Billy Anderson | |
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Billy Anderson. | |
Background information | |
Birth Name | Billy Anderson |
Alias | Billy Jo Gunrack |
Occupation | Producer; Engineer |
Genres | Doom Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore, Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Experimental, Avant-garde |
Instrument(s) | Bass, Guitar, Drums, Electronics, Vocals |
Years active | 1988 - Present |
Associated acts | Sleep, Melvins, Tribes of Neurot, Solodolor, Asva, Porn (The Men Of) Spilth *!%, High Tone Son of a Bitch, The Keening, Witch Mountain, Trilobite, Agalloch, Deathstench, Blessing The Hogs |
Website | Official Page |
Billy Anderson is a musician and producer. He was born in California, eventually residing mainly in San Francisco, California before moving to Portland, Oregon.
Anderson is notable for producing countless bands in the heavy rock and various subgenres of the metal world among a multitude of other genres since 1988.
Biography[]
Anderson would start engineering as far back as the late 1980s, initially as an assistant and later producing albums through the 1990s for the likes of Sleep, Buzzov*en, Neurosis, Melvins and Brutal Truth just to name a few. Through the 1990s he engineered at Razor's Edge in San Francisco though often traveled to work as an engineer or producer for bands in other countries such as the English heavy metal band Orange Goblin or the Argentinian stoner rock band Los Natas. He would eventually relocate to Portland, Oregon.
Anderson has also performed with several bands in a career spanning over thirty years. The earliest known band Anderson would perform with would be a sludge/noise/punk band known as Spilth *!%, where he performed guitar and vocals with Jason Michaud, Dan Goss and Jon Donahue. Spilth toiled in the seedy SF underground for nearly a decade. In this time, they recorded one album and numerous singles and did a couple of tours. In 2009, Jason and Billy reunited in Los Angeles - older, wiser and ready to play again. Spilth was resurrected and reborn in November 2009, almost 10 years after their last show. Now featuring the vocals and bass of Benjamin Maurer (Gallows of Sedition) who was recruited in 2010, completing the current lineup.[1]
Anderson, along with engineering a handful of releases for the Melvins' (1991's Eggnog and Night Goat) along with playing two songs on bass ("Hag Me" and "Teet") on the band's seminal 1993 album Houdini, had also performed a handful of shows with the band, notably a NYC show at a Manhattan Sheraton hotel suite. He also appears in the documentary Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale.
Anderson also collaborated with the likes of Tribes of Neurot (An experimental side project featuring all of the members of Neurosis) for 1998's Static Migration. He would contribute drums to the 2000 self-titled album by The Bobaloos, a project featuring Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band) and Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath).
Anderson played bass and vocals in other bands such as The Rake and Blessing The Hogs, the latter being a more consistent act.[2] Blessing The Hogs would release three studio albums (2001's Blessing The Hogs, 2003's The Poisoning and 2005's The Twelve Gauge Solution. Blessing The Hogs would also contribute a cover of The Melvins' "Hog Leg" to the tribute album We Reach: The Music of The Melvins.
Anderson would join the experimental doom metal band known as Porn (Also Porn (The Men Of) as a contributor and collaborator with mastermind Tim Moss and Dale Crover (Nirvana, Melvins, Shrinebuilder).[3] Prior to the trio lineup forming Moss and Anderson worked together on a cover of Neil Young's "Out On The Weekend" for the 2002 compilation Sucking The 70s.[4] This trio lineup would release Wine, Women And Song... in 2004 to positive reviews and tour frequently with the Melvins. The same trio lineup, working with japanoise legend Merzbow, would collaborate together to release ...And The Devil Makes Three. on 8 September 2008.
