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Marty O'Brien is an American bassist. He plays professionally for live touring musical acts,
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, television, and film scores all of which encompass a range of genres such as pop and rock, thereby collaborating with various musical artists. O'Brien's discography is generally diverse yet also maintains a notable background and standing in the
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
and
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genres. O'Brien's live credits include tours with bands such as Disturbed,
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,
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, Daughtry, and
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, among others. He has performed on three different
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tours, each time with a different band (Ozzfest's 1998, 2000, 2002). Also a busy session-bassist, most of this work taking place in his current home base of Los Angeles, O'Brien has recorded with numerous artists such as
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, Jason C. Miller,
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.


Early life

Born and raised in
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, O'Brien started playing bass at the age of 13. By age 16, he had joined his first local rock band, and by 19, was playing local live shows in Providence, as well other cities along the east coast such as Boston and New York City.


Career

Kilgore O'Brien's professional career began in 1998 when a local
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–based band,
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asked him to join their lineup as their new bassist. A few weeks after joining, the band embarked on the
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98 summer festival tour, where the band shared the stage with such bands as
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, System of a Down,
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, and
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. Next came a North American tour supporting
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and
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, then a European tour in the winter, supporting
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. In January 1999, vocalist Jay Berndt quit the band, which eventually led to the end of Kilgore. Methods of Mayhem In April 2000, O'Brien moved to Los Angeles, and just three weeks later was asked to audition for Tommy Lee's new band
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. O'Brien was offered the job the same day as the audition, and the band left for Europe eight days later and spent the summer playing some of the biggest festivals across Europe. (
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). Next, the band spent the rest of the summer touring the U.S. on the
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2000 festival, sharing the main-stage with bands
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,
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, and Disturbed. Disturbed In early 2001, the multi-platinum selling metal band Disturbed asked O'Brien to join them on tour after their bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak had broken his ankle in a fall from a fire escape outside the band's rehearsal complex. O'Brien spent two months playing bass for Disturbed on an extensive tour throughout Europe, opening for
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. Static-X In the summer of 2001, the multi-platinum selling band
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called upon O'Brien to fill-in on tour after their bassist
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had fractured his collar-bone in a motorcycle accident. After having only one rehearsal with the band, O'Brien toured with
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on the "Extreme Steel Tour" which also included the legendary pairing of the bands
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and
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. This would ultimately be Pantera's last tour ever. Tommy Lee Between 2002 and 2005,
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recorded and released two solo albums. In 2002, ''Never a Dull Moment'' was released, on which O'Brien has a songwriting credit, and 2005's ''Tommyland: The Ride''. From 2002 to 2005, during the promotion of both those records, O'Brien played bass on both world tours and performed on several TV shows, including ''
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'', The Celebrity Roast of Pamela Anderson, and a handful of European TV shows, including ''
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''. Recording career In 2004, O'Brien chose to focus more on recording sessions in Los Angeles. Over the next few years, O'Brien quickly accumulated an impressive resume of artists that he has recorded with, such as
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,
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, and
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, including her number-one single, " Because of You", on the grammy-award-winning album, ''Breakaway''. We Are the Fallen In 2009 O'Brien became a member of the new band We Are the Fallen, along with former
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, and John LeCompt, featuring
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runner-up
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on vocals. The band was launched on June 22, 2009, at a press conference in
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, California, and soon signed a deal with
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Records. Their debut album was released on May 11, 2010, and the band toured extensively throughout that year, supporting the band HIM, as well as playing many summer festivals in Europe such as
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and
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. Lita Ford In early 2012, O'Brien joined
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's touring band. The band toured extensively in 2012 as the opening act for
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and toured the world in 2013 in support '' Living Like a Runaway''. O'Brien played bass on Lita Ford's 2013 live album ''The Bitch Is Back...Live''. Daughtry In May of 2022, O'Brien left
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and announced that he would be playing bass on Daughtry's "Dearly Beloved" tour throughout 2022. Follwoing the tour, O'Brien joined Daughty as the permenant bassist.


Recording discography


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Marty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American bass guitarists We Are the Fallen members People from Pawtucket, Rhode Island Guitarists from Los Angeles Methods of Mayhem members Heaven Below members