Gone Is Gone
American rock band
Gone Is Gone is an American experimental rock supergroup formed in 2016. It consists of Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age, Tony Hajjar of At the Drive-In and Sparta, as well as Mike Zarin, a multi-instrumentalist and founder of Sencit Music who appeared with Van Leeuwen on Sweethead's Descent to the Surface. The band has released one EP and two studio albums to date.
Band members
Troy Sanders – lead vocals, bass guitar
Troy Van Leeuwen – guitar
Tony Hajjar – drums
Mike Zarin – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Discography
Gone Is Gone (EP, 2016)
Echolocation (2017)
If Everything Happens for a Reason...
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