Jamie MacDonald
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Helmet Head Helmet Head
Song for ScrewAttack.com's upcoming series, 'Metal Gear Ben'.
This is the page for Jamie MacDonald, and Opiate Overdose Convulsions.Band/artist history
All Hail The Bloodred Sky [Metalcore] (2005)
Stigmata [Nu-Metal/Metalcore] (2006-2007)
The Whiskeyholics/War Nerve [Groove-Thrash/Heavy Metal] (2007)
Opiate Overdose Convulsions (solo) [Sludge Metal/Death Metal] (2006-present)
Currently also potentially working with Silent Abbey, a Hardcore/Punk band.Have you performed in front of an audience?Not currently. Playing live with my old band, Ignition, was fun, though.
Your musical influences
Anything from Tom Petty, Bob Segar, or Steve Earle, to Metalica, Pantera, Megadeth, Overkill, Motorhead, Testament, Kreator, Slayer, up to Cannibal Corpse, Dismember, At The Gates, Unleashed, and Morbid Angel. Also Sludge/Doom/Stoner acts like Eyehategod, Crowbar, Kyuss, Corrosion Of Conformity, Electric Wizard, Acid Bath, and UFOmammutt; Industrial Metal like Fear Factory, Godflesh, Strapping Young Lad, and Ministry; Punk, Hardcore, and Grind like Discharge, Black Flag, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Napalm Death, Repulsion, and Inepsy; 90s Alt Metal and Grunge like Helmet, Unsane, Alice In Chains, Prong, Soundgarden, Melvins, White Zombie, and Nirvana; and others like Gojira, Scarve, Godsmack, AC/DC, Amon Amarth, Between The Buried And Me, Byzantine, Cancer Bats, and loads more.What equipment do you use?
B.C. Rich Metal Master Warlock
Zoom G2.1u multi-effects/recording interface
Dunlop 1mm picks
D'Addario Heavy .12-.54 stringsAnything else?
I play anything from acoustic ballads to face-crushing Sludge or Death Metal, and anything in between.Contact
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