Jason White (musician) Green Day and related work (1994-present) What does Green Day work entail? ). In 1994, White joined punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder after the departure of singer/guitarist Sarah Kirsch (with whom White had played the previous year in Sixteen Bullets).
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As a friend of punk rock trio Green Day, he appeared in the "When I Come Around" video, where he is seen kissing a girl (his real-life girlfriend at the time). In 1994, White joined punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder after the departure of singer/guitarist Sarah Kirsch (with whom White had played the previous year in Sixteen Bullets). When Green Day/Pinhead Gunpowder lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong founded Adeline Records in 1997, White 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. With the release of American Idiot, White was required again to play with the band during the supporting tour of the album. In February 2005, Jason got married. That year, he 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. He also appears along the band in their 2005 live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible. In April 2007, White and his wife joined Armstrong and his family in their Spring Break working with Habitat For Humanity and writing a diary for fan site GreenDay.net. In 2008, White joined Green Day's side project Foxboro Hot Tubs as lead guitarist along with Kevin Preston of Prima Donna on rhythm guitar. In 2009, he toured with Green Day in support for their latest record, 21st Century Breakdown. White made his fourth appearance on a Green Day video for "21 Guns" and his fifth in "Last of the American Girls"; prior to this, and not including his live appearances on "Jesus of Suburbia" and "East Jesus Nowhere", he had appeared in three videos: "When I Come Around", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and "Working Class Hero". On July 13, 2010, Max Recordings released White's debut 45 single--"Hungover" b/w "I'm a Mess". He appeared once again as Green Day's sideman for their 2011 live album Awesome As Fuck. White is credited with contributing "Guitar" in the press release of Green Day's ninth, tenth, and eleventh studio albums !Uno!, !Dos!, and !Tre! In addition, he appears in photographs with the band. It was announced that White would feature on the cover of the soundtrack for a documentary on the making of the trilogy called !Cuatro!. Despite his promotion to a regular band member, he was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2016, White returned to his role as a touring member of Green Day and the band recorded their twelfth studio album Revolution Radio as their classic three-piece lineup. CANNOTANSWER
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Jason White (born November 11, 1973) is an American musician and singer, best known for being the touring guitarist of the American rock band Green Day. He has performed with Green Day as a touring member since 1997, although he was an official member of the band from 2012 to 2016. He has worked with Green Day in the studio and on tour, and has appeared in various music videos with the band, including "When I Come Around", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Last of the American Girls".  He was briefly credited as an official member on the group's 2012 trilogy ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!.  Prior to working with Green Day, he was a member of the punk band Pinhead Gunpowder, which also featured Green Day vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong.  White has also been a member of a number of Green Day side projects including Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, and The Coverups among others.

Career

Other musical acts (1992–present) 

In the summer of 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. 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.

Because of 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 the 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 went on tour.

In 2006, Jason recorded a cover of The Replacements "Torture" for the Replacements Cover compilation, "We'll Inherit the Earth". He's also featured in the May 2007 release, Towncraft, a documentary covering twenty years of the punk music scene in Little Rock, AR, White's home. That same year, White played with Green Day in the video for the cover of "Working Class Hero."

Green Day and related work (1994–present)

As a friend of punk rock trio Green Day, he appeared in the "When I Come Around" video, where he is seen kissing a girl (his real-life girlfriend at the time). In 1994, White joined punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder after the departure of singer/guitarist Sarah Kirsch (with whom White had played the previous year in Sixteen Bullets). When Green Day/Pinhead Gunpowder lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong founded Adeline Records in 1997, White 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.

With the release of American Idiot, White was required again to play with the band during the supporting tour of the album. In February 2005, Jason got married. That year, he 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. He also appears along the band in their 2005 live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible. In April 2007, White and his wife joined Armstrong and his family in their Spring Break working with Habitat For Humanity and writing a diary for fan site GreenDay.net.

In 2008, White joined Green Day's side project Foxboro Hot Tubs as lead guitarist along with Kevin Preston of Prima Donna on rhythm guitar. In 2009, he toured with Green Day in support for their latest record, 21st Century Breakdown. White made his fourth appearance on a Green Day video for "21 Guns" and his fifth in "Last of the American Girls"; prior to this, and not including his live appearances on "Jesus of Suburbia" and "East Jesus Nowhere", he had appeared in three videos: "When I Come Around", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and "Working Class Hero".

