About Troy Sanders
Troy Jayson Sanders (born September 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and one of the vocalists of heavy metal band Mastodon. He is also active in the supergroups Killer Be Killed and Gone Is Gone and is the current touring bassist for rock band Thin Lizzy. == Biography == Sanders first played bass when he picked up his older brother Kyle's instrument and decided to try it out, even though the bass was strung for a lefty, and he was right-handed. A few months later, he talked his dad into buying him a bass. His first bands were Four Hour Fogger, Knuckle, and Puaka Balava. In 1995, Sanders joined the grindcore band Social Infestation as the bass player; the band has since released one EP and two full-length albums. However, the band hasn't released any material since 2000; it is unknown if the band are either taking a long hiatus or has split. In 2000, Sanders met Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher along with Brent Hinds at a High on Fire show and later formed Mastodon. The four began this venture with singer Eric Saner, touring the Southern United States, working 40-hour weeks and committing to the band in their spare time. The band's mainstream success would come later, after Saner left the band, which led to Sanders assuming the vocal spot, along with Hinds and Dailor, in addition to his duties as bass player.
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