Jason Wade

Jason Michael Wade was born in Camarillo, California. He was brought up in a Christian family along with his older sister Jamie. His parents were missionaries, and he traveled with them to Hawaii, Japan, Thailand, Sinagpore and Hong Kong, before finally returning to the US after four years away. Wade's parents divorced when he was 12 and he moved with his mother to Port Orchard, Washington. It was during this time that he picked up his mothers guitar and taught himself to play. Three years later, his mother relocated the family to Los Angeles after insisting Port Orchard was too small and restricting for Jason and his emerging talents. It was in Los Angeles that he met bass player Sergio Andrade and drummer Jon "Diff" Palmer. They gigged around the Los Angeles area and soon built up a reputation, playing high school and college campuses under the name Blyss. Word-of-mouth soon reached producer Ron Aniello who eventually introduced the band to Jude Cole who called DreamWorks Records pr