Jesse Valencia
American musician, author, and actor (born 1985)
Jesse Michael-Geronimo Valencia is an American musician, author, actor, and founding member of the band Gorky.
Early life
Valencia's family moved to Show Low, Arizona when he was 15 years old. He graduated from Show Low High School. Valencia attended Northern Arizona University where he earned an undergraduate degree in humanities in 2011. He also received two master's degrees there, one in English – Creative Writing in 2014, and other in English – Literature in 2015. He has also served in the military police for the U.S. Army.
Career
Music career
Valencia founded the Indie rock band Gorky as a solo project in Show Low, Arizona in 2001. Drummer Ben Holladay joined the band in 2002. Gorky currently consists of its two founding members and bassist Crabdree and guitarist Benjamin Turner The band has self-released three studio albums. The third album was recorded during Valencia's first semester at the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts after learning the Transcendental Meditation technique, and released in April 2019 to coincide with the release of his debut nonfiction book, Keep Music Evil: The Brian Jonestown Massacre Story.
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