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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Greg Chaisson<br />
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|08|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada<br />
| occupation = Musician<br />
| instrument = [[Bass guitar]]<br />
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], {{break}}[[blues rock]]<br />
| associated_acts = [[Badlands (American band)|Badlands]], Ghost Rose, Surgical Steel, St. Michael, [[Steeler (American band)|Steeler]], [[Legs Diamond (band)|Legs Diamond]], [[Hellion (band)|Hellion]], [[Joe Holmes|Terriff]], [[David Reece|Sircle of Silence]], Blindside Blues Band, [[Die Happy (metal band)|Die Happy]], [[Pat Travers]], Craig Erickson, Red Sea, [[Darrell Mansfield]], [[Jake E. Lee|Red Dragon Cartel]], Kings of Dust, Atomic Kings<br />
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'''Greg Chaisson''' (born August 9, 1958) is a Canadian bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer who has played in various bands, most notably [[Badlands (band)|Badlands]], which featured former [[Ozzy Osbourne]] guitarist [[Jake E. Lee]], vocalist [[Ray Gillen]], and drummers [[Eric Singer]] and [[Jeff Martin (American musician)|Jeff Martin]], respectively.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Chaisson got his start in a popular local [[Phoenix, Arizona]] band called Ghost Rose<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metalsludge.tv/classic/?p=27272|title=20 Questions With Greg Chaisson, 8/22/00|publisher=MetalSludge.tv|date=December 22, 2000}}</ref> but his first recordings of note came with Surgical Steel and St. Michael, two early 1980s Phoenix bands that both featured his future Badlands bandmate, Jeff Martin. St. Michael would contribute the song "The Beauty, The Power" to the ''[[Shrapnel Records|U.S. Metal Vol. IV]]'' compilation while Surgical Steel appeared on ''[[Metal Massacre#Metal Massacre II – 1982|Metal Massacre II]]'' with "Rivet Head".<br />
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Chaisson then made the move to [[Los Angeles, CA]] where he joined one of the last incarnations of [[Steeler (American band)|Steeler]] where he was replaced by his younger brother, Kenny, when the band morphed into [[Keel (band)|Keel]]. Chaisson would join a succession of L.A. bands, including [[Legs Diamond (band)|Legs Diamond]], [[Hellion (band)|Hellion]], and Terriff (with future Ozzy guitarist [[Joe Holmes]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fullinbloom.com/badlands-bassist-greg-chaisson-talks-joe-holmes-ozzy-audition-interview-excerpt/|title=Greg Chaisson Talks Joe Holmes + Ozzy Audition + Badlands – Interview Excerpt|publisher=InFullBloom.com|date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> In 1986, he unsuccessfully auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne's band where he met Jake E. Lee who invited him to try out for Badlands a couple of years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fullinbloom.com/greg-chaisson-how-badlands-formed-w-jake-e-lee-ray-gillen-eric-singer-full-in-bloom-excerpt/|title=Greg Chaisson: How Badlands Formed w/ Jake E. Lee, Ray Gillen, Eric Singer – full in bloom Excerpt|publisher=InFullBloom.com|date=May 3, 2019}}</ref><br />
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After the demise of Badlands, he joined Sircle of Silence, featuring one-time [[Accept (band)|Accept]] vocalist [[David Reece]], but left before the first album was recorded. In the ensuing years, Chaisson kept busy recording with the Blindside Blues Band, [[Die Happy (metal band)|Die Happy]], Red Sea, [[Pat Travers]], and [[Darrell Mansfield]], among others. In 1994, he released a solo album, ''It's About Time'', which featured former Badlands bandmate [[Eric Singer]] on drums, ex-St. Michael guitarist Jim McMellen, and [[Riverdogs]] alumni, Rob Lamothe and [[Marc Danzeisen]]. Chaisson briefly united with former Badlands bandmate Jake E. Lee when he joined his new band Red Dragon Cartel in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/bassist-greg-chaisson-joins-former-badlands-bandmate-jake-e-lee-in-red-dragon-cartel|title=Bassist Greg Chaisson Joins Former Badlands Bandmate In Red Dragon Cartel|publisher=BraveWords.com.com|date=August 27, 2014}}</ref> but was forced to bow out less than a year later<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/red-dragon-cartel-greg-chaisson-quit|title=Red Dragon Cartel bassist bows out|author=Bruce Henne|publisher=LouderSound.com|date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> after being diagnosed with cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fullinbloom.com/badlands-bassist-greg-chaisson-talks-cancer-battle/|title=Badlands Bassist Greg Chaisson Talks Cancer Battle – Interview Excerpt|publisher=InFullBloom.com|date=April 22, 2019}}</ref><br />
