# List of Devin Townsend's bands members

Devin Townsend is a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician who has had a very prolific career, being a member of many projects and releasing 28 albums. He first got exposure when he sang lead vocals on Steve Vai's Sex & Religion album and tour in 1993, and when he played guitar on The Wildhearts 1994 European tour. He currently tours under his own name with guitarist and keyboardist Mike Keneally (who first joined in 2019), bassist James Leach and drummer Darby Todd (both since 2021).

## History

While touring with The Wildhearts, he co-founded a short lived thrash metal trio with Jason Newsted (Metallica) on vocals and bass, Townsend on guitar, and Tom Hunting (Exodus) on drums. The trio recorded a couple of songs and then dispanded. He also provided much of the guitar work on the 1994 album Millennium and the 1995 album Hard Wired by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly.
Townsend began to record material under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad (SYL), he produced and performed nearly all the instruments on the debut studio album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, which was released in April 1995. Townsend assembled a permanent lineup of Strapping Young Lad to record City, including prolific metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Death, Testament), along with Townsend's former bandmates Jed Simon on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass.
After releasing two albums with SYL, and four solo albums, he formed The Devin Townsend Band, which consisted of Brian "Beav" Waddell on guitar, Mike Young on bass, Ryan Van Poederooyen on drums, and Dave Young on keyboards, all of whom contributed to Accelerated Evolution. Both SYL and the DTB disbanded in 2006 when Townsend withdrew from touring to spend time with his family.
In 2009, Townsend started the Devin Townsend Project as a four-album series. After releasing Ki and Addicted in 2009, he returned to the stage in January 2010 with a band including Young on guitar and keyboards, Waddell on bass, Van Poederooyen on drums and Anneke van Giersbergen on female vocals. The DTP continued until 2018, at which point it consisted of Young, Waddell, Van Poederooven and keyboardist Mike St-Jean.
While the DTP for active, Townsend had a side project with singer Ché Aimee Dorval and drummer Morgan Ågren, under the name Casualties of Cool who have released one self titled album to date.
Townsend toured under his own name for the first time in 2019, the line-up included Mike Keneally (guitar, keyboards), Morgan Agren (drums), Nathan Navarro (bass), Che Aimee Dorval (guitars, vocals), Diego Tejeida (keyboards) and Markus Reuter (touch guitar). He played the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise in January 2020, with guitarist Wes Hauch (ex-The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate), bassist Kyle Konkiel (Bad Wolves), and drummer Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth, ex-Soilwork).
In early 2020 he was joined by guitarist Hauch, bassist Liam Wilson (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and drummer Kerim Lechner (Decapitated, Septicflesh), however most shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later in the year Townsend played a virtual concert with Hauch, Wilson and drummer Samus Paulicelli. He headlined Bloodstock Open Air in 2021 with drummer Darby Todd, bassist James Leach and guitarist Stephen Platt. The same musicians also played with Townsend in 2022. Keneally returned to replace Platt for Townsends 2023 tour.

## Members
### Members of current touring band

| Name | Years active | Band(s) | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Devin Townsend | 1994–present | All | guitarslead vocalskeyboardsthereminbass | all releases |
| Mike Keneally | 2019–20202023–present | Solo | guitarskeyboardsbacking vocals | Empath (2019) The Puzzle (2021) Lightwork (2022) Empath: Live in America (2023) PowerNerd (2024) |
| James Leach | 2021–present | Solo | bass | none to date |
| Darby Todd | 2021–present | Solo | drums | Lightwork (2022) PowerNerd (2024) |

