Mike Dean (musician)

Mike Dean
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Michael Dean
Born	August 24, 1963 (1963-08-24) (age 48)
Genres	Crossover thrash, hardcore punk, heavy metal, sludge metal
Occupations	Musician, bassist, singer
Instruments	Bass, vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Sanctuary
Associated acts	Corrosion of Conformity Probot, Snake Nation

Mike Dean (born Thomas Michael Dean on August 24, 1963) is the bassist for American metal band Corrosion of Conformity. He sang on the band'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 artist Brian Walsby on drums, released the Snake Nation album on Caroline Records.^[1] Dean rejoined C.O.C. as the bass player and occasional vocalist in 1993 and collaborated with Dave Grohl on the Probot song "Access Babylon", a return to the punk/metal fusion of old.

Dean served as the engineer for C.O.C.'s 2005 Sanctuary Records release, "In the Arms of God." 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.

Discography

Albums

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
1984 [1]	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 (Available as Dualdisc)	Sanctuary Records
August 7, 2001	Live Volume CD, DVD and DVDA	Sanctuary Records
February 10, 2004	Probot	Southern Lord
April 5, 2005	In the Arms of God	Sanctuary Records
2010/2011	TBA[2]	Unknown label

EPs

Date of release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
1987	Technocracy	Metal Blade Records
1989	Six Songs With Mike Singing: 1985	Metal Blade Records

Compilations

• No Core (1982, split)
• Why Are We Here? (1983, split)
• Cleanse the Bacteria (1985, compilation)
• Complete Death (1985, compilation)(Metal Blade Records)

Music videos

• "Albatross" (1994)
• "Wiseblood" (1996)
• "Drowning in a Daydream" (1996)
• "Stonebreaker" (2005)

References

1. ^ brian walsby (2007-12-06). "Introverted Loudmouth: Snake Nation". Introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com. http://introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com/2007/12/snake-nation.html. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
2. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Confirmed: CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's 'Animosity' Lineup Reunited". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=139931. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 

External links

• Corrosion of Conformity Official Website
• Gallery of Mike Dean with Corrosion of Conformity on Alberta Stars

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