Justin Trosper is an American

United States

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 singer, guitarist, and songwriter, born in Olympia, Washington

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

. He fronted Tumwater

Tumwater, Washington

Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. It lies near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound. The population was 17,371 at the 2010 census...

/Olympia

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

, Washington band Unwound

Unwound

Unwound was a United States post-hardcore band based in Tumwater/Olympia, Washington. Formed in 1991, the band consisted of Justin Trosper , Vern Rumsey , and Brandt Sandeno , all of whom had previously been in a band called Giant Henry. Brandt Sandeno quit Unwound in 1992 and was replaced by...

 from 1991 to 2002. He has also been a member of bands such as Replikants, The Young Ginns, and Worst Case Scenario. Most of his work has been released on Kill Rock Stars

Kill Rock Stars

Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...

 Records.

Trosper has been a record producer

Record producer

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 for several Olympia-area bands, primarily at Unwound's self-built recording studio, MagRecOne. He has worked on albums by artists such as Thrones (Joe Preston

Joe Preston

Joseph Preston may refer to:* Joe Preston , Canadian politician and Conservative Member of Parliament representing Elgin—Middlesex—London riding...

), Young People, Shoplifting, Godzik Pink, The Bangs, Long Hind Legs, Anna Oxygen

Anna Oxygen

Anna Oxygen is the stage name of an American musician and actress from in and around Olympia, Washington, Anna Jordan Huff.After graduating from Evergreen State College with a music degree, Huff began her musical career in the late 1990s with the novelty synth-pop group the Space Ballerinas...

, and The Magic Magicians

The Magic Magicians

The Magic Magicians is an indie rock duo from Seattle, Washington formed in 2000. The group is composed of John Atkins and Joe Plummer , and is heavily influenced by '70s rock and pop music...

.

In the early 1990s, he self-published a punk/ indie rock fanzine, "Joe Preston's Legs AKA Germ of Youth."