Tommy Vext
American singer
Thomas Cummings (born April 15, 1982), better known under the stage name Tommy Vext, is an American heavy metal singer known as the former lead vocalist of Bad Wolves, Divine Heresy, Snot and Westfield Massacre. He has also released several solo albums. He is currently the lead vocalist of the band With A Vengeance.
Early life
Tommy Vext was born on April 15, 1982, and shortly after birth, he and his twin brother were abandoned at the hospital by their biological mother. Vext and his brother were raised alongside their adoptive sister, by their adoptive parents in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Their mother was a stay-at-home mom, and their father was a Vietnam veteran who worked in school systems.
During his adolescence, Vext began drinking alcohol and using drugs.
Career
Early career
Vext began his music career in Brooklyn, New York as a teenager singing in local hardcore bands and engaging in freestyle rap battles with the neighborhood's preeminent hopefuls. Due to being underage, Vext had to sneak into clubs including for his own shows. In 1996, he formed the band Maniacal Disciple with friends Jim Donovan, Steve Perlmutter, and Mike Kontaras, eventually changing their name to "Vext" (a word he found in Wu-Tang Clan's lyrics), which eventually became his nickname after he started to be known as "Tommy Vext" in the New York hardcore scene.
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