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Chaisson resides in Phoenix, AZ with his wife and children where he coaches and teaches baseball and manages Bizarre Guitar & Drum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sleazeroxx.com/interviews/interview-with-former-badlands-and-red-dragon-cartel-bassist-greg-chaisson/|title=Interview with former Badlands and Red Dragon Cartel bassist Greg Chaisson|author=Olivier|publisher=SleazeRoxx.com|date=December 4, 2016}}</ref> Additionally, he plays in an original band named Kings of Dust which features vocalist Michael Beck who briefly fronted Red Dragon Cartel, guitarist Ryan McKay, and drummer Jimi Taft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sleazeroxx.com/greg-chaisson-thinks-kings-of-dusts-upcoming-debut-album-is-very-reminiscent-musically-to-badlands/|title=Greg Chaisson thinks Kings of Dust's upcoming debut album is very reminiscent musically to Badlands|author=Olivier|publisher=SleazeRoxx.com|date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> In 2021, Beck was replaced by Ken Ronk on vocals and the band's name was changed to Atomic Kings. <br />
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==Discography==<br />
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'''Greg Chaisson'''<br />
* ''It's About Time'' (1994)<br />
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'''Badlands'''<br />
* ''[[Badlands (Badlands album)|Badlands]]'' (1989)<br />
* ''[[Voodoo Highway]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Dusk (Badlands album)|Dusk]]'' (1998)<br />
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'''Die Happy'''<br />
*''Volume 2'' (1993) <br />
*''Intense Live Series Vol. 4'' (1993)<br />
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'''Blindside Blues Band'''<br />
* ''Blindside Blues Band'' (1993)<br />
* ''Blindsided'' (1994)<br />
* ''Messenger Of The Blues'' (1995)<br />
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'''Pat Travers'''<br />
* ''Just A Touch'' (1993)<br />
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'''Red Sea'''<br />
* ''Blood'' (1994)<br />
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'''Craig Erickson'''<br />
* ''Two Sides Of The Blues'' (1994)<br />
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'''Darrell Mansfield'''<br />
* ''Mansfield & Co.'' (1995)<br />
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'''Stephen Christian'''<br />
* ''Stephen Christian'' (1998)<br />
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'''Steeler'''<br />
* ''[[Metal Generation: The Steeler Anthology]]'' (2005)<br />
* ''American Metal: The Steeler Anthology'' (2006)<br />
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'''Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe'''<br />
* ''[[Truth in Unity (features in the song "The Trickster")]]'' (2020)<br />
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'''Kings of Dust'''<br />
* ''Kings of Dust'' (2020)<br />
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===Compilations===<br />
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'''Surgical Steel'''<br />
* ''Metal Massacre II'' (1982)<br />
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'''St. Michael'''<br />
* ''U.S. Metal Vol. IV'' (1984)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/greg.chaisson.35 Greg Chaisson Facebook page]<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/Kings-of-Dust-367376990123633/ Kings of Dust Facebook page]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Canadian bass guitarists]]<br />
[[Category:Badlands (American band) members]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]<br />
[[Category:Steeler (American band) members]]<br />
[[Category:Die Happy (band) members]]<br />
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