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Encyclopedia > Trey Spruance

Preston Lea Spruance III or "Trey Spruance" (born 1969 in Eureka, California) is an American composer and musician. His primary instrument was originally guitar, but over the years he has become more multi-instrumental, including vintage electric organs, trumpet, sampling, saz, and various eastern string and percussion instruments. Spruance has performed with a multitude of (mostly) underground artists including John Zorn, Eyvind Kang, Mike Patton, and Trevor Dunn, as well as recording with Patton's more mainstream group Faith No More on their controversial album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. He was also, with Patton and Dunn, a founding member of Mr. Bungle. His playing style ranges from Experimental Jazz to Death Metal to Surf Guitar, and more recently he has combined these with Turkish, Afghani, and other Arabian styles in his band Secret Chiefs 3. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Carson Mansion (1885) in Eurekas Old Town Eureka is the county seat of Humboldt County, California, USA. The population was 26,128 at the 2000 census. ... Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by means of vibrating strings, as on the harpsichord. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording, the sample, and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... The saz is a Turkish plucked stringed instrument, a member of the long-necked lute family. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. ... Eyvind Kang (b. ... Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Arcata, California) is an American musician. ... Trevor Dunn is an American musician. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... King for a Day. ... Mr. ... Since the 1980s, Afghanistan has been involved in near constant violence. ... Arab music is the music of Arabic-speaking people or countries, especially those centered around the Arabian Peninsula. ... The Secret Chiefs 3 are an indie band hailing from the San_Francisco_Bay_Area. ...


Spruance is the founder/owner of Mimicry Records, which has released a variety of different bands including Estradasphere, Danubius, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and Brazzaville amongst other projects (including many of his own). Estradasphere is an indie band that originated in Santa Cruz, California during the late 1990s. ... Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is a rock band (or perhaps a performance ensemble) that was formed in 1999 in Oakland, CA. // Performance & Stage Persona The band tours frequently. ...


In 2005 Spruance produced the album, "Death After Life" for the Oakland, CA based death metal group Impaled. Other production duties have included "I'll Have What's She's Having" (2004) by The Tuna Helpers, Faxed Head's completely demented "Chiropractic" (2001) and Mr. Bungle's analog masterpiece, 1999's California. Aerial view looking west over downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt and the Port of Oakland in the upper left portion of the image. ... Since 1997, the dank corners of the city of Oakland, California have been subject to the brutality of a group out of their minds. ... --Delirium 03:44, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... A reel-to-reel tape recorder (Sony TC-630), typical of those which were once common audiophile objects. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... California is a 1999 (see 1999 in music) album by the band Mr. ...


Since Mr. Bungle's dissolution in 2000, Spruance has focused more on his Secret Chiefs 3 projects, expanding the group into seven sub-groups and releasing Book of Horizons, the first album of a planned trilogy, in 2004. This article is about the year 2000. ... The Secret Chiefs 3 are an indie band hailing from the San_Francisco_Bay_Area. ... FORMS - The End Times Ishraqiyun - The 4 (Great Ishraqi Sun) Traditionalists - The Indestructible Drop Holy Vehm - Exterminating Angel FORMS - The Owl in Daylight Traditionalists - The Exile The Electromagnetic Azoth - On the Wings of the Haoma UR - Book T: Exodus Holy Vehm - Hypostasis of the Archons Traditionalists - The Electrotheonic Grail Dove... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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The Secret Chiefs 3 are an indie band hailing from the San_Francisco_Bay_Area. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... --Delirium 03:44, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Mr. ... Weird Little Boy is a one off studio project featuring musicians John Zorn - Alto Saxophone, Keyboards, Samplers, Trey Spruance - Guitar, Drums, Keyboards, William Winant - Percussion Mike Patton - Drums, Vocals and Chris Cochrane - Guitar The performance follows in the vein of abstract soundscapes and avant garde expresionism though it is regarded...

External links

  • The Trey Spruance Gallery - a comprehensive list of Trey's live and recorded projects
  • Web of Mimicry - the public gathering site run by Trey
  • Mimicry Records - Trey's record label
  • Secret Chiefs 3 - website with news, tour dates, photos and more on the Secret Chiefs 3
  • Official Site of Secret Chiefs 3 - official website containing member line-up and photos.
Faith No More
Roddy Bottum | Billy Gould | Mike Bordin | Mike Patton | Jon Hudson
Chuck Mosely | "Big" Jim Martin | Dean Menta | Trey Spruance | Mark Bowen | Courtney Love | Wade Worthington
Discography
Studio albums: We Care a Lot | Introduce Yourself | The Real Thing | Angel Dust | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | Album of the Year
Lives and compilations: Live at the Brixton Academy | Who Cares a Lot? | This Is It: The Best of Faith No More | Epic & Other Hits | The Platinum Collection
Singles: We Care a Lot | Anne's Song | From Out Of Nowhere | Epic | Falling To Pieces | Midlife Crisis | A Small Victory | Everything's Ruined | Songs to Make Love To | Another Body Murdered | Digging the Grave | Ricochet | Evidence | Ashes To Ashes | Last Cup Of Sorrow | Stripsearch | I Started a Joke
Related articles
Imperial Teen | Mr. Bungle | Faith No Man | Brujeria | Peeping Tom
Categories: Faith No More albums | Faith No More songs
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Trey Spruance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (374 words)
Preston Lea Spruance III or "Trey Spruance" (born 1969 in Eureka, California) is an American composer and musician.
Spruance has performed with a multitude of (mostly) underground artists including John Zorn, Eyvind Kang, Mike Patton, and Trevor Dunn, as well as recording with Patton's more mainstream group Faith No More on their controversial album King for a Day...
Spruance is the founder/owner of Mimicry Records, which has released a variety of different bands including Estradasphere, Danubius, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and Brazzaville amongst other projects (including many of his own).
MR. BUNGLE (3771 words)
Trey Spruance: We try to go for the same amount of personal excitement, at the time the speed metal was really the thing for us, now this is the thing for us.
Trey Spruance: Yeah, those are moments of extreme frustration were you just want to throw yourself though the window, but it's not like you're exploring some real alternative.
Trey Spruance: And they have been gone for two years now, so whatever incidents there were when Chili Peppers and Faith No More were perceived on the same plate, that was at least eight years ago.
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