JT Habersaat
Elgin, Texas, United States | INDIE
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
"JT IS MAKING HIS WAY IN THE WORLD THE RIGHT WAY, LIVE AND ONSTAGE. SEE HIM IF YOU CAN." - Henry Rollins
"JT HAS BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN RUNNING HIS DECADE-OLD PUNK PUBLICATION ALTERCATION MAGAZINE AND HIS LOVE FOR STANDUP COMEDY, WITH HIS ALTERCATION PUNK COMEDY TOUR SPRINGING FORTH AS AN EXTRA MIDDLE FINGER."
- The Austin Chronicle
"JT'S MATERIAL IS A+ AND DANZIG-WORTHY" - The Onion AV Club
"THE ALTERCATION TOUR HAS TAKEN DIY ETHICS AND DISREGARD FOR THE STATUS QUO TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL." - truepunk.com
"THIS FUNNY GUY’S DIY PRINCIPLES ARE NO JOKE." - Revolver Magazine
"PROVIDING A JOKE-FILLED BREAK FROM SELF-SERIOUS INDIE ARTISTS AND AGING HARDCORE ROCKERS, HABERSAAT SCORED BIG LAUGHS WITH EASE." - The Austinist
"BLUNT, OPINIONATED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HILARIOUS, JT IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED UNDERGROUND COMICS PERFORMING TODAY." - Amp Magazine
Discography
VHS - "Parental Guidance Demanded: Live" - 1999
LP - "Drowning in a Sea of Assholes" - 2002
LP - "8 Drink Minimum" - 2004
DVD - "Dispatches From the Great American Southwest" - 2007
LP - Altercation Punk Comedy Tour 'Metal Up Live' - 2008
LP - Ancient History - 2010
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Bio
First hitting the mean streets and stages of New York City comedy clubs at the age of 16, JT Habersaat has since gone on to become to face of punk rock standup. Spending his college years performing throughout the Tri-State area with the taboo-shattering improv outfit 5 Drunken Immortals, JT eventually found his way to Austin, Texas, a home base from which he would launch the now critically-hailed Altercation Punk Comedy Tour in 2008.
Featuring an ever-evolving assortment of comedic comrades including Chris Cubas, Joe Staats, Jakes Flores, Ruby Collins and more, the Altercation Tour quickly made a name for itself by adhering to a DIY commitment of performing mainly in all-ages music venues rather than traditional comedy clubs.
Logging over 45,000 miles in national tour dates since its inception, JT and the Altercation Tour have performed on such large-scale national festivals as Fun Fun Fun Fest, Vans Warped Tour, The Fest 8 and more, in the process sharing the stage with such legendary bands as the Bouncing Souls, Danzig, Devo and the Dead Milkmen.
An already-familiar persona within the punk rock scene due to his long-held position as editor-in-chief of the decade-old music periodical Altercation Magazine, JT quickly became a go-to support act for such popular underground comic performers as Doug Stanhope, Jeanine Garofalo, Brian Posehn and even Henry Rollins. He also writes a monthly column on underground standup comedy for 'Amp Magazine' (80,000 print run nationwide).
Most recently, JT was invited to MC the 2010 Punk Rock Bowling Awards in Las Vegas, NV by Mark Stern of Youth Brigade, where he performed alongside Flogging Molly, Against Me, The Dickies, Hot Water Music and NOFX. In October 2010 JT also was tapped by Side One Dummy Records' (Gaslight Anthem, Flogging Molly) owner Joe Sib to open his sold out run of west coast spoken word shows at the legendary Improv Comedy Club chains (including Hollywood).
Currently booked with a non-stop schedule of national tour dates leading well into 2011, JTs rise as one of the punk rock scenes most outspoken and hilarious performers seems to show little sign of slowing down anytime soon.
CREDITS:
Television: Comedy Centrals Upright Citizens Brigade
Film: Troma Films Toxic Avenger 4: Citizen Toxie opposite Ron Jeremy
Festivals: Vans Warped Tour (2007-2009), Fun Fun Fun Fest (2008-2010),
Punk Rock Bowling Festival (2010-2011), The Fest 8 (2009),
Direct Support Slots: Doug Stanhope (2009-2010), Jeanine Garofalo (2009), Brian Posehn (2010), Henry Rollins (2009), Joe Sib (2010)
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