Jason Bittner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jason Bittner
Occupation	Drummer
Date Of Birth	Jan 11, 1970(1970-01-11)
Age	54
Birthplace	Niskayuna
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jason Bittner Biography

Jason Bittner is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on January 11, 1970 in Niskayuna, New York, United States. Jason Bittner (born January 11 1970 Niskayuna, New York) is an American drummer popular as the drummer of the American metal group Shadows Fall. The drummer is also the current drummer of Overkill since the year 2017. He also was drummer for Thrash Metal bands Toxik from 2013 until 2014 as well as Flotsam and Jetsam between 2014 and 2017.

He has won many awards like The Modern Drummer Magazine reader poll for the #1 Up and coming Drummer of 2004, as well as in the year 2005. the #1 Best Recorded Performance of The War Within album by Shadows. Shadows Fall album The War Within, #1 Metal drummer (2005/2006) #2 Clinician Drummer! magazine 2011. He is known for his nimble playing, the vast expertise he has in double bass drumming and his ability to play complicated patterns at high speed, and his knowledge of a variety of types of drumming styles, including Latin as well as jazz.

In the early winter months of 2007, Bittner spent much of his time writing and recording old and material for his original band, “Burning Human.” Late March brought the beginning of the Shadows Fall tour cycle supporting Threads of Life, which was released in April 2007. Also during this time period, Bittner started writing a monthly drum column for RHYTHM magazine in the UK, was a faculty member (along with Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, and Horacio Hernandez) at the 2007 Drum Fantasy Camp held at Seton Hall University, and won #1 Metal Drummer and #1 Rising Drumming Star awards in the 2007 DRUM! Reader’s Poll. His book, “Drumming Out of The Shadows,” co-authored by Joe Bergamini, received the #2 award in the DRUM! Reader’s Poll for Best Educational Book, and he was also featured in the book “On the Beaten Path” by Rich Lackowski, the #1 Educational Book of 2008 in the Modern Drummer and DRUM! Magazine reader’s polls. Bittner and Hudson Music launched his first ever instructional DVD entitled “What Drives the Beat” in October 2008, with a clinic tour following its release.

Bittner played an acoustic set with George Lynch (Lynch Mob) and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani) in the first ever acoustic performance of Lynch’s Mr. Scary. The private event was hosted by US Music at the Hilton Hotel for NAMM 2010. In 2011, he signed on as a Zildjian cymbal artist and commenced on a worldwide 30-city drum clinic tour that covered the globe from the US to Australia to Europe, the UK and as far as Russia. 2012 brought the release of Shadows Fall’s new cd “Fire From the Sky” and the band did one tour before Bittner was once again called to fill in for Charlie Benante in Anthrax for a 4-month period over the summer and fall. The band completed the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Festival and its subsequent Canadian tour, and Bittner then returned to Shadows Fall, full-time. At that time, the band was on the road supporting “Fire From the Sky” and did so into most of 2013. Shadows Fall announced a hiatus prior to the end of 2013.

As of September, 2002 the group came out with “The Art of Balance” and then toured across The United States, Japan, and Europe. Through the course of 2005 following the release Shadows Fall’s follow-up album The War Within, Bittner began to establish his credentials as a teacher performing in The Modern Drummer Festival, the DRUMMER live festival in the UK and the clinic tour of Germany and PASIC in November 2005.

Jason Bittner Net Worth

Jason Bittner is one of the richest Drummer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jason Bittner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bittner began taking formal drum lessons at the age 10 years old. However , he claims the fact that he “had been banging on pots, pans, and garbage cans since he was about five.” The resident of Schenectady, New York, He continued to learn and performed in high school as well as Linton high school orchestra and jazz groups before he enrolled at Berklee College of Music in 1988. After a year of intense studying, he quit Berklee to pursue a musical career outside of the academic environment. The result was playing in different hard rock and metal groups throughout the latter half of the eighties and the into the early nineties.

In 1994 He joined the group Stigmata which was a well-known hardcore group from the New York scene, and over the seven years, they recorded three albums as well as a home-video and performed in across the U.S. and Europe with the band. Bittner also performed in the death metal group Burning Human. They recorded 7 songs which would be featured on their album “We The People: A tribute to upstate NY’s hardest.” The majority of the songs would be recorded again for their debut album, which did not release until a decade later after Bittner was joined by Shadows Fall. Burning Human would eventually disband in the mid-90s. Stigmata was disbanded in 2001. in the fall following, Bittner joined Shadows Fall. Initially, he was joined for just one tour across Europe with the group and later chose to remain as a full-time member.

In January 2006, he filled in for Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante for two shows, who could not tour due to family obligations. He also made a surprise guest appearance at a show in Clifton Park, New York in November 2011. He also filled in for Benante for a few shows throughout early 2012, after Gene Hoglan had helped Anthrax out, after the passing of Benante’s mother. He returned once again in late June 2012 filling in for Charlie after he hurt his wrist, continuing to perform with Anthrax through October 2012. Hudson Music released a joint DVD with Bittner and Chris Adler of the American metal band Lamb of God, Pro-Mark introduced the Jason Bittner Signature model 5BX drumstick, and Meinl introduced the Bell Blast ride, designed in conjunction with Jason. He was the cover feature of the UK drum publications, DRUMMER and Rhythm, the cover feature of DRUM!, and participated on Magna Carta’s Drum Nation 3 record. Shadows Fall released “Fallout From the War” on Century Media Records in 2006 and spent the remainder of the year writing and recording Threads of Life at Studio 606 in L.A. with Producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush). Bittner also won the Modern Drummer Reader’s poll for #1 Metal drummer for the second year in a row.

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Jason Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jason Bittner celebrates birthday on January 11 of every year.