Steve Di Giorgio: Difference between revisions

| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Sadus]]|[[Death (metal band)|Death]], |[[Control Denied]]|[[Sebastian Bach]]|[[Dragonlord (band)|Dragonlord]]|[[Soen]]|[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]}}

Within his genre, Di Giorgio is respected for his highly technical playing skills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://everything2.com/title/Steve+DiGiorgio|title=Steve DiGiorgio|publisher=Everything2.com|date=December 11, 2002|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emptywords.org/PAST.htm|title=Forgotten|publisher=Emptywords.org|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZwZcZ2X5ToC&pg=PA164|title=Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal – Jeff Wagner|isbn=978-0-9796163-3-4|access-date=April 9, 2015|last1=Wagner|first1=Jeff|year=2010|publisher=Bazillion Points Books }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9uBIwlYSokC&pg=PA217|title=To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton – Joel Mciver, Kirk Hammett|date=September 27, 1986|isbn=978-1-906002-24-4|access-date=April 9, 2015|last1=McIver|first1=Joel|publisher=Jawbone Press }}</ref> He is also widely credited with being the first bassist to bring fretless bass playing into the heavy/extreme metal genre, and often plays bass by [[Fingerpick|using his fingers]], although he has been seen using a [[Plectrum|pick]] on certain songs. Di Giorgio has stated that his main influences as a bassist are [[Geddy Lee]], [[Chris Squire]], [[Geezer Butler]], [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]], [[Stanley Clarke]], [[Jaco Pastorius]], [[Billy Sheehan]], [[Dave Pegg]] and Charles Meeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Bassist Steve Di Giorgio|url=https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2011/10/interview-with-bassist-steve-di-giorgio/|publisher=[[Bass Musician|bassmusicianmagazine.com]]|date=October 1, 2011|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Steve DiGiorgio: Back to Basics with Testament|url=http://www.bassplayer.com/features/1172/steve-digiorgio-back-to-basics-with-testament/62181|publisher=[[Bass Player (magazine)|bassplayer.com]]|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>

Di Giorgio has been married for years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emptywords.org/EmptyWords11-1999.htm|title=EmptyWords 11-99 Interview Steve|website=emptywords.org|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> and is the father of a daughter who was born in April 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emptywords.org/MetalCrusadevol1no3.htm|title=The Metal Crusade Vol. 1 no. 3|website=emptywords.org|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emptywords.org/MetalCrusadeDeathForLife.htm|title=The Metal Crusade Death For Life|website=emptywords.org|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://metaladdicts.com/steve-di-giorgio-release-bass-playthrough-for-deaths-zero-tolerance/|title=STEVE DI GIORGIO Release Bass Playthrough For DEATH's 'Zero Tolerance'|website=metaladdicts.com| date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref> The family currently resides in [[OaklandAntioch, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/testament_frontman_says_bands_current_lineup_is_best_ever_shares_surprising_fact_about_his_songwriting.html|title=Testament Frontman Says Band's Current Lineup Is Best Ever, Shares Surprising Fact About His Songwriting|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|access-date=December 15, 2021}}</ref>

* [[Megadeth]] – ''[[The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!]]'' (20212022, session)

[[Category:DeathAmerican death metal musicians]]