Genre(s):
Progressive/Industrial/Atmospheric Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Life as a Whole
Origin:
Canada (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Formed In:
1996
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Devin Townsend - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programming (Strapping Young Lad, IR8, Ocean Machine, Steve Vai, Punky Brüster, The Devin Townsend Band)
Former/Past Member(s):
Guitars:
Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, Tenet, Armoros, Caustic Thought, Front Line Assembly)
Bass:
Byron Stroud (Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, Caustic Thought, Unit: 187, Physicist, Tenet)
Craig McFarland
Keyboards:
Jamie Meyer
Drums:
Gene Hoglan (Daemon (Dnk), Dark Angel (US), Death, Dethklok, Forbidden (US), Just Cause, Meldrum, Naphobia, Old Man's Child, Phantasm (US), Pitch Black Forecast, Strapping Young Lad, Tenet, Testament, Unearth, Wargod (US), Zimmers Hole, Mechanism (Can))
Additional Notes
Ocean Machine, The Devin Townsend Band and Devin Townsend Project have their own pages.
Accelerated Evolution and Synchetra were released as The Devin Townsend Band and featured a steady a line-up that also joined Devin on tour. The idea was to draw a firmer line between his solo material and Strapping Young Lad. When TDTB was active, Devin released two ambient albums under his own name.
In May of 2007, at a press conference for Ziltoid the Omniscient, Devin announced that he had decided to put an end to The Devin Townsend Band and SYL, and not to tour again in the future.
A few years later he later formed own project, which runs concurrent to this one, and returned to the live environment.
Accelerated Evolution and Synchetra were released as The Devin Townsend Band and featured a steady a line-up that also joined Devin on tour. The idea was to draw a firmer line between his solo material and Strapping Young Lad. When TDTB was active, Devin released two ambient albums under his own name.
In May of 2007, at a press conference for Ziltoid the Omniscient, Devin announced that he had decided to put an end to The Devin Townsend Band and SYL, and not to tour again in the future.
A few years later he later formed own project, which runs concurrent to this one, and returned to the live environment.
Discography:
Devin Townsend - Christeen + 4 Demos [ep] - 1998
Devin Townsend - Infinity [full-length] - 1998
Devin Townsend - Christeen [single] - 1998
Devin Townsend - Official Bootleg [live] - 1999
Devin Townsend - Ass-sordid Demos (1990-1996) [best of/compilation] - 2000
Devin Townsend - Physicist [full-length] - 2000
Devin Townsend - Terria [full-length] - 2001
Devin Townsend - Ass Sordid Demos [best of/compilation] - 2004
Devin Townsend - Devlab [full-length] - 2004
Devin Townsend - Hummer [full-length] - 2006
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient [full-length] - 2007
Devin Townsend - Unplugged [live] - 2011
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Official site:
http://www.myspace.com/devintownsenddtb