Jason Roeder

Jason Roeder is the drummer of the Oakland-based metal bands Neurosis and Sleep.

Jason Roeder
Jason Roeder performing with Sleep at Roadburn Festival in 2019
Background information
Genres	Doom metal, hardcore punk, experimental, post-metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Neurot, Relapse, Alternative Tentacles, Lookout!, Alchemy
Associated acts	Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Sleep

He played in the hardcore punk band Violent Coercion with Scott Kelly and Dave Edwardson before the trio formed Neurosis in 1985.[1] The group also formed experimental/noise project Tribes of Neurot, Neurosis' alter ego.[2] In 2010, Roeder replaced the retiring drummer of the stoner metal band Sleep.[3]

Equipment

Roeder has played on kits with only a single rack and floor tom since he was 12 years old. He says that the basic set-up forces more creativity. He custom builds his own snare drums while using DW hardware and Paiste cymbals.[4][5]

Discography

Neurosis

• Pain of Mind (1987)
• The Word as Law (1990)
• Souls at Zero (1992)
• Enemy of the Sun (1993)
• Through Silver in Blood (1996)
• Times of Grace (1999)
• A Sun That Never Sets (2001)
• The Eye of Every Storm (2004)
• Given to the Rising (2007)
• Honor Found in Decay (2012)
• Fires Within Fires (2016)

Neurosis & Jarboe

• Neurosis & Jarboe (2003)

Tribes of Neurot

• Rebegin (1995)
• Silver Blood Transmission (1995)
• Static Migration (1998)
• Grace (1999)
• 60° (2000)
• Adaptation and Survival: the Insect Project (2002)
• Meridian (2005)

Sleep

• "The Clarity" (2014)
• The Sciences (2018)
• "Leagues Beneath" (2018)

References

1. Way, Kama (July 31, 2014). "A Chronology for Survival – The Ceaseless Tide of Nerosis". Heavy Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
2. Solis, Matt (August 18, 2016). "Grace Period: Neurosis Talk Times of Grace's Companion Album". Decibel. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
3. Burke, Max (September 13, 2010). "Interview: Sleep". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
4. "Cerebros: Alison Chesley of Helen Money Speaks With Jason Roeder of Neurosis/Sleep". Steel For Brains. 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
5. Thunders, Art (November 5, 2012). "Neurosis: Honor Found in Decay". Trebuchet Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2014.