Bill Carroll in concert, 2005

Bill Carroll (born December 29, 1966 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, bassist and guitarist. He has been a professional musician since the mid-1980s, and has been a member of the groups No Such Thing, Doubting Thomas, and The Real Underground. As solo artist, he scored a Rate-A-Record appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand program on April 2, 1998, shortly after being signed to Hollywood-based Aardvark Records.^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Bc2wrick330. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Bc2wrick330. ... Flag Seal Motto: A Place To Be Somebody Location Coordinates , Government County New Castle County incorporated 1739 Mayor James M. Baker (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 44. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Martin Mendez aka Bass Player, bassist for swedish metal band Opeth A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... The band Doubting Thomas is a side project of Skinny Puppy. ... There have been multiple notable individuals of the name Dick Clark. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Carroll's musical styles have ranged from serious orchestral arrangements (Dune I from 1994's Kohoutek) to sitcom themes (The Mecklenburgers) to what he is best-known for: rock and roll power pop. He is heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Who, The Jam, R.E.M., Jellyfish, and less mainstream artists such as Bruce Foxton, Kevin Gilbert and John Wetton. Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... The Beatles were an English rock group from Liverpool. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to become one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1995... The Jam were a English rock band active in the late 1970s and early ’80s. ... It has been suggested that Hornets Attack Victor Mature be merged into this article or section. ... Orders Stauromedusae Coronatae Semaeostomeae Rhizostomae Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class, and in turn the phylum Cnidaria. ... Bruce Foxton is an English rock and roll musician born on September 1st 1955 in Woking, Surrey who is best remembered as the bass player in punk/new wave band The Jam. ... Kevin Gilbert (November 20, 1966 - May 17, 1996) was an American musician, born in Sacramento, California. ... John Wetton in concert John Wetton (born June 12, 1949 in Derbyshire, England) is an English singer, bassist and guitarist. ...

Carroll joined Doubting Thomas as vocalist/bassist in 1997, contributing songs to the band’s last two albums, "Who Died and Made You King" (1998) and their eponymous "Live" recording (1999). He remained with the group until it disbanded in 2001.

In 2004, Carroll composed and performed the theme for the PBS program The Mecklenburgers. He was nominated for a regional Emmy Award for the song in late 2005. ^[2] An Emmy Award. ...

A second solo album, Old-School Battle-Ax, is set for release Dec. 28, 2006, on Starry December Records.

Albums

• Summer of Light/Get Away, 1986, Alpha Records
• When We're Apart/So Lonely, 1987, Aardvark Records
• Lonely Stories From The One-Horse Town, (with No Such Thing) 1991, Aardvark Records
• Kohoutek, 1994
• Cut It Out (with Doubting Thomas), 1998, Oh Very Records
• Who Died and Made You King? (with Doubting Thomas), 1998, Oh Very Records
• Live (with Doubting Thomas), 1998, Indievision Records
• City of Peace Soundtrack (with Gina Stewart and Brenda Gambill), 2001
• The Mecklenburgers Soundtrack, 2005

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Production credits

• Lonely Stories From The One-Horse Town (with No Such Thing and Kevin H. Short), 1991
• Kohoutek, 1994
• Concrete Mary, (Concrete Mary, w/ Joe Dorn and Rick Dior) 1999
• Right In The Nuts: A Tribute to Aerosmith (with Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned), 2000, Small Stone Records
• Sad Stories, (T&A), 2000
• The Mecklenburgers Soundtrack, 2005
• Old-School Battle-Ax, (Bill Carroll) November 2006, Starry December Records

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Trivia

• Carroll served as an exchange teacher at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, The People's Republic of China.
• Carroll was classmates with Benicio Del Toro, Sean Kanan, and Michael Davies at Mercersburg Academy, where he played in a band with Bon Jovi producer Luke Ebbin; his bass guitar "roadie" was Tool's producer, Vince DeFranco. He attended grade school with film producer Chris Moore.
• Carroll's song "Axe to Grind" (Lonely Stories From The One-Horse Town) was featured with a story about the Los Angeles riots of 1992 on the Voice of America Radio Network.
• Carroll was once in the contestant pool for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

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References

1. American Bandstand, April 2, 1988
2. The Mecklenburgers Official Site

External links

• Official site