Mitch Lucker

Mitch Lucker
Lucker performing with Suicide Silence in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Mitchell Adam Lucker
Born	(1984-10-20)October 20, 1984 Riverside, California, United States
Died	November 1, 2012(2012-11-01) (aged 28) Huntington Beach, California, United States
Genres	Deathcore
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–2012
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Century Media
Associated acts	Suicide Silence, Commissioner

Mitchell Adam "Mitch" Lucker (20 October 1984 – 1 November 2012) was an American musician and lead singer for the deathcore band Suicide Silence.

Lucker first started performing in his brother's garage band, covering a Hatebreed song he knew the lyrics to when they needed a vocalist. Lucker and rhythm guitarist Chris Garza later started Suicide Silence in 2002, a band which rose to fame very quickly.

Originally, the band had two vocalists, with Tanner Womack fronting the band as well as Lucker. However, when Womack was dismissed, Lucker became the solo vocalist.

The band's debut album The Cleansing becoming one of the biggest-selling Century Media releases with 7,250 copies sold in the first week. Their second album No Time to Bleed was released on June 30, 2009. The band's last album to feature Lucker, The Black Crown was released on July 12, 2011. By this time, his lyrics had begun to lose the previous controversial anti-religious content. When asked by Kerrang! Lucker explained:

I'm not trying to put people's beliefs down – it's about me and my life. This is my head cracked open and poured on the paper! I still have the same beliefs and same views, but I'm more open to everything. [...] At this point in my life, I don't see the good in making people hate you for something you say. This record is for everybody.

In an interview with The AU Interview, he said the bands that influenced him into starting a band were "Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Sepultura... everything that my dad would buy and bring home to me and my brother saying ‘Hey, listen to this.’"

Lucker was born on October 20, 1984. He grew up in Riverside, California, with both his parents and his siblings. He was married to Jolie Carmadella on May 8, 2010 after having a daughter on June 30, 2007.

Lucker was casually known for his extensive and large collection of tattoos on his body covering his arms, torso, neck/throat, hands, fingers and even his face. The only place he refused to ever get tattooed was on his back. He explained this by stating "I like seeing the artwork because it is artwork! [Having my back tattooed would] be like owning an expensive painting that you can never see. Like, ‘Oh, I have this beautiful, expensive painting, but you can’t see it because it’s at my uncle’s house."