Jake Smith (6)

Jake Smith is an American multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and music producer from the Bay Area. Was the guitarist for punk band Crucifix in the mid-eighties, was also part of one of the first line-ups of Faith No More, then played guitar in the reggae band Vince Black & The Crucial, in the late-eighties joined the R&B/funk band The Snapp as their drummer and started rapping as One Take Jake, moved to Los Angeles and started producing acts such as Tara Kemp, he also played guitar for the ska band Bad Manners on their 2010 and 2011 US tours and played drums for Bradley Dean & The Terminals. One of his first production gigs was for the punk band Trial in the early-eighties, he then produced several RnB acts and spent some time in Los Angeles where he frequently collaborated with Tuhin Roy, he has recently also recorded some punk and rock bands and spent some time in New York. Some of the acts he has produced include Calavera, The Woolly Bandits, Kevin K, and The Flamethrowers.