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 | J. Bannon Silkscreened and Giclee Prints in the "Possess" section The second phase of my Print Rarities Sale is now underway. Check out what is available by visiting the "Possess" section above. As always, thank you for your support. -J. J. Bannon Facebook Page J. Bannon Official Estore |
 | Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Limited T-Shirt Available now I've released a limited number of T-Shirts featuring the artwork from the Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP. They are printed on a Premium Tultex T-Shirt and are available in Black and White. Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP is now sold out from my site. If you missed out, Deathwish will be distributing a limited amount of the release (on "Coke Bottle Blue" vinyl) at some point soon. Keep an eye out on deathwishinc.com/estore for information. CLICK HERE TO ORDER |
 | Diamonds & Rust Retail and Online Store now open My wife and myself have opened a new retail and online store called Diamonds & Rust. Together we utilize our years of collecting Classic, Mid Century, and Industrial Furniture, Rare Artwork and Antiquities, Religious Artifacts, New England and Nautical Themed items to create a new kind of retail shop. Diamonds & Rust offers these curated vintage and antique items alongside new items from Pendelton Woolen Mills, Field Notes Brand, Thomas Paul, Izola, and many more. Along with our online store, Diamonds & Rust is a brick and mortar store located at 100 Cabot Street (Rt. 1A) in the historic "Fish Flake Hill" neighborhood in Beverly, Massachusetts (one of the oldest settled neighborhoods in America). Diamonds & Rust Online Store is open 24 hours a day. Diamonds & Rust Retail Store is open Thursday - Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 12-5 Diamonds & Rust 100 Cabot Street Beverly MA 01915 USA Diamonds & Rust Website Diamonds & Rust Facebook |
 | Watch now at NOISEY.COM "Rungs in a Ladder" is the latest short form documentary by production team McFarland and Pecci. A meditation on life, art, and purpose, the film centers around Jacob Bannon, an accomplished visual artist and frontman for hardcore band Converge, a group that has been carving its own iconoclastic path through the extreme music landscape for over twenty years. Bannon reflects on the formative events in his life as well as his continuing commitment to creation rather than destruction. A commitment that, he explains, is informed as much by anger as it is by survival. The documentary is a single continuous thought that sprawls in multiple directions but ultimately culminates in a sobering and uplifting statement of purpose. Directed by Ian McFarland, "Rungs in the Ladder" is the latest in an ongoing series of documentaries by McFarland and Pecci profiling people carving a meaningful existence for themselves on the fringes of society. Celebrated filmmakers, the McFarland and Pecci team has been making incisive, thought provoking content for years. "Rungs in the Ladder" continues their own steadfast commitment to the will fill act of creation. www.Noisey.com McFarland and Pecci on Facebook |
 | "The Migration" the first Wear Your Wounds recording from 2001 "The Migration" is a previously unreleased song from 2001. This was the first recording I labeled under the Wear Your Wounds name after the Supermachiner project was put to rest. Feel free to listen below. Wear Your Wounds Bandcamp |
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 | Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP is now sold out The Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP is now sold out from my site, thank you all sincerely for the support. If you missed out, Deathwish will be distributing a limited amount of the release (on "Coke Bottle Blue" vinyl) at some point soon. Keep an eye out on deathwishinc.com/estore for information. Revelator is the somber vision of musician Ben Chisholm, who is also a full time member of Chelsea Wolfe. Recording under the name "White Horse" since 2010, he has released a number of highly praised experimental solo recordings including "Final Coordinates" and "The Revenant Gospels I, II, and III". Sighting other artists working under that same moniker, the name was eventually put out to pasture in 2012. With this fresh start, Revelator offers "Net of Gems", a melancholic and haunting song driven by a wash of electronics, throbbing percussion, spiraling piano and subtle guitar work. He effortlessly constructs a sonic world which conjures up delicate hallucinogenic visions akin to a spry Pink Floyd, but darker and more ethereal. Wear Your Wounds is the product of years of solo experimentation by founding Converge member Jacob Bannon. Picking up where his avante-garde projects Irons and Supermachiner left off, "Adrift In You" quickly builds into a hook laden storm of sound. Subtle electronics, massive guitars, and huge percussion swirl as poignant vocals call from the eye of it all. Bringing to mind the stark sounds of Swans, Killing Joke, My Bloody Valentine, and other like minded artists. |
 | Converge "All We Love We Leave Behind" available now "All We Love We Leave Behind", the new Converge album is available now everywhere. We worked extremely hard on the album over much of the first half of this year. Hopefully you will dig the end result. You can order the album at the links below. Click here to order in the Converge Estore Click here to order in the DW Estore Converge on Facebook Converge on Twitter Converge on Tumblr |
 | "Lightning Strikes" The new Silkscreened Print Project To coincide with the Converge & Napalm Death split 7"EP, I have released a new silkscreened print project titled "Lightning Strikes". There are four editions, each limited to 100 prints only. They are available now in the "Possess" section of this website. As always, thank you for your continued support. J. Bannon Facebook Page J. Bannon Official Estore |
