Dylan Orso

**Dylan Orso** is an American bassist, filmwriter & director currently the bassist for the nu metal band Violent Impact, in 2002 he took a break from Violent Impact to focus on his filmwriting & directing career. He has 6 horror thriller movies under his belt & has 1 horror short film under his belt.

## Musical Career

### Genres

Heavy metal, Nu metal, Emo metal, Punk metal

## Early life & career

Dylan Brian Orso was born in 1969 at 7:27am in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He grew up on the countryside & was from a very wealthy family, they owned 2 brown Arabian horses named "KJ" & "Lambie" & 2 English Mastiffs named "Jared" & "Ritz". At age 8 for Christmas he got his first bass guitar, a Epiphone SG Cobalt Fade bass guitar which he nicknamed "J" after it's J that Epiphone custom made for him. He learned a lot of songs & could play original songs, at age 12 he thought of making it as a Southern rock musician. At age 14 he was in a Southern rock/Garage rock band called The Reality which lasted from 1983 to 1988 & broke up in that same year. In 1989 he switched to Heavy metal with the band Lost Hi-Way in 1989 but he would move to Calgary to be with his bandmates. however in early 1994 he moved back to Oklahoma to form the most influential punk metal band ever Violent Impact.

## Early Violent Impact Days (1994-2002)

Dean, Dylan, Austin, Vivian & Chris met at Dylan's house in 1994 & wanted to form a band. Names suggested were "Revenge" by Vivian, "Dai Gosei" by Chris & "MAUL" by Austin but they all agreed on "Violent Impact" & later they released their first demo in mid-1995; "Venomous Roads" which caught the eyes of WWE Music Studios & Interscope who later signed the band in late 1995. The band released their debut studio album called "Royal Flush" in 1996. In 1998 their second studio album "Deadly Call" was released & was certified diamond by the RIAA in 1999. in 2000 their third album "Nero" released & was followed up by their fourth & final album before their only breakup "Damned" in 2001.

## Hiatus from bass playing (2002-2008)

In 2002 Dylan Orso announced he was taking a break from music to focus on his filmwriting & film directing career, in 2003 he directed & wrote his first movie which released in 2004 called "Twisted" which was a horror thriller starring Norman Reedus & Sandra Bullock, which won a Academy Award for best feature film. In 2005 & 2006 he directed & wrote two movies, one a reboot of the 1988 film "Child's Play" starring Britt McKillip, John Zandig, Jim Carrey (in his first serious role) & monster truck driver Courtney Jolly (released 2007), & a Twisted sequel (released 2007). In 2007 he directed his final movie before switching to part time directing & writing, a short film called Nightmare on Sesame Street. But returned in 2016 with the movie "Nihilistic Reckoning" & a Nightmare on Sesame Street full length movie in 2019. In 2021 he directed Willy's Wonderland & in 2022 wrote Firestarter but never directed or written any movies since.

## Return to Violent Impact (2008-present)

In 2008 rumors were beginning to pop up that Violent Impact would be returning & was confirmed to be true in 2009 where they announced the first album since Damned called "Vunda", which released in 2010 & was certified diamond in 2011. In 2013 they announced a 4 concert series with Volbeat & Sleeping with Sirens as the supporting acts called the "Reunion Concert" which took place at Welcome to Rockville 2014, Summerfest 2014, Aftershock 2014 & Louder Than Life 2014 which all did pretty well in ticket sales & merch revenue. In 2016 they released their 6th studio album called "The Morgue" which had a strong Nu metal & Emo metal sounding, the band went on their first tour called the "Morgue Trip Tour" with Ghostemane as the supporting act in 2017 through 2018. In 2019 they released their 7th studio album "Nirvana'd" & went on tour shortly their after with I Prevail as the supporting act. On May 17th 2022 they released "Childhood Trauma".

## Instruments

Epiphone SG Cobalt Fade "J" Bass \*used while with The Reality"

Ibanez Iceman transparent grey Bass \*used while with Lost Hi-Way\*

Fender Dylan Orso Signature Jazzmaster bass \*uses while with Violent Impact\*

## Discography

### With The Reality

*No Bad Days (1984)*

*Sunny Wedding (1986)*

*The Reality (1988)*

### With Lost Hi-Way

*Blood Honeymoon (1990)*

*Royale (1991)*

### With Violent Impact

*Royal Flush (1996)*

*Deadly Call (1998)*

*Nero (2000)*

*Damned (2001)*

*Vunda (2010)*

*The Morgue (2016)*

*Nirvana'd (2019)*

*Childhood Trauma (2022)*

## Personal Life

Dylan Orso currently resides in Tusla, Oklahoma

He is currently married to Nexus & Hardwire bassist Christina England since 2001

They have 5 children named "Levi" (born 2012) "Brianna" (born 2014) "Sawyer" (born 2016), "Krista" (born 2018) & "Mason" (born 2020) & one adopted kid named "Lexi" (born 2016).

Dylan & Christina raises two Arabian horses named "Beau" & "Domino", two tamed & adopted Mustang horses named "Facade" & "Chance", one brindle mastiff named "Ace" & one St Bernard dog named "Steen".

Dylan & Christina also run a Brahman cow farm that does not slaughter.