Rocky Gray

Rocky Gray

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Rocky Gray (born July 2, 1974 as William Gray) was the drummer for Evanescence from 2003 to 2007. He was hired for the Fallen tour, along with the other tour players John and Will, after Fallen was completed. Rocky was a member of the bands Living Sacrifice and Soul Embraced before playing on tour for Evanescence. He's close friends with John and worked with him when John was a lead singer in Killsystem. He also worked with John when John laid vocals on “Seems Like Forever” for Soul Embraced’s Immune album. A friend of Ben Moody, Rocky made his first appearance with Evanescence performing the drums on the 1998 track "Understanding" from Evanescence's first EP. Evanescence covered his band Soul Embraced's song "My Tourniquet" on Fallen (where it's titled "Tourniquet"). Rocky co-wrote Soul Embraced's "My Tourniquet", playing its guitar, so he has a co-writing credit on the Fallen cover song.

In 2005, Rocky launched a clothing line called 'CrimeWave Clothing'. He recorded drums on The Open Door. He is currently in 4 bands: Soul Embraced, Living Sacrifice, Mourningside, Fatal Thirteen and We Are The Fallen.

Rocky officially left Evanescence on May 4th, 2007 for unknown reasons. Some people believe he did it in order to protest over John getting fired, but this wasn't the reason. Rocky had already decided to leave Evanescence in January (probably because he wanted to work on his side projects, but this is just a theory). His contract with Wind-Up said that he had to finish the tour first. He wasn't allowed to say anything about his plans about leaving either. When John was fired, he defied Wind-Up and told the fans anyway.

Rocky cited Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich and Kiss's drummer Eric Carr as his drumming influences.

Equipment

Music:
Rocky is currently endorsed by or uses ddrum, Sabian® Cymbals, Vater Sticks, Evans Drumheads, Schecter guitars and Basson Sound Equipment.

Other:
Crimewave Clothing, Diablo wheels and Fright-Rags clothing.

He is frequently featured in advertisements for the equipment he proudly uses.

Bands

Current Bands

• Soul Embraced - Lead Guitar, Vocals (1997-present)
• Mourningside - Drums (2004-present)
• Fatal Thirteen - Guitar (2006-present)
• Living Sacrifice - Lead guitar, backing vocals (2008-present)

Former Bands

• Chalice - Drums (1991)
• Shredded Corpse - Vocals, Guitar, Keys (1991-1998)
• Sickshine - Drums (1993-95)
• PainGod (later known as Flesh Compressor) - ? (1994-1995)
• Seminal Death - Vocals, Guitar (1995)
• Living Sacrifice - Lead Guitar, Additional Vocals (1999-2003, 2005)
• Thy Pain - Guitar, Vocals (2002)
• Kill System - Guitar (2002-2003)
• The Burning - Guitar (2005-2006)
• 3 For Sorrow - Drums, Bass and Guitar (2005-2006)
• Evanescence - Drums (2002-2007)
• Machina (formerly called Future Leaders of the World) - Drums (2005-2007)
• We Are The Fallen - Guitar (2009-2012)

Other Credits

Albums:

• Inner War [1] - Inner War (Producer, 1999)
• Thy Pain [2] - More Than Suffering EP (Producer, 2002)
• Fatal Thirteen [3] - Music From the Soundproof Torture Chamber (Producer, 2006)

Personal life

His immediate family includes his wife, Reneé, and his two kids, Abraham and Madison.

Links

• Rocky's Myspace
• Soul Embraced - Official website
• Mourningside
• Fatal Thirteen
• Crimewave Clothing - Rocky's Clothing Line