Sean Colig

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Sean Colig
Born	(1976-05-21) May 21, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Punk rock, heavy metal, hardcore, rap metal
Instruments	Electric guitar, bass guitar
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	SNFU, Savannah, Minority, SideSixtySeven

Sean Colig (born May 21, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and record producer who currently serves at the guitarist for the punk rock band SNFU. He has previously played with Savannah, SideSixtySeven and Minority.

Career

Early years (1993–2006)

Colig co-founded and played guitar with the Vancouver, British Columbia-based rap metal band Minority from 1993 to 1997.^[1] In 1996, the band took first place in Vancouver's 99.3 C-Fox Seeds radio contest amid 200 entries. This earned them local and nation-wide popularity, and they went on to open for Pantera, White Zombie, Ice-T's Body Count, Sublime, Biohazard, Deftones, Korn, and numerous other group. During his stint with Minority, Colig also began working in record production.

In 1998 Colig next co-founded the skate punk band SideSixtySeven, for whom he served as bassist for eight years. Following his 2006 departure, the band remained active.

With Savannah and SNFU (2006–present)

Colig joined the Vancouver and Edmonton-based heavy metal band Savannah in 2006, four years after their formation, replacing guitarist Ricco Forester. The group soon released their debut album The Road To.. with producer Devin Townsend,^[2] and continued extensive touring across North America.

Savannah toured with the influential skate punk band SNFU in 2010. During the tour, Colig often joined the group as a guest second guitarist.^[1] Soon thereafter, Colig went on to join SNFU as its guitarist and harmony vocalist, completing their first five-piece lineup in 12 years. He and the group soon began their work on writing and recording sessions for their first studio release since 2004.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Chris Walter. ...What No One Else Wanted to Say. Vancouver: GFY Press, 2012
↑ "Music Notes :: Music". VUE Weekly. August 18, 2004. Retrieved September 9, 2012.

External links

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Ken Chinn Jon Card Ken Fleming Sean Colig Kerry Cyr Marc Belke Brent Belke Warren Bidlock Evan C. Jones Jimmy Schmitz Dave Bacon Ted Simm Curtis Creager Rob Johnson Dave Rees Sean Stubbs Chris Thompson Matt Warhurst Shane Smith Chad Mareels Bryan McCallum Denis Nowoselski

Studio albums	...And No One Else Wanted to Play If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish Better Than a Stick in the Eye Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes The One Voted Most Likely to Succeed FYULABA In the Meantime and in Between Time Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You

EPs	The Ping Pong EP

Live albums	Let's Get It Right the First Time

Singles	"She's Not on the Menu" "Beautiful, Unlike You and I" "Big Thumbs" "Eric's Had a Bad Day" "I'm Your Carpet"

Compilations	The Last of the Big Time Suspenders

Bootlegs	Live '86 Real Men Don't Watch Quincy Via Plastic Surgery

Related articles	Band members Wheat Chiefs Redeemer (Wheat Chiefs album) Slaveco.

Persondata
Name	Colig, Sean
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian musician
Date of birth	May 21, 1976
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
Place of death

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