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[[File:Genehoglan.jpg|thumb|<br/>''"The Atomic Clock"'' - Gene Hoglan]] | [[File:Genehoglan.jpg|thumb|<br/>''"The Atomic Clock"'' - Gene Hoglan]] | ||
| − | '''Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II''' ( | + | '''Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II''' (08/31/1967 Dallas, Texas). He is known for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms (he calls "kick triplets"). His technical playing and accurateness at challenging tempos, earned him the nickname "The Atomic Clock". |
| − | He is | + | He is known for playing in the bands [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]], [[Death (band)|Death]], Dethklok, [[Strapping Young Lad]] , [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and most recently [[Fear Factory]]. |
| − | ==Career== | + | <!---==Career== |
Hoglan got his first drum kit when he was 14 and is completely self-taught. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie (lights engineer) for the band [[Slayer]], where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]] as the drummer. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater notoriety during the mid-1990s playing with [[Death (band)|Death]], at the same time that bandleader [[Chuck Schuldiner]] was taking that group into a more progressive style. Subsequently, he recorded one album with the thrash metal band [[Testament (band)|Testament]], and made the acquaintance of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend, forging a lasting friendship. He has since recorded several albums with Townsend, both as part of the speed/industrial/death metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]] and under Devin Townsend's name. | Hoglan got his first drum kit when he was 14 and is completely self-taught. In 1984, Hoglan began his music career as a roadie (lights engineer) for the band [[Slayer]], where he also played the drums during concert soundchecks. At the end of the same year he was asked to join the thrash metal band [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]] as the drummer. He penned most of the lyrics for Dark Angel's next three albums. He achieved greater notoriety during the mid-1990s playing with [[Death (band)|Death]], at the same time that bandleader [[Chuck Schuldiner]] was taking that group into a more progressive style. Subsequently, he recorded one album with the thrash metal band [[Testament (band)|Testament]], and made the acquaintance of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Devin Townsend, forging a lasting friendship. He has since recorded several albums with Townsend, both as part of the speed/industrial/death metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]] and under Devin Townsend's name. | ||
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Hoglan filled in as the drummer for Unearth when the drummer at the time, Mike Justian quit on tour. He has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast, with former [[Mushroomhead]] singer Jason Popson, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Hoglan was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]]'s reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer [[Paul Bostaph]]. | Hoglan filled in as the drummer for Unearth when the drummer at the time, Mike Justian quit on tour. He has also joined the metal band Pitch Black Forecast, with former [[Mushroomhead]] singer Jason Popson, as the band's permanent drummer. Even more recently, Hoglan was announced as the drummer for the reunited Bay Area Thrash metal band [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]]'s reunion tour, replacing original Forbidden drummer [[Paul Bostaph]]. | ||
| − | Hoglan played drums for Zimmers Hole's third studio album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008. | + | Hoglan played drums for Zimmers Hole's third studio album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan in 2008.---> |
| − | + | [[Dino Cazares]] and [[Burton C. Bell]] have reformed [[Fear Factory]], which also features one of his former bandmates from '''Strapping Young Lad''', [[Byron Stroud]]. Hoglan will be drumming for Fear Factory from 2009. | |
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
<small>Gene Hoglan played drums on the songs, unless otherwise noted.</small> | <small>Gene Hoglan played drums on the songs, unless otherwise noted.</small> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * http://www.genehoglan.com/ | + | * <!---http://www.genehoglan.com/ |
| − | * http://www.myspace.com/genehoglan | + | * http://www.myspace.com/genehoglan---> |
[[Category:Musician|H]] | [[Category:Musician|H]] | ||
[[Category:Drummer|H]] | [[Category:Drummer|H]] | ||
Revision as of 08:57, 8 February 2010
Eugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II (08/31/1967 Dallas, Texas). He is known for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms (he calls "kick triplets"). His technical playing and accurateness at challenging tempos, earned him the nickname "The Atomic Clock". He is known for playing in the bands Dark Angel, Death, Dethklok, Strapping Young Lad , Testament and most recently Fear Factory.
Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell have reformed Fear Factory, which also features one of his former bandmates from Strapping Young Lad, Byron Stroud. Hoglan will be drumming for Fear Factory from 2009.
Discography
Gene Hoglan played drums on the songs, unless otherwise noted.
- 1983 - Slayer - Show No Mercy, backing vocals in Evil Has No Boundaries
- 1983 - Wargod - Wargod (demo)
- 1986 - Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
- 1989 - Dark Angel - Leave Scars
- 1990 - Dark Angel - Live Scars (EP)
- 1991 - Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
- 1992 - Dark Angel - Decade Of Chaos (best of CD)
- 1992 - Silent Scream - From the Darkest Depths Of The Imagination (mixing, production)
- 1993 - Death - Individual Thought Patterns
- 1995 - Death - Symbolic
- 1995 - Naphobia - Of Hell (guest drummer)
- 1997 - Strapping Young Lad - City
- 1997 - Testament - Demonic
- 1998 - Old Man's Child - Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion
- 1998 - Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep Till Bedtime (live)
- 1998 - Devin Townsend - Infinity
- 1998 - Devin Townsend - Christeen plus 4 Demos (EP)
- 1999 - The Almighty Punchdrunk - Music For Them Asses
- 2000 - Cranium - Speed Metal Satan (engineering)
- 2000 - Devin Townsend - Physicist
- 2001 - Devin Townsend - Terria
- 2001 - Just Cause - Finger It Out
- 2001 - Frygirl - Someone Please Kill Me (conga's)
- 2002 - Daemon - Eye For An Eye
- 2003 - Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad
- 2003 - Tenet - Sovereign demo
- 2004 - Strapping Young Lad - For Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the Commodore (DVD)
- 2005 - Strapping Young Lad - Alien
- 2005 - Opeth - played drums on the video for "The Grand Conjuration", a song from their Ghost Reveries album.
- 2005 - Ani Kyd - Evil Needs Candy Too
- 2006 - Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
- 2007 - Meldrum - Blowin' Up The Machine (guest drummer)
- 2007 - Dethklok - The Dethalbum
- 2008 - Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan
- 2008 - Pitch Black Forecast - Absentee
- 2008 - Mechanism - Inspired Horrific
- 2009 - Dethklok - The Dethalbum II
- 2009 - Tenet - Sovereign
- 2010 - Fear Factory - Mechanized
