Greg Hampton
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Greg Hampton is a producer
, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, who has worked on such albums as Alice Cooper's
Along Came a Spider
, Tommy Bolin's
Whips and Roses
, and Lita Ford's
Wicked Wonderland
. Hampton has also appeared as the member of several groups over the years, including Science Faxtion
(with Bootsy Collins
and Buckethead
), the New Czars
(with Adrian Belew
), and Razorball (with Reeves Gabrels
). In 2011, it was announced that Hampton had formed a new project, 9 Chambers, with ex-Monster Magnet
guitarist Ed Mundell
, Gov't Mule
bassist Jorgen Carlsson, and ex-Black Sabbath
/Dio
/Heaven & Hell drummer Vinny Appice
.
Hampton's guitar set-up consists of Fender Stratocasters, Fender Telecasters, Fernanedes Ravelles, Gibson Les Pauls, a Gibson 335, a Gibson Firebird VII, a Dan Electro Baritone, and a Roland/Fernandes Guitar Synthesizer. Hampton owns 45 guitar altogether, ten of which are equipped with Fernandes Sustainers, and also uses a Line 6 Spider/Bogner 100 Head, along with various pedals.
Hampton continues to be very involved in overseeing the legacy of Tommy Bolin
's recordings. In addition to being interviewed for the Bolin biography Touched By Magic, Hampton has produced two volumes of the aforementioned Whips and Roses releases, as well as 2011's Teaser Deluxe. Also, Hampton is co-producing (with Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes
) a Tommy Bolin tribute album, which will include performances by Toto's
Steve Lukather
, Aerosmith's
Brad Whitford
, Alter Bridge's
Myles Kennedy
, Wilco's
Nels Cline
, the Allman Brothers' Derek Trucks
, and Bolin's former Deep Purple
band mate, Glenn Hughes, among others.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, who has worked on such albums as Alice Cooper's
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
Along Came a Spider
Along Came a Spider (Alice Cooper album)
*As with a large portion of Cooper's back-catalogue being remastered and re-released through various distribution channels, Along Came A Spider has also received the same treatment...
, Tommy Bolin's
Tommy Bolin
Thomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
Whips and Roses
Whips and Roses
Whips and Roses is a collection of previously unreleased material from the 1975 rock album Teaser by Tommy Bolin. It features newly discovered takes from songs found on Teaser as well as several instrumental jams heard for the first time on this album.-Previously Released:Several songs on Whips and...
, and Lita Ford's
Lita Ford
Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
Wicked Wonderland
Wicked Wonderland
Wicked Wonderland is the seventh album by American rock-musician Lita Ford and her first of new material in almost 15 years.Ford said about the album: "Everybody has their own Wicked Wonderland. It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel...
. Hampton has also appeared as the member of several groups over the years, including Science Faxtion
Science Faxtion
Science Faxtion is an American experimental metal band that formed in California in 2007. Comprising multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bootsy Collins, vocalist and guitarist Greg Hampton, guitarist Buckethead, drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia and DJ Tobe "Tobotius" Donohue , the band has released the...
(with Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins
William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
and Buckethead
Buckethead
Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
), the New Czars
The New Czars
The New Czars is a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California.- History :Singer/guitarist Greg Hampton has worked with and/or produced some of rock’s most notable acts, including: Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Bootsy Collins, and Buckethead...
(with Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
), and Razorball (with Reeves Gabrels
Reeves Gabrels
Reeves Gabrels is an American guitarist, known for virtuosity, versatility, and originality. His compositions and improvisations defy genre and "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most."...
). In 2011, it was announced that Hampton had formed a new project, 9 Chambers, with ex-Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is an American stoner rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf , John McBain and Tim Cronin...
guitarist Ed Mundell
Ed Mundell
Ed Mundell is a rock guitarist most notable for his work with stoner rock group Monster Magnet from 1992 to 2010. In 2011, it was announced that Mundell had formed a new project, 9 Chambers, with Greg Hampton , Jorgen Carlsson , and drummer Vinny Appice .-Bio:Mundell grew up in New Jersey and is a...
, Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a Southern rock jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody.The band released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
bassist Jorgen Carlsson, and ex-Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
/Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
/Heaven & Hell drummer Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
Vincent Samson Appice , also known as Vinny Appice is a rock drummer of American Italian descent and the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice...
.
Hampton's guitar set-up consists of Fender Stratocasters, Fender Telecasters, Fernanedes Ravelles, Gibson Les Pauls, a Gibson 335, a Gibson Firebird VII, a Dan Electro Baritone, and a Roland/Fernandes Guitar Synthesizer. Hampton owns 45 guitar altogether, ten of which are equipped with Fernandes Sustainers, and also uses a Line 6 Spider/Bogner 100 Head, along with various pedals.
Hampton continues to be very involved in overseeing the legacy of Tommy Bolin
Tommy Bolin
Thomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
's recordings. In addition to being interviewed for the Bolin biography Touched By Magic, Hampton has produced two volumes of the aforementioned Whips and Roses releases, as well as 2011's Teaser Deluxe. Also, Hampton is co-producing (with Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...
) a Tommy Bolin tribute album, which will include performances by Toto's
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
Steve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
, Aerosmith's
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
Brad Whitford
Brad Whitford
Bradford Ernest Whitford is the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith. He graduated Reading Memorial High School in 1970.-Career:...
