Jack Owen
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Background information | |
Birth name | Jack Owen |
Also known as | Oyster, Jacko |
Born | Akron, New York | December 6, 1967
Genres | Heavy metal, death metal, hard rock, black metal |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals |
Years active | 1987–present |
Labels | Century Media |
Jack Owen is an American musician, best known as a renowned guitarist in the death metal genre. He is currently the guitarist for death metal band Six Feet Under.[1][2] He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004 when he left because he wanted to move on as stated in the Centuries of Torment DVD. Later that year though, he was hired by Deicide—another influential and long-running Florida death metal band—with whom he has recorded four albums. He left the band in 2016.[3][4]
As of November 2007, Owen has been playing shows in support of Adrift's full-length album, Absolution, which Adrift is done shopping to record labels, and which Owen has said "is a record I am proud of." Adrift has since broken up due to personal differences. Owen has taken duty as the lead guitarist for Order of Ennead when their guitarist, John Li, is unavailable.[5]
In 2009 Owen played guitar for the white power band Attack on their album Fade Away,[6] though at the time he was unaware of their racist beliefs. [7]
Biography
Jack Owen was born in Akron, New York,[8] to Norma and Glenn Owen. He said in an interview that his dad would occasionally bring out his acoustic guitar and play classic country songs by Hank Williams Sr. and other artists. "That's where most of my inspiration comes from" says Owen.
Discography
Cannibal Corpse
- Eaten Back to Life (1990)
- Butchered at Birth (1991)
- Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
- The Bleeding (1994)
- Vile (1996)
- Gallery of Suicide (1998)
- Bloodthirst (1999)
- Gore Obsessed (2002)
- The Wretched Spawn (2004)
Deicide
- The Stench of Redemption (2006)
- Till Death Do Us Part (2008)
- To Hell with God (2011)
- In the Minds of Evil (2013)
Adrift
- Absolution (2007)
Estuary
- Played bass live in 2007 on European tour.
ATTACK
- Fade Away 2009
Grave Descent
- Grave Descent MCD 2011
Tennessee Murder Club
- Sessions, "The Pact" 2013 Full Length Release
References
- ^ "Guitarist Jack Owen Joins Former Cannibal Corpse Bandmate in Six Feet Under". Loudwire. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "CHRIS BARNES: How JACK OWEN Came To Join SIX FEET UNDER". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "DEICIDE Quietly Replaces Guitarist Jack Owen With MONSTROSITY's Guitarist". Metal Injection. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "DEICIDE Drummer On JACK OWEN's Departure: 'He Kind Of Left One Day And Just Never Came Back'". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Order of Ennead".
- ^ http://www.html.forrestfogarty.us/
- ^ http://static.metal-archives.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100602&start=200
- ^ Jack Owen at MyLife.com