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| Name = William DuVall |
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| Img = William Duvall.jpg |
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| Img_capt = William DuVall (left) with Alice in Chains |
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| Background = solo_singer |
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1967|9|06}}<br>[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |
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| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[Grunge music|Grunge]], [[Alternative rock]], | Occupation = [[Musician]], [[Songwriter]] |
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| Instrument = [[Singer|Vocals]], [[Guitar]] |
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| Associated_acts = [[Alice in Chains]], [[Comes With The Fall]], [[Bl'ast]], [[Neon Christ]], [[Awareness Void of Chaos]], [[No Walls]], [[MadFly]] |
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| Years_active = 1983 - present |
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'''William DuVall''' (born [[September 6]], [[1967]], [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band [[Comes With The Fall]] and is also the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for [[Alice in Chains]]. |
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==Biography== |
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DuVall's music career started in the early 1980's [[Atlanta]] [[hardcore punk]] scene. William first performed with [[Awareness Void of Chaos]]. |
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In 1983, William helped found the controversial [[Atlanta]]-based [[hardcore punk]] band, [[Neon Christ]]; contributing guitars and lyrics to the band's albums. [[Neon Christ]] had strong ties to [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] luminaries, [[Corrosion Of Conformity]] and [[Bl'ast]]. With a couple of short East Coast tours and two albums, the politically-pointed band started gaining popularity. The band used its popularity to support many charitable causes including working to free [[Fela Anikulapo Kuti]]. |
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The band disbanded in 1986, reuniting for a one-time show featuring the original members on December 24th, 2004. Currently, the members are said to be filming a documentary, which concluded with a February 2nd 2008 show at [[Lawrenceville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s punk haunt [[The Treehouse]]. |
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After [[Neon Christ]] originally broke up, DuVall was briefly the second guitarist in the popular Northern California [[hardcore punk]] band, [[Bl'ast]], contributing a small bit of writing to their second album, [[It's In My Blood]], released on the influential [[hardcore punk]]/[[alternative rock|alternative]] label [[SST Records]], founded by Greg Ginn of [[hardcore punk]] band, [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]. DuVall did not, however, stay with the band long enough to record on the album. |
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DuVall spent the late 80s with a [[Jimi Hendrix]]-inspired band, "[[No Walls]]". They released one album. |
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He also spent the late 80s in college earning a degree in [[philosophy]]. |
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In 1994, DuVall co-wrote the song, "[[I Know]]," for fellow [[Atlanta]] musician [[Grammy]] nominated [[Dionne Farris]]; this song won DuVall an [[ASCAP]] award. |
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In the late 90s, DuVall founded the band [[Madfly]]. He served as guitarist, singer and songwriter. Their efforts included two albums, "[[Get the Silver]]", and "[[White Hot In The Black]]", both released on Duvall's label [[DVL Recordings]], the latter distributed nationally by [[Mercury Records]]/[[PolyGram]]. [[Madfly]] gained commercial success, but decided it was not in the best interest of the members and disbanded to form the band [[Comes With The Fall]], with new bassist [[Adam Stanger]]. Later the members relocated from [[Atlanta]] to [[Los Angeles]] in pursuit of a new audience. |
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DuVall has also been the lead guitarist for [[Octone Records]] artist [[Michael Tolcher]] in recent years as Tolcher toured throughout the United States. |
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DuVall befriended musician [[Jerry Cantrell]] in 2000. Quickly becoming Cantrell's go to man, William has performed with Cantrell on tour and multiple shows, including Cantrell's famed band, [[Alice in Chains]], which DuVall is currently fronting in place of [[Layne Staley]], who died of a heroin overdose in April 2002. |
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In 2007; [[Alice in Chains]], fronted by DuVall, began touring with [[Velvet Revolver]] and [[Kill Hannah]]. [[The ReEvolution tour]] was in two parts. The first taking many European cities and Eastern United States. The second part; also referred to as [[The Libertad Tour]], is primarily a cross-country tour that spread into three cities in [[Canada]]. It has since been advertised on the official [[Alice in Chains]] website that the band; now with Duvall officially noted as lead-singer, are working on new material with an album scheduled to be released in summer 2009. |
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{{Alice in Chains}} |
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[[Category:1967 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:American male singers]] |
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[[Category:American rock singers]] |
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[[Category:American heavy metal singers|DuVall, William]] |
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[[Category:American heavy metal guitarists]] |
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[[Category:American punk rock guitarists]] |
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[[Category:African American musicians|DuVall, William]] |
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[[Category:Black rock musicians|DuVall, William]] |
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[[Category:Grunge musicians]] |
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[[Category:Alice in Chains members]] |
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Revision as of 17:18, 13 January 2009
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