Justin Chancellor
| Justin Chancellor | |
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Justin Chancellor appearing with Tool at the Roskilde festival in 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor |
| Born |
19 November 1971 London, England |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Progressive metal, progressive rock, alternative metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Book and record store owner |
| Instruments | Bass |
| Associated acts | Tool, Peach, M.T.void |
Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor (born 19 November 1971) is an English musician formerly in the band Peach but best known as the bass player for rock band Tool. Chancellor is of English and Norwegian descent. Since settling in the US, along with his engagement in his musical projects, he and his wife Shelee Dykman Chancellor used to run a store called Lobal Orning with his friend Zack Daniels in Topanga, California, dedicated to music and literature "that shaped and changed" both of them. The store closed in 2008. He started M.T.Void music project with Piotr "Glaca" Mohammed from Sweet Noise. In October 2012, Chancellor featured as bass player on the song "In the Spirit Of.." on The Fusion Syndicate album, released by Cleopatra Records. His track also appears on the 2014 album, The Prog Box.
Chancellor was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent, England, where he was the bass player for a school band named Slice of Life and used to perform a cover version of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" in the dining room of his boarding house. The band released an eponymously titled tape featuring a song of the same name (Slice of Life). Chancellor went on to study at Durham University. Later he went on and joined the band formerly known as Peach.
Peach released an album and supported Tool in the early '90s in England. In September 1995 Tool was looking for a bass player and Justin moved to the United States to be in the band, and has remained with them since.
A DunlopTV video suggests that the Guyatone BR-2 has been replaced by a Dunlop MXR Bass envelope filter. Since the DunlopTV video was filmed in 2010 a photo of Justin at one of the 2013 Austrian tour dates shows an MXR Bass envelope filter next to his Boss DD-3. This spot on the pedalboard was formerly occupied by the Guyatone BR-2. Close inspection of the photo will reveal a black pedal with 5 knobs as opposed to a black pedal with two knobs. The picture is featured on triple j's top 10 gig moments of 2013.
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