Carlton Bost | |
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 Bost performing with Stabbing Westward in 2018 | |
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| Born | Carlton James Bost (1975-04-08)April 8, 1975 (age 50) |
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| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Formerly of | Lunarclick |
| Website | carltonbost |
Carlton James Bost (born April 8, 1975), also known by the stage nameCarlton Megalodon, is an American musician. He is the guitar player for the bandsOrgy,Deadsy andBerlin, as well as the bass player forStabbing Westward. Previously, he was the guitar player for Lunarclick. He has his own solo project, Shades of Scar, under which name he releasedThe Hollow Season in 2010.
Born and raised inCharlotte, North Carolina, Bost relocated to Los Angeles upon graduating fromAppalachian State University with a degree in Music Industry Studies in 1997 to pursue a career in music.
After working in recording studios for two years, he joinedElijah Blue Allman's band,Deadsy onZtar and guitars and toured with the band as Carlton Megalodon over the next several years. The band's style is a synthesis ofglam,goth andsynth-rock, also categorized as "Undercore".[1] Deadsy had been initially set to release their first full-length album,Commencement, on what wasSire Records, which becameElektra Records. Due to the poor timing of the label change up[clarification needed], the band began looking for a new label in 1999. Bost joined the band, after which they were signed toJonathan Davis'Elementree Records, and Deadsy was asked to join theFamily Values Tour in 2001.[2]Commencement was released in May 2002.
By 2004, Deadsy had begun work on their follow-up album. That same year, Bost metTerri Nunn and joined thenew wave bandBerlin on guitars. He collaborated and co-produced with Nunn much of her new material.[3]
Deadsy'sPhantasmagore was released in 2006 onImmortal Records. The band was asked back to the Family Values Tour that summer, sharing the stage withKorn andDeftones.[4] After Family Values came to an end, Deadsy went on tour with Deftones again that fall.
In February 2007, Deadsy went on hiatus while the band's members worked on other creative projects. Bost joined theindustrial rock bandThe Dreaming –Christopher Hall fromStabbing Westward's newest project – full-time. From 2007 to 2011, Bost spent most of his time on The Dreaming as the band released two studio albums –Etched in Blood in 2008 andPuppet in 2011 – and toured in support of each. He releasedThe Hollow Season under his solo project, Shades of Scar, at the end of August in 2010.
In 2011, Bost began playing guitar in the newOrgy line-up, headed by original frontman and band founderJay Gordon.[5] Orgy went out on the Bad Blood Tour in early 2012 and again in 2013 for the Wide Awake and Dead Tour. After two years spent mostly on the road, they returned to the studio to record their first collection of new material in eleven years which culminated in the release of the EP,Talk Sick in 2015, extensive touring in the US, Canada and South America in support of the EP, as well as plans for yet another future release in the works.[6]
In February 2015, The Dreaming releasedRise Again, which they'd been working on since 2013 throughMetropolis Records and touring began in support soon after.[7]
In April 2016, Stabbing Westward announced a 30th anniversary reunion show in their native town of Chicago as part of the Cold Waves Festival in late September 2016. The reunion was successful They embarked on a series of shows in the summer of 2017 and were one of the headlining acts at 2017's ColdWaves VI in Chicago and ColdWaves L.A.[8] with the lineup of Chris Hall on vocals,Walter Flakus on keyboards, Mark Eliopolus on guitar, Bost on bass andJohnny Haro on drums. He has been in the studio and on tour with both Orgy and Berlin in 2017 and 2018 as well. In November 2018, Deadsy reformed and played a show at theSan Quentin State Prison alongsideQueens of the Stone Age. Deadsy's fourth album,Subterfugue, was also announced.
In addition to playing guitar and bass, Bost is also a producer with a degree in audio production from theLos Angeles Recording School. He is endorsed bySchecter Guitars,Seymour Duncan andMesa Boogie.[9]
