Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.

Tommy Giles Rogers
Background information
Birth name Thomas Giles Rogers, Jr.
Born (1980-12-24) December 24, 1980
Origin Morganton, North Carolina, United States
Genres Progressive metal, progressive rock, metalcore, thrash metal, technical death metal, death metal, electronica, industrial, alternative rock
Instruments Vocals, keyboard, guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin
Years active 1999–present
Associated acts Between the Buried and Me, Giles, Prayer for Cleansing, From Here On, Undying

Tommy Giles Rogers (born December 24, 1980[1] in Morganton, North Carolina) is an American musician, most notable for being the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and founding member of the American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. His vocal style combines death growls and screams with peaceful clean singing melodies, sometimes including falsetto. He is a vegan and straight edge.[2]

Musical career

Rogers started his musical career in 1999 by being a guitarist for the metalcore band, Prayer for Cleansing; when they disbanded, Rogers founded the progressive metal band, Between the Buried and Me in 2001. After acquiring a full lineup, they released their three-song demo and then their self-titled debut album in 2002. In 2004, Rogers released a self-titled debut album for his electronica side project, named Giles. Rogers was one of the vocalists for the metal band From Here On and has appeared in numerous other musical projects, including the metal band Undying. He is a part of a clothing line and a small musical duo project with Jacob Troth that is known as Jacob Rogers.

He has made a few vocal guest appearances since the success of Between the Buried and Me, such as his featuring in the August Burns Red song "Indonesia" and on the Devin Townsend Project album Deconstruction.

Rogers recorded a solo album under the name of Thomas Giles, entitled Pulse, which was released February 1, 2011.[3] His other solo albums, Modern Noise released November 25, 2014, and Velcro Kid released November 4, 2016.

Discography

With Between the Buried and Me
With Jacob Rogers
As Giles
As Thomas Giles
With Prayer For Cleansing
With From Here On
As a guest

References

  1. ↑ Laban, Linda (December 24, 2009). "Between the Buried and Me's Tommy Rogers Doesn't Want to Get Older". Noisecreep. Retrieved January 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Hi Reddit! Between The Buried And Me here to answer your questions!". AMA. Reddit. September 29, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Frontman To Release Solo Album". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. November 29, 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jacob Rogers". Jacob Rogers. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "BTBAM Vocalist Tommy Rogers To Release Debut Solo Album "Pulse" On February 1st, 2011". Metalblade.com. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Unveil forthcoming second album 'Mouth Of Swords'". Insideoutmusic.com. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Guest Musicians". New Ayreon Album. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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