In 2006 Anderson would be part of a collaborative project known as Solodolor, working with musicians in in the Argentinian rock and metal scenes such as Sergio Chotsourian (Los Natas, Ararat, Soldati), José Luis Armetta (Dragonauta, Eight Hands For Kali, etc.) and Gustavo Rowek (V8, Rata Blanca, Nativo, Ian, Rowek). The band formed in 2006 and recorded a host of material between 2006 and 2007 while Los Natas was recording their sixth album El hombre montaña. The band's output would be three songs, released twice in split releases with Los Natas circa 2008 and 2010. While the band was largely a studio side project the band did manage to perform live with Los Natas circa November 2010.[5]
In 2011 Anderson would join the sludge metal ensemble known as Trilobite, releasing Delusions of Grandeur on 30 August 2011.[6]
Anderson also would work run live sound for various bands, notably the Portland, Oregon metal band Agalloch, whom Anderson would engineer several releases for.
Anderson would notably perform live bass for Witch Mountain in 2022, specifically for three shows in line with the band's 25th anniversary.
Selected Discography[]
As a Musician[]
- Melvins - Houdini - Recording (Tracks 2 - 5, 11), Mixing (Tracks 3 - 6, 10, 11), Engineer (Tracks 6, 8, 10, 12), Bass (6, 10) (1993, Atlantic)
- Spilth *!% – Urban Warfare - Guitar, Vocals, Producer (1994, Maximum Pity)
- Spilth *!% – Spilth *!% - Performer, Engineer (1995, Blare Records)
- Tribes of Neurot & Walking Time Bombs - Static Migration - Performer (1998, Release Entertainment)
- The Bobaloos – The Bobaloos - Drums (2000, Hurricane)
- Blessing The Hogs - Blessing The Hogs - Guitar, Vocals, Producer (2001, Self-Released)
- Blessing The Hogs - The Poisoning - Guitar, Vocals, Producer (2003, Goodfellow)
- Porn (The Men Of) - Wine, Women and Song - Producer, Recording, Mixing, Bass, Piano, Organ, Backing Vocals (2004, Small Stone Records)
- Blessing The Hogs – The Twelve Gauge Solution - Guitar, Vocals, Engineer, Producer (2005, Goodfellow)
- Rattlebones - Rattlebones - Recording, Mixing, Keyboards (2006, Self-Released)
- Porn & Merzbow – ...And The Devil Makes Three. (2008, Truth Cult)
- Trilobite – Delusions Of Grandeur - Bass, Producer, Engineer (2011, Ivory Antler)
As a Producer / "Engine-Ear™"[]
- Agony Column – God, Guns & Guts - Assistant Engineer (1988, Big Chief)
- Fu Manchu - Kept Between Trees - Engineer (1990, Slap A Ham)
- Sleep - Volume One - Producer (1991, Tupelo)
- Helios Creed - Lactating Purple - Engineer (1991, Amphetamine Reptile Records)
- Melvins - Eggnog - Recording (1991, Boner Records)
- Sleep - Vol. 2 - Engineer (1991, Off The Disk)
- Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain - Engineer, Producer (1992, Earache)
- Melvins - Night Goat - Recording (1992, Amphetamine Reptile Records)
- Neurosis - Enemy of The Sun - Recording, Mixing (1993, Alternative Tentacles)
- Clutch - Transnational Speedway League - Engineer (Tracks 3, 5, 8 - 11) (1993, EastWest)
- Buzzov*en - To a Frown - Engineer, Co-Producer (1993, Allied Recordings)
- Buzzov*en - Sore - Producer, Engineer (1994, Roadrunner)
- Acid King - Acid King - Engineer (1994, Sympathy For The Record Industry)
- Dale Crover - Drumb - Digital Editing (1995, Man's Ruin Records)
- Tribes of Neurot - :Rebegin: - Editing (1995, Alley Sweeper)
- Mr. Bungle - Disco Violante - Engineer, Mixing (1995, Warner Bros. Records)
