List of Devin Townsend's bands members

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Strapping Young Lad in 2006, Devin Townsend Project in 2014 and Devin Townsend in 2023

Devin Townsend is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician who has had a very prolific career, being a member of many projects and releasing 28 albums. He first got exposure when he sang lead vocals on Steve Vai's Sex & Religion album and tour in 1993, [1] and when he played guitar with The Wildhearts 1994 European tour. [2] He currently tours under his own name with guitarist and keyboardist Mike Keneally (who first joined in 2019), bassist James Leach and drummer Darby Todd (both since 2021). [3]

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History

While touring with The Wildhearts, he co-founded a short lived thrash metal trio with Jason Newsted (Metallica) on vocals and bass, Townsend on guitar, and Tom Hunting (Exodus) on drums. The trio recorded a couple of songs and then dispanded. [4] He also provided much of the guitar work on the 1994 album Millennium and the 1995 album Hard Wired by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly.

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Townsend performing in 2005.

Townsend began to record material under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad (SYL), he produced and performed nearly all the instruments on the debut studio album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing , which was released in April 1995. Townsend assembled a permanent lineup of Strapping Young Lad to record City , including prolific metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Death, Testament), along with Townsend's former bandmates Jed Simon on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass. [5]

After releasing two albums with SYL, and four solo albums, he formed The Devin Townsend Band, which consisted of Brian "Beav" Waddell on guitar, Mike Young on bass, Ryan Van Poederooyen on drums, and Dave Young on keyboards, all of whom contributed to Accelerated Evolution . Both SYL and the DTB disbanded in 2006 when Townsend withdrew from touring to spend time with his family. [6] [7]

In 2009, Townsend started the Devin Townsend Project as a four-album series. [8] After releasing Ki and Addicted in 2009, he returned to the stage in January 2010 with a band including Young on guitar and keyboards, Waddell on bass, Van Poederooyen on drums and Anneke van Giersbergen on female vocals. The DTP continued until 2018, at which point it consisted of Young, Waddell, Van Poederooven and keyboardist Mike St-Jean. [9]

While the DTP for active, Townsend had a side project with singer Ché Aimee Dorval and drummer Morgan Ågren, [10] under the name Casualties of Cool who have released one self titled album to date. [11]

Townsend toured under his own name for the first time in 2019, the line-up included Mike Keneally (guitar, keyboards), Morgan Agren (drums), Nathan Navarro (bass), Che Aimee Dorval (guitars, vocals), Diego Tejeida (keyboards) and Markus Reuter (touch guitar). [12] He played the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise in January 2020, with guitarist Wes Hauch (ex-The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate), bassist Kyle Konkiel (Bad Wolves), and drummer Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth, ex-Soilwork). [13]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Townsend played a virtual concert with drummer Samus Paulicelli, guitarist Wes Hauch and bassist Liam Wilson. [14] He headlined Bloodstock Open Air in 2021 with drummer Darby Todd, bassist James Leach and guitarist Stephen Platt. [15] The same musicians also played with Townsend in 2022. [16] Keneally replaced Platt for Townsends 2023 tour. [3]

Members

Members of current touring band

ImageNameYears activeBand(s)InstrumentsRelease contributions
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Devin Townsend 1994–presentAll
  • guitars
  • lead vocals
  • keyboards
  • theremin
  • bass
 all releases
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Mike Keneally
  • 2019–2020
  • 2023–present
Solo
  • guitars
  • keyboards
  • backing vocals
James Leach2021–presentbassnone to date
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Darby TodddrumsLightwork (2022)

Former members

ImageNameYears activeBand(s)InstrumentsRelease contributions
Adrian White 1994–1995 Strapping Young Lad drums
Ashley ScribnerbassHeavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) SYL
Mike Sudarguitars
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Jed Simon 1995–2007 (guest 2012)
  • guitars
  • backing vocals
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Byron Stroud 1996–2007
  • bass
  • backing vocals
  • all SYL releases, except Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995)
  • Cooked on Phonics (1996)
  • Physicist (2000)
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Gene Hoglan drums
  • all SYL releases, except Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995)
  • Infinity (1998)
  • Physicist (2000)
  • Terria (2001)
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Dave Young 2002–2018
  • Devin Townsend Band
  • Devin Townsend Project
  • guitars (2009–2018)
  • keyboards (2002–2014)
  • backing vocals
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Brian "Beav" Waddell
  • guitars (2002–2006)
  • bass (2009–2018)
  • backing vocals
  • all DTB releases
  • Addicted (2009) DTP
  • By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP
  • Epicloud (2012) DTP
  • The Retinal Circus (2013)
  • Z2 (2014) DTP
  • Transcendence (2016) DTP
  • Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP
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Ryan Van Poederooyen drums
  • all DTB releases
  • Addicted (2009) DTP
  • Deconstruction (2011) DTP
  • By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP
  • Epicloud (2012) DTP
  • The Retinal Circus (2013)
  • Z2 (2014) DTP
  • Transcendence (2016) DTP
  • Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP
Mike Young2002–2006Devin Townsend Bandbassall DTB releases
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Anneke van Giersbergen 2009–2017Devin Townsend Projectadditional vocals
  • Addicted (2009) DTP
  • By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP
  • Epicloud (2012) DTP
  • The Retinal Circus (2013)
  • Z2 (2014) DTP
  • Transcendence (2016) DTP
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Lightwork (2022)
Mark Cimino2009guitars
  • Addicted (2009) DTP
  • Z2 (2014)
  • The Puzzle (2021)
Mike St-Jean2014–2018keyboards
  • Ghost (2011) DTP
  • Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC
  • Z2 (2014) DTP
  • Transcendence (2016) DTP
  • Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP
  • The Puzzle (2021)
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Ché Aimee Dorval
  • 2014
  • 2019–2020
  • Casualties of Cool
  • Solo
  • vocals
  • guitar
  • Ki (2009)
  • Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC
  • Transcendence (2016) DTP
  • Empath (2019)
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Snuggles (2021)
  • Lightwork (2022)
  • Empath: Live in America (2023)
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Morgan Ågren
  • drums
  • percussion
  • Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC
  • Z2 (2014) DTP
  • Empath (2019)
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Snuggles (2021)
  • Lightwork (2022)
  • Empath: Live in America (2023)
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Nathan Navarro2019–2020Solobass
  • Empath (2019)
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Snuggles (2021)
  • Lightwork (2022)
  • Empath: Live in America (2023)
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Diego Tejeidakeyboards
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Snuggles (2021)
  • Lightwork (2022)
  • Empath: Live in America (2023)
Arabella Backford2019backing vocals
  • The Puzzle (2021)
  • Snuggles (2021)
Anne Preis
Samantha Preis
Markus Reuter touch guitars Snuggles (2021)
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Wes Hauch2020guitarsGalactic Quarantine (2021)
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Kyle Konkiel2020 (Metal cruise shows only)bassnone
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Dirk Verbeuren drumsDeconstruction (2011) DTP
Samus Paulicelli2020
  • Empath (2019)
  • Galactic Quarantine (2021)
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Liam Wilson bassGalactic Quarantine (2021)
Stephen Platt2021–2022guitarsnone

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List of Devin Townsend's bands members

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