Bill Doss
Bill Doss (September 12, 1968 – July 30, 2012) was an American rock musician. He co-founded The Elephant 6 Recording Company in Athens, Georgia, and was a key member of the Olivia Tremor Control. Following the band's breakup, he led the Sunshine Fix and later became a member of the Apples in Stereo.
Bill Doss

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- Name
- Bill Doss
- Born
- 12 September 1968
- Died
- 30 July 2012
- Place of death
- Dubach, Louisiana, US
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musician · guitarist
- Fields
- indie rock
- Education
- Louisiana Tech University · Ruston High School
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Bill Doss (September 12, 1968 – July 30, 2012) was an American rock musician. He co-founded The Elephant 6 Recording Company in Athens, Georgia, and was a key member of the Olivia Tremor Control. Following the band's breakup, he led the Sunshine Fix and later became a member of the Apples in Stereo.
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Biography
Biography
Doss was married to freelance photographer Amy Hairston Doss, whom he met while both were attending Louisiana Tech University.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bill Doss • Born — 12 September 1968 • Died — 30 July 2012 • Place of death — Dubach, Louisiana, US • Genre — Indie rock • Instrument — * Guitar • cornet • percussion • vocals • Years Active — 1992–2012 • Label — * Cloud • Flydaddy • Elephant 6 • Past Member Of — * The Olivia Tremor Control • The Apples in Stereo • Major Organ and the Adding Machine • The Sunshine Fix
Early career
Early career
Doss was born on September 12, 1968. He was a native of Dubach, Louisiana, where he met Will Cullen Hart, Robert Schneider and Jeff Mangum, his friends at nearby Ruston High School. Before the Olivia Tremor Control Doss had recorded under the name the Sunshine Fix, and self-released A Spiraling World of Pop, which later helped comprise the Olivia Tremor Control songs. Before the Olivia Tremor Control, Doss had spent some time in the army, after which he joined New York-based band Chocolate USA before returning to Athens, Georgia, where he was a resident at the time of his death.
Olivia Tremor Control
Olivia Tremor Control
Doss, Hart and Mangum soon formed what was later to become the Olivia Tremor Control. After Mangum left the band to pursue his own Neutral Milk Hotel, Hart and Doss began to pool their musical influences, Hart being a proponent of experimentalism, Doss of 60's pop such as the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Zombies. After the release of the second the Olivia Tremor Control album, Black Foliage, the band broke up in 2000.
Post-Olivia Tremor Control
Post-Olivia Tremor Control
• Illustration — Doss performing in 2010 Doss went on to restart the Sunshine Fix. That band's first full-length album, Age of the Sun, was released in 2002. In 2004, the Sunshine Fix released its second album Green Imagination (which featured artwork and videos by Kevin Evans). Doss began touring with the Apples in Stereo in early 2006, playing keyboards. He appeared on the Apples' 2007 album New Magnetic Wonder, was listed as a full-fledged band member on the band's 2010 album Travellers in Space and Time, and contributed to the songwriting on both albums. At the time of his death, Doss was producing albums in his own studio in Athens.
Death
Death
Doss died in Athens, Georgia, as a result of an aneurysm on July 31, 2012.
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Olivia Tremor Control
Albums • Music From The Unrealized Film Script "Dusk At Cubist Castle" (1996) • Explanation II: Instrumental Themes and Dream Sequences (1998) • Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume 1 (1999) • Those Sessions (1999) • Singles and Beyond (2000) • The Same Place (2026) EPs / Singles • California Demise (1994) • Split with Apples in Stereo (1994) • The Giant Day (1996) • The Opera House (song)|The Opera House (1997) • The Olivia Tremor Control Vs. Black Swan Network (1997) • Jumping Fences (1998) • Hideway (1998)
The Sunshine Fix
The Sunshine Fix
Albums • A Spiraling World of Pop (Cassette Only) (1993) • Age of the Sun (2002) • Green Imagination (2004) EPs / Singles • Sunshine Fix (7") (1999) • The Future History of a Sunshine Fix (7") (2000) • That Ole' Sun (7") (2001)
Chocolate USA
Chocolate USA
Albums • Smoke Machine (1994)
The Apples in Stereo
The Apples in Stereo
Albums • New Magnetic Wonder (2007) • Travellers in Space and Time (2010)
Red & Zeke
Red & Zeke
Albums Old Man From Indy Rock Mountain (2010)
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Identity
Bill Doss is recorded with the occupation guitarist. Recorded as a citizen of United States. Classed in the genre indie rock.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1968
Bill Doss was born on 12 September 1968.
2012
Bill Doss died on 31 July 2012.
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- 1.Benjamin Ricci. Memorial details for Bill Doss, beloved Elephant 6 co-founder. performermag.com.
- 2.David Bevan. Bill Doss, Dead at Age 43, Olivia Tremor Control Member and Elephant 6 Co-Founder. Spin. July 31, 2012.
- 3.Best Fit News: Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control reported dead, The Line Of Best Fit, July 31, 2012
- 4.Andre Gallant. Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss dead at 43. OnlineAthens. July 31, 2012.
- 5.Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider gave up a flourishing music career to chase his true passion: Math. Atlanta Magazine. February 22, 2018.
- 6.https://redandzeke.bandcamp.com/album/old-man-from-indy-rock-mountain
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