Troy Sanders

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Troy Sanders

Troy Sanders performing in 2012
Background information
Born (1973-09-08) September 8, 1973
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres Heavy metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, alternative metal, experimental metal, stoner metal, groove metal, grindcore
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments bass, vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active 1990–present
Labels Relapse, Reprise
Associated acts Mastodon, Social Infestation, Bloodsimple, Dozer, Yakuza, Killer Be Killed
Website mastodonrocks.com
Notable instruments
Fender Precision Bass
Warwick Streamer

Troy Sanders (born September 8, 1973) is an American bassist/singer best known as a member of the Atlanta, Georgia metal band Mastodon, in which he shares vocal duties with guitarist Brent Hinds and drummer Brann Dailor.

Biography

Sanders first played when he had picked up his older brother's bass and decided to try it out, even though the bass was strung for a lefty, and he was right-handed. A few months later, he had talked his dad into buying him a bass. Troy started first playing in such bands as Four Hour Fogger, Knuckle and Puaka Balava.[1] In 1995 Troy Sanders joined the grindcore-band Social Infestation as the bass player. Social Infestation has released one EP and two full length albums. Band hasn't released any material since 2000 and are seemingly taking a long hiatus or the band has splitted. [2]

In 2000 Troy Sanders met Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher along with Brent Hinds at High on Fire show and later formed "Mastodon". The four began a new musical venture with then singer Eric Saner, touring the southern USA, working 40-hour weeks and committing to the band in their spare time. The band's mainstream success would ensue after Saner left the band, pushing Troy to the forefront not just as a bassist, but as a vocalist also, the duties of which he would share with Hinds.

In 2012, Troy Sanders joined the supergroup KILLER BE KILLED, founded by The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera. The band had slowly been working on a lineup and material before announcing its name in October 2013,[3] along with their signing to Nuclear Blast Records.[4] The tentative release date for their debut record is Summer 2014.[5]

Personal

Troy is married and currently has two children, a son and a daughter.[6] Sanders has two brothers Kyle and Darren, who are both involved in music. Kyle is formerly the bassist of Bloodsimple, and is currently in MonstrO; while Darren is “a one man road crew” and bass tech for Mastodon.

Influence and style

Musical Style

Troy Sanders plays both with his finger and pick, and usually steps out of the guitar parts in Mastodon, and composes his basslines on his own. He has shown a wide variety of playing styles and techniques, so he is known as a very flexible player.

Singing style

Troy Sanders performing at Sonisphere 2012 in Getafe, Madrid.

Sanders performs clean and harsh vocals in Mastodon, where he shares lead vocal duties with Brent Hinds. His harsher vocal style is similar to Dave Edwardson of Neurosis and Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, utilizing low growls but not low enough to be death grunts. His harsh vocalism was largely applied in Mastodon’s earlier Lifesblood and Remission. In Mastodon's more recent albums, Leviathan through The Hunter, Sanders utilizes a different range of clean vocals along with his harsher style.

Influences

Sanders has cited Cliff Burton from Metallica, Gene Simmons from Kiss, and Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy as some of the major influences on his bass playing. He has also stated in interviews that his favorite albums are Men At Work’s Business As Usual, Neurosis’ Times Of Grace, and George Jones’ Anniversary - 10 Years Of Hits. Adding to that list, in a 2005 interview,[7] he also mentioned Through Silver in Blood by Neurosis, Sailing the Seas of Cheese by Primus, Melvins' Stoner Witch, Metallica's Ride the Lightning, and White Pony by Deftones as some of his favorites.

Gear & Equipment

Sanders owns a wide variety of basses from different companies, from Godlyke, through Yamaha, Ibanez, Fender, Wal, to Warwick most recently. His most notable basses are:

Sanders also uses a lot of different amps, pedals & effects. He uses TC Electronic Blacksmith amp & cab, Orange AD200B cabinet & Orange SP410 cab, Ampeg SVT-VR stack, Ampeg SVT-4 PRO head, Mesa 8x10 cabinets, Mesa Engineering Titan V12 head, Mesa Boogie Big Block 750 head and 4x12 cab (synth pedals). As for pedals, he was seen using MXR Octave Deluxe, MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz, vintage Sovtek Big Muff Pi, Cobrahawk B12 Fuzz, Moog MF-104SD Moogerfooger Analog Delay, Moog Taurus Bass Pedals, Electro-Harmonix POG Polyphonic Octave Generator, Digitech Bass Whammy, Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb, Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer, Morley Wah Pedal, Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus, Sanford Bluebeard Fuzz, Fern DI, Wren and Cuff Tall Front Russian, TC Electronic Corona Chorus pedal, and a Monster Power Pro 2500 power conditioner.

Discography

Social Infestation

  • Social Infestation (1996)
  • Redemption Is Only Skin Deep...It's Time to Cut Deeper (1998)
  • Lasciate Ogni Speranza (2000)

Mastodon

Main article: Mastodon discography

Killer be Killed

  • TBA (2014)

Guest appearances

External Links & References

  1. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Troy_Sanders/8182
  2. ↑ http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Social_Infestation/8268#band_tab_members
  3. ↑ Project Featuring MAX CAVALERA, GREG PUCIATO, TROY SANDERS Gets Name Blabbermouth.net. October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ Max Cavalera/Greg Puciato/Troy Sanders Supergroup Finds a Label Home MetalSucks. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ Norton, Justin M. (December 2013). "Studio Report". Decibel Magazine 110: 20. 
  6. ↑ http://purgeatl.com/2010/09/30/mastodons-troy-sanders-is-leading-a-double-life-sort-of/
  7. ↑ http://devilution.dk/10-hurtige/10-hurtige-til-en-heavyn-rd-17
  8. ↑ http://www.enotes.com/topic/Troy_Sanders
  9. ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/orange-amplification-s-micro-terror-saves-the-day-for-mastodon-s-troy-sanders/
Mastodon
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Box sets
Extended plays
Singles
  • "March of the Fire Ants"
  • "Iron Tusk"
  • "Blood and Thunder"
  • "I Am Ahab"
  • "Seabeast"
  • "Crystal Skull"
  • "Capillarian Crest"
  • "The Wolf Is Loose"
  • "Colony of Birchmen"
  • "Divinations"
  • "Oblivion"
  • "Just Got Paid"
  • "Deathbound"
  • "Black Tongue"
  • "Curl of the Burl"
  • "Dry Bone Valley"
Video albums
Concert tours
Personnel
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