- Acid King - Zoroaster - Producer, Recording (1995, Sympathy For The Record Industry)
- Swans - Die Tür Ist Zu - Engineer (1996, Rough Trade)
- Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind - Engineer (1996, Young God Records)
- Eyehategod - Dopesick - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (1996, Century Media)
- Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood - Producer, Recording (1996, Relapse)
- Unsane - Sick - Recording, Pre-Mastering (1996, Man's Ruin Records)
- Core - Revival - Recording, Engineer, Mastering (1996, Atlantic)
- Damad - Rise And Fall - Engineer (1997, Prank)
- Altamont - Dead Or Alive - Engineer (1997, Man's Ruin Records)
- Lost Goat - October - Recording (1997, Alternative Tentacles)
- Acid King - Down With The Crown - Recording (1997, Man's Ruin Records)
- Sleep - Jerusalem - Producer, Engineer (1997/1998/1999, London/Rise Above Records/The Music Cartel)
- Fantômas – Fantômas - Engineer (1998, Ipecac)
- Unsane – Occupational Hazard - Recording (Tracks 1 to 7, 9, 10, 12, 13) (1998, Relapse)
- Altamont – Civil War Fantasy - Recording (1998, Man's Ruin Records)
- Lost Goat - Trapped On Earth - Recording (1998, Life Is Abuse)
- Spaceboy – Getting Warm On The Trail Of Heat - Recording, Mixing (1998, Frenetic)
- Buzzov*en - ...At A Loss - Producer, Engineer (1998, Off The Records)
- Mr. Bungle - California - Engineer (1999, London / Slash)
- Lost Goat – Equator - Recording, Mixing (1999, Man's Ruin Records)
- Acid King - Busse Woods - Engineer (1999, Man's Ruin Records)
- Secret Chiefs 3 – Eyes Of Flesh Eyes Of Flame - Recording (1999, Web of Mimicry)
- Steve Von Till - As The Crow Flies - Additional Engineering (2000, Neurot)
- Bongzilla - Stash - Engineer (2000, Relapse Records)
- Weedeater - ...And Justice For Y'all - Engineer (2000, Game Two Records)
- High on Fire - The Art of Self Defense - Engineer, Producer (2000, Man's Ruin Records)
- Spaceboy – The Force That Holds Together A Heart Torn To Pieces - Recording (2000, Howling Bull)
- Orange Goblin - The Big Black - Producer, Engineer (2000, Rise Above Records)
- Damad - Burning Cold - Producer, Engineer (2000, Prank)
- Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M - Recording (Drums) (2001, Web of Mimicry)
- Bottom - Feels So Good When You're Gone - Engineer, Mixing, Producer (2001, Man's Ruin Records)
- Cathedral - Endtyme - Engineer (2001, Earache)
- Los Natas - Corsario negro - Engineer, Producer (2001, Small Stone Records)
- Weedeater - Sixteen Tons - Engineer (2002, Berserker)
- High on Fire - Surrounded By Thieves - Engineer, Producer (2002, Relapse)
- Sourvein - Will To Mangle - Producer, Engineer, Mastering (2002, Southern Lord)
- Alabama Thunderpussy - Staring At The Divine - Producer (2002, Relapse)
- Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Rampton - Producer (2002, Rise Above Records; Southern Lord Records)
- Spaceboy – Searching The Stone Library For The Green Page Of Illusion - Recording (2002, Southern Lord)
- Sleep - Dopesmoker - Producer, Engineer (2003, Tee Pee)
- Cream Abdul Babar - Split with Kylesa - Producer, Engineer (2003, At a Loss Recordings)
- Cream Abdul Babar - Split with Teen Cthulhu - Producer, Engineer (2003, Hyperrealist)
- Sally - C-Earth - Producer, Engineer (2003, Rise Above Records)
- Asunder - A Clarion Call - Producer, Engineer (2004, Life Is Abuse)
