Jason Matthew Thirsk was the former bass

Bass guitar

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 player of the California

California

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Pennywise

Pennywise (band)

Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....

 who grew up in Hermosa Beach, California

California

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.

Thirsk, who had been in rehabilitation for alcoholism

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 and suffered from depression

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, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 28. The band decided to continue making music after Thirsk's death, and brought in bass

Bass guitar

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 guitarist Randy Bradbury

Randy Bradbury

Randy Bradbury is the current bass guitar player for the Californian punk band Pennywise.He joined in October 1995 when founding bass player Jason Thirsk left the band. Randy was supposed to switch to rhythm guitar when Thirsk returned, but it never happened due to Thirsk's suicide in 1996...

 from One Hit Wonder

One Hit Wonder (band)

One Hit Wonder was a Californian punk band that made its debut in 1994.Front man Dan Root is credited as playing guitar for Tender Fury,Rik L Rik, Keith Morris Buglamp, The Adolescents, The Vandals appearing in the 1987 movie "Dudes". Randy Bradbury played bass on the first two One Hit Wonder...

. The band then set about writing an album of new material which was made up of mostly anti-suicide

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 messages. One of Pennywise's most popular songs, "Bro Hymn", was originally written by Thirsk as a tribute to three of his friends, Tim Colvin, Carlos Canton, and Tom Nichols, who died in a car accident. The band re-recorded the song after his death as a tribute to their fallen bandmate, replacing the line "Canton, Colvin, Nichols, this one's for you" with "Jason Matthew Thirsk, this one's for you", and renaming the track "Bro Hymn Tribute". It appears as the final track on Full Circle

Full Circle (Pennywise album)

Full Circle is the fourth full-length album by the punk band Pennywise. It was released on April 22, 1997 and was digitally remastered on March 8, 2005 on the original label. This is the first Pennywise studio album to feature Randy Bradbury, who replaced bassist Jason Thirsk, who had committed...

 released in 1997, and also live on Live @ the Key Club

Live @ the Key Club

Live @ the Key Club is the only live album released by California punk rock band Pennywise. It was released in 2000.-Track listing:All songs composed by Pennywise, except for "Minor Threat," which is a Minor Threat cover.# "Intro" – :47...

, released in 2000. Justin Thirsk, Jason's brother and drummer from 98 Mute

98 Mute

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, appears on the re-recording both on drums and vocals.

Thirsk's Pennywise discography

• A Word From the Wise
  A Word from the Wise
  A Word from the Wise is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the second EP Wildcard.-Track listing:...
  
  (1989, EP)
• Wildcard
  Wildcard (Pennywise EP)
  Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the first EP A Word from the Wise.-Track listing:...
  
  (1989, EP)
• Pennywise
  Pennywise (album)
  Pennywise is the self-titled debut album by the melodic hardcore punk band Pennywise, released on Epitaph Records on October 22, 1991.-Writing and production:Writing for the first Pennywise album began around 1989/1990...
  
  (1991)
• A Word from the Wise/Wildcard (1992, compilation of the EPs)
• Unknown Road
  Unknown Road
  Unknown Road is the second album by Pennywise, released on August 17, 1993 through Epitaph Records. After frontman Jim Lindberg briefly left the band during touring in support of its previous album, Pennywise , Pennywise began the recording sessions for their second album...
  
  (1993)
• About Time
  About Time (Pennywise album)
  About Time is the third studio album by Pennywise, released on June 13, 1995.Although the album was not a commercial success, it is widely considered to be one of Pennywise's best releases, and it includes their concert staples, "Peaceful Day", "Perfect People", "Every Single Day", and "Same Old...
  
  (1995)

and see also

• Full Circle
  Full Circle (Pennywise album)
  Full Circle is the fourth full-length album by the punk band Pennywise. It was released on April 22, 1997 and was digitally remastered on March 8, 2005 on the original label. This is the first Pennywise studio album to feature Randy Bradbury, who replaced bassist Jason Thirsk, who had committed...
  
  (1997, dedicated to him)
• No Heroes
  No Heroes (Humble Gods album)
  No Heroes is the second album by the California Punk Rock band Humble Gods released October 15, 1996. This album follows their 1995 debut release Humble Gods...
  
  (1996) Humble Gods
  Humble Gods
  Humble Gods is a Punk Rock band from Hermosa Beach, California. Kottonmouth Kings' frontman Daddy X created the band. October 17, 1995 the band released its debut self-titled album Humble Gods on Wea Records. The band had a number of members come and go throughout its career, including two untimely...
  
  (This was the last official recording to ever feature Jason Thirsk).