# Joey Vera

Joey Vera (Los Angeles, 24 aprile 1963) è un bassista statunitense.

## Biografia

Durante la sua carriera ha militato principalmente nelle seguenti band:
* Fates Warning
* Anthrax
* Armored Saint
* Chroma Key
* OSI
* Mercyful Fate

## Discografia
### Solista

* 1994 – Joey Vera - A Thousand Faces
* 2006 – A Chinese Firedrill - Circles

### con gli Armored Saint

* 1982 – First Demo (demo)
* 1983 – Armored Saint (EP)
* 1984 – Can U Deliver (singolo)
* 1984 – March of the Saint
* 1985 – Take a Turn (singolo)
* 1985 – Delirious Nomad
* 1987 – Raising Fear
* 1988 – Saints Will Conquer (album dal vivo)
* 1989 – 1989 Demo (demo)
* 1990 – Re-recorded Demo with Jeff Duncan (demo)
* 1990 – 1990 Demo (demo)
* 1991 – Symbol of Salvation
* 2000 – Revelation
* 2001 – Nod to the Old School
* 2004 – Metal Blade Records: 20th Anniversary Party (split con Cannibal Corpse, Lizzy Borden, Vehemence, Cattle Decapitation, Engine)
* 2009 – Demo (demo)
* 2010 – La Raza
* 2015 – Win Hands Down
* 2016 – Carpe Noctum (album dal vivo)
* 2018 – South American Tour 2018 (EP)
* 2020 – Isolation (Live from Isolation) (singolo)
* 2020 – Punching the Sky

### Con i Fates Warning

* 1997 – A Pleasant Shade of Gray
* 1998 – A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Live I-XII (album dal vivo)
* 1998 – Still Life) (album dal vivo)
* 2000 – Disconnected
* 2004 – FWX
* 2013 – Darkness in a Different Light
* 2016 – Theories of Flight
* 2018 – Live Over Europe (album dal vivo)
* 2020 – Long Day Good Night

### Con i Motor Sister

* 2015 – Ride

### Con John Arch

* 2003 – A Twist of Fate (EP)

### Con Arch/Matheos

* 2011 – Sympathetic Resonance
* 2019 – Winter Ethereal (basso nei brani "Wanderlust" e "Never in Your Hands")

### Con i Seven Witches

* 2003 – Passage to the Other Side
* 2007 – Deadly Sins

### Con i Tribe After Tribe

* 1997 – Pearls Before Swine
* 2002 – Enchanted Entrance
* 2007 – M.O.A.B.

### Altri

* 1982 – The Greg Leon Invasion - Every Time / Stay With Me Tonight (singolo)
* 1996 – Ella Baila Sola – Ella Baila Sola
* 1998 – Chroma Key - Dead Air for Radios
* 1989 – Lizzy Borden - Master of Disguise
* 1999 – Daniele Liverani - Viewpoint
* 2000 – Ella Baila Sola - Marta & Marilia
* 2005 – Frost - Out in the Cold
* 2005 – Fragile Vastness - A Tribute to Life
* 2006 – Fueled by Fire - Spread The Fire (effetti)
* 2008 – Bassinvaders - Hellbassbeaters
* 2017 – Of Gods & Monsters - Waiting on the End of the World (singolo)
* 2018 – Artizan - Demon Rider

### Collaborazioni

* 1996 – Artisti Vari - A Tribute To Judas Priest Legends Of Metal (basso nel brano "Burnin' Up" dei Doom Squad)
* 1996 – Artisti Vari - Working Man (basso nel brano "Closer To The Heart")
* 1997 – Artisti Vari - Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen (basso nel brano "It's Late")
* 1999 – Artisti Vari - Holy Dio (A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal: Ronnie James Dio) (basso nel brano "Sign Of The Southern Cross" dei Fates Warning)
* 2000 – Lizzy Borden - Deal with the Devil (basso nei brani "Lovin' You Is Murder" e "Believe")
* 2002 – Matthew Herbert & Gaspanic - BOF Le Défi (basso nel brano "Le Défi" dei Gaspanic)
* 2003 – Frost - Raise Your Fist to Metal (basso nel brano "Fight Fire with Fire", cori nel brano "Lack of Communication")
* 2006 – Brian Posehn - Live In: Nerd Rage (basso nei brani "Metal By Numbers" e "Try Again, Again")
* 2006 – OSI - Free (basso nei brani "Sure You Will", "Free", "All Gone Now", "Bigger Wave" e "Kicking")
* 2007 – Artisti Vari - Justice For All: Die Wahrheit Über Metallica (basso nel brano "Enter Sandman")
* 2009 – After All - Cult of Sin (basso nel brano "Betrayed by the Gods")
* 2020 – Jeff Duncan - Wanderlust (basso nel brano "Mr. Allen")

## Videografia
### con gli Armored Saint

* 1991 – A Trip Thru Red Times
* 2004 – Lessons Not Well Learned 1991-2001

### Con i Fates Warning

* 1998 – A Pleasant Shade of Gray - Live
* 2000 – Live at the Dynamo
* 2003 – The View from Here
* 2005 – Live in Athens