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Troy Gregory
Troy Gregory at Popsicle Patch Studios, Detroit, Michigan (2021)
Background information
Born	(1966-11-13) November 13, 1966 (age 58) Detroit, Michigan
Genres	Alternative rock indie rock progressive rock thrash metal R&B
Instrument(s)	Bass, drums, guitars, vocals, cello, violin, keyboards
Years active	1988–present

Troy Gregory (born November 13, 1966) is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker, film composer, solo artist, and member of The Dirtbombs. Since 2018 for his solo albums he has composed, produced, and performed all instruments by himself. Additionally he creates his own album art and music videos. In 2010 he wrote, directed, edited, scored and acted in the film World War Love. Former acts he has worked with include Crime & the City Solution, Flotsam and Jetsam, Prong, Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, Kim Fowley, Andre Williams, Killing Joke, Electric Six, Nathaniel Mayer, The Volebeats, Spiritualized, Swans and Damo Suzuki.

Discography

As Troy Gregory

• Sybil (2002, Fall of Rome Records)
• Laura (2004, Fall of Rome Records)
• "Xaviera" (2018, Jett Plastic Recordings)
• "Sand Dollar Castle" (2022, Popsicle Patch)
• "Heroically Versed In Complex Ecosystems" (2022, Popsicle Patch)
• "The Carnival Crowd" (2022, Popsicle Patch)
• “Willow Ash Oak Juniper” (2022, Popsicle Patch)
• “Magic Lantern Frosted Lashes” (2022, Popsicle Patch)
• “The Anthropocene Scene” (2022, Popsicle Patch)

With Super Birthday

• Abracapocus (2019, Popsicle Patch)

With The Witches

• Let's Go to the No Go Zone (1998, Pushover Records)
• Universal Mall (2000, Fall of Rome Records)
• On Parade (2002, Fall of Rome Records)
• Thriller (2006, Music for Cats)
• "A Haunted Persons Guide to the Witches" (2011, Alive Natural Sound Records)

With The Dirtbombs

• Dangerous Magical Noise (2003, In The Red Records)
• Billiards at Nine Thirty (2005, Sounds Subterrania)
• If You Don't Already Have a Look (2005, In the Red Records)
• We Have You Surrounded (2008, In the Red Records)

With Simon Bonney

• Past,Present,Future (2019, Mute Records)

With Crime and the City Solution

• "American Twilight" (2013, Mute Records)

With Nathaniel Mayer

• Why Don't You Give It to Me (2007, Alive Natural Sound Records)
• Why Won't You Let Me Be Black (2009, Alive Natural Sound Records)

With Denise James

• It's Not Enough to Love, (2004, Rainbow Quartz)

With Monster Island

• Dream Tiger, (2001, End Is Here)

With Larval

• Larval 2, (1998, Knitting Factory)

With Medusa Cyclone

• Medusa Cyclone, (1995, Third Gear)

With Flotsam and Jetsam

• No Place for Disgrace (1988, Roadrunner Records/ Elektra Records)
• When the Storm Comes Down (1990, MCA Records)

With Prong

• Prove You Wrong (1991, Epic Records)

With Swans

• Love of Life (1992, Young God Records)

With Spiritualized

• "A & E" (2008, Fontana Records)

With Andre Williams

• "That's All I Need" (2010, Bloodshot Records)
• "Hoods And Shades" (2012, Bloodshot Records)
• "I Wanna Go Back To Detroit City" (2016, Bloodshot Records)

References

1. Ramirez, Carlos (2016-02-05). "Troy Gregory (Flotsam and Jetsam, Prong, Wasted Youth, The Witches)". NoEcho.Net. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
2. Hall, Corey (March 10, 2010). "WORLD WAR LOVE IS TROY GREGORY'S PHANTASMAGORIC RIDE INTO THE MOUTH OF ROCK 'N' ROLL MADNESS". Metro Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
3. "Troy Gregory". Jet plastic recordings. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
4. "Troy Gregory IMDB". IMDb.

Further reading

• Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1912587407.
• Hasted, Nick" (2016). Jack White: How He Built an Empire From The Blues. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1783237029.
• Miller, Steve" (2013). Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll In America's Loudest City. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0306820656.

External links

• Official page on Bandcamp

• 1966 births
• Musicians from Detroit
• American rock musicians
• American male singer-songwriters
• American rock songwriters
• American rock singers
• Killing Joke members
• Living people
• Crime & the City Solution members
• Prong (band) members
• Singer-songwriters from Michigan