Timothy Jordan II
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Timothy Anderson Jordan II (March 8, 1981–December 13, 2005) was an American keyboardist
, guitarist
, and songwriter
. He was primarily known as a touring member of the platinum
-selling band, The All-American Rejects
.
band Higgins Switch. After Higgins Switch disbanded in 2002, Tim offered his guitar and keyboard skills to other Christian bands, most notably Green Olive Tree. In 2003, he enlisted in Snapdragon Records
' punk
band Welton as the band's primary guitarist. Following a year of touring, Jordan parted ways with Welton and joined the band Number One Fan as a musical jack-of-all-trades. Jordan provided backing vocals
, keyboards
, and percussion
to Number One Fan's live performances. After successfully touring with Number One Fan throughout 2004, he was recruited by The All-American Rejects
. Jordan accepted their offer and toured with The All-American Rejects
during the summer and fall of 2005.
Jordan's touring highlights with The All-American Rejects
included the 2005 Warped Tour
, a Late Show with David Letterman
appearance, and performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live
. With Jordan on keyboards, The All-American Rejects
launched their second hit album, Move Along
. In the fall of 2005, Jordan left The All-American Rejects
for undisclosed reasons. Shortly after leaving The All-American Rejects
, Jordan joined Tooth & Nail
rock band Jonezetta
. He was appointed as their official fifth member and collaborated on many songs that appear on Jonezetta's
first full-length album, Popularity
. Weeks before Jordan and Jonezetta were set to record Popularity
, Jordan was found dead in his hometown of Camden, Arkansas
. His death was ruled a suicide
.
On December 22, 2006, a concert in honor of Jordan was held at Juanita’s Cantina in Little Rock, AR. Bands/friends of Jordan, As Cities Burn
, Jonezetta
, India, and The Evidence performed as part of the event. All profits from the memorial concert were donated to a local suicide prevention organization.
In 2007
, the band As Cities Burn
released a new album, Come Now, Sleep
. The final track on the album is titled Timothy, a song written about Jordan's passing.
In 2008, the band The-All American Rejects released their new album, When the World Comes Down
. Their track Believe was written for "a close friend of the band who passed a few years earlier," said lead singer Tyson Ritter. The lyrics read, "I don't ever want to believe, I don't ever want to believe, yeah, that when we die, we all leave."
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. He was primarily known as a touring member of the platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
-selling band, The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
.
Background
In 2001, Jordan began his musical career as a second guitarist for the independent Christian rockChristian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
band Higgins Switch. After Higgins Switch disbanded in 2002, Tim offered his guitar and keyboard skills to other Christian bands, most notably Green Olive Tree. In 2003, he enlisted in Snapdragon Records
Snapdragon Records
Snapdragon Records is a LLC business founded by New Berlin West Alumni Kristan Harris in the U.S. State of Wisconsin in 2002. The concept originated in 1999 and put in action 2002. The label is focused on indie talent, primarily punk, emo, ska, hardcore, and experimental music. Most fall into the...
' punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Welton as the band's primary guitarist. Following a year of touring, Jordan parted ways with Welton and joined the band Number One Fan as a musical jack-of-all-trades. Jordan provided backing vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, and percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
to Number One Fan's live performances. After successfully touring with Number One Fan throughout 2004, he was recruited by The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
. Jordan accepted their offer and toured with The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
during the summer and fall of 2005.
Jordan's touring highlights with The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
included the 2005 Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
, a Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
appearance, and performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
. With Jordan on keyboards, The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
launched their second hit album, Move Along
Move Along
-Chart performance:Move Along charted on the US Billboard 200 for 97 weeks. The record debuted and peaked at #6 on the chart. 84 of those 97 weeks the album was inside the top 100. In UK the album charted below Top 75 for a week in July 2005, peaking at #138, before re-entering the chart in...
. In the fall of 2005, Jordan left The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
for undisclosed reasons. Shortly after leaving The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
, Jordan joined Tooth & Nail
Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
rock band Jonezetta
Jonezetta
Jonezetta was an indie band from Clinton, Mississippi, which has released an EP and two full-length albums since their formation in 2002.- History :Jonezetta formed when its four members were still in high school...
. He was appointed as their official fifth member and collaborated on many songs that appear on Jonezetta's
Jonezetta
Jonezetta was an indie band from Clinton, Mississippi, which has released an EP and two full-length albums since their formation in 2002.- History :Jonezetta formed when its four members were still in high school...
first full-length album, Popularity
Popularity (album)
Popularity is Jonezetta's debut album, released by Tooth & Nail Records on October 3, 2006.-Track listing:# "Welcome Home" – 4:02# "Get Ready " – 3:13# "Communicate" – 3:27# "Man In a 3k Suit" – 3:30# "Backstabber" – 2:25...
. Weeks before Jordan and Jonezetta were set to record Popularity
Popularity (album)
Popularity is Jonezetta's debut album, released by Tooth & Nail Records on October 3, 2006.-Track listing:# "Welcome Home" – 4:02# "Get Ready " – 3:13# "Communicate" – 3:27# "Man In a 3k Suit" – 3:30# "Backstabber" – 2:25...
, Jordan was found dead in his hometown of Camden, Arkansas
Camden, Arkansas
Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the southern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Long an area of American Indians villages, the French also made a permanent settlement here because of its advantageous location above the Ouachita River. According to 2007 Census...
. His death was ruled a suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.
On December 22, 2006, a concert in honor of Jordan was held at Juanita’s Cantina in Little Rock, AR. Bands/friends of Jordan, As Cities Burn
As Cities Burn
As Cities Burn was an indie/post hardcore band from Mandeville, Louisiana that formed in 2002 and broke up in 2009.-Early beginnings and Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest :...
, Jonezetta
Jonezetta
Jonezetta was an indie band from Clinton, Mississippi, which has released an EP and two full-length albums since their formation in 2002.- History :Jonezetta formed when its four members were still in high school...
, India, and The Evidence performed as part of the event. All profits from the memorial concert were donated to a local suicide prevention organization.
In 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
, the band As Cities Burn
As Cities Burn
As Cities Burn was an indie/post hardcore band from Mandeville, Louisiana that formed in 2002 and broke up in 2009.-Early beginnings and Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest :...
released a new album, Come Now, Sleep
Come Now, Sleep
Come Now Sleep is the second album by As Cities Burn. The album was released on August 14, 2007. It was produced by Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest producer, Matt Goldman. On August 7th the album was streaming in its entirety on the bands myspace page. Pre-orders of "Come Now Sleep" came with a...
. The final track on the album is titled Timothy, a song written about Jordan's passing.
In 2008, the band The-All American Rejects released their new album, When the World Comes Down
When the World Comes Down
When the World Comes Down is the third studio album by American rock band The All-American Rejects, released on December 16, 2008. It was produced by Eric Valentine who has recorded with the likes of Maroon 5. When the World Comes Down was the band's first album that was recorded mostly using tape...
. Their track Believe was written for "a close friend of the band who passed a few years earlier," said lead singer Tyson Ritter. The lyrics read, "I don't ever want to believe, I don't ever want to believe, yeah, that when we die, we all leave."