YouTube Channel Profile Series: jonasgasperas

Here is our last post of this exceedingly quiet month, namely our (delayed) newest YouTube Channel Profile! This monthly feature looks at the content on 1-3 randomly selected YouTube channels whose content is at least half devoted to local metal, hard rock, or punk artists and/or concerts, in order to spotlight their videos for current readers and encourage subscriptions.  This month's randomly selected channel has lots of footage of a late lamented local metal band, so here's what you should know!

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jonasgasperas (http://www.youtube.com/jonasgasperas)

Owner: Elements/Wyld Stallyns drummer Jonas Gasperas, also known from his prior work in bands like Winkstinger, Soldiers of Misfortune, Operation: Killdozer, and The Soo Fighters

Channel Timeline: Launched on July 27th, 2009; Videos uploaded from January 30th, 2010 until May 23rd, 2012

Channel Summary: Jonas' channel features 9 videos relating to his old extreme metal band Winkstinger during their original run in the early 2010s, including seven from live concerts (two of which edited as music videos) and two early jam session clips. Though the concert videos were all posted in early 2012, only one was a brand new upload coinciding with a then-recent set. His last upload is a short video of a truck that Jonas called "the Winkstinger-Mobile", a.k.a. "Gertrude", but it's not otherwise musical.
 
Why You Should Watch: This channel is absolutely worth watching for fans of Winkstinger's classic original era and their best known quintet lineup,  and the videos on offer capture their loose fury well! That said, Jonas has not actively used his channel since 2012, so it does not feature content from Winkstinger shows through their first hiatus in 2013, nor their reunions with different lead singers from 2015-2018. While ostensibly a personal use channel, it doesn't feature any videos of Jonas' other bands.

 Our Recommended Videos To Check Out:

 

WINKSTINGER ...chuddnugget: After the demise of their 2009 band Operation: Killdozer, core members and long-time bandmates Jesse Cook & Jonas Gasperas launched Winkstinger, who first made a public presence in January 2010 via two jam session videos of them rehearsing original material, including live standby "Chudnugget" and two yet-unnamed tracks that you can see at this link. Also featuring singer Alan Wells (ex-Issues) and rhythm guitarist Jason Ladouceur (they were sans bassist at this point), these are promising glimpses at the live favourites that Winkstinger would become in the next few years! However, the dark lighting and poor framing do not help at all, especially with only Jesse not obscured from view and/or facing the camera (you can't even see Jason mid-song!)

 

winkstinger -feel all my hate: The only one of Jonas' Winkstinger concert videos to not come from The Rosie, this one was filmed during their set opening for Garden of Bedlam at the former Foggy Notions (now Coch's Corner) on December 18th, 2010 for Foggy's one year anniversary since their 2009 re-opening. Now featuring Ryan Sherman on bass, this was filmed by an attendee who shot at least one other video from Winkstinger's set for personal Facebook usage. The raw intensity of their original song "Feel All My Hate" comes through nicely here, and the contrast between the well lit stage and the largely darkened band members is effective!



Winkstinger - Where'd We Go Wrong - THE VIDEO.wmv: Jonas' most popular videos are two pseudo-music videos that were edited (at least in part) by Paul Boyer, combining concert footage that I shot during concerts at The Roosevelt Hotel (now Reggie's West) with post-production filters, pictures, and clips from outside sources. One is just called "Winkstinger - The Video", and features footage from multiple concerts and many Batman cartoon excerpts, but features here is the more viewed video for "Where'd We Go Wrong", featuring the studio recording of the song from their unreleased album set to their Rosie set opening for Garden of Bedlam again in July 2011. Well edited, if a little out there from the non-sequitors of outside clips used, but it accurately spotlights the irreverence and humour Winkstinger were known for back in the day! Watch for Dragon Ball, Richard Simmons, and South Park, among other offbeat clips sprinkled throughout!


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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! Next month in this series, we'll end the year by looking at multiple channels again, due to the first randomly selected only having four relevant videos, 3 being from the same jam session. I'll source two to feature from that, and include a single channel video to fill it out. As such, we'll be looking at Marco Pedalino's channel (featuring footage of Airbourne and The Wing-Its) and Soufiane El's channel (featuring a Woods of Ypres lyric video.) Watch for these on or around Boxing Day, and for more news and notes on the site this week, hopefully at a quicker pace than this month! Thanks everyone!