Russ O'Slay
Instrument played:
Lead Bass
History:
1984: Born in Burnaby, BC.
1995: Started listening to Led Zeppelin and other various classic rock bands.
1997: Started high school and expanded music horizons to metallic forms! 1998:
Started guitar class with brother, Jer, where he met Matt McArthur and Jordan
Williams and began the glorious journey into music. 1999: Guitar becomes my
best friend for the next 3 years. The Black Sabbath cover band, Sack Blabbath
was formed with me, Jer, Pete Last and Matt. This was my first experience on
a bass.
2000: Formed a band with his brother Jer and friend Pete Last called Gappa.
This band lasted for a year or so and was based around improvising. Gappa became
a small time hit.
2001: Gappa made me understand how performing works, but most importantly, Wailing
Corpse was formed. Wailing Corpse started this year with an instant fallowing
of fans.
2002: Gappa broke up. Wailing Corpse continued to play shows and started to
grow in musical repertoire.
Favorite kinds of music:
Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal (80's, but not hair bands!), Classical (secretly).
Favorite bands:
Pink Floyd, ELP, Yes, Iron Maiden, Metallica (older stuff), and Rhapsody.
Favorite singers:
Freddy Mercury (1973-1980), Bruce Dickinson, Fabio Lione.
Favorite guitar players: All the guitarists from bands above plus the one called
Lenny Braue. Favorite Entertainers:
Freddy Mercury, Steve Harris, Angus Young, Keith Moon.
Favorite bass players:
Steve Harris, Cliff Burton.
Favorite drummers:
Keith Moon, Neil Peart.
Favorite kind of movies:
Charlton Heston Films.
Favorite science fiction movie:
The Omega Man.
Favorite horror movie: Bambi.
Favorite dramatic movie:
Planet of the Apes.
Favorite comic movie:
Wayne's World (1-2) .
Favorite fantasy movie:
Planet of the Apes (1-5).
Favorite action movie: Ben Hur.
Favorite actors:
Charlton Heston .
Favorite actresses:
Women seem all the same in movies.
Favorite hobbies:
Playing guitar, Writing Classical masterpieces, collecting records.
Favorite foods:
Potatoes!
Favorite drinks: Slurpees.
Favorite sports:
Frisbee .
Favorite book:
…In Watermelon Sugar By Richard Brautigan.
Favorite colors:
Green.
Favorite season:
Anything, but summer.
Favorite flower:
Orchid. Favorite animals:
Dogs.
A message to our fans:
Hammers rule, ok! Hail the Wail!!!