Mike Dean (musician)

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Mike Dean
Background information
Birth name	Michael Thomas Dean
Born	August 4, 1965
Origin	Raleigh, North Carolina
Genre(s)	Metal
Occupation(s)	Bass Guitar, Backup Vocals
Years active	1982 - present
Label(s)	Sanctuary Records
Associated acts	Corrosion of Conformity Probot Earthride

Mike Dean (born Michael Thomas Dean on August 4, 1965^[1]) is the bassist for American metal band Corrosion of Conformity. He sang on the band's early recordings from their crossover thrash era before leaving the band in 1987. He rejoined C.O.C. as the bass player and occasional vocalist in 1993 and collaborated with Dave Grohl on the Probot song "Access Babylon", a return to the punk/metal fusion of old.

Dean served as the engineer for C.O.C.'s 2005 Sanctuary Records release, "In the Arms of God." He was also the producer and engineer for "Vampire Circus," an album by Maryland-based doom-metal band Earthride released in 2005 by Southern Lord Records.

1 Discography
2 References

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
	1983	Eye for an Eye	Caroline Records
	October 1985	Animosity	Metal Blade Records
	November 27, 1994	Deliverance	Sony Records
	October 12, 1996	Wiseblood	Sony Records
	October 10, 2000	America's Volume Dealer (Available as Dualdisc)	Sanctuary Records
	August 7, 2001	Live Volume CD, DVD and DVDA	Sanctuary Records
	April 5, 2005	In the Arms of God	Sanctuary Records

[edit] EPs

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
	1987	Technocracy	Metal Blade Records
	1989	Six Songs With Mike Singing: 1985	Metal Blade Records