Tom Schmitz

Tom Schmitz
Birth name	Tom Schmitz
Also known as	Shmotz
Born	December 20, 1968 (1968-12-20)
Genres	Alternative metal, industrial metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Keyboard, Piano, Bass
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Eclipse, Universal, Megaforce
Associated acts	Mushroomhead, Trelleborg
Website	http://www.mushroomhead.com

Tom Schmitz (born December 20, 1968 in Berea, Ohio) is the keyboardist for alternative metal band Mushroomhead.

Biography

Like current and former members of Mushroomhead, Schmitz was a part of local Cleveland band Trelleborg, in which he played bass.

Tom plays the keyboards. Shmotz wears a mask with goggles and a US military-style helmet on it. The mask is a reflection of the x-face, while the helmet and goggles were chosen due to a similarity to his previous "dead" (the black mask era) mask where he wore a black helmet like hat with a pair of welding goggles holding it on just over the brim, and then had the goggle lenses fixed to his face in the Savior Sorrow version of the mask. However, he has recently undergone a transformation as seen in the video for "Your Soul Is Mine." He has abandoned the helmet and goggles, for a beefier and shiny metallic skinned appearance. At the Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children era he changed his mask to a yellow one with a black X-Face and a pair of photographic lenses. He now wears a spiked German military style helmet.

Gear

Keyboards

• Korg X3
• Ensoniq ASR-10
• Nord Lead 2
• Korg DW8000

External links

Trelleborg at 216 bands