Jus Oborn
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Jus Oborn performing with Electric Wizard at Hole in the Sky festival in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justin Oborn |
| Born | October 1971 (age 43) |
| Origin | Dorset, England |
| Genres | Doom metal, stoner rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Associated acts | Electric Wizard |
Justin "Jus" Oborn is the lead vocalist, lead electric guitarist and lyricist of Electric Wizard, an influential doom metal/stoner metal band from Dorset, England.[1] Prior to forming Electric Wizard, Oborn was a member of the band Lord of Putrefaction, which changed its name to Thy Grief Eternal[2] and then to Eternal.
Oborn, along with bassist Tim Bagshaw and drummer Mark Greening, formed Electric Wizard in 1993. He has been the band's frontman since that time. Under his guidance, they became one of doom metal's most critically acclaimed groups, releasing seven albums since 1995. Two of their albums, Come My Fanatics... (1997) and Dopethrone (2000) are considered by many critics to be landmark albums in the doom metal genre.
In early 2003, Bagshaw and Greening left the band, making Oborn the only founding member who remains. Later in that year, Oborn gathered a new line-up for the band – which included his wife, Liz Buckingham, as second guitarist. She has remained part of the band ever since, with she and Oborn both handling guitar duties on Electric Wizard's most recent releases, We Live (2004) and Witchcult Today (2007).
Justin was known as "Fuzz" by his friends at his primary school in Wimborne Minster.
Discography
During 1988, Jus Oborn formed the doom metal band Lord of Putrefaction, they recorded two demos. The band then changed its name to Thy Grief Eternal and recorded the On Blackened Wings demo. The band then became known simply as Eternal and recorded the Lucifer's Children demo, before disbanding. At this point, Jus Oborn formed Electric Wizard.
- 1989 – Necromantic demo
- 1991 – Wings Over a Black Funeral demo
- 1992 – On Blackened Wings demo
- 1993 – Lucifer's Children demo
- The above were later included on the compilation Pre-Electric Wizard 1989-1994
- 1995 – Electric Wizard
- 1996 – Demon Lung
- 1997 – Come My Fanatics...
- 1997 – Chrono.Naut
- 1998 – Supercoven
- 2000 – Dopethrone
- 2002 – Let Us Prey
- 2004 – We Live
- 2007 – Witchcult Today
- 2008 – The House on the Borderland
- 2008 – The Processean
- 2010 - Black Masses
- 2014 - Time to Die
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo; Koets, Tara. "Biography: Electric Wizard". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Lord of Putrefaction". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
External links
- Electric Wizard biography at Rise Above Records
- Electric Wizard at MySpace
- Electric Wizard at Allmusic
- Jus Oborn interview (10/2000)
- Jus Oborn interview (09/2004)
- Jus Oborn interview (02/2006)
- Jus Oborn interview (01/2008)
- Jus Oborn interview (04/2008)
- Jus Oborn video interview 2014