He acquired the nickname "Cone" from fellow band member Deryck Whibley in high school, because he frequently ate ice cream cones at lunch.
Professional career
He co-created the Garage punk/rock side project The Operation M.D., with Todd Morse (of H2O), in which he is known under the name Dr. Dynamite. He plays bass and a bunch of other random instruments on the songs including lead vocals on a few tracks on both albums. The 1st album "We Have An Emergency" was released in Canada and Japan only in 2007. Operation M.D. then released their second album "Birds + Bee Stings" world wide in late 2010 on their own label "Mouth To Mouth Music". He has also acted in many Sum 41 short films. For example, in "Basketball Butcher", he gets beaten up, killed and eaten by Steve Jocz due to beating him at basketball. He also played Dante the drug dealer in "1-800-Justice". He recently helped produce an album with Shelter With Thieves, a Canadian band from Halifax.The EP, entitled Confessions of a Toxic Generation, was nominated for 2 Nova Scotia Music Awards, for Group Recording and also Loud Recording.The band eventually won the Loud Recording award for the EP.
In December 2009, Cone was also producing 5 songs for a new album by Canadian piano rock band The Greatest Invention (Formally - Credible Witness).
| Cone McCaslin | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jason Paul McCaslin |
| Born | September 3, 1980 North York, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Pop punk, punk rock, garage rock, alternative rock, garage punk |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass, vocals, Guitar, keyboards, percussion |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Island |
| Associated acts | Sum 41, The Operation M.D., Iggy Pop, Gob, Shelter With Thieves, Spike McVollan |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Precision Bass | |
