Scott Weinrich
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Scott Weinrich | |
| Also known as | Wino | |
| Born | September 21, 1960 (age 46) | |
| Origin | Maryland | |
| Genre(s) | Doom metal Stoner metal |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar Vocals |
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The Obsessed Saint Vitus Spirit Caravan Place of Skulls The Hidden Hand |
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Scott "Wino" Weinrich (born September 21, 1960[1]) is a doom metal guitarist & vocalist and founding member of The Obsessed. His raw and deep vocals in Saint Vitus as well as his guitar work in The Obsessed and Spirit Caravan made him a big personality in the metal scene and one of the most influential vocalists/guitarists in the doom metal genre overall.
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[edit] Biography
Wino's musical career started out in the Washington, DC area when he formed The Obsessed in the early 80s. This version of The Obsessed would release a 7" and have a track featured on Metal Blade Records's Metal Massacre VI. In the mid 80s he disbanded The Obsessed and moved to California to sing for Saint Vitus. During this time Wino also anonymously played bass for The Mentors.[2] In Vitus, he covered vocal duties, as well as additional guitar work on some tracks. Vitus put out 3 studio albums, a live album, and an EP with Wino. After Vitus signed to Hellhound Records, Hellhound put out a collection of archived Obsessed recordings. This prompted Wino to leave Vitus and reform The Obsessed, who now had a record deal with Hellhound Records. This incarnation of The Obsessed released 2 more albums (the latter was picked up by Columbia Records) before calling it quits in 1994. Wino then formed Spirit Caravan with ex-Wretched (another Hellhound act) vocalist Dave Sherman on bass. Spirit Caravan put out 2 albums and an EP before disbanding in 2002. Wino joined ex-Pentagram guitarist Victor Griffin in his outfit, Place of Skulls, for one album before leaving to start his current band, The Hidden Hand.
Wino recently contributed vocals and guitars on the track "The Emerald Law" for Dave Grohl's project, Probot. He can be seen playing guitar in the Probot video for "Shake Your Blood", which features Lemmy on bass and vocals. He has also collaborated with ex-Death SS bassist Paul Chain for some of his solo work. Wino worked with Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Sabbath drummer Bill Ward and Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford in the band Bullring Brummies, who are featured on the Nativity in Black Black Sabbath tribute album.
[edit] Bands
- The Obsessed (1977 - 1995)- guitar & vocals
- Place of Skulls (2003) - guitar & vocals
- Saint Vitus (1986 - 1990) - guitar & vocals
- Spirit Caravan (1996 - 2002) - guitar & vocals
- The Hidden Hand (2002 - present) - guitar & vocals
[edit] Contributions
- Probot - guitar & vocals on "Emerald Law" on their self-titled album and guitar in the video for "Shake Your Blood"
- Solace - guitar & vocals on "Common Cause" on their album 13
- The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight - vocals & E-bow on their split release with Acid King
- Paul Chain - vocals on "Bloodwing" and "Nibiru Dawn" on Unreleased Vol. 2
- The Mentors - bass (anonymously) in 1987
- Bullring Brummies - guitar on "The Wizard" on Nativity in Black
- Wooly Mammoth - guitar on "Mammoth Bones" on The Temporary Nature
- Sixty Watt Shaman - guitar on "All Things Come to Pass" on Reason to Live
- Victor Griffin - backing vocals on "Late for an Early Grave", guitar & backing vocals on "The Pusher/Iron Horse" and guitar & vocals on "Haywire" on Late for an Early Grave
[edit] References
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| Scott Reagers | Dave Chandler | Mark Adams | Armando Acosta |
| Former members: Scott "Wino" Weinrich | Christian Lindersson |
| Discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Saint Vitus | Hallow's Victim | The Walking Dead | Born Too Late | Thirsty and Miserable | Mournful Cries | V | Live | Children of Doom (C.O.D.) | Die Healing |
| Compilations: Heavier Than Thou |
| Related articles |
| Spirit Caravan | The Obsessed | The Hidden Hand | Place of Skulls | Count Raven |
