Jason Thirsk

Jason Matthew Thirsk (December 25, 1967 - July 29, 1996) was the former bass player of the California punk band Pennywise. Thirsk, who had been in rehabilitation for alcoholism and suffered from depression, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he was 28 years old. The band kept going, though, as bass player Randy Bradbury stepped in.

Albums appeared on by Pennywise

• Wildcard (1988, EP)
• A Word From the Wise (1989, EP)
• Wildcard/A Word From the Wise (1990, compilation of the EPs)
• Pennywise (1991)
• Unknown Road (1993)
• About Time (1995)
• Full Circle (1997, dedicated to him)