Jack Owen (born December 6, 1967) is an American guitarist and a member of the

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band Six Feet Under. He was one of the founding members of

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. He also had a stint with

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—another influential and long-running Florida

band—with whom he recorded four albums.. In 2007, Owen played shows with

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before joining

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at times when their guitarist, John Li, was unavailable.

Career

Early life

Owen recalls a cassette dub of

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' Kiss album is what initially got him into

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and playing guitar. He experimented on his father's acoustic guitar before ultimately purchasing his own.

Cannibal Corpse

Owen was originally in a band called Beyond Death with

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before forming Cannibal Corpse. They started off playing

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and

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covers. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004 when he left because he wanted to move on, as stated in the '' Centuries of Torment'' DVD.

Deicide

Owen joined

in 2004. His first release with the band was 2006's '' The Stench of Redemption''. Owen left Deicide in 2016. He claims it stemmed from a dispute over writing credit with drummer Steve Ashiem. Owen claims to have "walked out and ghosted them".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuky7k6Ajmg

Six Feet Under

Discography

Cannibal Corpse

*'' Eaten Back to Life'' (1990) *'' Butchered at Birth'' (1991) *''

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'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993) *'' The Bleeding'' (1994) *'' Vile'' (1996) *'' Gallery of Suicide'' (1998) *'' Bloodthirst'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *'' Gore Obsessed'' (2002) *'' Worm Infested'' (2003) *'' The Wretched Spawn'' (2004)

Deicide

*'' The Stench of Redemption'' (2006) *'' Till Death Do Us Part'' (2008) *'' To Hell with God'' (2011) *'' In the Minds of Evil'' (2013)

Six Feet Under

*''

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'' (2020) *''Killing for Revenge'' (2024)

Adrift

*''Absolution'' (2007)

Estuary

* Played bass live in 2007 on European tour.

Attack

*''Fade Away'' 2009

Grave Descent

*''Grave Descent'' MCD 2011

Tennessee Murder Club

*''Sessions, "The Pact" 2013 Full Length Release

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130902111237/http://www.html.forrestfogarty.us/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Jack American heavy metal guitarists American death metal musicians Living people Cannibal Corpse members 1967 births People from Akron, New York Seven-string guitarists American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists Six Feet Under (band) members Deicide (band) members