Tony Choy
Tony in 1991, recording session of Atheist's Unquestionable Presence.
Background information
Genre(s)	Technical death metal Progressive metal Pop
Occupation(s)	Bassist, singer
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, singing
Associated acts	Atheist Arena 305

Tony Choy is an American bass player. He was a session musician for some well-known death metal bands such as Atheist, Cynic and the Dutch Pestilence. His playing is very jazz-oriented and he has provided a lot of new ideas for metal bass lines. He is one of the few bass players in metal that used extensively the Slap & Pop playing technique, along with two-handed tapping. He is also one of the most talented bass players in the history of extreme music; mainly for his bass work with Atheist and Cynic. Image File history File links Tonychoi. ... Atheist was a death metal band from Florida, USA, founded under the name (which stands for Raging Atheists Vowing A Gory End), whose music was highly technical and sometimes reminiscent of jazz. ... Unquestionable Presence is the second album by the death metal band Atheist. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Technical death metal, or tech death for short, is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre death metal. ... Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Harry Belafonte singing, photograph by C. van Vechten Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... Atheist was a death metal band from Florida, USA, founded under the name (which stands for Raging Atheists Vowing A Gory End), whose music was highly technical and sometimes reminiscent of jazz. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Atheist was a death metal band from Florida, USA, founded under the name (which stands for Raging Atheists Vowing A Gory End), whose music was highly technical and sometimes reminiscent of jazz. ... Cynic were a technical death metal band that was formed in Florida, United States, in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Paul Masvidal, guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Mark Van Erp, and drummer Sean Reinert. ... Pestilence were a death / thrash metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... In music, the term slapping is often used to refer to two different though related playing techniques on the double bass and on the (electric) bass guitar. ...

Nowadays he sings and plays bass in a Latin pop group named Area 305. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 2004 Tony Choy was nominated for a Latin Grammy award. He also has reached top 5 on the Billboard charts several times with several acts and himself as a solo artist. Tony Choy still resides in Miami, Florida, where he has a very successful production company by the name of Achoymusic and is also launching his first publishing company by the name of Achoymusic Publishing, licensed by B.M.I. Choy has an endorsement with Californian Zon Guitars [1]. This article is about the city in Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...