Frank Watkins

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Frank Watkins
Background information
Born	February 19, 1968 (1968-02-19) (age 40)
Origin	USA
Genre(s)	Death Metal Black metal
Instrument(s)	Bass Guitar
Years active	1986 - present
Associated acts	Obituary Gorgoroth (Infernus' version) Hell Witch Bad Rep Sacrosanct
Website	www.obituary.cc www.gorgoroth.info

Frank Watkins (born February 19, 1968 ^[1]) is the bassist for the death metal band Obituary.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bands 3 Discography 3.1 Obituary 3.2 Gorgoroth (Infernus' version) 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Frank Watkins began playing music at the age of 12, and began his professional career in 1986, before joining with Obituary in 1989. Obituary is listed by Nielsen SoundScan as the fifth best-selling death metal band of all time. He has played on every Obituary release, except for their debut album Slowly We Rot and cites his musical influences as "anything dark, aggressive, and pissed off" and tends to bring his punk/hardcore background to the realm of death/black metal. Frank prides himself not only on the technical side of his music, but also in the business aspect, managing, mentoring, and guiding other bands and musicians. He formed his management company Back From the Dead Productions in 2007 in hopes to help bands create a positive career in the music business. In late 2007 Watkins became the bassist of Infernus' new line-up of the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth.

[edit] Bands

• Sacrosanct (1985-1986)
• Bad Rep (1986-1987)
• Hell Witch (1987-1989)
• Obituary (1989-Present)
• Gorgoroth (Infernus' version) (2007-Present)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Obituary

• Cause of Death (1990)
• The End Complete (1992)
• World Demise (1994)
• Don't Care (EP) (1994)
• Back from the Dead (1997)
• Dead (Live Album) (1998)
• Anthology (Compilation Album) (2001)
• Frozen in Time (2005)
• Frozen Alive (Live DVD) (2006)
• Xecutioner's Return (2007)

[edit] Gorgoroth (Infernus' version)

• Quantos Possund Ad Satanitatem Trahunt (likely to be released in 2009)

[edit] External links

• Official Obituary Website
• Official Obituary MySpace Profile
• Infernus' Official Gorgoroth Website

[edit] References

v • d • e Obituary John Tardy | Ralph Santolla | Trevor Peres | Frank Watkins | Donald Tardy Former members Allen West | James Murphy | Daniel Tucker Studio albums Slowly We Rot (1989) | Cause of Death (1990) | The End Complete (1992) | World Demise (1994) | Back from the Dead (1997) | Frozen in Time (2005) | Xecutioner's Return (2007) Live albums Dead (1998) | Frozen Alive (2006) Other releases Don't Care (1994) | Anthology (2001) Related articles Catastrophic | Death | Lowbrow | Six Feet Under | Death metal