Bryan Gray

Bryan Gray is an American musician that has predominately performed with bands in the punk rock and hardcore punk genre, including and most notably, the Blamed, Blenderhead, Left Out, The Satire, and Rocks in Pink Cement. He also has performed in the hardcore band Six Feet Deep. Gray was best known for being the brainchild of The Blamed, which is known for their tenure on Tooth & Nail Records. He also has performed with industrial metal bands such as Mortal and Klank.

History Gray began his musical career in the band Rocks in Pink Cement. The Blamed signed with Tooth & Nail Records and recorded their debut album, 21. alongside Myk Porter (Six Feet Deep) on guitars, Daren Diolosa (Klank) on guitars, Jake Landrau (the Blamed) on guitars, Jesse Smith (Zao) on drums, and Gray on bass and vocals. In 1996, the band recorded their debut album: Pride Kills. By this time, Gray moved to Cleveland, Ohio, joining Six Feet Deep as their bassist after Matthew Simmons departed. However, this never occurred due to the band's disbanding.

In 2004, Gray formed the metalcore band the Satire. Originally, the project was known as The Blamed is Dead and consisted of Gray and former Living Sacrifice drummer Lance Garvin. Around this time, the band went to Nashville and recorded a self-titled EP with Joel Lauver of Trenches. The EP would be released through Blood & Ink Records in 2012. The Blamed briefly reunited in 2012. In 2016, the Blamed reunited with Gray at the helm once more, alongside fellow original member Jim Chaffin on drums with Sid Doffour on bass, Jeff Locke on guitars and Wiley Willis on vocals. The band performed at Audiofeed that year and then returned to inactivity until 2018. In 2020, The Satire released a 7-inch: The Presence.

Bands Current The Blamed – guitars, vocals (1994–2003, 2012, 2016–present) The Satire – guitars, vocals (2004–present)

Former Rocks in Pink Cement – bass (1991–1993) Blenderhead – guitars (1992) Mend – vocals, bass (1994) Left Out – guitars (1996–2002), vocals (1995–2002), bass (1995–1996) Six Feet Deep – bass (1996–1997) The Blamed is Dead – drums (2003-2004)

Live Mortal – bass (1993) Klank – guitars Living Sacrifice – guitars (2003)

Discography Rocks in Pink Cement Demo (1991)

Blenderhead Ep (1993)

The Blamed 21 (1994) Frail (1996) ...Again (1998) Forever (1999) Germany (2000) Isolated Incident (2001) Give Us Barrabas (2002) The Blamed X The Satire (2018) The Church Is Hurting People (2019)

Left Out Pride Kills (1996) Serve Self (1997) For the Working Class (1999) Left Out (2002)

The Satire Norway Demo (2008) The Satire (2012) The Blamed X The Satire (2018) The Presence (2020)

Mortal Intense Live Series Vol. 5 (1993)

Six Feet Deep The Road Less Traveled (1997)

Guest performances Cashists, Fascists, and Other Fungus – Crashdog (1995) EP – Blenderhead (1996) The Land, the Bread, and the People – Ballydowse (1998)

Production Cashists, Fascists, and Other Fungus – Crashdog (1995) Bite the Hand That Feeds – Brick Assassin (2016) Having a VHS for a Leg – Captive Portal (2017) Death Made Its Offer – October Bird of Death (2017)