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| Tony Reed | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth Name | Anthony Dallas Reed |
| Alias | Ediz Hook, T. Dallas Reed,The Beast |
| Born | Jan 3rd, 1969, Port Angeles, Washington, USA |
| Occupation | Musician, Producer, Sound Engineer, Record Label Owner, Studio Owner |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums |
| Years active | 1983- |
| Labels | Ripple Music, Music Abuse Records, Listenable Records, |
| Associated acts | Mos Generator,Stone Axe,Traitor,Gripping Thorns,Twelve Thirty Dreamtime,Big Scenic Nowhere,Constance Tomb,HeavyPink,Hot Spring Water,Lost Orb,Luke's Wall,Teepee Creeper,Woodrot |
| Website | Tony Reed on Bandcamp |
Biography[]
His parents listened to Sabbath and Heavy Rock in general, so he just naturally gravitated towards it. When he heard kiss aged 9 he knew he wanted to be musician, though it took 3 more years for him to pick up his first instrument, drums, as he did not heave the means to do so earlier. He started recording very early as well. He recorded everything he did, playing with a buddy trying their hands at Sabbath, Judas Priest, and all the other classics.
He realized he wasn't going to be or wanting to be good at anything else in life apart from music so he focused on that from the start. He used to record band in town for free with a portable 4-track recorder to develop his skills before opening his own studio in 1994. It was small and only eight tracks, but people came from all over Seattle and the surrounding towns.
Tony's record collection[]
"I am very proud of my Sabbath section. Probably got about sixty-plus records in there. Lots of bootlegs, multiples, and compilations. Got rid of some very expensive stuff, as well, to buy a Mellotron. Had a Nirvana 7” that I got $2,000 dollars for. I finally found a copy of Voivod’s Outer Limits that was only pressed in Germany and I’ve been looking for that one a long time. But some of my favorite records aren’t really worth that much. I noticed that I have become fond of listening to records that sound really good – stuff like Steely Dan. It’s just very pleasantly recorded and mixed. Sounds great on vinyl. Big Bowie fan, as well. Lots of reissues there. These bastards get me all the time with those damned reissues and boxsets. Gotta have them all! I have all the songs already, but they’re in a different order here!"[1]
Stone Axe[]
Stone Axe was formed by Tony Reed and Dru Brinkerhoff in 2007 when the music Reed was writing for Mos Generator didn't quite fit that band's style of music. The band was active from 2007 to 2012 and again in 2016 for some reunion shows.
Mos Generator[]
Personal Life[]
to be added
Discography[]
With Stone Axe[]
With Mos Generator[]
- The Mos Generator (2002, Music Abuse)
- The Late Great Planet Earth (2005, Nasoni Records)
- Songs For Future Gods (2007, Roadburn Records; Small Stone Records)
- Nomads (2012, Ripple Music)
- Electric Mountain Majesty (2014, Listenable)
- Abyssinia (2015, Listenable)
- Shadowlands (2018, Listenable)
- Spontaneous Combustions (2019, Kozmik Artifactz)
Guest Appearances[]
Equipment[]
Guitar[]
Drums[]
Amplification[]
- 1969 Laney Supergroup: This is the amp I go to in the studio the most. That’s the one that gives me all the range of sound that I personally like and if I do want to use a pedal, which is not typical for me, that’ll take them well.
- 1980 Hiwatt DR103: It sounded brutal, but sometimes taking those older amplifiers out on tour is not the best idea because they can blow transformers. Those old amplifiers don’t get that nice gain until they’re turned all the way up, so if you tour for five weeks with the amp turned all the way up every night, when you got something that’s 40 to 50 years old, you’re going to be blowing transformers left and right.
- Rola Reed HW 100: I got an endorsement from Derrick at Rola and found that I really like to take these amps out on the road because I don’t have to crank them all the way up. They’ll get to the volume I want with the grind at a lower volume but they’re just so well-built that I know that it’s gonna work out every night. I don’t feel like it’s under duress. Sometimes you can just smell when an amp is ready to blow up.[2]
Effects[]
- Tony Reed uses no pedals and only the effects from his amps live.
- His guitar sound is a very 70s kind of hard rock tone. It’s not sludgy or needing a fuzz or anything like that. Sometimes he'll use a pedal on record if something is needed that has crazy grind as he has about 40 in the studio, and there’s a few go to pedals Ihe really likes, like a vintage MXR Phaser 45 which has a rotary sound.[3]