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Troy Sanders

For the composer born 1901, seeTroy Sanders (composer).

Troy Jayson Sanders(born September 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and one of the vocalists ofheavy metalbandMastodon.He is also active in the supergroupsKiller Be KilledandGone Is Goneand is the current touring bassist for rock bandThin Lizzy.

Troy Sanders
Sanders performing atRock im Park2022
Background information
Birth nameTroy Jayson Sanders[1]
Born(1973-09-08)September 8, 1973(age 51)
Atlanta, Georgia,U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, vocals
Years active1990–present
Member ofMastodon,Killer Be Killed,Gone Is Gone,Social Infestation,Thin Lizzy
Websitemastodonrocks

Biography

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Sanders performing in 2006

Sanders first played when he had picked up his older brotherKyle'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. He started first playing in such bands as Four Hour Fogger, Knuckle and Puaka Balava.[2]In 1995, Sanders joined thegrindcoreband Social Infestation as the bass player. Social Infestation has released one EP and two full-length albums. The band hasn't released any material since 2000 and are seemingly taking a long hiatus or the band has split.[3]

In 2000, Sanders metBrann DailorandBill Kelliheralong withBrent Hindsat aHigh on Fireshow and later formed Mastodon. The four began a new musical venture with then singer Eric Saner, touring the Southern United States, 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 Sanders to the forefront not just as a bassist, but as a vocalist also, the duties of which he would share with Hinds and Dailor.

In 2012, Sanders joined the supergroupKiller Be Killed,founded byThe Dillinger Escape PlanvocalistGreg PuciatoandSoulfly/ex-SepulturafrontmanMax Cavalera.The band had been working on a lineup and material before announcing their name in October 2013.[4][5]They released their self-titled debut record throughNuclear Blast Recordson May 13, 2014.[6]

In 2016, Sanders formedGone Is Gone,asupergroupalso consisting ofTroy Van Leeuwen,a guitar player forQueens of the Stone Age,Tony Hajjar,the drummer forAt the Drive-In,and Mike Zarin,[7]a multi-instrumentalist who appeared with Van Leeuwen onSweethead'sDescent to the Surface.They released anEPin the summer of 2016, shortly followed by a studio album,Echolocation,the following year.[8]Since then, the band has continued to record together, releasing singles in 2018 and 2019.

Influences and style

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Sanders in 2009

Musical style

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Sanders plays primarily fingerstyle, although he sometimes uses a 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

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Sanders performs clean and harsh vocals in Mastodon, where he shares lead vocal duties withBrent HindsandBrann Dailor.His harsher vocal style is similar toScott KellyofNeurosisandBuzz Osborneof theMelvins,utilizing low growls but not low enough to bedeath grunts.His harsh vocalism was largely applied in Mastodon's earlierLifesbloodandRemission.In Mastodon's more recent albums,LeviathanthroughEmperor of Sand,Sanders utilizes a different range of clean vocals along with his harsher style.

Influences

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Sanders has citedCliff BurtonfromMetallica,Gene SimmonsfromKiss,andPhil LynottfromThin Lizzyas some of the major influences on his bass playing. He has also stated in interviews that his favorite albums areMen at Work'sBusiness as Usual,Neurosis'Times of Grace,andGeorge Jones'Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits.Adding to that list, in a 2005 interview,[9]he also mentionedThrough Silver in Bloodby Neurosis,Sailing the Seas of CheesebyPrimus,Melvins'Stoner Witch,Metallica'sRide the Lightning,andWhite PonybyDeftonesas some of his favorites.

Personal life

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Sanders is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.[10]Sanders has two brothers,Kyleand Darren, who are both involved in music. Kyle was the bassist ofBloodsimple,and is inMonstrO,metal supergroupHellyeah,andKerry King's solo band; while Darren is "a one man road crew" and bass tech for Mastodon.

Discography

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Sanders performing in 2014

Social Infestation

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

Mastodon

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Main article:Mastodon discography

Killer Be Killed

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Gone Is Gone

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  • Gone Is Gone(2016) – bass, vocals
  • Echolocation(2017) – bass, vocals

Guest appearances

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References

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  1. ^Sanders, Troy Jayson."Songwriter/Composer: SANDERS TROY JAYSON".Broadcast Music, Inc.(BMI). Archived fromthe originalon January 18, 2016.RetrievedJuly 24,2015.
  2. ^"Troy Sanders – Encyclopaedia Metallum".The Metal Archives.RetrievedJune 25,2014.
  3. ^"Social Infestation – Encyclopaedia Metallum".The Metal Archives.RetrievedJune 25,2014.
  4. ^Project Featuring MAX CAVALERA, GREG PUCIATO, TROY SANDERS Gets NameBlabbermouth.net.October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. ^Max Cavalera/Greg Puciato/Troy Sanders Supergroup Finds a Label HomeMetalSucks.October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  6. ^Killer Be Killed Featuring Cavalera, Puciato, Sanders: Debut Album Cover Artwork RevealedBlabbermouth.March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  7. ^Reed, Ryan (April 13, 2016)."Mastodon, At the Drive-In, QOTSA Members Form Gone Is Gone".Rolling Stone.
  8. ^"Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age, At the Drive-In Members Form Supergroup Gone is Gone, Tease New Song" Violescent ": Listen".Pitchfork.April 13, 2016.
  9. ^[1]ArchivedNovember 13, 2013, at theWayback Machine
  10. ^[2]ArchivedNovember 24, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  11. ^"Orange Amplification's Micro Terror Saves The Day For Mastodon's Troy Sanders".Blabbermouth.net. January 9, 2013.RetrievedJune 25,2014.
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