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Clay Babb (guitar/vocals)

 

Photo by James Heneghan

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Clay's been a very bad boy....

Born : San Francisco, California, USA, 12th February 1959.

Height : Not as high as I used to be.

Blood Type : Green, 120v AC.

Favourite Food : Schoolgirls (extra points in uniform).

Favourite Drink : Grapefruit juice, with or without Vodka depending on the time of day.

Favourite Pastime : Evading the Japanese police on the road.

Favourite Bands : Shonen Knife, Skinlab, Slayer, Sex Pistols, Plasmatics, Dr Funkinstein !

Favourite Guitarists : Andres Segovia, Richie Stotts (Plasmatics).

Favourite Gig : Led Zeppelin (Oakland, California, 1977).

Likes : Any kind of ice-cream.

Dislikes : People who have decided that my life is their business.

Gear (Japan) : 1965 Gibson SG, Samson Airline Wireless, Line 6 POD.

Gear (previous USA touring) : Jackson guitar (severely modified), numerous Gibson Flying V's, 4 hot-rodded Marshall 100w heads, 7 4x12 cabs loaded with Celestions, steel grill fronts with Anvil flight cases (built for WAR, man !!) Transportation : 1970 Ford school bus and 2 extra-large roadies, ex-Slayer.

Band History

1978-1979 : Zory Zenith's Satellites (now this you need to see....)

1979-1983 : Eddie Paris (progressive rock, who then became...)

1983-1984 : Christiam Shandi (post-punk progressive rock).

1984-1988 : Rehab. + lots of studio work.

22nd Sept. 1987 : Quit smoking and recreational substances. A very important day in the life of our Clay!

1988-1991 : Pound (80's metal, 367 shows across the West Coast !)

1992-1993 : Spawn (90's metal, with George Lynch from Killing Joke on bass).

1993 : If (progressive metal). If CD available here or e-mail Clay.

1994-1996 : Mental rehab. + studio work/songwriting.

1997-1999 : Puck (deathcore, who then became...) Puck CD available here or e-mail Clay. Interview with Clay from that time.

1999-2000 : Astrojunkie (disturbingly ugly deathcore).

May 2000 : Moved to Fukuoka, Japan !

2000-2003 : Solo/acoustic work.

July 2003 : Joined Dr. Funkinstein.

 

Ambitions : Eat more schoolgirls.

Message : Never lick anything in the freezer.

 

 

 

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