Jason Kerrison

	TechFest 2008
	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Singles
	Walking Away (with K. One )
	Nothing More for Xmas (with Mike Puru )

Jason Mark Kerrison , MNZM (* in Invercargill ) is a New Zealand singer who became known as the head of the band OpShop .

biography

Kerrison was born in Invercargill in southern New Zealand and raised in Christchurch . At the Catholic Boy's School in St Bede's he met Tim Skedden and Matt Treacy, with whom he later formed the band Vivid . He then tried his luck solo as a bar musician in Auckland , before reuniting with his two former schoolmates and two other companions. This is how the band OpShop came into being around 2002 . Kerrison is the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band.

After the release of the third OpShop album, Kerrison worked as a guest singer on the single Walking Away from rapper K.One , who had his first own chart hit . The song peaked at number 38 in New Zealand. Shortly thereafter, he supported radio presenter Mike Puru in a competition to see who would publish the most successful Christmas single of the three morning presenters from Radio The Edge . With Puru he recorded the Christmas single Nothing More for Xmas , which he wrote. The single made it to number 13 in the charts, but the other two presenters were better. The proceeds were donated to a charity.

Jason Kerrison aroused skeptical reactions in late 2009 when he reported in an interview with Woman's Day magazine that he was building an ark and stocking up on supplies on December 21, 2012 because of impending upheavals he had read about. This led to numerous derisive comments from the public.

Discography

Songs

Walking Away ( K. One featuring Jason Kerrison, 2010)
Nothing More for Xmas ( Mike Puru featuring Jason Kerrison, 2010)

Web links

Opshop - Biography . LetsSingIt,accessed February 2, 2016.
OpShop - Bio , Muzic.net.nz (English)

Individual evidence

^ Chart discography New Zealand
^ A Few Words On That Jason Kerrison Article That Ran In The Woman's Day , The Corner, Jan. 11, 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Kerrison, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kerrison, Jason Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand rock singer
DATE OF BIRTH	1973 or 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Invercargill , New Zealand

[NZcharts-1] Chart discography New Zealand

[2] A Few Words On That Jason Kerrison Article That Ran In The Woman's Day , The Corner, Jan. 11, 2010.