Jason Hammel plays drums with husband and wife duo in which American indie band formed in 1997?
Jason Hammel (musician) Jason Edward Hammel is an American musician, producer, and actor. He is a vocalist and drummer for Mates of State, of which he is half complemented by his wife, Kori Hammel, a vocalist and keyboardist for the band. Hammel went to high school in Stewartville, Minnesota, where he played in rock bands. He then attended Kansas University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. There in 1997 he met Kori, then Kori Gardner. They moved to San Francisco together and got married. He trains martial arts and is a black belt in kyokushin karate. In 2015, alongside his wife he starred in his first feature film, The Rumperbutts. Jason and Kori live in Connecticut
Motion City Soundtrack Motion City Soundtrack was an American rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and drummer Tony Thaxton. Over the course of their nearly twenty-year career, the group toured heavily and released six studio albums, the majority on independent label Epitaph Records. The band's sound, at times described as pop punk or emo, made notable use of the Moog synthesizer.