Justin Chancellor

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Justin Chancellor
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Chancellor on tour with Tool February 2022. Tampa, FL.
Background information
Birth nameJustin Gunnar Walter Chancellor
Born (1971-11-19) 19 November 1971 (age 53)
London, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • book and record store owner
Instruments
  • Bass guitar
  • guitar
Years active1991–present
Member of
Formerly ofPeach

Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor (born 19 November 1971) [1] is an English musician, best known as the bassist for rock band Tool, a position he has held since 1995. Prior to joining Tool, he played in a band called Peach. [2] After settling in the US, along with his engagement in his musical projects, he and his wife Shelee Dykman Chancellor ran a store called Lobal Orning in Topanga, California, dedicated to music and literature "that shaped and changed" both of them. The store closed in 2008.[ citation needed ] He started M.T.Void music project with Piotr "Glaca" Mohammed from Sweet Noise.

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Early life

Chancellor is of English and Norwegian descent. [3] He was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent, England, where he was the bass player for a school band named Slice of Life and used to perform a cover version of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" in the dining room of his boarding house. The band released an eponymous titled tape featuring a song of the same name. Chancellor went on to study at Durham University.

Career

Chancellor later joined the band Peach. Peach released the album Giving Birth to a Stone and two EPs, and supported Tool in 1994 in Europe before breaking up in 1995. [4] In September that year, Chancellor moved to the United States and joined Tool full-time to replace Paul D'Amour who departed during the recording of the band's second full-length album. Chancellor has been a full member of the band since the 1996 studio album Ænima .

Equipment

Bass guitars

Chancellor appearing with Tool at the Roskilde festival in 2006 Justin chancellor tool roskilde festival 2006 cropped.jpg
Chancellor appearing with Tool at the Roskilde festival in 2006

Amplification

Formerly used

Effects

Guest appearances

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References

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  3. ↑ "TOOL: The Collective Unconscious". Toolarmy.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Peach Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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  8. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Live video of Primus performing The Valley with Justin onscreen". YouTube .
  9. ↑ Yoo, Noah (15 March 2018). "Death Grips Working With Tool's Justin Chancellor on New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Lesuer, Mike (10 February 2022). "Author & Punisher Takes Us Through His Industrial Vision of Krüller Track by Track". floodmagazine.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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