Jus Oborn
{{short description|British heavy metal musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jus Oborn
| image = Electric Wizard au Confort Moderne.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Oborn performing with Electric Wizard in 2011
| image_upright = 1.2
| background = solo_singer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_name = Justin Oborn
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1971|10|30|df=y}}
| origin = Dorset, England
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| genre = Doom metal, stoner metal
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1988–present
| current_member_of = Electric Wizard
| website =
}}
Justin Oborn (born 30 October 1971) is a British musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of Electric Wizard, a stoner/doom band from Dorset,{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p276790 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Electric Wizard|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|author2=Koets, Tara |publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=11 June 2010}} which he co-founded in 1993. Prior to forming Electric Wizard, he was a member of doom metal band Lord of Putrefaction, which changed its name to Thy Grief Eternal{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p1002464 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Lord of Putrefaction|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=11 June 2010}} and then to Eternal.
Career
In 1988, Oborn formed Lord of Putrefaction. They recorded two demos, before changing their name to Thy Grief Eternal and recording the On Blackened Wings demo. The band then became known simply as Eternal and recorded the Lucifer's Children demo, before disbanding. In 1993, Oborn formed Electric Wizard. He has been the band's frontman since that time. They have released nine albums since 1995.
In early 2003, Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening left the band, making Oborn the only founding member remaining. Later in that year, Oborn gathered a new line-up for the band, which included his wife, Liz Buckingham, as second guitarist. She has remained part of the band ever since, with her and Oborn both handling guitar duties on Electric Wizard's more recent releases.
Personal life
Oborn is married to Liz Buckingham, his bandmate of Electric Wizard who joined the group in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/10/24/141563482/electric-wizards-liz-buckingham-on-heavy-music-and-taking-the-hard-road|title=Electric Wizard's Liz Buckingham: On Heavy Music And Taking The Hard Road|date=24 October 2011|website=National Public Radio}}
Discography
- 1989 – Necromantic demo
- 1991 – Wings Over a Black Funeral demo
- 1992 – On Blackened Wings demo
- 1993 – Lucifer's Children demo
- : The above were later included on the compilation Pre-Electric Wizard 1989–1994
- 1995 – Electric Wizard
- 1996 – Demon Lung
- 1997 – Come My Fanatics...
- 1997 – Chrono.Naut
- 1998 – Supercoven
- 2000 – Dopethrone
- 2002 – Let Us Prey
- 2004 – We Live
- 2007 – Witchcult Today
- 2008 – The House on the Borderland
- 2008 – The Processean
- 2010 – Black Masses
- 2014 – Time to Die
- 2017 – Wizard Bloody Wizard{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/electric-wizard-wizard-bloody-wizard-album-details-revealed/|title=ELECTRIC WIZARD: 'Wizard Bloody Wizard' Album Details Revealed|date=8 September 2017|website=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=17 November 2017}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/electric-wizard-mn0000164175 Electric Wizard] at AllMusic
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216114243/http://www.klokradio.nl/powerhour/electricwizardInt.htm Jus Oborn interview (10/2000)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512002519/http://www.monolith.gr/interviews/html/elwizard.html Jus Oborn interview (09/2004)]
- [http://www.webalice.it/tsorvillo/guitarsgalore-interview-04-jus_oborn.htm Jus Oborn interview (02/2006)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303103831/http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/1/847/ Jus Oborn interview (01/2008)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708193433/http://www.cosmicdoom.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=236 Jus Oborn interview (04/2008)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMVYw5loN5k Jus Oborn video interview 2014]
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Category:English heavy metal singers
Category:English heavy metal guitarists
Category:Musicians from Dorset
Category:British lead guitarists