Antonio Campos (born March 8, 1973) is an American musician. He is the current bassist for

industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine ...

bands

Static-X Static-X is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until hi ...

and

Fear Factory Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989. Throughout the band's career, they have released ten full-length albums and have evolved through a succession of sounds, all in their main style of industrial metal. ...

and the vocalist and bassist for

Asesino Asesino (Spanish for "assassin" or "murderer") is an American deathgrind supergroup and a side project of Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares. The band has featured members of Brujeria, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Sadistic Intent, Possessed, Mini ...

. He is a former bassist for metal bands Prong, Soulfly, Ministry and Possessed.

Career

Campos was part of the original Static-X lineup, playing bass and performing backing vocals on all of the group's studio albums. Along with

Wayne Static Wayne Richard Wells (November 4, 1965 – November 1, 2014), known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for metal band Static-X. He released his ...

, he was one of the legal owners of the Static-X name, even though he did not participate in the band's temporary reunion from 2012–2013. In 2001, Campos broke his collarbone in a motorcycle accident, leaving him unable to play in the ongoing "Extreme Steel Tour". Campos continued to sing backing vocals on the tour, and Marty O'Brien took over bass duties. In 2002, Campos became part of Mexican American metal group

. His stage name, "Maldito X", is Spanish for "Damned X". In the same year, he played bass with the Colombian band Agony during the

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. Campos has played bass for Ministry in four stints (2007–2008, 2011–2012, 2014–2016, 2017–2019), following the death of Paul Raven. He has joined Ministry again for their US tour with Death Grips in Autumn 2017. From 2011-2012, he was a member of death metal band Possessed. He also played with Possessed in 2013 at The Oakland Metro. He also joined Soulfly in 2011 as their bassist. In May 2015, Campos announced his departure from Soulfly, and that he would be joining

as their bassist. On October 23, 2018, Campos announced that he and the other two surviving original members – guitarist

Koichi Fukuda Koichi Fukuda (born July 1, 1975) is a Japanese musician, best known as the lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the metal band Static-X; he has been a member of the band three times, initially from 1994 to 2000, again from 2005 to 20 ...

and drummer

Ken Jay Kenneth "Ken Jay" Lacey (born June 10, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the original drummer for industrial metal band Static-X. Biography Jay was born in Vermilion County, Illinois. Jay began playing drums early on and had played ...

– had reformed Static-X, who were planning to release a new album and tour in 2019 in memory of Wayne Static.

Band history

Influences

Campos has cited Blasko, Cliff Burton, Dan Lilker, Jeff Hanneman, and

Kerry King Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and remained a member for nearly four decades. ...

as influences.

Equipment

* Zon Legacy 5-string with EMG MM5CS pickups * Neal Moser Custom Shop Scimitar (P-bass style) 4-string with EMG-P pickup, tuned BbFBbEb *Fernandes Tremor 5-strings with EMG-40DC pickups, tuned BbFBbEbAb. * SWR SM-900 head, SWR Goliath Senior 6x10 cab. *Tech 21 SansAmp PSA-1 preamp, Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah, Line 6 Bass POD *Fernandes five-string signature Tremor bass guitars with EMG-40HZ and MM5CS pickups. Campos tunes to ADGCF when playing in Asesino. With Static-X, he played with several tunings: CFBbEbG and BbFBbEbAb during Shadow Zone and forward.

Personal life

Campos majored in

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before becoming a musician. He's an avid video gamer and considers the ''

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'' series as his all-time favorites.

Discography

Static-X

*''

Wisconsin Death Trip ''Wisconsin Death Trip'' is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 18 ...

'' (1999) *''

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'' (2001) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Start a War'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *''

Cult of Static ''Cult of Static'' is the sixth studio album by industrial metal band Static-X. It was released on March 17, 2009 via Reprise Records. The album's first single "Stingwray" was released and made available on the band's MySpace page on February 17, ...

'' (2009) *'' Project: Regeneration Vol. 1'' (2020)

Asesino

* ''

Corridos de Muerte ''Corridos de Muerte'' (Tales of Death) is the debut album by deathgrind band Asesino, first released in 2002. It was re-released in 2005 with a bonus DVD. The opening sample of "Asesino" comes from the Spanish movie The Day of the Beast, while ...

'' (2002) * ''

Cristo Satánico ''Cristo Satánico'' (Satanic Christ) is the second album released by deathgrind band Asesino. Track listing Personnel Asesino *Asesino ( Dino Cazares) – rhythm guitar, production *Maldito X ( Tony Campos) – bass, vocals *El Sadistico ( ...

'' (2006)

Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters

* ''

Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free ''Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free'' is the only album from Ministry's front man Al Jourgensen's side project Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters. It was released in 2011. Jourgensen calls the musical style Country-core / heavy Western and mixes fid ...

'' (2011)

Ministry

* ''

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'' (2012) * ''

From Beer to Eternity ''From Beer to Eternity'' is the thirteenth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on September 6, 2013 by 13th Planet Records. Although frontman Al Jourgensen had previously stated that this was going to be Ministry's ...

'' (2013) * '' AmeriKKKant'' (2018)

Soulfly

* '' Enslaved'' (2012) * '' Savages'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015)

Prong

* '' Carved into Stone'' (2012)

Attika 7

* ''Blood of My Enemies'' (2012)

As guest member

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Tony Living people American heavy metal bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American heavy metal singers American industrial musicians 1973 births Alternative metal bass guitarists American musicians of Mexican descent Hispanic and Latino American musicians Asesino members Cavalera Conspiracy members Fear Factory members Ministry (band) members Prong (band) members Soulfly members Possessed (band) members Static-X members 21st-century American singers 21st-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American male singers Industrial metal musicians