, Alter Bridge's
Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is an American rock band that was formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida by lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips, who are all also members of Creed. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the frontman...
Myles Kennedy
Myles Kennedy
Myles Richard Kennedy is an American musician and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alter Bridge, and as the lead vocalist in Slash's current solo project...
, Wilco's
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
Nels Cline
Nels Cline
Nels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...
, the Allman Brothers' Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks is a Grammy Award-winning, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He founded The Derek Trucks Band and worked as a session musician when he was still in his early teens. Throughout those teenage years, he toured with The Allman Brothers Band primarily as a slide...
, and Bolin's former Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
band mate, Glenn Hughes, among others.
Discography (in alphabetical order)
- ALICE COOPERAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- ALONG CAME A SPIDERAlong Came a Spider (Alice Cooper album)*As with a large portion of Cooper's back-catalogue being remastered and re-released through various distribution channels, Along Came A Spider has also received the same treatment... - ALICE COOPERAlice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
- THEATRE OF DEATH (DVD/CD) - BECCA - 2ND CHANCE
- BLACK OAK ARKANSASBlack Oak ArkansasBlack Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970s with ten charting albums released in that decade...
- THE WILD BUNCH - BLACK OAK ARKANSASBlack Oak ArkansasBlack Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970s with ten charting albums released in that decade...
- LATEST AND GREATEST - CALVIN RUSSELL - IN SPITE OF IT ALL
- CHANTEL - TRENCHCOAT BLUES
- CRAIG ERICKSON - SHINE
- DERRINGER, BOGERT, APPICE - D.B.A.
- DERRINGER, BOGERT, APPICE - THE SKY IS FALLING
- DR JOHN - NEXT HEX
- JACK CASADYJack CasadyJack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
- DREAM FACTORDream FactorDream Factor is Jack Casady's first solo album, released on Eagle Records. The album was created by Jack first writing songs on guitar and then bringing musicians in to his studio to help record his vision.-Track listing:Studio tracks from liner notes... - LEON HENDRIXLeon HendrixLeon Hendrix is the younger brother of late American rock guitarist/singer and icon Jimi Hendrix. He is an artist, songwriter and guitarist who began playing the guitar later in life and has released several albums...
- TRICKED BY THE SUN - LITA FORDLita FordLita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
- WICKED WONDERLANDWicked WonderlandWicked Wonderland is the seventh album by American rock-musician Lita Ford and her first of new material in almost 15 years.Ford said about the album: "Everybody has their own Wicked Wonderland. It's a place where you can do whatever you want and get as freaky as you feel... - MOJO LINGO - WORDS, WIRE & BARBED WIRE
- PAT TRAVERSPat TraversPatrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...
- STICK WITH WHAT YOU KNOW (LIVE) - PAT TRAVERSPat TraversPatrick Henry "Pat" Travers is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career with Polydor Records in the mid-1970s...
- PT=MC2 - RAZORBALL - RAZORBALL
- REBEKKAH STAR - ALIEN NATION
- RON WOODRon WoodRonald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, and current member of The Rolling Stones. He also plays lap and pedal steel guitar....
- NOT FOR BEGINNERS - SCIENCE FAXTIONScience FaxtionScience Faxtion is an American experimental metal band that formed in California in 2007. Comprising multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bootsy Collins, vocalist and guitarist Greg Hampton, guitarist Buckethead, drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia and DJ Tobe "Tobotius" Donohue , the band has released the...
- LIVING ON ANOTHER FREQUENCYLiving On Another Frequency-Notes:* The song "At Any Cost" features parts of the song "Gigan" from the album The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock by Buckethead.* The song "I See Rockets" features parts of the song "Lotus Island" from the album Inbred Mountain by Buckethead.-Personnel:... - SCOTT HOLT - ANGELS IN EXILE
- ST.JUBILEE - ST JUBILEE
- THE ENTROPY - THE KIEFF
- THE NEW CZARSThe New CzarsThe New Czars is a hard rock band from Los Angeles, California.- History :Singer/guitarist Greg Hampton has worked with and/or produced some of rock’s most notable acts, including: Alice Cooper, Lita Ford, Bootsy Collins, and Buckethead...
- DOOMSDAY REVOLUTION - THE SUFFRAJETS - THESE EYES
- THE TUBESThe TubesThe Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
- HOODS FROM OUTER SPACE - THREE LEGGED DOGG - FROZEN SUMMER
- TOMMY BOLINTommy BolinThomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
- WHIPS AND ROSES (VOL. 1)Whips and RosesWhips and Roses is a collection of previously unreleased material from the 1975 rock album Teaser by Tommy Bolin. It features newly discovered takes from songs found on Teaser as well as several instrumental jams heard for the first time on this album.-Previously Released:Several songs on Whips and... - TOMMY BOLINTommy BolinThomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
- WHIPS AND ROSES (VOL. 2) - TOMMY BOLINTommy BolinThomas Richard "Tommy" Bolin was an American-born guitarist who played with Zephyr , The James Gang , and Deep Purple , in addition to doing solo work...
- TEASER DELUXE - TRAVERS AND APPICE - IT TAKES A LOT OF BALLS
- TRAVERS AND APPICE - LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES
- TRAVERS AND APPICE - KEEP ON ROCKIN (DVD)