Jared Dines (born October 6, 1989) is an American

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and musician who is known for

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-themed and adjacent videos, covers, parodies, and his own original music.

Career

Dines worked as a recording engineer before pursuing YouTube full time. He started his YouTube channel to promote his band, They Charge Like Warriors, in 2011. Dines later gained popularity from his metal covers of pop songs. His following grew as he collaborated with other artists such as

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. In 2015, Dines co-founded the band Rest, Repose with Ryan "Fluff" Bruce. He left the project in 2019 to focus on his group Daddy Rock. Dines was also a member of

band Dissimulator. Dines, in competition with Steve Terreberry, became known for playing guitars with an unusual amount of strings. In 2017, he was scammed when trying to purchase a 17 string instrument from a fraud luthier. In response, Ormsby Guitars made him a custom 18 string guitar. This guitar was auctioned off, raising $20,000 for charity. In 2018, Dines toured with heavy metal band

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. He partly replaced front man

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, who had to leave the tour prematurely due to his wife's pregnancy. Dines and Trivium further collaborated on a cover of "

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" by

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. In October 2019, he performed on stage with

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. In April 2020, Dines appeared on the cover of ''

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'' magazine, the first YouTuber to do so. In 2020, Music Man released his signature Stingray guitar. On December 4, 2020, he released a collaborative EP with

vocalist and guitarist

under the name Dines X Heafy. The video for "Dear Anxiety", which is the first track, was released on the same day to coincide with the release of ''Dines X Heafy''. In March 2021, Dines joined with vocalist Howard Jones and producer Hiram Hernandez to release "The Blade" as part of a new project named Sion. Their self-titled debut album was released on November 26, 2021.

Discography

Solo work

List adapted from

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Collaborations

References

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