On July 13, 2010, Max Recordings released White's debut 45 single—"Hungover" b/w "I'm a Mess". He appeared once again as Green Day's sideman for their 2011 live album Awesome as Fuck. White is credited with contributing "Guitar" in the press release of Green Day's ninth, tenth, and eleventh studio albums ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! and also appeared in the music video for "Oh Love". In addition, he appears in photographs with the band. He was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2016, White reverted to being a touring member of Green Day, and the band recorded their twelfth studio album Revolution Radio as the classic three-piece lineup. Despite returning to the touring capacity, White did play guitar on the song "Back in the USA" on Green Day's 2017 compilation Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band.

Personal life 
White is married to Janna Rollins.

In late 2014, he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer, which has since been treated.

Associated acts
Numbskulz (guitar, 1988)
Step by Step (vocals, 1989–1990)
Chino Horde (bass, 1990–1993)
Fishwagon (guitar/vocals, 1991)
Monsula (guitar, 1992–1993)
Sixteen Bullets (bass, 1994)
Pinhead Gunpowder (guitar/vocals, 1995–present)
The Big Cats (vocals, 1996–present; bass, 1996–2000; guitar, 2000–present)
The Influents (guitar/vocals, 1999–2003)
The Network (credited as Balducci, guitar, 2003–2005, 2020–present)
Foxboro Hot Tubs (guitar, 2007–present)
 Green Day (lead guitar, backing vocals: 1999–2012, 2016–present (touring member); 2012–2016 (official member)
California (guitar/vocals, 2014–present)
The Coverups (guitar/vocals, 2018–present)

Equipment 
Guitars
Gibson Les Paul 1958 plain top reissue
Gibson Les Paul 1957 gold top reissue
Gibson Les Paul 1959 Special
Gibson Les Paul Standard Ebony
Gibson Les Paul Junior Double-cut 1959
Gibson SG
Gibson ES-335 dot reissue (which features a Fishman powerbridge for acoustic sound, piezo pickup bridges and a Fishman aura spectrum DI)
Fender '72 Telecaster Custom
Fender Esquire

Amplification
Marshall Plexi amplifier 100-watt heads (modded with Dookie Mod and SE Lead mod - Modded by Martin Golub) and two Marshall 4x12" cabinets
Custom Audio Electronics CAE 3+ Tube Preamp

Effects
Xotic RC Booster
Line6 Echo Pro rack delay
Line6 DL4 Delay Modeller
Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost

References

External links 

Profile on Max Recordings

1973 births
Living people
American punk rock guitarists
American punk rock musicians
Green Day members
Lead guitarists
Little Rock Central High School alumni
Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas
Guitarists from Arkansas
American male guitarists
Rhythm guitarists
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was initiated in 1991 by the first Women's Global Leadership Institute, held by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University.

Since 1991, more than 6,000 organizations from approximately 187 countries have participated in the campaign.
The theme for 2020 international Human rights day was "recover better".

Significant dates 
 November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
 November 29 – International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
 December 1 – World AIDS Day
 December 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
 December 6 – Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, which is observed as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
 December 10 – International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Themes 

Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign either introduces a new theme, or continues an old theme. The theme focuses on one particular area of gender inequality and works to bring attention to these issues and make changes that will have an impact. The Center for Women's Global Leadership sends out a "Take Action Kit" every year, detailing how participants can get involved and campaign in order to make a change.
 The first campaign theme in 1991 was entitled Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights, and women from around the world came together with the Center for Women's Global Leadership at the first International Women's Leadership Institute. The theme was used again in 1992.
 In 1993, the third campaign's second theme was Democracy in the Family, Democracy of Families, Democracy for Every Body.
 The 1994 theme brought back the first theme, but with a minor change. It was entitled Awareness, Accountability, Action: Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights.
 The 1995 theme, Vienna, Cairo, Copenhagen, and Beijing: Bringing Women's Human Rights Home, focused on four major conferences, including the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (September 1995), which was "the third major UN conference since the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna (1993)," and "...follows the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), and the World Summit on Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995)."
 As a follow up to the 1995 themes and major conferences within recent years, the 1996 theme was Bringing Women's Human Rights Home: Realizing Our Visions.
 The 1997 Campaign was Demand Human Rights in the Home and the World, which was working towards the 1998 Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights .
 The theme for the campaign in 1998 was Building a Culture of Respect for Human Rights.
 The 1999 campaign theme was entitled Fulfilling the Promise of Freedom from Violence.
 In 2000, the theme was Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Campaign, in which participants would review the accomplishments of the last 10 years of the campaign and build upon those achievements. The center also asked participants to send in documentation of their work in order to initiate a project to document the efforts of the campaign.
 The campaign theme in 2001 was Racism and Sexism: No More Violence.
 The campaign theme in 2002 was Creating a Culture that Says No to Violence Against Women.
 The 2003 campaign, Violence Against Women Violates Human Rights: Maintaining the Momentum Ten Years After Vienna (1993–2003), was focused on reviewing changes that had occurred in the 10 years since the Vienna Declaration that was a result of the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna (1993) and the UN General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (2003).
 The 2004–2005 campaign was entitled For the Health of Women, for the Health of the World: No More Violence, particularly focused on the "intersection of violence against women and the HIV/AIDS pandemic."

