Tim Gaines
| Timothy Gaines | |
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Gaines, live with Stryper, in Clifton Park, New York on September 12, 2009
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 15, 1962 |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Genres | Christian metal, hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist, singer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Associated acts | Stryper, Sindizzy, King James, Bryan Duncan |
| Website | www |
Timothy "Tim" Gaines (born Timothy Hagelganz; December 15, 1962) is an American bass guitarist. He is most known for being the bassist of the Christian metal band Stryper.
Gaines was born in Portland, Oregon into a German family, whose ancestry was that of the Volga Germans. When Gaines was four years old, he and his family moved to Arcadia, California where he eventually attended Arcadia High School. When he was young, he was bullied by classmates at school because of his unique and often mispronounced last name, Hagelganz, and for being the son of the pastor of Arcadia Presbyterian Church. He later adopted the stage name, Gaines, in the likeness of his uncles, Reuben, a radio announcer, and Ronnie, a jazz nightclub performer, who also used the name professionally.
After Arcadia High School, Gaines joined the band, Stormer, with whom he recorded a demo and toured extensively in Los Angeles and Hollywood 's Sunset Strip.
At the time Gaines joined Stormer, they had already been a popular band for 10 years in the Los Angeles area. The lineup, at the time, consisted of Tom Hardy on vocals, Steve Hall on drums, Stephan Shawn on guitar, keys and vocals, and Donny Simmons on Lead guitar and vocals.
In an interview regarding Stormer, Gaines recalled, "We signed a deal with an indie label called Rockwoodz music out of Phoenix, Arizona and they put us in the studio to record an album and a Christmas single. Well the single was the only thing that ever made it to vinyl and 500 singles were sent out all over the US to radio. We got some good reviews for the single in some trade magazines but nothing ever happened with the band. For whatever reason Rockwoodz went belly up and the album was never released. We did some small tours around the southwest but eventually I was to leave the group."
In 2008, when asked if the demos will be remastered and made public, Gaines replied, "I doubt if anyone can find the Masters. We are talking of having a Stormer reunion in the near future. We may decide to record it." Gaines occasionally collaborated with Donny Simmons and Tom Hardy when he was not working with Stryper.
Being a Sunset Strip regular, Gaines joined up with Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet and Oz Fox in 1983 who had already formed Roxx Regime, which would be later changed to Stryper. Gaines quickly rounded out the quartet's sound with his bass, background vocals and keyboard skills. Gaines recorded the band's debut EP The Yellow and Black Attack and their follow up full-length album Soldiers Under Command in 1985.
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