Byron Stroud is the A bassist is a musician who plays a bass guitar or double bass. This page lists famous bassists in four categories, depending on whether they are primarily known for playing bass guitar, double bass, both, or their main instrument is unknown. Certain musical genres tend to use one or the... bassist for Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. Heavy metal is a a development of blues, blues rock and rock. Its origins lie in the hard rock bands who between 1967 and 1974... metal bands Fear Factory (Left to right) Christian Olde Wolbers, Byron Stroud, Raymond Herrera, Burton C. Bell. Photo by Omer R. Cordell of Seventh Frame Photography. www.seventhframe.com. Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California-based death metal/industrial quartet fronted by co-founder and self-styled Dry Lung Vocal Martyr... Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad circa 2003 (l to r, Jed Simon, Gene Hoglan, Devin Townsend and Byron Stroud) Strapping Young Lad are a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in the mid-1990s. Their sound is generally described as melodic death metal with industrial influences, although this differs from... Strapping Young Lad and Zimmer's Hole.

Although he has been a staple member of Strapping Young Lad circa 2003 (l to r, Jed Simon, Gene Hoglan, Devin Townsend and Byron Stroud) Strapping Young Lad are a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in the mid-1990s. Their sound is generally described as melodic death metal with industrial influences, although this differs from... Strapping Young Lad since 1997's City, he joined Fear Factory (Left to right) Christian Olde Wolbers, Byron Stroud, Raymond Herrera, Burton C. Bell. Photo by Omer R. Cordell of Seventh Frame Photography. www.seventhframe.com. Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California-based death metal/industrial quartet fronted by co-founder and self-styled Dry Lung Vocal Martyr... Fear Factory as a full time member in 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004. He made his Fear Factory (Left to right) Christian Olde Wolbers, Byron Stroud, Raymond Herrera, Burton C. Bell. Photo by Omer R. Cordell of Seventh Frame Photography. www.seventhframe.com. Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California-based death metal/industrial quartet fronted by co-founder and self-styled Dry Lung Vocal Martyr... Fear Factory debut on their 2004 album Archetype is defined as the first original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated. The term is often used in literature, architecture, and the arts to refer to something that goes back to the fundamental origins of style, method, gold... Archetype.

Despite the obvious, Stroud insists his allegiance remains with both bands, as well as with Zimmer's Hole, a somewhat comedic band he plays in with fellow "Strapper" Jed Simon amongst others.