Joey Vera
Joseph "Joey" Vera is an American heavy metal bassist who is known as a member of the heavy metal band Armored Saint and the progressive metal band Fates Warning. In 2004-2005 he replaced Frank Bello in Anthrax as the band's bassist, but did not record with them. He was also a member of Engine, recorded with Tribe After Tribe, and appears on the OSI album Free. His first solo album, A Thousand Faces, was released in 1994. His current solo project, A Chinese Firedrill, released an album titled Circles in 2007. On August 1, 2019, Joey was announced as the touring bassist for a newly reunited Mercyful Fate filling in for Timi Hansen. Vera always plays bass by using his fingers instead of a guitar pick.
Discography
With Armored Saint
- Armored Saint EP
- March of the Saint
- Delirious Nomad
- Raising Fear
- Saints Will Conquer
- Symbol of Salvation
- Revelation
- Nod to the Old School
- La Raza
- Win Hands Down''
as Joey Vera
- A Thousand Faces
With Fates Warning
- A Pleasant Shade of Gray
- Still Life
- Disconnected
- FWX
- Darkness in a Different Light
- Theories of Flight
With Tribe After Tribe
- Pearls Before Swine
- Enchanted Entrance
- Dead Air for Radios
With Engine
- Engine
- Superholic
- A Twist of Fate
- Passage to the Other Side
- Deadly Sins
With OSI
- Free
as A Chinese Firedrill
- Circles
With Arch/Matheos
- Sympathetic Resonance
- Ride
