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Obituary is one of the pioneering bands of the death metal genre. The band came from Tampa, Florida, and was founded as Executioner in 1985, and then changed their name to Xecutioner to avoid confusion with the other one. In 1988, shortly before the release of their first album "Slowly We Rot", they changed their name to Obituary. Obituary is considered an influential band in the Florida death metal movement that arose in the late 1980s. The 1990 release "Cause of Death" featured James Murphy on guitar (Cancer and Disincarnate) replacing Allen West for unknown reasons. This release has been described as a seminal album in the Death Metal genre. Vocalist John Tardy is recognized as one of the first vocalists to use an abnormally low growl (compared to the screechy growls used by predecessors Death and Possessed).

Obituary is listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fifth best-selling death metal band of all time and their albums have sold 368,184 copies. Their 1992 release "The End Complete" has also more than 103,378 copies in the United States alone.

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Members

Donald Tardy
since 1988 till 1997 Drum set
since 2003 Drum set
Trevor Peres
since 1988 till 1997 Electric guitar
since 2003 Electric guitar
John Tardy
since 1988 till 1997 Lead vocal
since 2003 Lead vocal
Frank Watkins
since 1989 till 1997 Electric bass guitar
since 2003 till 2010 Electric guitar
Terry Butler
since 2010 Electric bass guitar
Kendall Andrews
since 2012 Electric guitar
Allen West
since 1988 till 1989 Electric guitar
since 1992 till 1997 Electric guitar
since 2003 till 2006 Electric guitar
Ralph Santolla
since 2007 till 2011 Electric guitar
Daniel Tucker
since 1988 till 1989 Electric bass guitar
James Murphy
since 1990 till 1990 Electric guitar

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