Toney Woodroe Weatherman (born July 29, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band

Corrosion of Conformity Corrosion of Conformity (also known as COC) is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole const ...

Career

Weatherman was born in

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and now lives in

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. He started Corrosion of Conformity with Mike Dean and

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in 1982 where they began as a

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and

crossover thrash Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and hardcore punk. Other genres on the same continuum, such as metalcore and grindcore, ...

band, but later transformed to a more stoner

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sound with the addition of

Pepper Keenan Pepper J. Keenan (born May 8, 1967) is an American guitarist and vocalist, best known for his work with heavy metal bands Corrosion of Conformity and Down. He joined Corrosion of Conformity in 1989, but did not become the lead singer until the ...

in 1989. They reformed without Keenan as a three-piece consisting of the original founding members in 2010. However, Keenan returned in 2015. Weatherman also played bass guitar in the Raleigh-based band No Labels with Reed Mullin, Ricky Hicks, and Wayne Kerr. They formed in February 1982 and faded away during 1984. He played on the 1989 Snake Nation album along with Corrosion of Conformity bassist Mike Dean and artist Brian Walsby.

References

External links

Corrosion of Conformity official websiteGallery of Weatherman with Corrosion of Conformity
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Alberta StarsInterview with Weatherman on MT Radio
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