Rocky Gray

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Rocky Gray
Birth name	William Gray
Born	(1974-07-02) July 2, 1974 Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States
Genres	Alternative metal, Christian metal, death metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Labels	Universal Republic,^[1] Solid State, Rogue Records America
Associated acts	Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced, Mourningside, We Are the Fallen, Evanescence Machina

William "Rocky" Gray (born July 2, 1974 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, U.S.) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s. He has an extensive career as a musician and is best known as the lead guitarist for Living Sacrifice and the drummer for We Are the Fallen.^[2] He also plays drums for Soul Embraced, Mourningside, and Machina and he is the former drummer for Evanescence. Gray is married to Renée Gray with two children, Abraham and Madison, and currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Bands

Current bands

Soul Embraced – lead guitar, drums, vocals (1997–2008), drums (2008–present)
Mourningside – drums (2004–present)
Fatal Thirteen - guitar (2006–present)
Living Sacrifice – lead guitar, backing vocals (1999–2003, 2005, 2008–present)
Machina – drums (2005–present)
The Killer and the Star – drums (2009–present) (touring member)
We Are the Fallen - drums (2009–present)
Project 86 - drums (2012–present) (recording member)
Solus Deus - lead guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)

Former bands

Chalice - (?-?)
Shredded Corpse - Vocals, Guitar, Keys (1991–1998)
Sickshine - Drums (1993–95)
PainGod (later known as Flesh Compressor) - ? (1994–1995)
Seminal Death - Vocals, Guitar (1995)
Thy Pain - Guitar, Vocals (2002)
Kill System - Guitar (2002–2003)
Evanescence - Drums (2002–2007)
The Burning - Guitar (2005–2006)
3 For Sorrow - Drums, Bass and Guitar (2005–2006)

Other credits

Albums

Inner War - Inner War (Producer, 1999)
Thy Pain - More Than Suffering (Producer, 2002)
Fatal Thirteen^[3] - Music From the Soundproof Torture Chamber (Producer, 2006)
At Wars End - Take Off the Mask (producer, 2012)

CrimeWave

In 2005, Rocky launched a clothing line called CrimeWave Clothing, which he has since abandoned. CrimeWave is also the name of Rocky's record label that currently features Fatal Thirteen.

References

↑ "Universal Republic Records Signs New Rock Band We Are the Fallen". Reuters. October 28, 2009.
↑ "Carly Smithson to join forces with ex-Evanescence musicians to become the Fallen". LA Times. June 18, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
↑ "FATAL THIR13EN My Space Profile". MySpace. Retrieved 2007-02-04.

v t e We Are the Fallen

Rocky Gray John LeCompt Ben Moody Marty O'Brien Carly Smithson

Studio albums	Tear the World Down

Singles	"Bury Me Alive" "Tear the World Down"

Related articles	Evanescence American Idol Universal Republic Records

Category

v t e Soul Embraced

Rocky Gray Chad Moore Jeff Bowie Ed Collins

Studio Albums	For The Incomplete This Is My Blood Immune Dead Alive Mythos

Demos	Fleshless EP

Related articles	Living Sacrifice

v t e Living Sacrifice

Bruce Fitzhugh Rocky Gray Lance Garvin Arthur Green Jason Truby Darren Johnson Chris Truby Cory Putman Matthew Putman

Albums	Living Sacrifice Nonexistent Inhabit Reborn The Hammering Process Conceived in Fire The Infinite Order

Compilations	In Memoriam

Others	A Tribute to Living Sacrifice Not Yielding to Ungodly

Evanescence

Albums

Studio	Fallen The Open Door Evanescence

Live	Anywhere but Home

Demo	Origin

Singles

Promotional singles

"Weight of the World"

Other songs

"Lacrymosa"
"Oceans"

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Persondata
Name	Gray, Rocky
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	July 2, 1974
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Arkansas, United States
Date of death
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