 The 2006 campaign, Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights <--> End Violence Against Women,  celebrated not only those who had contributed to the campaign, but those who had given their lives or suffered violence during their fight against gender inequality.
 The 2007 campaign was entitled Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women.
 The 2008 campaign title was Human Rights for Women <--> Human Rights for All: UDHR60, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 The 2009 theme was Commit, Act, Demand: We CAN End Violence Against Women!
 The theme in 2010 marked the 20th year of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, and was entitled Structures of Violence: Defining the Intersections of Militarism and Violence Against Women.
 From 2011 to 2014, the theme of the campaign was From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!
 In 2015 and 2016, the theme of the campaign was From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All!
 In 2017, the theme of the campaign was Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls.
In the year 2018, the theme of the campaign was End Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work. 
The directed theme in 2019 that acknowledged the 16 Days of Activism against Gender- Based Violence was Ending Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work + Action to support ratification of #ILO190. 
The 2020 theme was "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!".
The 2021 theme is "Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!"

References

External links 
 16 Days at CWGL
 UN Women's 16 Days
 Take Back the Tech campaign

Human rights
November observances
December observances
Gender-related violence
Violence against women "Lola's Theme" is the debut single of British house duo the Shapeshifters. It was released on 12 July 2004 as the lead single from their debut album, Sound Advice (2004). The song became the duo's biggest hit, peaking atop the UK Singles Chart and charting highly in Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. In Australia, it was the most successful club hit of 2004.

Background
The name "Lola's Theme" was originally a working title for this record; Lola is Simon Marlin's wife, and it was while listening to her record collection that the initial idea for the track was conceived. She appears handing out candy floss in the music video.

"Lola's Theme" features a sample from the introduction of Johnnie Taylor's R&B hit of 1982, "What About My Love", and it was originally released at the end of 2003 on their own Nocturnal Groove label as a mostly instrumental track featuring a vocal sample taken from Anthony White's "Love Me Tonight". Due to its immense popularity, "Lola's Theme" was licensed from Nocturnal Groove to Positiva Records.

At the same time, the sample of "What About My Love" was then completely replayed by Mark Summers at Scorccio Sample Replays, recreating all elements of the sample (strings, brass sections, piano, etc.). The duo then set about finding a vocalist. After a long search they met Cookie, a gospel singer from the London Community Gospel Choir, who recorded the vocals for the full release.

Composition
The song is a dance-pop song, utilising elements of "What About My Love" by Johnnie Taylor and lyrics from "Love Me Tonight" by Anthony White. Lyrically, the song is written from the perspective of someone who for most of their life felt disillusioned and alienated. It is addressed to an unnamed other, presumably a love interest, who helped the singer to develop a more positive outlook on life.

Release and chart performance
In the United Kingdom, "Lola's Theme" was released on 12 July 2004, and upon its release, it topped the UK Singles Chart. "Lola's Theme" also topped the American Dance Charts, peaking at number one on the Hot Dance Airplay chart in October 2004. The duo went on to have a further two Top 20 hits in the United Kingdom ("Back to Basics" and "Incredible") and now have a recording contract with Defected Records.

"Lola's Theme" was nominated for "Best British Single" at the 2005 Brit Awards. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, on the fictional in game station Vladivostok FM.

Music video
The music video for "Lola's Theme" was filmed at George Irvin's Funfair in Kingsbury, London; some of the video was filmed at the Irvin's Hellraiser (or Waltzer), the Top Buzz and other rides. The Shapeshifters and Cookie appear in the video, as does remixer Norman Jay.

Track listing
UK and European enhanced maxi-single
 "Lola's Theme" (radio edit) – 3:25
 "Lola's Theme" (main mix) – 8:11
 "Lola's Theme" (extended vocal mix) – 6:54
 "Lola's Theme" (Eric Prydz Mix) – 8:02
 "Lola's Theme" (Calderone Vocal Mix) – 10:26
 "Lola's Theme" (enhanced video)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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Release history

See also
 List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s
 List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2004 (U.S.)

References

2004 debut singles
2004 songs
English house music songs
Positiva Records singles
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Ultra Music singles