 | J. Bannon x Instagram I've made my Instagram feed open to the public. Feel free to follow me for visual updates on all things I am involved in on a daily basis. Simply search "jbannon" using the Instagram App and you should be able to find me. Thanks people. -J. |
 | Frozen In Time... Here's a list of things I am working on at the moment and/or recently completed... Music: OUT NOW Converge "All We Love We Leave Behind". OUT NOW Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP. Wear Your Wounds album mixing is moving forward. A variety of other recordings will begin to surface soon. New Converge DVD video material is collected and editing is underway. Artwork: North Shore Muay Thai Brand Identity Converge NZ/Aussie/Japan Tour Apparel Cold Cave "Oceans With No End" EP Converge "Caring and Killing" vinyl version (Hydra Head) The Universal Monsters Art Show Life & Death in Black & White Art Show Fice "Day Of The Dead" Art Show Converge "All We Love We Leave Behind" Palm "My Darkest Friend" Album The Jane Project Converge & Napalm Death Split 7"EP Wear Your Wounds & Revelator Split 7"EP Other: All things Deathwish... Be sure to check out the J. Bannon Social Networking Pages for daily updates. As always, thanks for the support. -J. J. Bannon Facebook Page J. Bannon Official Estore |
 | Irons & Pulling Teeth "Grey Savior" Split 12"LP available now in the DW Estore This long awaited split 12"LP is available now via Deathwish. Aside from my musical contributions in Irons, I also have a remix of Pulling Teeth's "Dismissed In Time" on their side of the release. Here's the Deathwish Description: Irons: J. Bannon (Converge, etc), Dwid Hellion (Integrity, etc), and Stephen Kasner (Blood Fountains) are "Irons". A collective effort to create apocalyptic, non-linear music from a primal fine art based mindset. With this release, Irons have forged a pensive sonic reflection ripe with melancholy and despair. Electronic textures, haunting vocals, and unorthodox guitar work all dance together to create an unforgettable melodic portrait that is unlike anything out there today. Pulling Teeth: A stylistic departure for Pulling Teeth, here they utilize this release to tread into deeper, more experimental, musical waters. The featured opus "Generals Of Dark Hymns" shows a new kind of dynamic emerging from their dark well of creative character. Slowing the pace only to crash down with a force merely hinted at in previous Pulling Teeth recordings. The release also features a J. Bannon (Converge, etc) remix of "Dismissed In Time", the epic closing track from their heralded "Martyr Immortal" album. IRONS & Pulling Teeth "Grey Savior" Audio Player IRONS Apparel & Releases in the DW Estore Pulling Teeth Releases & Apparel in the DW Estore |
 | Supermachiner "Rust" 2XCD Collection out now Limited to 1000 hand assembled copies, this release is available exclusively in the DW Estore. No retail version will be made available. Nearing a decade after the only proper Supermachiner release, Deathwish brings you "Rust", the complete 30 track 2XCD Supermachiner collection. "Rust" features the sought after "Rise of the Great Machine" tracks, as well as four track ghosts of forgotten songs, and other unique audio experiments. All of it showcasing the artistic spirit that made Supermachiner such a unique animal for the time. Foreshadowing the future marriage between "post hardcore", "noise rock", and "shoe-gaze" genres that dominates today's avant garde/experimental music world. Supermachiner "Rust" Audio Player Supermachiner Releases & Apparel in the DW Estore J. Bannon Facebook Page J. Bannon Official Estore |
 | A few answers to the same questions... Thank you to everyone who has checked out the site so far, it's appreciated. First thing to mention, please do not email me about a project as I am not taking any on at the moment. It's simply not possible for me at this time. Also, since I received a number of emails about how I make things, I figured it may be best to make an entry here about that, etc. Tattoos: I have a healthy respect for the tattoo world. Though I appreciate when I see my work tattooed on a person, I do not design tattoos for anyone at this time. Illustrations/Mixed Media work: I make a majority of my work by hand. Ie: I do not use Photoshop brushes/effects in my work. I'm not that technologically advanced to do such a thing. My use of a computer is extremely basic in that regard. It's a great tool to clean up images, but I don't see it as a creative tool by itself. Many commercial projects I work on require a great deal of versatility/flexibility in their uses and sizing. Because of this, I tend to construct pieces physically in layers, and will scan those elements for later use. Photography also plays a major part in what I create. Overall Advice: Learn to be poor yet dedicated, forever. Step away from the computer every chance you can and learn how to be flexible as an artist/designer. Learn art history, color theory, grid systems, typography, photography, and illustration. Work with other artists/designers around you. We all learn from one another. Education is everything, but the institution isn't. School is great, but retaining information is better. With that said, Art School is great for some and a waiting room for others. It's certainly not a requirement to be an artist. Once you have a knowledge base, the world is yours to make. To summarize, I am a person just like you, no better or worse. I work to create things that I find interesting and fulfilling on a variety of levels. My advice to you is to find your voice and do the same, and hopefully it will lead you in a positive direction. Good luck. J. Bannon Facebook Page J. Bannon Official Estore |