Marty O'Brien

Marty O'Brien
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1998 - present
Associated acts	We Are the Fallen, Tommy Lee, Methods of Mayhem, Disturbed, Static-X, Celine Dion, Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Clarkson, Ben Moody, Hana Pestle, Against All Will
Website	www.MartyOBrien.com
Notable instruments
Spector Bass, Fender Precision Bass

Marty O'Brien is a professional bass player^[1] and member of the band We Are the Fallen. His live credits include playing bass on tour for such acts as Disturbed, Tommy Lee, Static-X, Methods of Mayhem and many others. He has performed on three different Ozzfest tours, each time with a different band. (Ozzfest's 1998, 2000, 2002) Marty is also a busy session-bassist in Los Angeles, having recorded with such artists as Against All Will,^[2] Celine Dion, Chris Cornell, Brian McKnight, Mýa, Tommy Lee, Lindsay Lohan, and Kelly Clarkson, including her number 1 single, Because of You, on the grammy-award winning album, Breakaway

Early life

Born and raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Marty O'Brien started playing bass at the age of 13. By age 16, he had joined his first local rock band, and by 19, was playing local live shows in Providence, as well other cities along the east coast such as Boston and New York City.

Career

Kilgore

Marty O'Brien's professional career began in 1998 when a local Providence, Rhode Island based band, Kilgore asked him to join their lineup as their new bassist. A few weeks after joining, the band embarked on the "Ozzfest 98" summer festival tour, where the band shared the stage with such bands as Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Incubus, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, and Motorhead. Next came a North American tour supporting Slayer and Fear Factory, then a European tour in the winter, supporting Fear Factory. In January 1999, vocalist Jay Berndt quit the band, which eventually led to the end of Kilgore.

Methods of Mayhem

In April 2000, Marty moved to Los Angeles, and just 3 weeks later was asked to audition for the band Methods of Mayhem, a new group led by former Motley Crue drummer, Tommy Lee. Marty was offered the job the same day as the audition, and the band left for Europe 8 days later and spent the summer playing some of the biggest music festivals all across Europe. (Dynamo Open Air, Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park, Glastonbury Festival). Next, the band spent the rest of the summer touring on the "Ozzfest 2000" festival, sharing the main-stage with bands Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Godsmack, Static-X, Incubus, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, and Disturbed.

Disturbed

In early 2001, the multi-platinum selling metal band Disturbed asked Marty to join them on tour after their bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak had broken his ankle in a fall from a fire-escape outside the band's rehearsal complex. Marty spent two months playing bass for Disturbed on an extensive tour throughout Europe, opening for Marilyn Manson.

Static-X

In the summer of 2001, the multi-platinum selling band Static-X called upon Marty to fill-in on tour after their bassist Tony Campos had fractured his collar-bone in a motorcycle accident. After having only one rehearsal with the band, Marty toured with Static-X on the "Extreme Steel Tour" which also included the legendary pairing of the bands Pantera and Slayer. This would ultimately be Pantera's last tour ever.

Tommy Lee

Between 2002 and 2005, Tommy Lee recorded and released two solo albums. In 2002, "Never a Dull Moment" was released, on which Marty has a songwriting credit, and 2005's "Tommyland: The Ride". From 2002 to 2005, during the promotion of both those records, Marty played bass on both world tours and performed on several TV shows, including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Celebrity Roast of Pamela Anderson, and a handful of European TV shows, including Top of the Pops.

Recording Career

In 2004, Marty decided to put aside the touring career and stay in Los Angeles to focus on his career as a recording-session bassist. Over the next 5 years, Marty accumulated an impressive resume of artists that he has recorded with, such as Celine Dion, Chris Cornell, Brian McKnight, Mýa, Tommy Lee, Lindsay Lohan, and Kelly Clarkson, including her number 1 single, "Because of You", on the grammy-award winning album, "Breakaway".

We Are the Fallen

Marty is now a member of We Are the Fallen. The band was launched on June 22, 2009 at a press conference in Hollywood, CA, and eventually signed a deal with Universal Republic Records. Their debut album was released on May 11, 2010, after which the band will go on a tour.

Discography

Artist	Album	Label
Kilgore	Search for Reason (Japan)	Giant Records / Warner
Kilgore	ECW: Extreme Music	Sanctuary
Ed Vick	Set in Motion	Orchard
Tommy Lee	Never a Dull Moment	MCA Records
Pre)Thing	22nd Century Lifestyle	V2 Records
Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	RCA / BMG
Ben Moody	The Punisher (Movie Soundtrack)	Wind Up Records
Kelly Clarkson	Because of You - Remixes	RCA / BMG
Smile Empty Soul	Don't Need You (Single)	Lava Records
Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway (Bonus DVD)	BMG International
Brian McKnight & MYA	Forever in Our Hearts (single)	Tsunami Relief .org
Lindsay Lohan	Little More Personal	Casablanca / Universal
Tommy Lee	Goes to College (DVD)	Image Entertainment
Tommy Lee	Celebrity Roast of Pamela Anderson (DVD)	Comedy Central / Paramount
Jason Hook	Safety Dunce	Five Finger
Deadsy	Phantasmagore	Immortal
3Faced	Married to the Wreckage	Trifold
Hana Pestle	Hana Pestle-EP	FNR Records
Lesley Roy	Unbeautiful	Jive Records
Celine Dion	Taking Chances	Sony Music
Heaven Below	Countdown to Devil	Broken Halo
Against All Will	Tomorrow and Today (single)	Stereo Supersonic Music
Hana Pestle	This Way	FNR Records
Against All Will	You Can't Change Me (single)	Stereo Supersonic Music
Jason Charles	Last to Go Home	Count Mecha Music
Ben Moody	All For This	FNR Records
Celine Dion	My Love - Essential Collection	Sony Music
Nina Ferraro	Let it Go (single)	Nina Ferraro Music
Against All Will	A Rhyme & Reason	Subsonic Industries

References

1. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005-12-05). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. pp. 244–. ISBN 9780958268400. http://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PA244. Retrieved 14 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Cello Dias of Against All Will Interview August 9, 2010" Muen Magazine Obtained June 16, 2011}

External links

• Official Website

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