Joe Duplantier

Joseph Duplantier
Joe Duplantier at Helfest 2013.
Background information
Born	(1976-10-19) October 19, 1976
Genres	Thrash metal, groove metal, progressive metal, death metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Gabriel Editions Boycott Records Next Music Listenable Records Prosthetic Records Roadrunner Records
Associated acts	Cavalera Conspiracy Empalot Gojira Apocalyptica

Joseph Duplantier (born October 19, 1976) is a French musician who is the guitarist and vocalist of Gojira and was the bassist for Cavalera Conspiracy.

Music

Joe Duplantier's influences include bands such as Meshuggah, Metallica, Morbid Angel, Sepultura^[1] and Slayer.^[2]

He was also in a band called Empalot from 1999 to 2004.^[3]

Max Cavalera and Igor Cavalera initially asked Jean-Michel Labadie, bassist of Gojira, to do bass duties for their band, Cavalera Conspiracy; however, Labadie was busy with prior commitments, including Gojira. Instead, Joe Duplantier ended up being the band's bassist.^[4] Joe Duplantier has stated that Gojira is his main priority and that is the reason he has not done extensive touring with Cavalera Conspiracy.^[1] In 2008, Joe was replaced by Johny Chow on bass duties for Cavalera Conspiracy. Duplantier did not appear in the band's second album, Blunt Force Trauma.

He owns the Silver Cord Studio, a recording studio situated in New York, which he designed himself.^[5]

Personal

Joe Duplantier has been in two bands with his brother, Mario Duplantier; one being his main project, Gojira, and the other being Empalot.

Some of the lyrical themes of Gojira reflect Duplantier's personal beliefs in preserving the environment.^[6][1] He is part of the environmental corporation Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.^[7]

Equipment^[8]

Guitars

• Charvel USA Joe Duplantier San Dimas Style 2 (2013–present)
• Charvel USA Skatecaster (2012–present)
• Jackson SLS Guitar
• Fender Telecaster
• Gibson Flying V Gothic (seen during Sonisphere Festival in Amneville, France)
• Jackson Dominion (seen on some videos of Gojira's American 2012 tour)
• MeloDuende Komet AK (seen during lives in France and Canada)

Amplifiers and Cabinets

• EVH 5150 III amplifier head
• EVH 5150 III 4x12 Cab

Pedals

• Boss TU-2
• Noise Suppressor

Accessories

• Dunlop .88 millimeter tortex picks
• DiMarzio ClipLock black strap

Discography

With Gojira

as Godzilla

• Victim (demo, 1996)
• Possessed (demo, 1997)
• Saturate (demo, 1999)
• Wisdom Comes (demo, 1999)

as Gojira

• Terra Incognita (full-length, 2001)
• Maciste All'Inferno (EP, 2003)
• The Link (full-length, 2003)
• Indians (single, 2003)
• The Link Alive (live, 2004)
• From Mars to Sirius (full-length, 2005)
• The Way of All Flesh (full-length, 2008)
• End of Time (single, 2011)
• The Flesh Alive (live, 2012)
• L'Enfant Sauvage (single, 2012)
• Liquid Fire (single, 2012)
• L'Enfant Sauvage (full-length, 2012)
• Explosia (single, 2012)
• Les Enfants Sauvages (live, 2014)

With Cavalera Conspiracy

• Sanctuary (single, 2008)
• Inflikted (full-length, 2008)

With Empalot

• Brout (demo, 1999)
• Tous aux Cèpes (full-length, 2001)
• Empalot en Concert (live, 2004)

As a guest or session musician

• Eros & Thanatos by Manimal (on "Dead Meat") (full-length, 2004)
• Through the Absurd by Trepalium (on "Sauvage") (full-length, 2004)
• Contraires by MyPollux (on "Coffre à Souhaits") (full-length, 2006)
• Demi Deuil by Aygghon (on "La Terre Dolente") (full-length, 2006)
• All Seeing Eyes by Klone (on "All Seeing Eyes") (full-length, 2008)
• For Death, Glory and the End of the World by Kruger (on "Muscle") (full-length, 2009)
• 7th Symphony by Apocalyptica (on "Bring Them to Light") (full-length, 2010)
• Deconstruction by Devin Townsend (on "Sumeria", alongside Paul Masvidal of Cynic) (full-length, 2011)
• w^w^^w^w by Car Bomb (on "Third Revelation") (full-length, 2012)
• Damballa's Voodoo Doll by Trepalium (on "Damballa's Voodoo Doll", alongside Matthieu Metzger of Klone) (full-length, 2015)^[9]

References