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Kelly Conlon
Kelly is a session player, studio and touring musician. His playing
wields so much power, not only rhythmically but melodically and
visually as well.
Hailing from New York, Kelly cut his teeth on Jazz, Motown and
Progressive Rock as a kid. Playing not only the bass guitar, he is also
skilled at playing the baritone, trombone, trumpet, drums and
basically all things rhythm. When it came time to bite though, he really
sunk his fangs into all things metal.
In his teens, Kelly moved to “the soon to be Death Metal capital of the
world”, Florida. He was part of a scene that was taken right out of the
chronicles-of-metal. It stirred a record label feeding frenzy and
produced some of the most influential bands in metal history! Two of
those bands have featured none other than Kelly himself, most
notably, DEATH and MONSTROSITY.
DEATH: “Symbolic”
(Metal-Rules.com ranks this album as the 7th greatest extreme-metal
album and the 58th greatest heavy metal album of all time).
MONSTROSITY: “Millinnium” & “In Dark Purity”
(A spawning ground for some of the greats in Death Metal, such as
George “Corpsegrinder” now in Cannibal Corpse.)
FIRES OF BABYLON: “Devilution”
(Recorded for Metal Heaven.) Also featuring, vocalist Rob Rock of the
bands Impellitteri & MARS-MacAlpine, Aldridge, Rock, Sarzo. Guitarist
Lou St. Paul of Winter's Bane,
and Drummer Rob Falzano of Annihilator/Shatter Messiah.
“I recommend a Conklin to any player looking for a high-end bass. I’ve been
playing Conklin basses since 2002 and have never turned back! If you see me
on the road playing a gig, just ask me, and I’ll let ya’ check out my Conklin. I
first saw one hanging on the wall of a local music store and had to play it! It
felt like it was made for me. The neck is made to precision and its very
comfortable on the hands. The playability is outstanding and the sound is
incredible!
Let's not forget the killer soap bar pick-ups in these beasts!
The woods round out the tones and the finishes really compliment the bass’
shape.
Bill and Mike at Conklin Guitars have been a great team to work with and they
get me what I need to meet MY specifications.”
When not performing with his Conklins:
Kelly can be found slappin, tappin & shreddin his way through learning
everything he possibly can regarding his craft.
This American bass player’s weapons of choice:
Custom 5-String New Century Series
Conklin 5-String Groove Tools
Conklin 7-String Groove Tools
The next bass on Kelly’s wish list:
A Conklin 6-String
Kelly Conlon says:
"The bass guitar is no longer the least noticed instrument."
-Kelly Conlon
Kelly Conlon
Kelly is a session player, studio and touring
musician. His playing wields so much power, not
only rhythmically but melodically and visually as
well.
Hailing from New York, Kelly cut his teeth on Jazz,
Motown and Progressive Rock as a kid. Playing not
only the bass guitar, he is also skilled at playing the
baritone, trombone, trumpet, drums and basically
all things rhythm. When it came time to bite
though, he really sunk his fangs into all things
metal.
In his teens, Kelly moved to “the soon to be Death
Metal capital of the world”, Florida. He was part of
a scene that was taken right out of the chronicles-
of-metal. It stirred a record label feeding frenzy and
produced some of the most influential bands in
metal history! Two of those bands have featured
none other than Kelly himself, most notably, DEATH
and MONSTROSITY.
DEATH: “Symbolic”
(Metal-Rules.com ranks this album as the 7th
greatest extreme-metal album and the 58th
greatest heavy metal album of all time).
MONSTROSITY: “Millinnium” & “In Dark Purity”
(A spawning ground for some of the greats in Death
Metal, such as George “Corpsegrinder” now in
Cannibal Corpse.)
FIRES OF BABYLON: “Devilution”
(Recorded for Metal Heaven.) Also featuring,
vocalist Rob Rock of the bands Impellitteri & MARS-
MacAlpine, Aldridge, Rock, Sarzo. Guitarist Lou St.
Paul of Winter's Bane,
and Drummer Rob Falzano of Annihilator/Shatter
Messiah.
“I recommend a Conklin to any player looking for a high-
end bass. I’ve been playing Conklin basses since 2002 and
have never turned back! If you see me on the road
playing a gig, just ask me, and I’ll let ya’ check out my
Conklin. I first saw one hanging on the wall of a local
music store and had to play it! It felt like it was made for
me. The neck is made to precision and its very
comfortable on the hands. The playability is outstanding
and the sound is incredible!
Let's not forget the killer soap bar pick-ups in these
beasts!
The woods round out the tones and the finishes really
compliment the bass’ shape.
Bill and Mike at Conklin Guitars have been a great team
to work with and they get me what I need to meet MY
specifications.”
When not performing with his Conklins:
Kelly can be found slappin, tappin & shreddin his way
through learning everything he possibly can regarding his
craft.
This American bass player’s weapons of choice:
Custom 5-String New Century Series
Conklin 5-String Groove Tools
Conklin 7-String Groove Tools
The next bass on Kelly’s wish list:
A Conklin 6-String
Kelly Conlon says:
"The bass guitar is no longer the least noticed
instrument."
-Kelly Conlon