- Giant Squid - Metridium Field - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2004, Tyrannosaurus Records)
- Ramesses - The Tomb - Engineer, Mixing (2004, Invada)
- Orange Goblin - Thieving From The House of God - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering (2004, Rise Above Records)
- Gargantula - Infinitasm - Recording (2004, Self-Released)
- Acid King - III - Engineer, Mixing, Producer (2005, Small Stone Records)
- Asva - Futurists Against The Ocean - Recording (2005, Web of Mimicry)
- Sheavy - Republic? - Mixing (2005 Candlelight Records)
- Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness - Engineer (2005, Metal Blade)
- Om - Variations on a Theme - Engineer, Producer (2005, Holy Mountain Records)
- Lions of Tsavo - Tsunamicron - Engineer (2005, Ovrcast)
- Sons of Otis - X - Recording, Mixing (2005, Small Stone)
- Ramesses - We Will Lead You To Glorious Times - Mixing, Mastering (2005, This Dark Reign)
- Sourvein - Split With Rabies Caste - Mastering (2005, Dada Drumming)
- Årabrot - Proposing A Pact With Jesus - Engineer, Producer (2005, Norway Rat)
- Årabrot - Rep Rep - Engineer, Producer (2006, Norway Rat)
- Om - Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder) - Recording (2006, Neurot)
- Om - Om / Six Organs of Admittance - Recording (2006, Holy Mountain)
- Om - Conference of the Birds - Recording, Producer (2006, Holy Mountain)
- Asunder - Works Will Come Undone - Recording, Mixing (2006, Profound Lore)
- Los Natas - El hombre montaña - Producer, Engineer (2006, Small Stone)
- Suma - Let The Churches Burn - Producer, Engineer (2006, Speakerphone Recordings)
- Wormwood - Starvation - Recording, Mixing (2006, Kreation)
- Årabrot – Rep.Rep - Engineer, Producer (2006, Norway Rat)
- Buzzov*en - Revelation: Sick Again - Recording circa 1998 (2007, Sounds of The South; 2011, Hydra Head)
- Ramesses - Misanthropic Alchemy - Engineer (2007, Feto)
- Los Natas - El Universo Perdido de Los Natas Vol I y II - Producer (2007, Oui Oui Records; MeteorCity Records)
- Årabrot – HGSD - Producer, Engineer, Additional Vocals (2007, Norway Rat)
- Grey - Sisters Of The Wyrd - Engineer (2008, Kreation)
- Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony - Mastering, Mixing (2008, Rise Above Records)
- Serpentcult - Weight of Light - Mastering, Mixing (2008, Rise Above Records)
- Lords Of Bukkake – Lords Of Bukkake - Mastering (2008, Odio Sonoro)
- Stonebride – Inner Seasons - Mixing, Mastering, Noises (2008, Setalight)
- Black Cobra – Chronomega - Engineer (2009, Southern Lord Records)
- The Accüsed – The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead - Engineer, Producer (2009, Southern Lord Records)
- Secret Chiefs 3 – Live At The Great American Music Hall 2007 +++ Aylaqruh:hurqalyA - Mixing (Live Audio) (2009, Web of Mimicry)
- Buzzov*en - Violence From The Vault - Mastering (2010, Relapse)
- Suma - Ashes - Producer (2010, Throne Records)
- Diet Pills – Diet Pills - Mastering (2011, Force Fed)
- Beneath Oblivion – From Man To Dust - Mastering (2011, The Mylene Sheath)
- 1000mods - Super Van Vacation - Engineer, Producer (2011, Kozmik Artifactz)
- Amenra – Mass II - Mastering (2011, ConSouling Sounds)
- Witch Mountain - South of Salem - Producer (2011, Mountastic)
- Witch Mountain – Bloodhound - Engineer (2012, Scion A/V)
- Rwake - Forge - Mastering (2012, Handshake Inc.)
