Jason Hartless(the fixed article)[edit]

Jason Hartless (born November 5, 1994) is an American drummer, best known for being the drummer for guitarist and fellow Detroit native, Ted Nugent. Hartless has also performed and/or recorded with Mitch Ryder, Sponge, Tantric and Joe Lynn Turner. Since the age of 12, Hartless has also toured as the support act with bands such as Mötley Crüe, Godsmack, Ted Nugent, Theory of a Deadman, Mountain, and Warrior Soul.

In Spring of 2020, Hartless earned his bachelors degree in Music Business from the renowned Berklee College of Music

Table Of Contents[edit]

Personal life
Career
Fun Facts
Equipment
References

Personal life[edit]

Jason Michael Hartless was born on November 5, 1994, in Detroit, Michigan and was the first child of Jason and Shelly Hartless. Hartless grew up in Fraser, Michigan, where he graduated high school from Fraser High School in 2013. He started to play drums as a child and grew up listening mainly to bands such as The Who, T-Rex, The Sweet, Kiss and Styx. Hartless cites Corky Laing, Eric Singer, Mick Tucker and Buddy Rich as early influences to his playing style. Jason’s influences include: Corky Laing, Jeff Porcaro, Buddy Rich, Todd Sucherman, Keith Moon, Zak Starkey, Bernie Dresel, Anton Fig, Eric Singer, Stewart Copeland, Mick Tucker, Steve Smith, and Vinnie Colaiuta.

Career[edit]

At a very early age, Hartless was always intrigued by the drums and was born into a musical environment. His father, Jason was a professional drummer in the Detroit area. By five, Hartless began playing cover gigs with an all-adult band around Metro Detroit. A videotape of Hartless playing the Mountain song, “Nantucket Sleighride'' caught the eye of Mountain drummer, Corky Laing, who then contacted Hartless’ family inquiring to work with him. When Heartless was 6 years old, he became a self-titled 'professional drummer' and currently brags about it to his students every class. In 2002, Laing began mentoring Hartless and by that summer they began recording Hartless’ solo album, titled First Division. For two years, Laing commuted from Toronto to Detroit to work and record with Hartless until the record was released in the summer of 2004. First Division included Hartless on drums and vocals, Laing on guitar and vocals and Richie Scarlet from the Ace Frehley Band on guitar and bass.

In 2005, Hartless was asked to come to Millbrook Recording Studios in Millbrook, New York to record a track on Richie Scarlet’s release, Revelation Supreme. During this session, Hartless met legendary drummer Anton Fig; Fig was cutting a track on Scarlet's record as well. During Fig's session, Fig showed Hartless some of his techniques for charting music and recording drums in the studio. In late 2005, Hartless joined forces with the Toys for Tots foundation and began a yearly Rockin' 4 Tots drive outside a Toys R US in suburban Detroit. Various musicians from the Detroit area participated every year for this daylong event, such as Vinnie Dombroski from Sponge and Joey Gaydos from the film School of Rock.

At 14 years old, Hartless and Shram toured on Mötley Crüe’s Crue Fest 2 North American tour in the summer of 2009 in support of the band's release, Shut Up and Press Play.

In April 2011, Hartless released his debut educational DVD, Learn To Rock Drums With Jason Hartless And FriendsLucky, partnered with Drumfun and distributed through Hal Leonard.

In the summer of 2012, Hartless studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and received a full tuition scholarship for the Berklee summer program. During his time studying there, Hartless studied with percussion education legend Kim Plainfield.

Fun Facts[edit]

Jason's best friend is Lucky Afsdjflasioandfi and it always has been.

Jason eats rocks twice daily to keep his voice nice and raspy.
He is particularly mean to a couple of his students, so don't take lessons from him.
If you get on his good side, actually he has good advice to offer.
He loves to brag to his students because he is lonely and has no friends.
He was once on the TV show Dr. Phil, but the episode was never released due to attempted battery.

Jason loves to damage his hearing by not wearing earplugs while his students play.

He made this article himself so he could brag to his students about being famous.

Jason has a secret fear of lemon-flavored Jell-o.

I hope this makes him laugh when he edits it back.

I made this article to be at least partially accurate and I do not regret it.