Rob Dukes
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Rob Dukes with Exodus (2012)
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| Background information | |
| Born |
March 8, 1968 Florida, United States |
| Genres | Thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Exodus, Generation Kill |
| Website | www.exodusattack.com |
Robert "Rob" Dukes (born March 8, 1968) is an American vocalist, best known as the former vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and current vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill
Dukes was born in Florida on March 8, 1968, living in Queens before moving to Nyack, New York, north of Manhattan. [1]. He describes his parents as being "kinda hippies"[2] who regularly played records by artists such as The Doors, Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix, which was the music he grew up on.
Dukes has stated in interviews that punk rock was his gateway into music: "I liked punk and hardcore, I really could identify with their angst and attitude and it wasn't complicated music like metal was, three chords and scream...I can do that". He also plays guitar, claiming that he was "mediocre" but "having fun" at first, with Randy Rhoads as a huge influence, although it took him a month to learn Rhoads' acoustic piece "Dee" from Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz album. On his beginnings as a singer, Dukes says: "I found out I could sing sitting in my room with an acoustic. I liked Maiden and Priest but could never sing that well, then I found Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, S.O.D., Anthrax, Misfits and thought, "I can sing like that."
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