- Agalloch - Faustian Echoes (Acts I & II) - Engineer, Editing, Mixing (2012, Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse)
- Amenra – Live - Mixing, Mastering (Tracks 1 - 3) (2012, ConSouling Sounds)
- Amenra – Mass V - Engineer, Producer (2012, Neurot Recordings)
- Castle – Blacklands - Producer (2012, Prosthetic Records)
- Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild - Producer, Engineer (2012, Profound Lore Records)
- 1000mods - Valley of Sand - Engineer, Mixing, Mastering, Backing Vocals (2012, The Lab)
- Demon Lung – The Hundredth Name - Engineer, Producer (2013, Candlelight Records USA)
- Queen Elephantine - Scarab - Mastering (2013, Cosmic Eye)
- In the Company of Serpents – Of The Flock - Mixing, Mastering (2013, Self-Released)
- Castle – Under Siege - Producer (2014, Prosthetic Records)
- The Skull - Sometime Yesterday Mourning - Engineer (2014, Tee Pee Records)
- The Skull - For Those Which Are Asleep - Engineer (Bonus Tracks) (2014, Tee Pee Records)
- Wizard Rifle - Here In The Deadlights - Mixing (1, 2) (2014, Seventh Rule)
- Eyehategod - Eyehategod - Engineer (Drums) (2014, Housecore Records)
- Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden - Producer, Engineer (2014, Profound Lore Records)
- Agalloch – The Serpent And The Sphere - Producer, Engineer (2014, Profound Lore Records)
- Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels - Producer, Engineer (2014, Profound Lore Records)
- Bell Witch - Four Phantoms - Producer, Engineer (2015, Profound Lore Records)
- Acid King - Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere - Producer, Engineer (2015, Svart)
- Demon Lung – A Dracula - Producer, Engineer (2015, Candlelight Records USA)
- Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth – Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth - Mixing (2015, Neurot Recordings)
- Lowburn – Doomsayer - Mastering (2015, Argonauta Records)
- Castle – Welcome To The Graveyard - Producer, Engineer (2015, Van)
- Saviours - Palace Of Vision - Engineer (2015, Listenable)
- Holy Grove – Holy Grove - Engineer, Mixing, Producer (2016, Heavy Psych Sounds)
- Suma - The Order of Things - Producer, Engineer (2016, Argonauta Records)
- Neurosis - Locust Star (1995 Demo) - Engineer (2016, Decibel Magazine)
- Eight Bells – Landless - Producer (2016, Battleground Records; Tartarus Records)
- Year of The Cobra – ...In The Shadows Below - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2016, STB Records)
- Year of The Cobra – Burn Your Dead - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2017, Magnetic Eye Records)
- Hijo de la Tormenta – El Manto de la Especie - Mastering (2017, Necio)
- R. Stevie Moore – World War Four - Remastering (2017, Moloko+)
- Wounded Giant - Vae Victis - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2017, STB)
- Loss - Horizonless - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2017, Profound Lord Records)
- Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper - Producer, Engineer, Mixing (2017, Profound Lore Records)
- Castle – Deal Thy Fate - Producer, Engineer (2018, Ripple Music)
- Holy Grove – Holy Grove II - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar on "Solaris" (2018, Ripple Music)
- The Skull - The Endless Road Turns Dark - Additional Recording (2018, Tee Pee Records)
- Witch Mountain - Witch Mountain - Engineer (2018, Svart)
- Fistula - The Process of Opting Out - Producer (2020, Behind The Mountain)
- R.I.P. - Dead End - Engineer, Mixing (2020, RidingEasy Records)
- Rosy Finch – Scarlet - Mastering (2020, Discos Macarras)
- Matt Pike - Pike vs. The Automaton - Engineer, Producer (2022, MNRK Heavy)
External Links[]
- Official Page
- Discogs Page
- Interview with Anderson via Oregon Live.
- Interview with Anderson via Working Class Audio.
- Interview with Anderson via Steel For Brains.
- Trailer for the Billy Anderson documentary.
