{{Short description|English metal/punk musician}} {{for|similar-named people|Gary Jennings (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Garry Jennings | image = Cathedral band (Garry Jennings).JPG | caption = Jennings in 2009 | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|doom metal|thrash metal|hardcore punk}} | occupation = Musician | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|keyboards|bass}} | years_active = 1985–present | label = {{hlist|Under One Flag|Rise Above|Metal Blade}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|Acid Reign|Cathedral|Septic Tank|Lucifer|{{nowrap|Death Penalty}}}} }}
'''Garry''' "'''Gaz'''" '''Jennings''' is an English musician best known for his work as the guitarist for doom metal band Cathedral.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former CATHEDRAL Guitarist Joins Forces With Ex-SERPENTCULT Singer In DEATH PENALTY |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-cathedral-guitarist-joins-forces-with-ex-serpentcult-singer-in-death-penalty/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=24 October 2013 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chantler |first1=Chris |title=Gaz Jennings' 12 favourite doom demos |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/gaz-jennings-12-favourite-doom-demos |website=Metal Hammer |date=30 July 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> In addition, he has also worked as the guitarist of thrash metal band Acid Reign,<ref>{{cite web |last1=CHALMERS |first1=GRAHAM |title=Harrogate 'black metal band' sign to record label! |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/harrogate-black-metal-band-sign-to-record-label-1-8127540 |accessdate=22 July 2018 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130101/https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/harrogate-black-metal-band-sign-to-record-label-1-8127540 |url-status=dead }}</ref> punk rock band Septic Tank<ref>{{cite web |last1=KENNELTY |first1=GREG |title=SEPTIC TANK (CATHEDRAL, REPULSION) Channels Filthy 80s Punk On "Treasurers Of Disease" |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/septic-tank-cathedral-repulsion-channels-filthy-80s-punk-on-treasurers-of-disease |website=Metal Injection |date=27 March 2018 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> and heavy metal bands Lucifer and Death Penalty.<ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |last1=Treppel |first1=Jeff |title=MOURNING OF A NEW SAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH GAZ JENNINGS |url=http://bravewords.com/news/lucifer-featuring-former-cathedral-guitarist-garry-jennings-premier-izrael-music-video |website=Decibel |date=19 May 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chantler |first1=Chris |title=Lucifer – Lucifer II album review |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/lucifer-lucifer-ii-album-review |website=Metal Hammer |date=4 July 2018 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LUCIFER FEATURING FORMER CATHEDRAL GUITARIST GARRY JENNINGS PREMIER "IZRAEL" MUSIC VIDEO |date=19 May 2015 |url=http://bravewords.com/news/lucifer-featuring-former-cathedral-guitarist-garry-jennings-premier-izrael-music-video |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Vice">{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=J |title=With Riffs Like These, of Course We're Totally Pro-Death Penalty |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/for-the-record-were-totally-pro-death-penalty/ |website=Vice Media |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Jennings formed Acid Reign in 1985, along with Howard "H" Smith, Kevin "Kev" Papworth, Ian Gangwer and Mark Ramsey Wharton,<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Acid Reign Biography by AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/acid-reign-mn0000933090/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> while attending Harrogate High School (then-called "Granby").<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chalmers |first1=Graham |title=Will legendary Harrogate metal band Acid Reign play home town? |date=3 January 2017 |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/will-legendary-harrogate-metal-band-acid-reign-play-home-town-1-8315433 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> After recording their debut EP, Jennings departed from the band in 1988, being replaced by Adam Lehan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aleks |first1=Comrade |title=part 1 of a retrospective look at Cathedral's iconic career |url=http://www.doom-metal.com/interviews.php?entry=1435 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> Then in 1989, Jennings was contacted by ex-Napalm Death vocalist Lee Dorian with the proposition of forming a band together, which would end up becoming Cathedral, and would also include then-Acid Reign guitarist Adam Lehan.<ref name="AllMusic" /> In 1994, Jennings would briefly form a band called Septic Tank with Lee Dorrian, Repulsion vocalist and bassist Scott Carlson and Trouble drummer Barry Stern.<ref name="Septic Tank">{{cite web |title=SEPTIC TANK Feat. REPULSION, Ex-CATHEDRAL Members: 'Rotting Civilisation' Album Details Revealed |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/septic-tank-feat-repulsion-ex-cathedral-members-rotting-civilisation-album-details-revealed/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=21 February 2018 |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref> Cathedral would announce their breakup shortly after the release of their 2013 album ''The Last Spire'',<ref name="Quietus GG interview">{{cite web|last=Cook|first=Toby|title=We're Really Not That Positive: Cathedral Interviewed|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04005-lee-dorrian-napalm-death-cathedral-interview-the-guessing-game|work=The Quietus|date=31 March 2010 |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref> leading to Jennings reforming Septic Tank, this time with Jaime "Gomez" Arellano, due to Barry Stern's death in 2005.<ref name="Septic Tank" /> In 2014, Jennings released the self-titled album for a band he formed in 2010 called "Death Penalty".<ref name="Vice" /> Jennings would also form a band called Lucifer with Andy Prestidge of Angel Witch and Johanna Sadonis, formerly of the Oath; however, Jennings would later depart from the band, being replaced by ex-Entombed drummer Nicke Andersson.<ref>{{cite web |title=LUCIFER Joined By ENTOMBED's NICKE ANDERSSON |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lucifer-joined-by-entombed-nicke-andersson/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=8 March 2017 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LUCIFER Feat. ENTOMBED, Ex-THE OATH Members: 'California Son' Video |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lucifer-feat-entombed-ex-the-oath-members-california-son-video/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=4 May 2018 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref>
==Discography== ===With Acid Reign=== *''Moshkinstein'' (1988)
===With Cathedral=== ;Studio albums *''Forest of Equilibrium'' (1991) *''The Ethereal Mirror'' (1993) *''The Carnival Bizarre'' (1995) *''Supernatural Birth Machine'' (1996) *''Caravan Beyond Redemption'' (1998) *''Endtyme'' (2001) *''The VIIth Coming'' (2002) *''The Garden of Unearthly Delights'' (2005) *''The Guessing Game'' (2010) *''The Last Spire'' (2013)
;EPs *''In Memorium'' (1990) *''Statik Majik'' (1994) *''Cosmic Requiem'' (1994)
===With Septic Tank=== ;Studio albums *''Rotting Civilisation'' (2018)
;EPs *''Septic Tank'' (2013)
===With Death Penalty=== *''Death Penalty'' (2014)
===With Lucifer=== *''Lucifer I'' (2015)
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