Operatic.
Jesse grew up in the State College area of Pennsylvania and later moved out to California for skateboarding. He also rode for Zoo York. His favorite skaters are Mike Frazier, Matt Dove, Brian Howard, and Ricky Oyola. Jesse played in a band with Josh Vargo called Operatic. They had a couple songs in Emerica's This Is Skateboarding video from 2003. He got sponsored by Fender after a Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. Some of his favorite bands include Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Biggie Smalls, and Led Zeppelin. He currently runs The Anton Eye, which is a digital marketing and promotion company Jesse started with Josh in 2013.
The photo is by Grant Brittain.
For the info: Thrasher - June 2004 Volume 24 Number 6
Slap - May 1998 Volume 7 Number 5
2 comments:
Operatic! They had a song in Tony Hawk's Underground 2 as well—was always wondering who they were.
Yup. I always thought they had more recordings than they did until I looked into it for this post. They were on the rather obscure side.
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