Pepper Keenan

Pepper Keenan with Down live at Hellfest , 2013

Pepper Keenan (born May 8, 1967 in Oxford , Mississippi ) is an American singer and guitarist who was best known for his work for the bands Corrosion of Conformity and Down .

Career

Keenan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, but lives in New Orleans , where he owns a bar. In his youth he was active in a band called Graveyard Rodeo, which is where he got to know Corrosion of Conformity.

COC

Keenan joined COC in 1989 and released the album Blind with them . After Karl Agell and Phil Swisher left, Keenan took over the vocals in addition to the guitar. Keenan released several albums with COC since 2006 he was no longer part of the band until he was again on a reunion tour with COC in 2015. Since then he has been active again as a guitarist and singer there, which was confirmed by signing a contract with the record label Nuclear Blast in the same year.

Down

In 1991 Pepper Keenan formed the band Down with Phil Anselmo from Pantera , Jimmy Bower from Eyehategod , Kirk Windstein and Todd Strange from Crowbar . The band, which was initially founded as a project, paused several times, but has now released three albums, and another release is planned.

Other Projects

Keenan, who is friends with James Hetfield from Metallica (Keenan sang on the Metallica cover Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd , Hetfield sang on Man or Ash from the COC album Wiseblood ) also auditioned as bassist for Metallica after Jason Newsted left the band. The audition can be seen in Some Kind of Monster . In 2006 Keenan also played live with Metallica Die, Die, My Darling from the Misfits , with Matthew Heafy from Trivium .

equipment

Guitars

• ESP Custom Shop Vipers
• ESP Custom Shop Baritone Viper
• Gibson ES-335
• Gibson Firebird Studio
• Gibson SG Deluxe model
• Gibson Flying V (used in Stone Breaker music video)
• Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (2008 Down Tour)
• Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop
• Fender Telecaster (used in Stone The Crow Music Video)

technology

• Sony wireless system
• Electro Harmonix POG
• Electro Harmonix Big Muff
• Electro Harmonix Holy Grail
• Electro Harmonix Small Stone
• Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
• Custom Audio Electronics RS-10
• CAE midi controller
• Rocktron Intellifex Multieffect
• MXR phase 90
• MXR Stereo Flanger
• MXR 10 band equalizer
• T-Rex Delay
• Boss OD-1
• Korg Tuner Pedal
• Dunlop Crybaby
• Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2

amplifier

• Mesa Boogie 50 Caliber Heads
• Mesa Boogie 4x12 Cabinets
• Marshall JCM800 2203 heads
• Marshall 4x12 Cabinets
• Orange Rockerverb 100

Discography

COC

Release date	title	Label	US Billboard High	US sales
January 17, 1991	Blind	Relativity Records
November 27, 1994	Deliverance	Columbia Records	155
October 12, 1996	Wiseblood		104
October 10, 2000	America's Volume Dealer	Sanctuary Records
August 7, 2001	Live Volume CD, DVD and DVDA
April 5, 2005	In the Arms of God		108

Down

Release date	title	Label	US Billboard High	US sales
September 19, 1995	NOLA	Elektra	57
March 26, 2002	Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow		44
September 25, 2007	Down III: Over the Under	Warner Bros. Records	26th

Web links

• Pepper Keenan at Discogs (English)