- Interview with Anderson via Zann Music.
- Interview with Anderson via Tape Op.
- SPILTH Facebook
- SPILTH MySpace
References[]
V·T·E Sleep | |
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Current Members | Al Cisneros • Matt Pike • Jason Roeder |
Past Members | Chris Hakius • Justin Marler |
Albums | Volume One • Sleep's Holy Mountain • Jerusalem • Dopesmoker • The Sciences |
Live Albums | Sleep Live at Third Man Records |
Extended Plays & Singles | Volume Two • The Clarity • Leagues Beneath |
Associated Bands and Artists | Asbestosdeath • Dejection, Unclean • Om • High on Fire • Neurosis • Kalas • The Sabians • Shrinebuilder • Denver Colorado 09.05.10 • Billy Anderson • Arik Roper • David V. D'andrea |
V·T·E Om | |
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Current Members | Al Cisneros • Emil Amos • Tyler Trotter |
Past Members | Chris Hakius • Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe |
Studio Albums | Variations on a Theme • Conference of the Birds • Pilgrimage • God Is Good • Advaitic Songs |
Splits | Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (Blackship Shrinebuilder) • Om / Six Organs of Admittance |
Singles | Gebel Barkal • Addis Dubplate • Gethsemane Dubplate |
Live Albums | Live at Jerusalem • Live Conference • Live • BBC Radio 1 • Live at Amoeba |
Associated Bands and Artists | Sleep • The Sabians • Shrinebuilder • Grails • Holy Mountain Records • Billy Anderson • David V. D'andrea |
V·T·E High on Fire | |
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Current Members | Matt Pike • Jeff Matz • Coady Willis |
Past Members | George Rice • Joe Preston • Des Kensel • Nick Parks • Christopher Maggio |
Studio Albums | The Art of Self Defense • Surrounded By Thieves • Blessed Black Wings • Death Is This Communion • Snakes For The Divine • De Vermis Mysteriis • Luminiferous • Electric Messiah |
Extended Plays | High on Fire • Speak In Tongues • Bat Salad |
Live Albums | Live From The Relapse Contamination Festival • Spitting Fire |
Associated Bands, Artists, Etc. | Sleep • Kalas • Dear Deceased • Earth • Melvins • Harvey Milk • Zeke • Mutoid Man |
V·T·E Acid King | |
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Current Members | Lori S. • Jason Landrian • Bryce Shelton • Jason Willer |
Past and Live-Only Members | Peter Lucas • Joey Osbourne • Dan Southwick • Brian Hill • Guy Pinhas • Mark Lamb • Dale Crover • Rafael Martinez • Bil Bowman |
Studio Albums | Zoroaster • Busse Woods • III • Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere • Beyond Vision |
Other Releases | Acid King • Down With The Crown • Free... • The Early Years • Live at Roadburn 2011 |
Associated Bands, Artists, Etc. | Altamont • Porn (The Men Of) • Black Cobra • Goatsnake • The Obsessed • Beaver • Buzzov*en • Melvins • Shrinebuilder |
V·T·E Los Natas | |
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Members | Sergio Chotsourian • Walter Broide • Miguel Fernandez • Claudio Filadoro • Gonzalo Villagra |
Studio Albums | Delmar • Ciudad de Brahman • Corsario negro • Toba-trance • Toba-trance II • El hombre montaña • Nuevo orden de la libertad |
Selected Other Releases | En Busca de la Especia • Rutation • El Gobernador • Unreleased Dopes • Livin' La Weeda Loca • Tormenta mental y Paranoico • Live En Ginebra • München Sessions • El Universo Perdido de Los Natas Vol I y II • Death Sessions |
Associated Bands and Artists | Billy Anderson • José Luis Armetta • Santiago Chotsourian • South American Sludge • Ararat • Solodolor • Soldati • Santoro • Sandiablo • Audion • Poseidótica • Buffalo • BRNO |