Anthony R. "Tonie" Joy is an American musician based in

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, Maryland. Joy is known for his work in various

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rock and

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bands. He ran the independent record label Vermin Scum from 1989 until 2001.

Musical career

Having been inspired by his father Bill's early '70s

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band Grok and previous group The Verdicts, Joy began playing music as a teenager. In 1986 he co-founded

Moss Icon Moss Icon is an American post-hardcore band formed in late 1986 in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Its original lineup comprised vocalist Jonathan Vance, guitarist Tonie Joy, bassist Monica DiGialleonardo, and drummer Mark Laurence. Alex Bad ...

which is known as an early influence on the

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punk rock splinter genre known as "emotive hardcore" or

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. Moss Icon were active until 1991, briefly in 2001, and occasionally since 2007. In 1990 Joy played guitar in Breathing Walker, a band containing members of Moss Icon as well as other musicians. Shortly thereafter, following a brief period playing guitar in and contributing artwork to Lava, Joy co-founded

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, another influential post-hardcore group. During this time Joy served as the bassist in the final lineup of the political hardcore band

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. Joy's first appearance as a front man came in 1995 with The Great Unraveling, a band formed from the ashes of Universal Order of Armageddon. After their dissolution in 1997, Joy co-founded The Convocation Of..., who, despite a period of inactivity from 2002–2005, currently remain active under the name The Convocation. Joy was an occasional member in the group Men's Recovery Project in the late 1990s. In 2010 he briefly played bass in the hard rock band The Pilgrim and in 2011 played guitar on a few tracks on the

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'' and was a touring guitarist on their 2011 UK and EU tour. Later this year, Joy debuted his 7 piece live band called Slow Bull, the culmination of several years of solo writing and recording efforts.

References

External links

Official website
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