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Site has gone defunct and was bought by someone who put a Japanese site up (not the band's) so I've changed the link to go to the last-available archive.org URL of the band's version of pitchshifter.com
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = JS Clayden live.JPG
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| Name name = JS Clayden
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| Background background = solo_singer
| Birth_name birth_name = Jonathan Seth Clayden
| Alias alias = JS Clayden
| birth_place = =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|24|df=y}}
| Origin origin = [[London]], England
| Instrument instruments = [[Singing|Vocals]], [[Programming (music)|drum programming]]
| Genre genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[electronica]], [[drum and bass]], [[industrial metal]], [[nu metal]], [[death metal]] (early)
| Occupation occupations = [[Record producer|Producer]], [[Musicianmusician]], [[Vocalistvocalist]]
| Years_active years_active = 1989-present1989–present
| Label label = [[PSI Records|PSI]]
| Associated_acts current_member_of = [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]], [[Doheny (band)|Doheny]]
| past_member_of = Doheny
| URL = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502025250/http://www.pitchshifter.com:80/ pitchshifter.com]
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'''JS Clayden''' (born '''Jonathan Seth Clayden''', 24 March 1971, [[London]], England) is a British singer/songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the band [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]]. He moved to several towns in the [[United Kingdom]], settling in [[Nottingham]], [[England]] for a number of years before emigrating to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He is also the brother of Pitchshifter's bassist, '''Mark Clayden'''.▼
 
== Biography ==
▲'''JS Clayden''' (born '''Jonathan Seth Clayden''', 24 March 1971, [[London]], England) is a British singer/songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the band [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]]. He moved to several towns in the [[United Kingdom]], settling in [[Nottingham]], [[England]] for a number of years before emigrating to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He is also the brother of Pitchshifter's bassist, '''Mark Clayden'''.
In 1989, Clayden, along with his brother and bassist/programmer Mark Clayden, formed the musical group [[Pitchshifter]] (then called "Pitch Shifter"),<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=309/10}}</ref> going on to found [[PSI Records]] in 2002.▼
 
==Biography Career ==
He has worked with producers such as [[Dave Jerden]] and Machine . Other collaborators include longtime friend [[Jello Biafra]]. He also completed remixes for bands like [[The Stereophonics]], [[Prong (band)|Prong]] and, [[Clawfinger]] and [[Pigface]]. He has also commissioned a wide range of mixes from the likes of [[Rob Swift]], [[Luke Vibert]], [[DJ Punc Roc]] and [[Therapy?]]. He has also appeared inon the [[This Is Menace]] album ''[[The Scene Is Dead]]'', in the track "Cut Us (And We Bleed)".▼
▲In 1989, Clayden, along with his brother and bassist/programmer Mark Clayden, formed the musical group [[Pitchshifter]] (then called "Pitch Shifter"), going on to found [[PSI Records]] in 2002.
 
JS was also, along with [[Billy Morrison]], a founding member of Doheny, a short-lived indie rock band, based in California. The music was inspired by [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Stone Temple Pilots]] and Incubus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-pitchshifter-singer-j-s-clayden-doheny-is-about-energy-and-positivity|title=Ex-PITCHSHIFTER Singer J.S. CLAYDEN: 'DOHENY Is About Energy And Positivity'|newspaper=Blabbermouth|access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref> The band split in 2005 after failing to secure a record deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=16144|title=Doheny Split Up|newspaper=Metalunderground.com|access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
==Career==
▲He has worked with producers such as [[Dave Jerden]] and Machine . Other collaborators include longtime friend [[Jello Biafra]]. He also completed remixes for bands like [[The Stereophonics]], [[Prong (band)|Prong]] and [[Clawfinger]] and [[Pigface]]. He has also commissioned a wide range of mixes from the likes of [[Rob Swift]], [[Luke Vibert]], [[DJ Punc Roc]] and [[Therapy?]]. He has also appeared in [[This Is Menace]] album ''[[The Scene Is Dead]]'', in the track "Cut Us (And We Bleed)".
 
Jonathan Clayden is now the Director of Graduate and Professional Education Programs and Services and Assistant Dean, Program & Enrollment Management, at Tseng College, California State University, Northridge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aacrao.org/people/jonathan-s.-clayden|title=Jonathan S. Clayden|newspaper=AACRAO|access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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==External linksReferences ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.pitchshifter.com Pitchshifter official site]
* [http://www.psirecords.com PSI Records]
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[[Category:Musicians from London]]
[[Category:Nu metal singers]]
[[Category:Pigface members]]
[[Category:Musicians from Nottingham]]
[[Category:21st-century English singers]]
[[Category:21st-century British male singers]]
[[Category:British emigrants to the United States]]
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