Liam Wilson

Liam Wilson (born on December 22, 1979) has been the bass player for the band The Dillinger Escape Plan since the autumn of 2000 and is a former bass player of the bands Starkweather and For Life.

A vegan who is concerned about environmental causes, Liam wore a shirt with the homemade message "Stop MTM/VF" on The Dillinger Escape Plan's February 2, 2008 appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Liam has been a big advocate for veganism and has appeared in several pro-vegan advertisements for PETA, although in the later years he is more flexible about those beliefs because of his Bikram yoga practices and travels.

Liam was featured on the cover of Bass Player Magazine's September 2013 issue and has also written several columns for Bass Player magazine in which he extols the virtues of Bikram Yoga in relation to his bass playing.

Liam also performed with the band Frodus (aptly labeled 'Frodus Escape Plan') for a few reunion shows March 2009 as a statement in response to the bank-bailouts and the uncovering of corporate corruption in the financial sector.

Basses: Zon Sonus Special 4-string G&L L-2000 (fretted and fretless) and ASAT; Spector 4-string (studio); custom First Act

Rig: Ampeg SVT-VR head, Ampeg 8x10 cab

Effects: Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI or RBI, Aguilar Tone Hammer, Hardwire Polyphonic Tuner. Other effects in his aresenal include Dark Glass B7K and B3K; Hardwire DL-8, Bass Synth and Tube Overdrive; Fuzzrocious Custom Pedal; Dwarf Craft Robot Devil; Sound Audio Soundblox Pro Distortion and Programmable EQ; Trex Octamizer; Taurus Qube Amp, T-Di and Abigar.

Other: Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky strings (.045.105); Dunlop Custom Black Tortex picks (.73mm) with Sri Yantra foil stamp.