Jeff Waters
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Jeff Waters at Rockharz Open Air 2016 in Germany
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| Background information | |
| Born |
February 13, 1966 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Thrash metal, speed metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, groove metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass, drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | UDR |
| Associated acts | Annihilator |
| Website | www.annihilatormetal.com |
Jeff Waters (born February 13, 1966) is a Canadian guitarist and founder of the metal band Annihilator. He was born and resides in Ottawa, Ontario. Waters has owned Watersound Studios Inc. since 1994 (where it was in Maple Ridge, British Columbia) and recently, since 2003, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Water's father was in the military and his mother was a teacher. His family had houses in Ottawa and Camp Borden, Ontario as well as London, England. He took some classical and jazz guitar lessons at a young age.
Waters formed the band Annihilator in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1984. He wrote and recorded the song "Annihilator" (not to be confused with their 1994 song of the same name) with singer Big John Bates. This original version of Annihilator was released on the special edition of the 2005 album, Schizo Deluxe.
Waters has frequently changed Annihilator's line-up over the years. During the early era of the band, his goal was to produce a stable line-up. However, members left for a multitude of reasons such as family issues, substance abuse and work commitments. Due to these rapid line-up changes, Waters has taken on the role of bass player, engineer, producer and writer as well as guitar player. After some time, Waters began to embrace the idea of working with many other musicians, and recruited vocalist Dave Padden for 12 years (2003 - December 2014) as well as a revolving touring line-up. Jeff Waters has performed lead vocals for three of the band's studio albums and on the songs "Holding On" from 2004's All for You, "Too Far Gone" from the 2005 album Schizo Deluxe, "Operation Annihilation" from 2007's Metal, and "Demon Code" on the 2013 album "Feast".
After a couple of weeks of decision sometime in December 2014, Waters made a return to lead vocals for the band on their latest album, "Suicide Society" following former bandmate Dave Padden's departure. Padden cited he wasn't at all happy playing in the band over the past five years and the decision to leave was not caused by anyone in the band but by a general discontent with the lifestyle and constant touring.
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