Thomas Michael Dean (born August 24, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the former bassist and occasional vocalist of heavy metal band Corrosion of Conformity. He is also a member of Lightning Born, a four-piece out of Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 2016.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Michael Dean |
| Born | August 24, 1963 |
| Genres | Southern metal, stoner metal, sludge metal, crossover thrash |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Bass, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1982–present |
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Career
editDean sang on Corrosion of Conformity's early recordings from their crossover thrash era before leaving the band in 1987. In 1989, Dean, along with C.O.C. guitarist Woody Weatherman and Brian Walsby on drums, released the Snake Nation album via Caroline Records.[1] Dean rejoined C.O.C. as the bassist and occasional vocalist in 1993 and remained with the band until 2024. From 2010 through 2020, the original lineup of Corrosion of Conformity consisting of Dean, Reed Mullin, and Woody Weatherman, were again performing and recording as a three-piece, until Mullin's death in 2020. In 2024, Dean announced that he was stepping away from Corrosion of Conformity to pursue new opportunities in music.[2]
Along with several production and engineering credits, Dean also collaborated with Dave Grohl on the Probot song "Access Babylon", a return to the punk/metal fusion of old. He was also the producer and engineer for Vampire Circus, an album by Maryland-based doom metal band Earthride released in 2005 by Southern Lord Records. He served as touring bassist for Vista Chino in 2013 and played bass on the song "As You Wish" on Vista Chino's 2013 album Peace.
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Release date | Title | Label |
| 1984[3] | Eye for an Eye | Caroline Records |
| October 1985 | Animosity | Metal Blade Records |
| October 12, 1989 | Snake Nation | Caroline Records |
| November 27, 1994 | Deliverance | Sony Records |
| October 12, 1996 | Wiseblood | Sony Records |
| October 10, 2000 | America's Volume Dealer | Sanctuary Records |
| August 7, 2001 | Live Volume | Sanctuary Records |
| February 10, 2004 | Probot | Southern Lord |
| April 5, 2005 | In the Arms of God | Sanctuary Records |
| February 28, 2012 | Corrosion of Conformity | Candlelight Records |
| September 3, 2013 | Peace | Napalm Records |
| June 24, 2014 | IX | Candlelight Records |
| January 12, 2018 | No Cross No Crown | Nuclear Blast Records |
| June 21, 2019 | Lightning Born | Ripple Music |
EPs
edit| Release date | Title | Label |
| 1987 | Technocracy | Metal Blade Records |
| 1989 | Six Songs With Mike Singing: 1985 | Metal Blade Records |
| 2013 | Megalodon | Scion/AV |
Compilations
edit- No Core (1982, split)
- Why Are We Here? (1983, split)
- Cleanse the Bacteria (1985, compilation)
- Complete Death (1985, compilation) (Metal Blade Records)
Music videos
edit- "Albatross" (1994)
- "Clean My Wounds" (1994)
- "Wiseblood" (1996)
- "Drowning in a Daydream" (1996)
- "Live Volume" (DVD) (2001)
- "Stonebreaker" (2005)
- "Psychic Vampire" (2012)
- "The Moneychangers" (2012)
- "Feed On" (2013)
References
edit- ^ brian walsby (December 6, 2007). "Introverted Loudmouth: Snake Nation". Introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Kennelty, Greg. "CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Founding Bassist MIKE DEAN Leaves The Band". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ "Corrosion of Conformity - Eye for an Eye - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com.
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