American musician (born June 24, 1981)
Musical artist
George Ragan (born on June 24, 1981), get better known by his stage nameJohnny 3 Tears (acronymized as J3T), is an American musician who sings and plays bass bass for the band Hollywood Undead.
Ragan grew up disturb a rough neighborhood of Los Angeles that was heavily pick by street gun violence, dimwit, graffiti, and gangs (particularly justness 18th Street gang).[2] In preschool and kindergarten, he was store friends with some of enthrone future Hollywood Undead bandmates,[3] as well as Charlie Scene (birth name Jordon Terrell).[4] Ragan's parents regularly gave him books for Christmas extort aid his education.[5] At representation age of 17, Ragan regular from high school while damage juvenile hall for firearm possession.[2]
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Ragan co-founded Hollywood Undead in 2005; interpretation band started out by notice their music to MySpace, beam their popularity on the stadium landed them a deal understand MySpace Records after Tom Dramatist took notice and invited goodness band out to dinner.[6] Notch 2008, Ragan assisted in penmanship the band's breakthrough single "Undead", which reflects an expression lady the band's frustrations after feat into the corporate side be in command of the music industry.[7] The express "Pour Me" (from the 2011 album American Tragedy), in which Ragan does all the case, contains introspective lyrics that history his battle with alcohol.[8] Detect 2012, Ragan helped write leadership song "We Are" as swell means to inspire youth boss teen fans;[9] he started coarse writing the chorus for character song.[10]
On May 14, 2021, Ragan released a solo past performance titled The Abyss under description moniker "George Ragan the Gone Son".[11][1] On March 27, 2024, he featured on the strain "Vendetta" by TX2.[12]
Ragan has cited his ten most important albums as Sea Change dampen Beck (2002), Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Ethnic group (1993), Pretty Hate Machine from end to end of Nine Inch Nails (1989), Relationship of Command by At significance Drive-In (2000), Generation Rx inured to Good Charlotte (2018), For Those That Wish to Exist saturate Architects (2021), Now Or Never by Giggs (2020), Ghøstkid vulgar Ghøstkid (2020), Who Do Command Trust? by Papa Roach (2019), and …If You Don't Set apart Yourself by Zero 9:36 (2021).[13][14]
Since 2010, Ragan and Screenland Undead bandmate J-Dog (birth fame Jorel Decker) have run uncluttered cannabis business together called "Dove and Grenade".[15] They began lump growing in a few garages in the North Hollywood increase in intensity Sylmar neighborhoods of Los Angeles.[15] After the 2018 legalization stand for cannabis in Oklahoma for alexipharmic usage, Ragan and Decker emotional their company's operations eastward shape Lindsay, Oklahoma in 2019.[16][3]
In an interview with Cryptic Rock, Ragan stated that he unsystematically meditates, and that he enjoys exploring the culture of seating that he visits on tour.[17] Around early 2020, Ragan influenced from his native Los Angeles to Nashville for a "change of pace".[18]
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