Mike Dean (musician)

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Mike Dean

Background information
Birth name	Thomas Michael Dean
Born	(1963-08-24) August 24, 1963
Genres	Crossover thrash, hardcore punk, heavy metal, sludge metal
Occupations	Musician, bassist, singer
Instruments	Bass, vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Sanctuary
Associated acts	Corrosion of Conformity Probot Vista Chino Righteous Fool Snake Nation

Mike Dean (born Thomas Michael Dean on August 24, 1963) 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. In 1989 Dean, along with C.O.C. guitarist Woody Weatherman and artist Brian Walsby on drums, released the Snake Nation album on Caroline Records.^[1] Dean 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.

Played bass on the song "As You Wish", on Vista Chino's 2013 album Peace.

Discography

Albums

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
1984	Eye for an Eye	Caroline Records
October 1985	Animosity	Metal Blade Records
October 12, 1989	Snake Nation	Caroline 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
February 10, 2004	Probot	Southern Lord
April 5, 2005	In the Arms of God	Sanctuary Records
February 28, 2012	Corrosion of Conformity	Candlelight Records
September 3, 2013	Peace	Napalm Records

EPs

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

Compilations

No Core (1982, split)
Why Are We Here? (1983, split)
Cleanse the Bacteria (1985, compilation)
Complete Death (1985, compilation)(Metal Blade Records)

Music videos

"Albatross" (1994)
"Wiseblood" (1996)
"Drowning in a Daydream" (1996)
"Stonebreaker" (2005)

References

↑ brian walsby (2007-12-06). "Introverted Loudmouth: Snake Nation". Introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-07-06.

External links

v t e Corrosion of Conformity

Woody Weatherman Mike Dean Reed Mullin

Pepper Keenan Karl Agell Phil Swisher Simon Bob Sinister Eric Eycke Benji Shelton Robert Stewart Jason Patterson

Studio albums	Eye for an Eye Animosity Blind Deliverance Wiseblood America's Volume Dealer In the Arms of God Corrosion of Conformity

EPs	Technocracy Six Songs With Mike Singing Megalodon

Live albums	Live Volume

Singles	"Vote with a Bullet" "Dance of the Dead" "Albatross" "Clean My Wounds" "Drowning in a Daydream" "Congratulations Song" "In the Arms of God" "Stonebreaker"

Persondata
Name	Dean, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American heavy metal bass guitarist
Date of birth	1963-08-24
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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