{{short description|American musician (1968–2012)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Bill Doss FYF 2010 (cropped).jpg | name = Bill Doss | caption = Doss in 2010 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1968|09|12}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|07|30|1968|09|12}} | death_place = [[Dubach]], [[Louisiana]], US | genre = [[Indie rock]] | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|[[cornet]]|percussion|vocals}} | years_active = 1992–2012 | label = {{hlist|[[Cloud Recordings|Cloud]]|Flydaddy|[[Elephant 6]]}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Olivia Tremor Control]]|[[The Apples in Stereo]]|[[Major Organ and the Adding Machine]]|[[The Sunshine Fix]]}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://performermag.com/2012/08/01/memorial-details-for-bill-doss-beloved-elephant-6-co-founder |title=Memorial details for Bill Doss, beloved Elephant 6 co-founder |author=Benjamin Ricci |publisher=performermag.com |access-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805233915/http://performermag.com/2012/08/01/memorial-details-for-bill-doss-beloved-elephant-6-co-founder/ |archive-date=August 5, 2012 }}</ref> 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]].<ref name=bevan>{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2012/07/bill-doss-dead-age-40-olivia-tremor-control-member-and-elephant-6-co-founder/ |title=Bill Doss, Dead at Age 43, Olivia Tremor Control Member and Elephant 6 Co-Founder |work=Spin |author=David Bevan |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=July 31, 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name=bevan /> 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.<ref name=bevan />
== Post-Olivia Tremor Control == [[File:Bill Doss 2010.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|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 == Doss died in Athens, Georgia, as a result of an [[aneurysm]] on July 31, 2012.<ref name="thelineofbestfit.com">[http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/bill-doss-of-the-olivia-tremor-control-reported-dead-101894 Best Fit News: ''Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control reported dead''], The Line Of Best Fit, July 31, 2012</ref><ref name=OnlineAthens>{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-07-31/olivia-tremor-controls-bill-doss-dead-43 |title=Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss dead at 43 |work=OnlineAthens |author=Andre Gallant |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/apples-stereos-robert-schneider-gave-flourishing-music-career-chase-true-passion-math/|title=Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider gave up a flourishing music career to chase his true passion: Math|date=February 22, 2018|work=Atlanta Magazine|access-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref>
== 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)<ref>https://redandzeke.bandcamp.com/album/old-man-from-indy-rock-mountain</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{commons category-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060220141859/http://www.elephant6.com/bands/fix.html The Sunshine Fix at Elephant6.com]
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