Don Clark (musician)
| Don Clark | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Donald Clark |
| Also known as | Chuck Knuckles |
| Born |
May 30, 1975 San Jose, California, United States |
| Genres | Heavy Metal, Christian metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, graphic designer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1992–2009 |
| Associated acts | Demon Hunter, Training for Utopia, Deathbed Atheist[1] |
Don Clark (born May 30, 1975) is an American musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and bassist for the Christian metal band, Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, vocalist Ryan Clark.[2] Before Demon Hunter, Clark was a former guitarist and co-founder of Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler. He appears on Zao's The Lesser Lights of Heaven DVD.
Clark also founded Seattle-based Asterik Studio with his brother Ryan and friend Demetre Arges in 2000. The design studio has done CD packaging, poster art, web design, and merchandise design for hundreds of artists including Liz Phair, P.O.D., and The White Stripes. Based on their design experience, Don and Ryan authored a chapter in the book New Masters of Photoshop, Volume 2 (ISBN 1590593154).
In 2007, the brothers left Asterik to start Invisible Creature.
Don was nominated for a Grammy for Best Album packaging for The Folds' Secrets Keep You Sick. Don lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and two children.
On August 12, 2009 in Seattle, Washington, at El Corazón, Demon Hunter announced that Don Clark had left the band to pursue his career in graphic design and to be with his family.
In an interview with Matt Johnson (ex-Blenderhead, The Out Circuit), He stated that, He, Don & Ryan, and Nathan Burke (ex-Frodus, The Out Circuit) formed a project called Deathbed Atheist.[1]
Discography
- The Falling Cycle EP (1997 w/ Training for Utopia as guitarist)
- Plastic Soul Impalement (1998 w/ Training for Utopia as guitarist)
- Training for Utopia / Zao (1998 w/ Training for Utopia/Zao as guitarist)
- Throwing a Wrench into the American Music Machine (1999 w/ Training for Utopia as guitarist)
- Demon Hunter (2000 w/ Demon Hunter as bassist)
- Summer of Darkness (2004 w/ Demon Hunter as guitarist)
- Technical Difficulties (2004 w/ Training for Utopia as guitarist)
- The Triptych (2006 w/ Demon Hunter as guitarist)
- Storm the Gates of Hell (2007 w/ Demon Hunter as guitarist)
References
- 1 2 "Matt Johnson - Part 2". Billy Power/Urban Achiever. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: Demon Hunter". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
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