Secret Chiefs 3 - Band Members

Band Members

Spruance formed the band in the mid-1990s with fellow Mr. Bungle members Trevor Dunn on bass and Danny Heifetz on drums. Some of the many musicians who have since recorded or toured with SC3 include violinist Eyvind Kang, percussionist William Winant, drummer Ches Smith, bassist Shahzad Ismaily, former Mr. Bungle member Clinton "Bär" McKinnon, and Estradasphere members Timb Harris, Jason Schimmel, and Tim Smolens. Musicians tend to float in and out of SC3, so the concept of "current" and "former" members isn't entirely applicable.

Below is a list of past and present members, guests and collaborators:

  • Trey Spruance — guitars (electric guitar, bass guitar, baritone guitar, microtonal guitar, 12-string guitar, sympitar, Pythagorean guitar), keyboards (keyboard, electric piano, acoustic piano, tack piano, clavinet, organ, celesta), percussion (dumbek, shaker, tambourine, glockenspiel, daf, etc.), santur, rabab, banjo, mandolin, zither, tar, cümbüş, saz, carillon, dulcimer, autoharp, trumpet, sheng, synthesizer, sampler, programming, Foley sound effects, electroacoustic treatment, vocals
  • Lucas Abela — power drill
  • Dave Abramson — drums
  • Laura Allen — vocals
  • Anonymous 13 — viola, vocals
  • Jennifer Cass — harp
  • Matt Chamberlain — drums
  • Paul Dal Porto — sitar
  • Mike Dillon — vibraphone, tabla
  • Rich Doucette – sarangi
  • Toby Driver – bass guitar
  • Trevor Dunn — bass guitar, vocals
  • Phil Franklin - drums, percussion
  • Laurie Goldstein — cello
  • Jesse Greere — vocals
  • Timb Harris — violin, viola, trumpet
  • Danny Heifetz — drums, percussion (riq, zil, tambourine, shaker, dumbek), trombone
  • Kris Hendrickson — autoharp, vocals
  • Bill Horist — prepared guitar
  • Shahzad Ismaily — bass guitar, percussion (dhol, mridangam, ghatam, zil, etc.)
  • Eyvind Kang — violin, viola, cello, erhu
  • Fatima Khanoam – santur
  • Jai Young Kim — keyboards, B3 organ
  • Jessica Kinney – vocals
  • Kevin Kmetz – shamisen
  • Ursula Knudson – bowed saw
  • Peijman Kouretchian – drums
  • John Wayne Law – bass guitar
  • Matt Lebofsky – keyboards
  • Clinton "Bär" McKinnon — saxophone, flute, keyboards, percussion
  • John Merryman – drums
  • Mike Patton – vocals
  • KT Pierce – vocals
  • Jesse Quattro – vocals
  • Jason Schimmel — acoustic guitar, fuzz guitar, cümbüş mandolin, vocals
  • Monica Schley – harp
  • Shamou — percussion (darbuka, riq)
  • Ches Smith – drums, congas
  • Tim Smolens — bass guitar, upright bass, cello, contrabass, cello
  • Adam Stacey – clavinet
  • Hans Teuber — flute
  • Gregg Turkington – vocals
  • Unhuman – vocals
  • William Winant — drums, percussion (frame drum, tabla, marimba, vibraphone, shaker, glockenspiel, gong, tubular bell, kanjira, timpani, cymbal, bell, zil, hammered dulcimer, etc.)

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