Hunter Fitzgerald Correll

Name: Hunter Fitzgerald Correll.

Nicknames: Chainsaw Bear, Dumbass, Band Dad, Band Mom, Bass Dad, Daddy Drip, Louisville’s Liberace, Snuggle-Bunny Floofer-Snooter.

Age: 37 (physically); 14 (mentally).

Instrument: Bass Guitar (27 years); Guitar (very poorly for 20 years); Piano/Keyboards (even more poorly for 31 years); Vocals (20 years for backup/harmonies, 7 years as lead).

Band/Former Bands: Oof.

Anything included parenthetically means I did something other than bass.

Current bands: Stagecoach Inferno [Wild Western themed heavy metal (Lead Vocals); Younger Dryas [black metal].

Previous bands: Svartskold [Swedish melodic death metal], Esoteric Burial [black metal]; Dawgs Playin Poker [cover band] (Lead Vocals); Kryoburn [industrial groove metal] (Backup Vocals, Keyboards); Arcane Saint [melodic heavy rock/metal]; Eight Inch Elvis (cover band); Giants! Of Industry [post-rock]; Ghostrider: Black [melodic, progressive death metal], Superunkown [cover band], Sundowner Syndrome [alt metal].

How long on instrument: Oops! Answered earlier as I was antsy in the pantsy! 27 years on bass and 7 years as a lead singer.

Equipment: Saddle up, pardner.

Basses: Custom Chinese manufactured Rickenbacker 4003 replica, Yamaha BB435, ‘Partscaster Frankensteined’ Fender-PJ-styled bass, Fernandes Thunderbird, Carvin LB76 6 string, Ibanez Iceman, Dean Improv 5 string, Dean EABC acoustic bass

Guitars: Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 6 string, Yamaha FS800 acoustic

Bass live rig:

Preamp- Sennheiser Wireless, Darkglass Super Symmetry compressor, Boss LS-2 line selector, Darkglass Vintage Microtube preamp (clean tone), Darkglass Alpha Omega preamp (dirt tone), MXR Smartgate noise gate, Radial ABY Box

Poweramp- (2) Quilter Big Block 800 amplifier

Speaker- (2) Ampeg 1540HE (1x15, 4x10) cabinet

Bass practice rig:

Amplifier: Peavey Mark VI head

Speaker: Carvin BRX210 cabinet

Influences: Bass Influences: Cliff Burton, Dug Pinnick, Steve Harris, Jason Newsted, Christian Olde Wolbers, Alex Webster

Vocal Influences: James Hetfield, Ronnie James Dio, Lajon Witherspoon, Layne Staley, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Devin Townsend, Rob Halford, Burton C. Bell

My first gig: I played one show as a lead singer for my first band, Sundowner Syndrome.

Hobbies: music takes up most of my spare time.

Favorite movies: The Hunt for Red October; Mary Poppins (I still have a crush on Juliet Andrews); The Sandlot, Heavyweights, Airheads, Wayne’s World, Blues Brothers, The Commitments, Hereditary, Jaws.

Favorite food: Prime rib (a recent vacation to my old stomping grounds in New Mexico brought me to my favorite steakhouse where I demolished a 30oz steak with NO qualms).

Favorite place: Onstage.

Favorite sports or team: I don’t sportsball.

What I'm listening to nowadays: Lots of Sabaton for my saccharin history metal, Testament, Helloween (prep for composing album three riffs), Primal Fear, Nile, Cattle Decapitation, Devin Townsend.

Coolest thing I've done: join Stagecoach Inferno is up there.

Most embarrassing moment: After coheadlining Powerfest 3 in Cincinatti, we participated in an epic after party.

Bad Habits: Smoking cigarettes (it’s fucking stupid), not practicing enough, playing with my bass set low enough to ‘look cool’ but too low to play properly (I know it’s improper, BUT IT LOOKS SO MUCH COOLER DAMMIT).

What was your first concert ever: This Christian alternative band called Bleach in, like, ‘92.

If you could meet a Rockstar ( past or present ), who would it be, and why: with some sort of translator, I’d want to spend a year with JS Bach.

Who do you love: this is a loaded question, man. I can’t quantify how extremely lucky I am. I have a loving and supportive family, a group of men I am lucky enough to consider family and call band mates, and a local scene of massively supportive and wonderful people. Louisville is a beautiful bastion of empathy, support, love, and eccentricity you can’t find anywhere else, yet, I get to call it home. Lastly, I love you, dear reader. Thank you for the time you spent getting to know a little more about me and your local, somewhat derpy metal scene. YOU are the reason Stagecoach is where we are and how happy and humble we are to be here.