Resurrector
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Resurrector performing with Heavyweight Dub Champion at Eurockeennes Festival 2007, France
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Grant McDonald Chambers |
| Also known as | Resurrector |
| Born | May 10, 1971 |
| Origin | New Haven, CT, United States |
| Genres | Electronica, dubtronica, reggae fusion, hip hop, trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, musician, writer |
| Instruments | Synthesizer, percussion, drum machine, sampler |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
| Labels | Champion Nation |
| Associated acts | Heavyweight Dub Champion, Liberation Movement, Roots Revolt, Jillian Ann |
| Website | www.championnation.net |
Resurrector (born Grant McDonald Chambers, May 10, 1971 in New Haven, CT) is an electronic music producer best known as founder of Colorado/San Francisco Dub Hop band Heavyweight Dub Champion. He is the co-producer of both Heavyweight Dub Champion studio albums and is main creator of the band's philosophical ideology defined by the Last Champion Manifesto, a booklet included with the 2002 album, Survival Guide For The End of Time. Resurrector now lives in San Francisco, CA and performs and produces for Heavyweight Dub Champion, Liberation Movement and Jillian Ann, among others.
Resurrector grew up mostly near Baltimore, MD, but lived in multiple countries where his father, a college professor, had visiting fellowships. Resurrector attended University at McDaniel College in Maryland, Harlaxton College in Grantham, England and received a degree in Religious Studies from University of Colorado at Boulder. As a teen, Resurrector promoted punk concerts and frequented the D.C. punk scene. In 1995, while living in Boulder, Colorado, he founded hip hop reggae group Roots Revolt. Many of the key players in Roots Revolt would later show up on Heavyweight Dub Champion recordings, including HDC co-founder Patch Rubin. Heavyweight Dub Champion was founded in Gold Hill, CO in 1997 and played its first show on October 31, 1997. In 2005, the band relocated to San Francisco. On July 7, 2007 Resurrector married musician/model Jillian Ann and they have multiple music projects together including Liberation Movement.
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