### Former members

| Name | Years active | Band(s) | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Adrian White | 1994–1995 | Strapping Young Lad | drums | Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) SYL Cooked on Phonics (1996) City (1997) SYL |
| Ashley Scribner | 1994–1995 | Strapping Young Lad | bass | Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) SYL |
| Mike Sudar | 1994–1995 | Strapping Young Lad | guitars | Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) SYL |
| Jed Simon | 1995–2007 (guest 2012) | Strapping Young Lad | guitarsbacking vocals | all SYL releases Physicist (2000) The Retinal Circus (2013) The Puzzle (2021) |
| Byron Stroud | 1996–2007 | Strapping Young Lad | bassbacking vocals | all SYL releases, except Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) Cooked on Phonics (1996) Physicist (2000) |
| Gene Hoglan | 1996–2007 | Strapping Young Lad | drums | all SYL releases, except Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995) Infinity (1998) Physicist (2000) Terria (2001) |
| Dave Young | 2002–2018 | Devin Townsend BandDevin Townsend Project | guitars (2009–2018)keyboards (2002–2014)backing vocals | all DTB releases Alien (2005) SYL Ki (2009) DTP Addicted (2009) DTP Ghost (June 20, 2011) DTP By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP Epicloud (2012) DTP The Retinal Circus (2013) Z² (2014) DTP Transcendence (2016) DTP Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP |
| Brian "Beav" Waddell | 2002–2018 | Devin Townsend BandDevin Townsend Project | guitars (2002–2006)bass (2009–2018)backing vocals | all DTB releases Addicted (2009) DTP By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP Epicloud (2012) DTP The Retinal Circus (2013) Z$^2$ (2014) DTP Transcendence (2016) DTP Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP |
| Ryan Van Poederooyen | 2002–2018 | Devin Townsend BandDevin Townsend Project | drums | all DTB releases Addicted (2009) DTP Deconstruction (2011) DTP By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP Epicloud (2012) DTP The Retinal Circus (2013) Z$^2$ (2014) DTP Transcendence (2016) DTP Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP |
| Mike Young | 2002–2006 | Devin Townsend Band | bass | all DTB releases |
| Anneke van Giersbergen | 2009–2017 | Devin Townsend Project | additional vocals | Addicted (2009) DTP By a Thread: Live in London 2011 (2012) DTP Epicloud (2012) DTP The Retinal Circus (2013) Z$^2$ (2014) DTP Transcendence (2016) DTP The Puzzle (2021) Lightwork (2022) |
| Mark Cimino | 2009 | Devin Townsend Project | guitars | Addicted (2009) DTP Z$^2$ (2014) The Puzzle (2021) |
| Mike St-Jean | 2014–2018 | Devin Townsend Project | keyboards | Ghost (2011) DTP Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC Z$^2$ (2014) DTP Transcendence (2016) DTP Ocean Machine - Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018) DTP The Puzzle (2021) |
| Ché Aimee Dorval | 20142019–2020 | Casualties of CoolSolo | vocalsguitar | Ki (2009) Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC Transcendence (2016) DTP Empath (2019) The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) Lightwork (2022) Empath: Live in America (2023) |
| Morgan Ågren | 20142019–2020 | Casualties of CoolSolo | drumspercussion | Casualties of Cool (2014) CoC Z$^2$ (2014) DTP Empath (2019) The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) Lightwork (2022) Empath: Live in America (2023) |
| Nathan Navarro | 2019–2020 | Solo | bass | Empath (2019) The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) Lightwork (2022) Empath: Live in America (2023) |
| Diego Tejeida | 2019–2020 | Solo | keyboards | The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) Lightwork (2022) Empath: Live in America (2023) PowerNerd (2024) |
| Arabella Backford | 2019 | Solo | backing vocals | The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) |
| Anne Preis | 2019 | Solo | backing vocals | The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) |
| Samantha Preis | 2019 | Solo | backing vocals | The Puzzle (2021) Snuggles (2021) |
| Markus Reuter | 2019 | Solo | touch guitars | Snuggles (2021) |
| Wes Hauch | 2020 | Solo | guitars | Galactic Quarantine (2021) |
| Dirk Verbeuren | 2020 (Metal cruise shows only) | Solo | drums | Deconstruction (2011) DTP |
| Kyle Konkiel | 2020 (Metal cruise shows only) | Solo | bass | none |
| Liam Wilson | 2020 | Solo | bass | Galactic Quarantine (2021) |
| Kerim “Krimh” Lechner | 2020 | Solo | drums | none |
| Samus Paulicelli | 2020 | Solo | drums | Empath (2019) Galactic Quarantine (2021) |
| Stephen Platt | 2021–2022 | Solo | guitars | none |