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Jason White
Background information
Birth name	Jason White
Born	November 11, 1973 (1973-11-11) (age 34) North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Genre(s)	Punk Rock Pop Punk Alternative Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Lead guitar,Rhythm guitar,Bass Guitar,Vocals
Years active	1988 - present
Label(s)	Reprise Records Lookout! Records Adeline Records
Associated acts	Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, Chino Horde, Fishwagon, Step by Step, Numbskulz, The Big Cats, The Influents, Sixteen Bullets, Monsula, Pretty, The Kicks, The Network

Jason White (born November 11, 1973 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a U.S. guitarist who has played in many punk rock bands. He is most notable for being a touring member of Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quatret Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a backing "4th" member of Green Day since they recorded Warning in 1999. But he is not an official member of Green Day. He only goes on some of Green Day's tours, but he does not record with them.

In Summer 1992, White filled in guitar duties at the last minute for Bay Area punk band Monsula, who were performing at Little Rock, AR club Vino's. After the performance, Jason toured as guitarist for the band and eventually relocated to the Bay Area after the breakup of Chino Horde in summer 1993. As a friend of pop-punk trio Green Day, he appeared in the When I Come Around video, where he is seen making out with a girl. In 1995, White joined punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder after the departure of singer/guitarist Mike Kirsch (with whom White had played the previous year in Sixteen Bullets). When Green Day/Pinhead Gunpowder frontman Billie Joe Armstrong started Adeline Records in 1997, Jason helped him run it. He re-appeared with Armstrong for two Green Day shows in 1999, both of which raised money for the Bridge School Benefit. After making Warning: Green Day asked him to assist them on their tour as a second guitarist. He again played with the band during their American Idiot tour.

In 2003, allegedly under the name Balducci, White joined the members of Green Day for their side-project The Network. The band has released one album so far, called Money Money 2020.

In 2005 White played with Green Day in their video, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – the first time that any musician outside the trio appeared as a performer in a Green Day video.

In 2007, White played with Green Day in the video for the cover of "Working Class Hero".

Due to Pinhead Gunpowder's infamy for sporadic get-togethers, White and Gunpowder bassist Bill Schneider began looking to form another band that would be a group the two could focus on. After recruiting Schneider's brother Greg Schneider to join and finally convincing Willie Samuels to play drums, The Influents were formed. White and Greg would become the focus of the band, splitting songwriting duties, as well as singing time. Bill Schneider left the band on good terms after group's first album Check Please to focus on his drum shop and was soon replaced by Johnnie Wentz. The new line-up soon recorded a follow up, Some of the Young and hit the road. Due to personal and creative differences, as well as White's growing dedication to Green Day, The Influents dissolved in 2003.

• Numbskulz (guitar, 1988)
• Step By Step (vocals, 1989-1990)
• Chino Horde (bass, 1990-1993)
• Fishwagon (guitar/vocals, 1991)
• Monsula (guitar, 1992)
• Pretty (bass, 1993)
• Sixteen Bullets (bass, 1994)
• Pinhead Gunpowder (guitar/vocals, 1995-present)
• The Big Cats (bass/vocals, 1996-2000; guitar/vocals, 2000-present)
• Green Day (guitar, 1998-present)
• The Influents (guitar/vocals, 1999-2003)
• The Kicks (guitar, 2000-2004)
• The Network credited as Balducci (guitar, 2003-present)

White joined The Big Cats in 1996, after the temporary departure of bassist Josh Bentley, and took over guitar duties in 2000 after the death of guitarist Shannon Yarbrough. The group is a side project of many musicians, playing live very rarely. Their newest record, On Tomorrow, was released in 2007.

In 2006, Jason recorded a cover of The Replacements "Torture" for the Replacements Cover compilation, "We'll Inherit the Earth".

Featured in the May 2007 release, Towncraft [1], a documentary covering twenty years of the punk music scene in Little Rock, AR, White's home.