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Who is JAGER HENRY
Music medicates even the deepest wounds. Jager Henry not only harnesses this power in his songs, but he also transmits it out loud through an intriguing and infectious hybrid of rock, metal, and alternative. One moment, he might scream straight from the gut over gnashing distortion only to enrapture with an airy melody in the next. He unassumingly continues one of the most respected bloodlines in rock ‘n’ roll history as the son of powerhouse drummer Jason Bonham and the grandson of Led Zeppelin drum icon John Bonham, yet he heeds his own calling as a frontman and songwriter.
Clear intent defines his 2024 self-titled independent debut EP, Jager Henry.
“I’m not focused on a viral hit or trying to be the next big thing,” he notes. “I just want to make music. I always battled depression, but I would connect to certain songs and find joy. This is my art. If I can save a few souls along the way, there would be nothing better.”
Born in the UK, he primarily grew up in Florida. Surrounded by music, he really opened his eyes to it at 12-years-old. Hanging out in a nondescript dressing room, he heard his dad perform “Juke Box Hero” with Foreigner, and the moment proved revelatory. “They were playing a casino, so I wasn’t allowed to be on the floor,” he recalls. “I literally listened through the wall, and it was the moment I understood music was in my blood.” From this point forward, he admittedly “dabbled here and there.” He often dressed up like Angus Young with a Gibson SG, cracking up his parents in the process. Simultaneously, the stereo rotated between AC/DC, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park, and Led Zeppelin, offering “a mix between old school and new school.”
At 17-years-old, he started to record demos in his bedroom, pursuing his craft seriously for the first time. He tracked hundreds of ideas on a makeshift interface with a $50 microphone from Guitar Center. Making his introduction, he dropped “Wake Me Up” in 2021 followed by “Love Yourself” [feat. Ray Luzier of Korn]. Beyond gaining traction on DSPs with hundreds of thousands of streams, New Noise christened him “an artist who can create layered and immersive songs that capture all sides of the human experience,” and Loudwire attested, “the angsty nature of the song is closer to that of Machine Gun Kelly than the ‘70s bluesy rock giants.”
Settling in Los Angeles during 2022, he packed the Viper Room for his first proper headline gig in between touring with Beauty School Dropout. However, a random encounter set his next chapter in motion. He serendipitously met producer Noah Thomas through a group of mutual friends. Soon after, he found himself in a downtown apartment where he recorded the EP with Noah behind the board.