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| STU MASSEY |
| Bass |
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Stu
was born and raised in the suburbs of St Louis, MO. He
began playing bass at age 14 and at age 18, he cut
his "metal" teeth in the band Axminister, performing on
and off from 1980-1983.
During
this time, he also co-wrote and performed original music with
local teen band Iron Suite. For the balance
of the 1980's, music was set aside while Stu focused on work,
marriage and family.
By
1991, Stu started to seek out new musical gigs and has since
played in over a dozen bands in and around St Louis including
blues
bands such as Buffalo
Bob, country bands such as Bowmans Junction, and rock bands such as Blue
Marlin.
" Ian Hill is probably the least known and most
underrated member of Judas Priest," says Stu.
"The hardest thing for me is using a pick to get his later
attack and percussive style. I was glad to find out from magazine interviews and
video that he was a finger
player early on and that allows me to play the Sad Wings
stuff finger-style. As did Ian in the 70s and
80s, I play a Fender Jazz Bass. It wouldn't sound like
Priest without it!" |
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