J.D. DeCosta

Jason “JD” DeCosta spent more than a decade on the front lines of Hollywood’s most notorious music venues — The Roxy Theatre, Whisky a Go Go, and The Viper Room. First as a signed major-label musician, then as a stage and production manager, he lived the Sunset Strip from the inside out.

Those years — the chaos, the brilliance, the pressure, the addiction, the fame, and the tragedy — became the backbone of his memoir Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll.

JD worked behind the curtain with artists who defined entire eras: Amy Winehouse, Adele, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, Mike Tyson, Snoop Dogg, Courtney Love, Adam

Jason “JD” DeCosta spent more than a decade on the front lines of Hollywood’s most notorious music venues — The Roxy Theatre, Whisky a Go Go, and The Viper Room. First as a signed major-label musician, then as a stage and production manager, he lived the Sunset Strip from the inside out.

Those years — the chaos, the brilliance, the pressure, the addiction, the fame, and the tragedy — became the backbone of his memoir Backstage Pass: Decades of Sex, Drugs, Tragedy and the Darker Side of Rock & Roll.

JD worked behind the curtain with artists who defined entire eras: Amy Winehouse, Adele, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington, Mike Tyson, Snoop Dogg, Courtney Love, Adam Levine, Paris Hilton, and many others. Some nights were legendary. Some were disasters. All were unforgettable.

His writing pulls no punches. No PR gloss. No nostalgia filter. Just the raw truth of what it costs to chase the spotlight — and what it takes to survive behind it.