Terry Butler

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Terry Butler
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Butler in 2023
Background information
Origin Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Genres Death metal
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1986–present
Member of Obituary, Inhuman Condition
Formerly of Death, Six Feet Under, Massacre

Terry Butler is an American bassist who currently performs with the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death.

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He is married with three children[ citation needed ], and is brother-in-law of former Six Feet Under bandmate Greg Gall.[ citation needed ] On May 7, 2019, [1] Butler's then 27-year-old daughter, Jona Wright, died in a single-vehicle car accident after her car came off the road and was overturned multiple times, also leaving Butler's two grandsons, ages 6 and 10 at the time, who were also in the vehicle, with minor injuries. [1]

Discography

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Butler with Obituary in 2012

Death

Though Butler is also credited on Death's 1988 release Leprosy, he did not play on the album. [2] The bass was instead performed by sole constant member Chuck Schuldiner, with Butler joining the band after the album was completed; though Schuldiner defended Butler's inclusion on the album's credits, stating "Terry contributed to the songwriting as well". [3]

Massacre

Six Feet Under

Obituary

Inhuman Condition

References

  1. 1 2 DiVita, Joe (May 16, 2019). "Obituary Bassist Terry Butler's Daughter Killed in Car Crash". Loudwire. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ Death by Metal. 2016. Event occurs at 20 minutes 34 seconds.
  3. ↑ High Spirits, Krgin, B., Metal Forces #47 Feb 1990, (retrieved February 13, 2013)


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