Thomas Erak

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Thomas Erak


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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1985|3|07
Origin = Seattle, Washington, United States
Instrument = Guitar, vocals, keyboard
Genre = Neo-progressive rock, mathcore, math rock, post-hardcore, experimental rock
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Equal Vision Records
Associated_acts = The Fall of Troy The 30 Years War The Hills Have Eyes Tribune The Monday Mornings
URL = [http://www.thefalloftroy.com/ www.thefalloftroy.com]

Thomas Erak (born March 7, 1985) is the lead guitarist and lead vocalist from Mukilteo, Washington based prog-rock/post-hardcore band The Fall of Troy. Thomas is currently endorsed by Gibson USA, Orange Amplification, Ernie Ball and Nike footwear. He used to provide vocals for the now defunct Seattle hardcore band, The Hills Have Eyes. His father played as a session musician with The Eagles,cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/11/051128_falloftroy|title=Artist of the day: The Fall of Troy|work=spin.com|accessdate=28 October|accessyear=2007] playing the Bass guitar, and touring with his side project. [cite web
url=http://media.www.thebottomlineonline.org/media/storage/paper1077/news/2006/04/26/Music/Interview.With.Thomas.Erak.Of.Fall.Of.Troy-2143439.shtml
title=Interview with Thomas Erak of Fall of Troy
work=thebotttomlineonline.org
accessdate=28 October|accessyear=2007] As well as this, many of his family members were musicians. As a guitarist, he claims to be influenced by Marc Oliver, Andrew Bradt and Ryan Vollans.cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=217750|title=The Fall of Troy Interview|work=AbsolutePunk.net|accessdate=28 October|accessyear=2007] As a writer, he claims Kurt Cobain is his biggest influence. He has been playing the drums since he was 2 years old, and has been playing the guitar since 2000. Thomas Erak was also picked by the editors of Alternative Press magazine as the Guitarist of the Year for 2007.Thomas is very dedicated to his fans. On April 25th, 2008 during a show at the Mad Hatter in Covington, Kentucky, he fell while on stage during the first song, giving him a minor concussion. He played for two hours while concussed. Thomas said to the fans before leaving "I don't give a fuck about myself, I don't give a fuck about the music. Fuck the drums. Fuck the guitar. All I give a fuck about is you guys."

Current equipment

"This is equipment that is currently being used on tour."

*guitars:

**Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cut Plus, Transparent Red Finish, with a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in the bridge "(second of this model Erak has used)"
**Gibson Les Paul Les Paul Standard Classic 2002
**Gibson Les Paul Les Paul Junior 1957' Reissue
**Gibson SG-X in Coral Pink
**Gibson SG GT in Muscle Green
**Gibson SG-X Caribbean Blue "(being repaired)"
**Gibson V Factor(Flying V), Vintage white 1967' Reissue
**Rickenbacker 330/6, Maple-Glo Finish "(Used on many of their recordings. Most notably Ghostship Demos. Is up for sale on Craigslist.)"
**LTD Viper-400 Vintage Sunburst "(Erak has stated he dislikes using this guitar)"

*Amplifiers:
**Orange AD-140 Twin Channel Head
**Budda Superdrive 80 Series II Head

*Speaker Cabinets:
**Two Orange PPC412 4x12" cabinets
**Two Budda 2x12" extension cabinets

*Effects pedals
**BOSS TU-2 Tuner
**Ibanez TS-9DX Tube Screamer Turbo
**Digitech Whammy Pedal
**Maxon AD-999 Analog Delay Pedal
**BOSS DD-6 Digital Delay
**BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay
**BOSS RE-20 Space Echo
**Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi USA
**Line 6 FM-4 Filter Modeler
**Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler
**Morley Little Alligator Volume Pedal
**Budda Wah-Wah

*Others
**SKB PS-45 Integrated Pedalboard x2

Past equipment

*guitars
**Gibson SG-X in Caribbean Blue "(Headstock broken during a show at the Millennium Center in Winston-Salem, NC on 11/23/2007)"
**Gibson Les Paul Standard Double Cut Plus, Transparent Red Finish "(Neck broken at the Basement in Columbus, OH)"
**Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Pro, Tri Burst Finish "(No longer used, unknown reason)"
**Gibson SG Supreme, Transparent Black "(broken and no longer used)"
**LTD EC-400, See-Thru Red "(discontinued and last heard to be lost during a European tour)"
**LTD Viper 400, White "(Borrowed during a show with the The Red Light Sting)"
**Fender Telecaster, White "(Borrowed from support band Secondsmile at Camden Barfly, London, when the strap button fell out of Tom's Doublecut during the performance of "You Got A Death Wish, Johnny Truant?")
**Rickenbacker 330/6, Maple-Glo Finish "(Not used live anymore due to its being a gift and danger of being broken)"
**Epiphone Flying V, Black"(Neck was broken at the end of a show)"
**Epiphone G-400, Cherry Red "(Used in The Thirty Years War and no longer used, unknown reason)"

*Amplifiers:
**Orange Rockerverb 100 Head "(Borrowed from Daughters during Fall 2007 European Tour.)"
**Marshall JCM900 SL-X 2100 Master Volume head "(Sold to a fan.)"

*Effects Pedals
**Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
**Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter (Russian Version)
**Digitech Whammy Pedal
**BOSS PH-2 Super Phaser
**BOSS DS-2 Turbo Distortion Pedal
**Visual Sound Jekyll And Hyde Distortion Pedal

References

External links

* [http://www.thefalloftroy.com The Fall of Troy official website]