Jonah Rzadzinski Matranga (born Jonah Sonz Matranga, August 11, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who has released a variety of solo material under his own name and onelinedrawing, and has previously been part of the bands Far and New End Original (an anagram of "onelinedrawing") and Gratitude.
He left in 1987 to attend Pitzer College in Claremont, California, where he majored in English and began making music by himself.
In 2000, he formed and fronted New End Original, a band that primarily performed full-band versions of onelinedrawing songs.
With the lineup completed by Texas Is The Reason alumni Scott Winegard (bass) and Norman Arenas (guitar), and drummer Charlie Walker (ex-Chamberlain), they released one album Thriller and a single for Lukewarm.
The Volunteers possessed a more polished sound – courtesy of mixer Dave Sardy, who had previously worked with Matranga on Far's Water and Solutions.
Matranga's song "Crush on Everyone" was featured in the score to the 2008 John Humber film Dakota Skye and "Got My List" was sung by the movie's protagonists.
Jonah sings a hook ("And he never lied, 'cause he never said anything at all") directly taken from the lyrics from "Nestle", a song from the Far album Water & Solutions.
Jonah sung backing vocals for Zebulon-Raleigh, North Carolina–based songwriter Nick Driver's independent release Poets' Corner Volume One track titled "Universal Love" in late 2012.
In August 2021, UK stoner/post-rock band Sons of Alpha Centauri released their latest album Push featuring Jonah as guest vocalist on all nine tracks.