Jon Schaffer
Biography
Jon Ryan Schaffer ( SHAY-fər; born March 15, 1968) is an American heavy metal musician. He is the rhythm guitarist, bandleader and principal songwriter of the Indiana-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory. He is also the lead singer in his political side project Sons of Liberty and, until 2021, played guitar for Demons & Wizards, his collaboration with Blind Guardian frontman Hansi Kürsch. Schaffer pleaded guilty to crimes related to his participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack in 2021 and was sentenced to three years probation before being pardoned in 2025.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
601 releases · 47 albums · active 1988–2026
- Performance · 3,168
- Other credits · 1,462
- Production · 423
- Engineering · 31
Studios: Morrisound Studios · Schaffer Sound Studios · Independence Hall · Soaring Eagle Sound
Frequent collaborators
- Iced Earth
- Various
- Demons & Wizards
- Schaffer / Barlow Project
- Witherfall
- Sabaton
- Sons Of Liberty (3)
- Purgatory (11)