Joey Vera

Joey Vera
Vera in 2007
Background information
Born	(1963-04-24) April 24, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal, progressive metal, power metal, thrash metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument	Bass
Years active	1982–present

Joey Vera (born April 24, 1963) is an American bassist who is known as a member of the heavy metal band Armored Saint and 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

Vera performing with Fates Warning

Vera performing with Fates Warning

With Armored Saint

• Armored Saint EP (1983)
• March of the Saint (1984)
• Delirious Nomad (1985)
• Raising Fear (1987)
• Saints Will Conquer (1988)
• Symbol of Salvation (1991)
• Revelation (2000)
• Nod to the Old School (2001)
• La Raza (2010)
• Win Hands Down (2015)
• Carpe Noctum (2017)
• Punching The Sky (2020)

as Joey Vera

• A Thousand Faces (1994)

With Fates Warning

• A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997)
• Still Life (1999)
• Disconnected (2000)
• FWX (2004)
• Darkness in a Different Light (2013)
• Theories of Flight (2016)
• Long Day Good Night (2020)

With Tribe After Tribe

• Pearls Before Swine (1997)
• Enchanted Entrance (2002)

With Chroma Key

• Dead Air for Radios (1998)

With Engine

• Engine (1999)
• Superholic (2002)

With John Arch

• A Twist of Fate (2003)

With Seven Witches

• Passage to the Other Side (2003)
• Deadly Sins (2007)

With OSI

• Free (2006)

as A Chinese Firedrill

• Circles (2007)

With Arch/Matheos

• Sympathetic Resonance (2011)

With Motor Sister

• Ride (2015)

External links

• Official website
• HardRadio.com interview with Joey Vera