Chuck Schuldiner

Charles Michael (Chuck) Schuldiner (May 13, 1967, Long Island, New York –December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He is best known for being the founder, singer, rhythm/lead guitar player and main song writer of Death, which he founded in 1983 as Mantas. Much later, in 1998, he founded the band Control Denied. He was also an innovator and pioneer of death metal (even though the creation of the genre can be attributed to a few bands that preceded Death/Mantas) and is one of the most influential metal guitarists. His band Death was one of the first bands to implement Jazz structure in Death Metal. His band Death was the first to change textures in music aswell.

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May 13 - 1967 - Long Island - New York - December 13 - 2001 - American - Death - Control Denied - Death metal

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