Jason Lent was born into a family of performers. His dad was a musician who played with bands such as Dion and the Belmonts but joined the marines and served in the Vietnam war.

His first gig was Madonna, and they paid a princely sum of $20. Aged 4 he moved with his family to south Florida. He studied in Colorado and at the conclusion of his education he got a job at Bubba Gump Shrimp Factory in Hawaii. Whilst there he was offered a job with Jimmy Buffett at his restaurant Margaritaville. During his time there he met a young kid who would do Elvis impersonations. That child was Bruno Marrs!

Jason's first restaurant job was Hooters and he is now at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas where he has worked for 15 years. Jason has worked with the Cowboy Junkies, he wrote the tour diary and took the gig pictures.

The Seminole tribe of Florida now own the Hard Rock Café. Eric Clapton was the first person to donate a guitar to the company quickly followed by Pete Townsend of The Who. Jason's favourite guitar is the one owned by Marc Bolan.

Jason grew up watching MTV and his favourite groups are English. Duran Duran, Human League, Thompson Twins, Adam Ant. Hard Rock Café now have a resident band which have a consortium of musicians.

Jason is now a DJ and has shared a spot with members of Duran Duran and was the DJ at the famous Billy Idol fan party gig on the Hoover Dam. He attended the initial stages of the gig and went on to DJ at the after party

Jason is now a resident DJ for Swingers in Las Vegas. Euphonic Alive managed the DJs and work from Somerset House Arsenal fan Dan Savage auditioned Jason and he was given the job. His most stressful gig was for the owners of swingers when they opened the venue. He also DJ’s at Brew Dog every week

We discuss the bands Blur and The Prodigy and his love of Pulp.

Jason would like to travel more. He has DJ`d in New York for Duran Duran and in Atlanta for the Cure fan parties. Jason is an avid West Ham fan and watches all of the games and has hosted Chesney Hawkes. Growing up on the Smiths and the Cure so he’s used to sad and depression which fits in well with being a West Ham fan!

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