenda No Yes No No No
2007 Queensrÿche Mindcrime at the Moore No No Yes Yes Yes
Take Cover Yes No Yes No No
2009 American Soldier Yes No No Yes No
2010 Ingrid Michaelson Human Again No No No No Yes
2011 Queensrÿche Dedicated to Chaos Yes No No Yes No
2013 Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche Frequency Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2015 Operation: Mindcrime The Key No No Yes No No
2022 Brougham Bateh Bros. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Unreleased albums

List of unreleased albums with contributions from Jason Slater
Artist Album Producer Mixer Engineer Writing Instr.
Revenge of the Triads Unfinished debut album Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Prizefighter Prizefighter Yes No No No No
Apartment 26 Detachment Yes No No No No
Snake River Conspiracy SRC2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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