Jonathan Anastas is an American gaming, entertainment, media, marketing and sports executive, and a musician who co-founded a number of Boston hardcore punk bands.
Anastas and his bands were a part of the straight edge movement, made famous by Minor Threat as a call for youth to live a clean and conscientious life, rejecting drugs, alcohol and smoking.
The track was subsequently used to score MTV's Santa Claus, the Man, the Myth, the Slam Dancer holiday promo, which ran for over 15 years.
The Slapshot movie was released in February 2014 after a long distribution delay and followed its debut at the 2009 Boston Independent Film Festival, where it was the first screening to sell out.
On March 23, 2023, Anastas was named Chief Executive Officer of ClashTV,[5] an interactive live-streaming platform that streams street basketball from legendary summer basketball leagues including Rucker, Dyckman, and Gersh in New York City; mixed martial arts in partnership with M-1, BKB, EFC; and podcasts featuring a variety of hosts, including ClashTV board member and investor Chris "Gotti" Lorenzo, co-founder of Murder Inc. Records and CEO of Ad Ventures Music.