Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor (born 19 November 1970) is an English musician best known as the bass player for

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

band

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since 1995. He was also the bassist of the band

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. After settling in the US, along with his engagement in his musical projects, he and his wife Shelee Dykman Chancellor ran a store called Lobal Orning in

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, California, dedicated to music and literature "that shaped and changed" both of them. The store closed in 2008. He started M.T.Void music project with Piotr "Glaca" Mohammed from Sweet Noise.

Early life

Chancellor is of English and Norwegian descent. He was educated at

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in Kent, England, where he was the bass player for a school band named Slice of Life and used to perform a cover version of Corey Hart's " Sunglasses at Night" in the dining room of his boarding house. The band released an eponymous titled tape featuring a song of the same name. Chancellor went on to study at Durham University. He later joined the band Peach. Peach released an album and supported

in the early 1990s in England. In September 1995, Chancellor moved to the United States and joined Tool full-time to replace

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who departed during or after the recording of the band's second full-length album. Chancellor has been a full member of the band since the 1996 studio album ''

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''.

Equipment

Basses

Chancellor appearing with Tool at the Roskilde festival in 2006, thumb * Wal – Chancellor’s main bass is a Wal MKII 4-string he bought on a friend’s recommendation during the recording of ''

''. The bass’s woods and electronics help create the midrange cut and punch for which he is known. Justin also has three other four-string Wals. Justin normally plays

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Hybrid Slinky strings (.045, .065, .085, .110) *

Music Man Stingray Music Man StingRay is an electric bass by Music Man, introduced in 1976. History In 1971, Fender employees Forrest White and Tom Walker, unhappy with the way CBS was managing the company, left their positions with Fender to start their own ven ...

– Used on "

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", " H.", "Pushit" and "No Quarter". *

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– Used once for "

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" live in 1995/1996, when he first joined the band. * Warwick Streamer - As of 2017, Justin has his own custom shop Streamer Stage II bass.

Amplification

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2001RB head x3 (1 Dirty, 1 Clean, 1 Spare) *

Mesa Boogie Mesa/Boogie (also known as Mesa Engineering) is an American company in Petaluma, California, that manufactures amplifiers and other accessories for guitars and basses. It has been in operation since 1969. Mesa was started by Randall Smith as a ...

Roadready 4x12 (For Dirty) *Mesa Boogie Roadready 8x10 (For Clean) *Demeter Amplification VTBP-201S Bass Preamp running direct to PA :Formerly used *Mesa Boogie M-2000 head *Mesa Boogie M-Pulse *Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ *Mesa Roadready 8x10 (in place of the 4x12)

Effects

*Boss TU-2 *

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VTX Tremolo *DigiTech Bass Whammy – Used on "Eulogy" (fifth up/sixth up harmony), "Pushit (Live)" (fifth up/octave up harmony), "Third Eye" (octave up), "Schism" (octave up), "Ticks and Leeches" (fifth up/octave up harmony), "Lateralus" (octave up), "Disposition" (fifth up/octave up harmony), "Vicarious" (octave up harmony), "The Pot" (octave up), "Right in Two"(fifth up/sixth up harmony), and "Invincible" (octave up). *

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SansAmp GT2 Distortion *

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Guest appearances

*Chancellor played bass on the

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song "Altered Course" on their 2004 album '' Panopticon''. Chancellor also provided additional sounds/bass guitar on the Isis song "Weight" from their 2006 live '' Clearing the Eye'' VD'. *Additional bass on the title track of Intronaut's 2010 album '' Valley of Smoke''. *In October 2012, Chancellor featured as bass player on the song "In the Spirit Of..." on a The Fusion Syndicate album, released by

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. His track also appears on the 2014 album ''The Prog Box''. *Chancellor narrated on the Primus track "The Valley" from their 2017 album ''

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''. *In May 2018, Chancellor collaborated with

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in the album '' Year of the Snitch'', providing bass on the track "Disappointed". *Chancellor played bass on Author and Punisher's album 2022 '' Krüller'', on the track "Centurion".

References

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