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. Doss was married to freelance photographer Amy Hairston Doss, whom he met while both were attending Louisiana Tech University.

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

Doss, Hart and Mangum soon formed what was later to become the Olivia Tremor Control.

Performing discography

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 (Unreleased)

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

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

Albums

  • Smoke Machine (1994)

The Apples in Stereo

Albums

  • New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
  • Travellers in Space and Time (2010)

Red & Zeke

Albums

Old Man From Indy Rock Mountain (2010)

References

  • The Sunshine Fix at Elephant6.com