Bio:
John
Preston is a Concore Entertainment recording artist and full time
firefighter. John was a Marine Corps field wireman from 2000 to 2004
achieving the rank of Sergeant in his 4 years of service. John was with
Second Battalion Seventh Marines (2/7) and served as a mission squad
leader for 2/7 H&S running over 100 combat missions while in
theatre.
John
began his music career while in Iraq writing his song "Good Good
America" which became an overnight success and gave John his first shot
at the music industry signing a record deal upon his return from Iraq.
The song and video inspired by Iraqi school children was a national
media topic and was viewed hundreds of thousands of times in 2004.
John
returned to the music industry in 2014 signing with Pacific Records and
quickly releasing his first single "this IS war" in October of 2014.
The song also became a national media topic when the Marine veteran made
a call to action to veterans across the nation to stand against ISIS
which had just made a surge through Syria and Iraq. The music video had
thousands of views and secured John a second release with Pacific
Records.
Just
one month later, John released his Los Angeles Music Awards nominated
EP "Your War is Over" and again took to the media. This time the topic
was very different. John and two Marine bandmates had released a
veterans tribute album that he referred to as being for us by us. John
highlighted veterans' struggles with Post Traumatic Stress and suicide
and took the fight public with several TV and radio appearances across
the United States. John and Pacific Records partnered with Boot Campaign
and donated 30% of album sales to help combat PTSD. John and his band
took to the road and raised thousands of dollars up and down the coast
of California for several different veteran charities all while never
accepting any payment and giving all proceeds from the events back to
the cause.
Still
receiving accolades and media for his "Your War is Over" EP, John took
to the studio again and in September of 2015 released in the Top 100 New
Alternative Albums chart with his second EP "Day to Night." With this
EP, John told the story of a Marine he was connected to that was killed
on his last day of combat. Again, John took to the media continuing with
his fight against PTSD, veteran suicide, and also reminding the people
of America that the country is still at war. The album was released on
the one year anniversary of the death of the Marine for whom he had
written the song. John's video for Day to Night has had hundreds of
thousands of views. Rather than celebrate his success, John continued to
play charity events and do media all over the country now becoming a
national advocate against veteran suicide.
John's
life took a turn of tragic irony when in January of 2016 John's own
brother fell victim to post traumatic stress and took his own life. The
passing of his brother was enough to make him consider ending his
career, but has instead fueled his hard work and passion and his new
single "superman falls" on a compilation album titled Battlecry: Songs
of America's Heroes. Preston Executive produced the album and was the
driving force which saw the album reach #21 on the iTunes rock charts
and continues to spread not only through the veteran community but the
mainstream.
John
signed with Concore Entertainment/ Universal Music Group and his single
"before I am gone" released on October 17th and reached #168 on the
iTunes alternative charts and is still currently charting on the
iIndependent European Radio charts. John is donating 100% of his sales
profit to Stop Soldier Suicide.
"We
are taking our message to the public and today we tell the mainstream
that we are here and we are loud. The perception of the broken veteran
is a myth that we refuse to buy into. My music is about our lives and
the real battles we have and continue to fight: on and off the
battlefield. We are here to show our community and the general public
our talent, work ethic and our drive to push forward through all
adversity."
