Jason Hammel (musician)

This article is about the musician. For the baseball player, see Jason Hammel (baseball).

Jason Edward Hammel is an American musician, producer, and actor. He is a vocalist and drummer for Mates of State, of which he is half complemented by his wife, Kori Hammel, a vocalist and keyboardist for the band. Married in 2001, Kori and Jason have two children. Hammel went to high school in Stewartville, Minnesota, where he played in rock bands. He then attended Kansas University where he was on the honor roll. There in 1997 he met Kori, then Kori Gardner. They moved to San Francisco together and got married. He trains martial arts and is a brown belt in kyokushin karate. In 2015, alongside his wife he starred in his first feature film, The Rumperbutts. Jason and Kori live in Connecticut, where they both ran in a 2003 5k. Jason placed 30th.