Simon performing with the Devin Townsend Project at The Retinal Circus 2012
Background information
Birth name
Jedson Louis Simon
Born
(1964-02-27) February 27, 1964 (age 60) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Thrash metal, death metal, industrial metal, extreme metal
Occupation(s)
Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1985–present
Website
legionofflames.com
Musical artist
Jedson Louis Simon (born February 27, 1964) is a Canadian guitarist. He was a member of supergroup Scar the Martyr and has been a member of numerous bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, Tenet, and Vimic.
project, Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL), and Jed was a part of SYL until the band's split in 2007. Simon contributed guitars to Heavy as a Really Heavy...
members; this line-up, which consisted of Townsend on vocals and guitar, JedSimon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass, and Gene Hoglan on drums, lasted until...
Vimic is an American heavy metal band consisting of JedSimon, Kyle Konkiel, Matthew Tarach, Kalen Chase, and Steve Marshall. After Joey Jordison left...
American alternative metal band consisting of Joey Jordison, Kris Norris, JedSimon, Kyle Konkiel and Matthew Tarach, active from 2013 to 2015. The band was...
time he joined a popular local group called Caustic Thought, replacing JedSimon on guitar and playing alongside bassist Byron Stroud, both of whom would...
in 1991, and features former Strapping Young Lad members Byron Stroud, JedSimon and Gene Hoglan Zimmers Hole began life as a side project for members...
needed] In April 2013 details emerged of a new band featuring Jordison, JedSimon and Kris Norris. Little else was released except that Jordison had performed...
in 1987, when he was only eighteen years old. The band also featured JedSimon and Devin Townsend. Following Caustic Thought, he made his way to Front...
members Byron Stroud (Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Zimmer's Hole), JedSimon (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmer's Hole), Glen Alvelais (Testament, Forbidden)...
songs, however, featured local session musicians, including guitarist JedSimon, Townsend's future bandmate. "S.Y.L." (1995) "S.Y.L.", the opening track...
Haunted, Peter Tagtgren of Hypocrisy, Seth of Behemoth, Devin Townsend and JedSimon of Strapping Young Lad, Chris McCarthy of Internal Bleeding, Wayne Static...
thrash metal band Tenet, a side project of Strapping Young Lad guitarist JedSimon, from 2003 to 2007. Hoglan left the band on amicable terms in January...
Project line-up, and the special guests were Anneke van Giersbergen and JedSimon, with Steve Vai hosting the show via pre-recorded video projected onto...
spawned a 1993 film adaptation by 20th Century Fox. The series starts with Jed Clampett, a poor, widowed hillbilly who lives with his daughter and mother-in-law...
(Brutal Truth, Damaged), Dan Lilker (Brutal Truth, Nuclear Assault), and JedSimon (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole) until they were all injured in a mysterious...
Jed Harris (born Jacob Hirsch Horowitz; February 25, 1900 – November 15, 1979) was an Austrian-born American theatrical producer and director. His many...
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