Steve Di Giorgio

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Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for his work with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of which he was a co-founder), Death, Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autopsy, Obituary, Control Denied, Dragonlord and Charred Walls of the Damned, and he has performed on over 50 albums as a guest, session or full-time band musician.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Di Giorgio has played bass guitar in heavy metal and death metal bands such as Death,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Autopsy,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Control Denied,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ephel Duath,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Obscura,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Artension, Faust, Memorain, Painmuseum, Suicide Shift, Soen,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Vintersorg,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dragonlord,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Iced Earth,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sebastian Bach,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Obituary,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Megadeth,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is a founding member of Sadus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is a founding member of the jazz band Dark Hall and has played bass in other bands such as Testament,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Futures End,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Synesis Absorption, Mythodea, Charred Walls of the Damned,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Anatomy of I,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gone in April, and Spirits of Fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Along with his bass duties in Sadus, he also plays keyboards. In October 2019, he founded the fusion-world-metal group Quadvium with fellow fretless bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A year later, he formed the death metal supergroup Act of Denial.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Musical style and influences

Within his genre, Di Giorgio is respected for his highly technical playing skills.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He is also credited with being the first bassist to bring fretless bass playing into the heavy/extreme metal genre, and normally plays bass by using his fingers, although he has been seen using a pick on certain songs. Di Giorgio's influences include Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Sheehan, Dave Pegg and Charles Meeks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Di Giorgio explained the development of his playing style in 2017: "Working against what people consider comfortably normal, and swimming against the musical current from a young age has helped me stay out of the shadows as a bassist and as so many always still strive to keep it there. Fuck them."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Di Giorgio has been married for years,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is the father of a daughter who was born in April 1994.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The family currently resides in Antioch, California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Equipment

Di Giorgio endorses Ibanez Guitars and primarily plays a number of different fretted and fretless BTB basses. He previously played two custom Mjolnir basses by Thor Bass; a custom made 5-string fretless model which he has converted to a 3-string and a custom-built 6 string fretless. He's also played custom ESP basses, mostly a F-series fretless 5-string bass in a dark green finish, but also uses a very unusual double-neck construction with a fretted and a fretless neck in one body. He currently uses an EBS Fafner head as his main sound, but has also used Ampeg and Randall in the past.<ref name="GW">Guitar World's Bass Guitar Magazine (June 2007)</ref>

Di Giorgio's bass guitars
  • 4001 Custom Rickenbacker (1981)
  • Fully Custom Homemade Fender-Like Fretless (1991)<ref name="www.fretlessbass.com" />
  • 4001 Rickenbacker (1975)
  • Custom Carvin BB75F (1996)<ref name="www.fretlessbass.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Custom Carvin BB75 (1999)
  • ESP – LTD F-205 (1999)
  • ESP Custom Forest 5-string Fretless (1999)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • ESP Doubleneck Bass<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Thor Bass Mjolnir 5-string fretless (2008),<ref name="www.bassplayer.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Thor Bass Mjolnir 6-string Fretless (2010)<ref name="www.bassplayer.com" />
  • Thor Bass Freyja 7-string Fretted (2013)
  • 4003W Rickenbacker modified with a fretless ebony fretboard by Larry Davis (2014)
  • Ibanez BTB1605E with a fretless neck (2016)
  • Ibanez SDGB1 Steve DiGiorgio Signature Bass (2023)

Discography

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  • James Murphy – Feeding the Machine (1999)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • PainmuseuM – Metal for Life (2005)<ref name="allmusic1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Roger Staffelbach's Angel of Eden – The End of Never (2007, session)
  • Futures End – Memoirs of a Broken Man (2009)<ref name="allmusic1" />
  • Faust – From Glory To Infinity (2009)<ref name="allmusic1" />
  • Charred Walls of the Damned – Charred Walls of the Damned (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Heathen – The Evolution of Chaos (2010, guest)
  • Christian Muenzner – Timewarp (2011, guest)
  • Charred Walls of the Damned – Cold Winds on Timeless Days (2011)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Johnny Newman – More than Ever (2011)
  • Anatomy of I – Substratum (2011)
  • Sylencer – A Lethal Dose of Truth (2012, guest)
  • Synesis Absorption – Forever Untouched (2012)
  • Ephel Duath – On Death And Cosmos (2012)
  • Soen – Cognitive (2012)
  • Memorain – Evolution (2012)
  • Mythodea – Mythodea (2013)
  • Artlantica – Across the Seven Seas (2013, session)
  • Jeff Hughell – Chaos Labyrinth (2013, guest on track 3)
  • Gone in April – Threads of Existence (2016)
  • Testament – Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)
  • Counter-World Experience – Pulsar (2016, guest on track 7)
  • Art X - The Redemption of Cain (2016)
  • Spirits of Fire – Spirits of Fire (2019)
  • Geoda – Here and Now (2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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