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Greg Christian
Gregory Christian (born April 29, 1966) is an American musician who is the former bassist for thrash metal band Testament. He left the band in 1996, but rejoined in 2004 and left again in 2014. In addition to Testament, Christian has also played in HavocHate and Trinity Fallen, and later served as the bassist for Trauma. He is known for his finger playing style and jazz-like bass parts, which can be heard on Testament songs such as "Souls of Black" and "Disciples of the Watch", although he has also occasionally been seen using a guitar pick. Christian also performed backing vocals in Testament. Musical career Testament Christian is an original member of Testament, having joined in 1983 when they were called Legacy. Prior the release of their debut album ''The Legacy'', Christian auditioned for Metallica as the replacement for Cliff Burton, but lost to former Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted. He recorded many of the band's albums including '' The Legacy'', '' The New Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of Safeway Inc., Safeway, Workday, Inc., Workday, Ellie Mae, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Blackhawk Network Holdings, and Veeva Systems. Other major employers include Kaiser Permanente, Oracle Corporation, Oracle and Macy's. Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices are located in Pleasanton. The Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, where the county fair is held during the last week of June and the first week of July. Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is located on the west side of town. History Alisal Before the establishment of Pleasanton in the 1850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Formation Of Damnation
''The Formation of Damnation'' is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on April 29, 2008. It was Testament's first album since 2001's ''First Strike Still Deadly'' and their first of new material since 1999's '' The Gathering''. It was also Testament's first release with original guitarist Alex Skolnick since 1992's '' The Ritual'' and bassist Greg Christian since 1994's '' Low'', as well as the band's only studio album recorded with drummer Paul Bostaph, who joined Testament in 1993 but became a full-time member in 2007 before leaving the band four years later. The follow-up to ''The Gathering'' was first mentioned in 2002 and was originally scheduled for release in early 2004, but was not completed yet. Due to the band's touring schedule and line-up changes, the album was put on hold for a number of years before being completed in 2007/2008. Background information Testament first mentioned their follow-up to ''The Gathering'' in May 2002, st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Bass Guitarists
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American Heavy Metal Bass Guitarists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Rot
Jungle Rot is an American death metal band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, formed in 1992. History Jungle Rot was founded in 1992 as a side project by Jim Harte and Joe Thomas, members of the Illinois thrash metal act, Prisoner. The band's name refers to Tropical ulcer, jungle rot, an infection of the skin that occurs in tropical climates. The band recorded their first demo ''Rip Off Your Face'', a fun offering of immature death metal heavily influenced by the likes of Stormtroopers of Death, S.O.D. and Celtic Frost. Then, they acquired Kenosha-based guitarist Dave Matrise (Num Skull, Nocturnal, Fatal Violence) in 1993. It was not until 1994 when Matrise took over that the band got serious and started to take off. The band refined their style and released their second demo ''Skin the Living, Skin The Living'' in 1995, which is the year Matrise acknowledges the band began. After their first two demos, the band was signed to the American independent label Pure Death Records, owned at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Di Giorgio
Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for working with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of whom he was one of the co-founders), Death (metal band), Death, Testament (band), Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autopsy (band), Autopsy, Obituary (band), Obituary, Control Denied, Dragonlord (band), Dragonlord and Charred Walls of the Damned, and he has performed on over 50 albums as a guest, session or full-time band musician. Career Di Giorgio has played bass guitar in Heavy metal music, heavy metal and death metal bands such as Death (metal band), Death, Autopsy (band), Autopsy, Control Denied, Ephel Duath (band), Ephel Duath, Obscura (band), Obscura, Artension, Faust, Memorain, Painmuseum, Suicide Shift, Soen, Vintersorg, Dragonlord (band), Dragonlord, Iced Earth, Sebastian Bach, Obituary (band), Obituary, Megadeth, and is a founding member of Sadus. He is a founding member of the jazz band Dark Hall and has pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Roots Of Thrash
''Dark Roots of Thrash'' is a double-disc live album and DVD by American thrash metal band Testament (band), Testament, released on October 15, 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records, Nuclear Blast. The performance was recorded at The Paramount Theatre in Huntington (CDP), New York, Huntington, New York on February 15, 2013. It was released on October 22, 2013 in Europe and on October 29, 2013 in the United States. Track listing CD track listing DVD Extras *Backstage Footage *"Native Blood" (Video Clip) Personnel Testament *Chuck Billy (vocalist), Chuck Billy – vocals *Alex Skolnick – guitar *Eric Peterson (musician), Eric Peterson – guitar *Greg Christian – bass *Gene Hoglan – drums Additional personnel *Tommy Jones – Film director, director *Juan Urteaga – Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing *Steve Lagudi – Audio mixing (recorded music), recording *Get Hammered Productions – Record producer, production Charts References {{Authority control 2013 li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In London (Testament Album)
''Live in London'' is a live album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on CD and DVD on November 1, 2005. It features the original Testament line up of Chuck Billy, Greg Christian, Louie Clemente, Eric Peterson, and Alex Skolnick, although John Tempesta played drums from the beginning of the show up to "Trial by Fire"; he was then replaced by original drummer Clemente for the remainder of the show. This was the third show of the ''10 Days in May'' Tour. Backstage footage is included from the Innsbruck, Austria date on May 12, 2005, among others. The DVD release features three audio mixes as well as a short interview with the band members. Track listing Personnel *Chuck Billy: vocals *Alex Skolnick: lead guitar *Eric Peterson: rhythm/lead guitar *Greg Christian: bass *John Tempesta: drums (tracks 1–8) *Louie Clemente: drums (tracks 9–14) *Andy Sneap Andy Sneap (born 18 July 1969) is an English guitarist, record producer and composer with over 100 alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At The Fillmore (Testament Album)
''Live at the Fillmore'' is a live album by the American thrash metal band Testament (band), Testament. It was released in 1995 on Spitfire Records. The first fourteen tracks are live recordings and the last three are semi-acoustic versions of previously-released songs. As of December 1999, ''Live at the Fillmore'' sold over 32,500 copies in the U.S. Metal Sludge. Archived fro on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2014-06-19. Track listing #"The Preacher" – 4:20 #"Alone in the Dark" – 4:36 #"Burnt Offerings" – 5:14 #"A Dirge" – 2:03 #"Eerie Inhabitants" – 3:50 #"The New Orde ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
