William Caldwell "Rocky" Gray was born on July 2,1974 and is an American drummer and guitarist.
18 Facts About Rocky Gray
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Rocky Gray is a guitarist for the bands Living Sacrifice, Even Devils Die, and Creepy Carnival, and the drummer for Soul Embraced, Mourningside, Machina, and We Are the Fallen.
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From 1991 to 1998, Rocky Gray played for many bands, with Shredded Corpse being his main gig.
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In 1999, Rocky Gray reunited Soul Embraced with his brother-in-law Chad Moore and Living Sacrifice member Lance Garvin, and the band released their debut EP, The Fleshless.
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In 2002, Rocky Gray formed the band Kill System with Garvin, Moore, and John LeCompt.
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In early 2003, Rocky Gray played drums live for the rock band Evanescence, whose debut album, Fallen, featured a cover of Soul Embraced's song "My Tourniquet", which Rocky Gray co-wrote.
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Rocky Gray was replaced in Kill System by Cory Brandan Putman and the band disbanded that year.
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In 2005, Rocky Gray got together with Garvin and Bruce Fitzhugh to record three additional songs for Living Sacrifice's greatest hits, In Memoriam.
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Later that year, Rocky Gray joined LeCompt in the band Machina.
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In 2006, Rocky Gray joined the horror-themed band Fatal Thirteen as the drummer.
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Rocky Gray formed his own solo project, 3 for Sorrow, and another project with his brother-in-law, called The Burning.
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Rocky Gray stated that The Burning was put aside as he was focusing on projects.
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In 2012, Rocky Gray produced an EP by the local band Every Knee Shall Bow.
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Rocky Gray then worked on three other projects: Creepy Carnival, which he formed with Wretched Graverobber and Spano Graverobber of the horror punk band Grave Robber, and Jeff Bowie of Mourningside and Soul Embraced; Even Devils Die, another project with LeCompt; and a solo project under Rocky Gray's own name.
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In 2015, Rocky Gray composed the score for the horror film The Barn and the video game based on the film, and recorded a solo album, titled Accursed.
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Two tracks by Rocky Gray appeared on the soundtrack for the video game Killing Floor 2.
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Rocky Gray stated that he wanted Living Sacrifice and Soul Embraced to have a new release by 2016.
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In 2016, Rocky Gray was nominated for a "Best Scorer" award for his work on The Barn.