John Moyer - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I was born and raised in El Paso Texas. I started my first band with my high school buddies when I was 15. I have been playing in bands ever since. Eventually I relocated to Austin, Texas. In 1996 I joined the band Soak and in 1997 we released our self-titled debut on Interscope records. I was with Soak until 2000 when I left to join The Union Underground. UU released the record ...An Education in Rebellion in 2000. Besides being on Ozzfest, Union was main support for Marilyn Manson and coincidentally Disturbed. When Union finished up touring in 2002 I got married and officially became a stepdad. During Union's offtime a live record was released. The Union Underground's last gig was Halloween 2003. I joined Disturbed in spring of 2004. I worked on and recorded 10,000 Fists with them during the next year. The record came out in late summer of 2005. We did the Jaegermeister tour, Ozzfest, Music as a Weapon III, went to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe twice. We finally stopped touring in December of 2006, 16 months later. In October 2007, my wife and I welcomed our son, Logan, to our family. During this last year, though, there has been no slowdown on the music side. Indestructcible came out June 3, 2008 and the response has been phenomenal. Thanks to every one of our fans who bought the new record. If you don't have it then as David would say "Go pick that motherfucker up!" See you out on the road!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Johnny Cash or God...but I am not in any kind of a hurry.

Music:

Geezer, Duff, and Billy Gould are my 3 main influences on bass. I like all different kinds of music, though. some faves:Guns'n'Roses, Sabbath, Pantera, Faith No More, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, System of a Down, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Foo Fighters, Bob Marley, Metallica, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Audioslave, U2, Beastie Boys, Firewater, Jane's Addiction, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Sublime, Suicidal Tendencies...

Movies:

Children of Men, Spider Man 3, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Revenge of the Sith, Old School, Anchorman, The Wall, South Park the Movie, Armageddon (I know it's cheesy but I love it), Reservoir Dogs.

Television:

Lost, The Daily Show/Stephen Colbert, Behind the Music (the Lynyrd Skynyrd one is particularly good), Family Guy, South Park, CSI Miami, UFC

Books:

The Dirt, Harry Potter series, Geek Love, Ender's Game, The Stand, The Vampire Lestat, Angels and Demons,

Heroes:

John C. Moyer

My Blog

Just a couple of things...

Wanted to let everybody know that I have an interview on bassplayer.com Check it out here!! Also I got a special page on the Kustom website. Video and everything. Take a look!!! &n...
Posted by John Moyer on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:35:00 PST

You made it happen!

No one saw it coming but the Disturbed fans have done it again. You have given us the number one record in the US, Canada, and New Zealand! You have shown the world that metal is alive as ...
Posted by John Moyer on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:24:00 PST

New video blog!!!

Check it out on the Traben MySpace page! Click here to watch!!...
Posted by John Moyer on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:22:00 PST

Music to speed to

So our first official single from Indestructible, Inside the Fire, has been out now for a couple of weeks and the response has been tremendous. Thank you all for the support. I keep hearing people t...
Posted by John Moyer on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

Don’t Mess With Texas

So I just got shaken down for some unpaid speeding tickets back in 2000 by a Selma texas cop. I live in Austin and he came right up to my home door with a warrant! Nice guy though and he had this sw...
Posted by John Moyer on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:10:00 PST

The Holidays and Beyond!

First off I want to thank everyone for all the holiday messages. I read them all and responded to most. A couple of the crazier ones I could not help but post. good stuff. check out the Santa World...
Posted by John Moyer on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:30:00 PST

Yesterday

Although I try to remember the anniversary of someone's life (their birthday) instead of their death I seem to have a hard time in the case of Dimebag Darrell. It is common knowledge but it is worth ...
Posted by John Moyer on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:57:00 PST

Rockin the My Space

Hey All!Well I have a great collection of friends coming together here in the My Space world. Some of you are fans, some of you are friends that I don't get to see as often as I would like, some of y...
Posted by John Moyer on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:37:00 PST