ADAM KESSEL

Instrument: Bass/Vocals

Equipment: SWR SM-500 bass head, SWR Megaliath cab, Washburn XB-500 bass

Enrollment: In Syndicate for 5 years, playing bass for 6 years
Favorite Influences: Victor Wooten, Cliff Burton, Stu Hamm, Rex Brown;
bands: Deicide, Pantera, Sepultra, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Slayer,
Soulfly, Black Sabbath, Cannibal Corpse, Metallica (everything before
justice), and any other band that you can mosh to.

Injury Gallery: broken nose, two concussions, one mild concussion, and a
broken ear (yes a broken ear I smashed all the cartilage in my ear)
"I just want to say that I am tired of seeing wana be metal heads on stage
playing our music. "Our" meaning all the real hard core people out there
who know what a mosh pit is and aren't afraid to step in and kick some ass.
For all those who question our music and think metal is dead F*#K OFF!!!!
I will always be the crazy mother f*#ker with the broken nose on stage not
afraid to give my blood and body for the music."