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Mitchell Adam Lucker (October 20, 1984 – November 1, 2012)Alt Press"> was an American musician best known as the lead vocalist for the
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Career

Lucker first started performing music in 2000 with the band Breakaway, which would later become the
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local metalcore band Dying Dreams. Dying Dreams featured Lucker on vocals and his brother Cliff on guitar, along with later Suicide Silence bandmates Josh Tufano on second guitar and Mike Olheiser on bass. Around a year before Dying Dreams broke up, Mitch Lucker was inducted into
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when the band was still deemed a side-project. Suicide Silence's debut album, '' The Cleansing'', sold 7,250 copies in the first week. Their second album '' No Time to Bleed'' was released in June 2009. The band's last album to feature Lucker, ''
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Influences

In an interview with ''The AU Interview'', he said the bands that influenced him into starting a band were "
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... everything that my dad would buy and bring home to me and my brother saying 'Hey, listen to this.'"


Tattoos

Lucker was casually known for his extensive and large collection of tattoos on his body covering his arms, torso, neck/throat, hands, fingers and even his face. The only place he refused to ever get tattooed was on his back. He explained this by stating "I like seeing the artwork because it is artwork! aving my back tattooed wouldbe like owning an expensive painting that you can never see. Like, 'Oh, I have this beautiful, expensive painting, but you can't see it because it's at my uncle's house."


Accident and death

On October 31, 2012, Lucker was riding his motorcycle in Huntington Beach when he struck a light pole. Lucker was flung from his motorcycle and sustained serious injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where doctors performed surgery on him for 8 hours. On November 1, 2012, Lucker was pronounced dead at 6:17 AM. Local police stated that he died as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was likely under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. His funeral took place on November 8, 2012. He was buried at Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial Park in Costa Mesa, California. One month following his death, Lucker's Suicide Silence bandmates held a memorial show titled " Ending Is the Beginning", which took place at the Fox Theater in
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. Proceeds from the show served to benefit his daughter's education costs. The band also started the Kenadee Lucker Education Fund and continues to promote donations to her.


Discography

With Suicide Silence * ''
Suicide Silence Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California, Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released seven studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver (ma ...
'' (2005) * '' The Cleansing'' (2007) * '' No Time to Bleed'' (2009) * ''
The Black Crown ''The Black Crown'' (stylized as ''THE BLΔCK CRΦWN'') is the third studio album by American deathcore band Suicide Silence, which was released July 12, 2011, through Century Media Records. It is the final album to feature vocalist Mitch L ...
'' (2011) * '' You Can't Stop Me'' (2014) (writing credits on two tracks) With Dying Dreams * ''Demo'' (2003) With Commissioner * ''What Is?'' (2011)


Collaborations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucker, Mitch 1984 births 2012 deaths 21st-century American singer-songwriters American heavy metal singers American male singer-songwriters Motorcycle road incident deaths Musicians from Riverside, California Road incident deaths in California Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American male singers