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Rocky Gray (born July 2, 1974 as William Gray) was the drummer for Evanescence from 2003 to 2007. After Fallen was completed, he was hired to play on the Fallen tour, along with the other tour players John and Will.[1] He and John are friends of Ben Moody from Little Rock and were hired by Ben for the tour. He has been in multiple bands. Before he played live for Evanescence, he was a member of the bands Living Sacrifice and Soul Embraced. Rocky made his first appearance with Evanescence playing drums on the 1998 track "Understanding" from Evanescence's first EP. Evanescence covered his band Soul Embraced's song "My Tourniquet" on Fallen (where it's titled "Tourniquet"). He co-wrote Soul Embraced's "My Tourniquet", playing its guitar, so he has a co-writing credit on the Fallen cover song.[2]
Rocky's close friends with John and worked with him when John was a lead singer in Killsystem. He also worked with John when John laid vocals on “Seems Like Forever” for Soul Embraced’s Immune album.
In 2005, Rocky launched a clothing line called 'CrimeWave Clothing'. He recorded drums on Evanescence's second album The Open Door.
Rocky officially left Evanescence on May 4th, 2007.[3] Rocky had already decided to leave Evanescence in January (probably because he wanted to work on his projects). His contract with Wind-Up said that he had to finish the tour first and he wasn't allowed to publicize his plans about leaving.[3] When John was fired, he defied Wind-Up and publicized his leaving. Amy Lee explained what happened and the reasons for their departure.[4][1]
Rocky cited Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich and Kiss's drummer Eric Carr as his drumming influences.[5]
He is currently in 4 bands: Soul Embraced, Living Sacrifice, Mourningside, Fatal Thirteen and We Are The Fallen.
Equipment
Music:
Rocky is currently endorsed by or uses ddrum, Sabian® Cymbals, Vater Sticks, Evans Drumheads, Schecter guitars and Basson Sound Equipment.
Other:
Crimewave Clothing, Diablo wheels and Fright-Rags clothing.
He is frequently featured in advertisements for the equipment he proudly uses.
Bands
Current Bands
- Soul Embraced - Lead Guitar, Vocals (1997-present)
- Mourningside - Drums (2004-present)
- Fatal Thirteen - Guitar (2006-present)
- Living Sacrifice - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2008-present)
Former Bands
- Chalice - Drums (1991)
- Shredded Corpse - Vocals, Guitar, Keys (1991-1998)
- Sickshine - Drums (1993-95)
- PainGod (later known as Flesh Compressor) - ? (1994-1995)
- Seminal Death - Vocals, Guitar (1995)
- Living Sacrifice - Lead Guitar, Additional Vocals (1999-2003, 2005)
- Thy Pain - Guitar, Vocals (2002)
- Kill System - Guitar (2002-2003)
- The Burning - Guitar (2005-2006)
- 3 For Sorrow - Drums, Bass and Guitar (2005-2006)
- Evanescence - Drums (2003-2007)
- Machina (formerly called Future Leaders of the World) - Drums (2005-2007)
- We Are The Fallen - Guitar (2009-2012)
Other Credits
Albums:
- Inner War [2] - Inner War (Producer, 1999)
- Thy Pain [3] - More Than Suffering EP (Producer, 2002)
- Fatal Thirteen [4] - Music From the Soundproof Torture Chamber (Producer, 2006)
Personal life
His immediate family includes his wife, Reneé, and his two kids, Abraham and Madison.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amy Lee Cara's Basement Radio Interview Part One (The Open Door album) (October 6, 2007)
- ↑ Fallen (liner notes), 2003.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Former EVANESCENCE Drummer ROCKY GRAY Comments On His Departure". May 5, 2007. Blabbermouth.
- ↑ "EVANESCENCE Singer: 'I Love This Band Too Much To See It Driven Into The Ground'". [1] (May 18, 2007).
- ↑ Rashidi, Waleed (December 2006). "Rocky Gray of Evanescence". ModernDrummer.com. https://www.moderndrummer.com/2006/12/rocky-gray/.
Links
- Rocky's Myspace
- Soul Embraced - Official website
- Mourningside
- Fatal Thirteen
- Crimewave Clothing - Rocky's Clothing Line
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