Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Extreme metal, progressive death metal, industrial metal, thrash metal
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing. By 1997, he had recruited permanent members; this line-up, which consisted of Townsend on vocals and guitar, Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass, and Gene Hoglan on drums, lasted until the band's dissolution.
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) 2006 Rem.
City (1997) 2007 Rem.
No Sleep 'til Bedtime (Live in Australia) (1998)
Strapping Young Lad (2003) Austral.Ed.
Tour EP (2003)
For Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the Commodore (2004)
Alien (2005)
The New Black (2006) Eu.Ed.
C:enter:### (2007)
