Bill Steer
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Bill Steer performing with Carcass at Gods of Metal.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Geoffrey Steer |
| Born | 3 December 1969 |
| Origin | , England |
| Genres | Death metal, heavy metal, melodic death metal, blues rock, stoner rock, grindcore |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, harmonica, drums, Triangle |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Associated acts |
Disattack Napalm Death Carcass Firebird Angel Witch Gentlemans Pistols |
Bill Steer (born William Geoffrey Steer, 3 December 1969) is a British guitar player, and co-founder of the extreme metal band Carcass. He is considered a pioneer and an essential contributor to grindcore and death metal due to his involvement in Napalm Death and Carcass, two of the most important bands of those genres. Presently he plays with Gentlemans Pistols, the reactivated Carcass and appears as a live second guitarist for Angel Witch.
Born in Stockton-on-Tees to a Scottish mother and English father, Steer spent his teenage years in the Wirral. According to various interviews, it was at this time he was exposed to hard rock and heavy metal in the form of Motörhead, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, UFO, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin and so on, followed by lesser-known NWOBHM artists such as Raven, Tank and Venom. These years saw Steer begin playing electric guitar and also becoming one of the earliest tape traders in the UK, immersing himself in the embryonic underground death metal scene. During this time, an early incarnation of Carcass was formed.
Steer appeared in Guitar magazine's "Best Ten Guitarists You've Never Heard Of" in 1996, featured in Metal Hammer's "Greatest Metal Guitar Players" and was ranked no.3 in Decibel Magazine's "Top Twenty Death Metal Guitarists" as well as No. 92 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World
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