Jesse Wilder
Jesse Wilder is an American musician from Orange County, California.
Career
Wilder's first band was The Scholars,[1] in which he sang, played saxophone and keyboards, then began writing songs with Aaron Barrett for Reel Big Fish. With Isaiah Ikey Owens (Mars Volta) and others he formed Teen Heroes,[1] which played in the Orange County scene in the nineties and broke up in August 2000.
Soon later Wilder, with his old friend Scott Klopfenstein from The Scholars and Reel Big Fish, recorded an album under the name of Pal. Greg Parkin played drums, Ed Kampwirth played bass, and the album was produced by John Avila; however, the album was not released until years later due to Scott Klopfenstein's contract with Mojo Records.
He then made a living playing second guitar, keyboards and back up vocals for Neville Staple of The Specials, Chris Cacavas of (Green on Red, Giant Sand, Calexico), and others.
He founded Makeshift Love Affair with Pal's bassist Ed Kampwirth and Chris Clawson of My Superhero and the Neville Staple project. At the same time Klopfenstein had been playing along with Greg Parkin on drums, Wilder joined the group The Littlest Man Band and toured that winter in England. Soon later they released a studio album in September 2004 only to break up in 2006, as did Makeshift Love Affair. Since then Wilder had played briefly with The All-American Rejects and released various studio sessions.
His most recent band was ForceField On, whose first full-length album was released in 2007. He also played with Isaiah Ikey Owens in Look Daggers, with rapper 2Mex. Along with former Teen Heroes guitarist, Peter Berberich, he made the music for the online multi-player puzzle game system called Skill City Games.
Discography
| Band | Album | Year | Record Label | Involvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scholars | "I'm in a Band" | 1994 | Piss Off Records | vocals |
| The Goodwin Club | "Goodwin Club EP" | 1995 | saxophone | |
| Reel Big Fish | "Turn the Radio Off" | 1996 | Piss Off Records | co-songwriter, backing vocals |
| Teen Heroes | "Take Warning: The Songs of Operation Ivy" | 1997 | Glue Factory Records | vocals, guitar |
| "Hear You Me! A Tribute to Mykel and Carli" | 1997 | Vast Records | vocals, guitar | |
| "Audio Satellite" | 1998 | Glue Factory Records | guitar, keys | |
| "Where Is My Mind?: A Tribute to the Pixies" | 1999 | Glue Factory Records | vocals, guitar | |
| "Songs for the Broken Hearted" | 1999 | Glue Factory Records | vocals, guitar | |
| The Scholars | "Last Great Record of The 20th Century" | 1999 | Vegas Records | vocals, keys |
| Pal | "The Preface" | 2000 | vocals, guitar, keys, bass | |
| The Specials | "Greatest Hits" | 2000 | guitar, keys, backing vocals | |
| Chris Cacavas | "Bumbling Home From the Star" | 2002 | guitar, keys, backing vocals | |
| "Kneel" | 2002 | guitar, keys, backing vocals | ||
| The Littlest Man Band | "Better Book Ends" | 2004 | At The Helm Records | guitar, keys, backing vocals |
| Sidecar | "Stars are Out on this Rusty Night" | 2005 | guitar | |
| Josiah | "Josiah" | 2005 | keys | |
| Makeshift Love Affair | "Elf Titled EP" | 2005 | Hey You Come Back With My Records | vocals, guitar, keys |
| Forcefield On | "Thunder Road EP" | 2006 | Hey You Come Back With My Records | |
| "llipspill" | 2008 | Hey You Come Back With My Records | ||
| Look Daggers | "The Patience EP" | 2007 | Up Above Records | guitar, keys |
| "Suffer in Style" | 2008 | Up Above Records |
References
- 1 2 Griffin, J. R. (22 December 1998). "Pre-Reel Big Fish Scholars Album To See The Light". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.