Tommy Victor

Tommy Victor, actually Thomas M. Victor, is an American singer and guitarist who was as the lead singer and guitarist for Prong and is also known in projects for Danzig and Ministry or was.

Career

In the late 1980s Victor worked as a mixer in the club CBGB in New York City. At that time he founded, inter alia, with the CBGB doorman Mike Kirkland as a bass player at that time playing hardcore band Prong. In an interview Victor said in 1994 that he had over the years as a mixer often earned more than with Prong, although he brought out with that band from 1990 albums on the major label Epic Records.

In 1995 he played on the album Misguided the industrial rock supergroup Argyle Park, where he also contributed the main riff for the song Doomsayer. After the dissolution of Prong 1996 Victor moved to Los Angeles. He got a near Danzig, where he toured that record Blackacidevil starred first in 1996 and 1997. He also worked for Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor and Glenn Danzig's solo project. 2003 to 2005 he was again a member of the band Danzig, and then again from 2008. He also played the Deth Red Sabaoth published in 2010 with a. In addition, he played from 2005 to 2008 for three albums a Ministry with, among other things, Rio Grande Blood. On The Last Sucker ( 2007), he also played bass. In 2010 he contributed also guest vocals on the Soulfly album Omen.

Style

Victor is particularly known for its precise rhythm guitar, as well as solo play, but especially for the use of double- string bends and so-called " artificial harmonics " ( "Artificial harmonics" ). As for the latter influence Victor called about Gang of Four.