Mike Dean (musician)

This article is about the metal bass guitarist. For the producer and audio engineer, see Mike Dean (record producer).

Mike Dean
Dean performing in 2005
Dean performing in 2005
Background information
Birth nameThomas Michael Dean
Born (1963-08-24) August 24, 1963 (age 61)
GenresSouthern metal, stoner metal, sludge metal, crossover thrash, hardcore punk
Occupation(s)Musician, singer
Instrument(s)Bass, keyboards, vocals
Years active1982–present
Member of
  • Lightning Born
Formerly of

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.

Career

Dean 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

Albums

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

Release date Title Label
1987 Technocracy Metal Blade Records
1989 Six Songs With Mike Singing: 1985 Metal Blade Records
2013 Megalodon Scion/AV

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)
  • "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

  1. ^ brian walsby (December 6, 2007). "Introverted Loudmouth: Snake Nation". Introvertedloudmouth.blogspot.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Kennelty, Greg. "CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Founding Bassist MIKE DEAN Leaves The Band". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Corrosion of Conformity - Eye for an Eye - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com.
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