Steve DiGiorgio

Steve DiGiorgio is the kind of musician I deeply admire precisely because most casual listeners have never heard his name. As a bassist he's played on over fifty albums, working with Death, Testament, Sadus, which he co-founded, plus Iced Earth, Obituary and many more. What strikes me is his fretless bass approach in extreme metal, a context where bass usually just rumbles in the back. He brought genuine melodicism and fluidity to brutal music. The Illinois-born session veteran is a musician's musician, the player other players name-check. His discography reads like a tour through metal's most uncompromising corners.

Name (English)

Steve DiGiorgio

Name (Japanese)

スティーブ・ディ・ジョージオ

Reading

すてぃーぶ・でぃ・じょーじお

Born

November 7, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

Waukegan, Illinois, United States

Occupation

bass guitarist / record producer / session musician / guitarist / musician

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.stevedigiorgio.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA

Tags

• Illinois
• bass guitarist
• record producer
• session musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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