Greg Anderson (guitarist)

Greg Anderson (* 1970 in Seattle ) is an American musician and co-founder of the Southern Lord label .

Life

Anderson was the guitarist of the doom / stoner metal band Goatsnake . He is also known for his collaborations with Stephen O'Malley .

Together with O'Malley he participated in several projects such as B. the death / doom metal band Thorr's Hammer , the doom metal band Burning Witch (which he left before they could record an album), as well as the drone bands Sunn O))) and Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine .

Before that he was involved in various straight edge hardcore punk bands: False Liberty, Brotherhood, Amenity, Statement, Galleon's Lap and the band Engine Kid from the Revelation Records label . Nate Mendel , who later became bassist for Foo Fighters and Sunny Day Real Estate , was also active in Brotherhood and Galleon's Lap.

Most recently, Anderson worked with Attila Csihar and Oren Ambarchi on a new drone project called the Burial Chamber Trio . He is also a member of Ascend , a current project with Gentry Densley, the former singer of the Revelation Records band Iceburn .

In April 1998, Anderson and O'Malley founded the Southern Lord label in Los Angeles , which specializes in drone doom, sludge , heavy , doom and, recently, black metal .

Discography

With False Liberty

• The Zoo Is Free (Demo 1986)
• Silence Is Consent ... (7 "-EP 1986)

With brotherhood

• Words Run… As Thick as Blood (1989)

With amenity

• Chula Vista (demo 1989)

With a statement

• Don't Sacrifice Me (7 "-EP 1989)

With Galleon's Lap

• Themes and Variations (1991)

With the Engine Kid

• Engine Kid (EP 1992)
• Astronaut (EP 1993)
• Bear Catching Fish (CD and LP 1993)
• The Little Drummer Boy / In the Bleak Midwinter (split with Silkworm 1993)
• Three on the Tree (split with Wreck 1994)
• Iceburn / Engine Kid (Split CD with Iceburn 1994)
• Angel Wings (CD 1995)
• Troubleman Unlimited (EP 1995)

With Thorr's hammer

• Sannhet i Blodet (demo 1995)
• Dommedagsnatt (cassette 1996, CD 1998, CD re-release and Picture Disc 2004)

With goatsnake

• IV (7 "-EP 1998)
• Man of Light (7 "-EP 1998)
• Goatsnake Vol. 1 (CD 1999)
• Goatsnake / Burning Witch (Split with Burning Witch ) (CD 2000)
• Dog Days (CD 2000)
• Flower of Disease (2000)
• Trampled Under Hoof (CD 2004)
• 1 + Dog Days (CD 2004)

With Sunn O)))

• The Grimmrobe Demos (Demo 1998, CD 2000, 2xPLP 2003, 2xLP 2004)
• ØØ Void (2000)
• Flight of the Behemoth (2002)
• White1 (2003)
• White2 (2004)
• Black One (2005)
• Altar (collaboration with Boris , CD 2006)
• Oracle (2007)
• Dømkirke (live double LP 2008)
• Monoliths & Dimensions (2009)

With Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine

• Rampton (2002)

With Burial Chamber Trio

• Burial Chamber Trio (LP 2007)
• WVRM 10 " (Live EP 2008)

With Ascend

• Ample Fire Within (2008)

With pentemple

• O))) Presents ... (Live album, 2008)