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My Take
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.
Overview
Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bassist. He is known for his work with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of which he was a co-founder), Death, Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autopsy, Obituary, Control Denied, Dragonlord and Charred Walls of the Damned, and he has performed on over 50 albums as a guest, session or full-time band musician.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- bass guitarist / record producer / session musician / guitarist / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.