Benjamin Jackson

An image of Benjamin Jackson with an in-ear monitor in his ear, smiling (source).

### Family

Kim Jackson (mother)
Noami Jackson (sister)
Jacueline Jackson
Zac Crossley (nephew)
Robert Jackson
Kathryn Jackson

### Skills

Guitar, Singing, Songwriting, Guitar repair, Guitar tuning

### Instagram

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**Benjamin James Jackson** (born 30 July 1987) is an English guitar technician and stage manger for YUNGBLUD, he fixes his guitars and in-ear monitors. Jackson is also an occasional back-up singer for YUNGBLUD during live performances. They performed on Breakfast Brunch together. As of November 2021, Jackson has been a touring guitar technician for 14 years.

## Early career

Jackson had an opportunity to work for an American band named, Army Of Freshmen, as they needed someone with a splitter van to take them to a side show, then drop them at the airport the next day. This was the first time he’d ever worked for a band. Later, the same band asked him to spend 6 weeks with them on a Euro tour to generally assist with merch, loading in and during the show, to which he obliged. After that he planned on staying employed in the industry and for the next few years his van kept him employed on tours, he drove international bands around UK and Europe. As a backline tech, he would help bands out at any opportunity. Later, he briefly met a band from Boston called “Four Year Strong” while driving other bands, two of their guitarists had press elsewhere and had to come back extremely late to their show, Jackson noticed their situation and took it upon himself to help them out by uncasing their backline and set up for them, they luckily made it back in time and found themselves being ready to soundcheck. A few months later he received an email from their management asking for him to be their technician for them next time they came over, he obliged and worked for them. He later also worked for *While She Sleeps* in 2013

## Career

A good friend of Jackson's - Danny Harvey - called him, and Jackson agreed to 3 weeks on tour with an Australian metal core band: *The Amity Affliction*. He stated that "the first few days were not fun, I was the only crew member from TAA loading gear, it became pretty apparent I needed to step up and take charge with the pack and making sure the supports did their bit in unloading and re-loading the trailer.", this pressure and responsibility gave him more confidence in his career and abilities. For them, he had become a guitar tech, a drum tech, a stage manager and a trailer manager wrapped up in one. Due to his rising ability and knowledge, the band asked him to come with them on tour the following year, including on Vans Warped Tour, one of the most busy and hectic tours bands and artists can go on. Bands and artists have their stages set up at 7am, then packed down again by 9pm, loaded onto trucks, then a convoy of 100+ buses. 22 trucks drive through the night and do the same thing all over again 45 times in just under 2 months for 70+ bands and 7 stages with 700+ touring band and crew. Jackson stated that the first day was the worst due to the amount of work being unequal to the amount of time necessary.

His hard work paid off and he later did another Warped Tour in 2017. And toured across South America, South East Asia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand with *Neck Deep*. He continued to work with bands including *Good Charlotte*, *Bullet for my Valentine*, *Deaf Havana*, *Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes*, and *State Champs* among others. From the start of his early career to touring with those bands Jackson had periods of time where he was working in bars and warehouses for employment. During that time, he worked for a family in Doncaster. He would write songs with their 14 year old son, after touring became his full time profession, they kept in touch, the son pursued a career in music under the stage name "YUNGBLUD" and hired him as his Guitar tech. Working for YUNGBLUD as a guitar technician has been Jackson's most commonly recognised role and seemingly his longest.

## Trivia

* He has a tattoo of a scorpion on the right side of his chest.

## References

1. ↑ Jackson (@jacksonbenjamin) on Instagram — "Im old - @malaleh one of my best mates wife’s - I love miller lite - thank fuck for my jaw line ❤️ 32 fuck you 🖕🏻" Posted 1 August 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Sonic Workshops — "INDUSTRY INSIGHT - BEN JACKSON". Published 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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3. ↑ WHILE SHE SLEEPS (@whileshesleeps) on Twitter — "Meet our guitar tech Ben Jackson! @benjisummerlin http://instagram.com/p/YfemzQG7zY/" Posted 24 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
4. ↑ Big Bends Nut Sauce (@bigbendsnutsauce) on Facebook — "Here are our new friends and users Jackson Benjamin tech for Neck Deep and guitar player Sam Bowden showing of the sauce! We love having u guys in the family! #neckdeep #sambowden #punkrock #guitarplayer #bigbendsnutsauce" Posted 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
5. ↑ Jackson (@jacksonbenjamin) on Instagram — "🦂 🩸 @emilymalice @scorpiomarstattoo" Posted 7 April 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.