{{Short description|American guitarist (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Greg Tribbett | image = Hellyeah-6.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = Tribbett performing in 2013 | alias = Gurgg, Güüg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|7}} | birth_place = Peoria, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative metal * nu metal * groove metal }} | years_active = 1996–present | current_member_of = Mudvayne | past_member_of = {{flatlist| * Audiotopsy * Hellyeah }} | website = }}
'''Gregory Arnold Tribbett Jr.''' (born November 7, 1968) is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and one of the founding members of metal band Mudvayne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mudvayne-members-launch-audiotopsy/ |title=Mudvayne Members Launch Audiotopsy |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=March 26, 2015 |access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref> He is also the former lead guitarist and backing vocalist of metal bands Audiotopsy and Hellyeah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/hellyeah-parts-ways-with-guitarist-bassist-announces-blood-for-blood-album-details/ |title=Hellyeah Parts Ways With Guitarist, Bassist; Announces 'Blood For Blood' Album Details |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 13, 2014 |access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="hellyeah">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p887712/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography-Hellyeah|last=Monge|first=James Christopher|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 11, 2010}}</ref> He has been with Mudvayne since their inception in 1996 until 2010, and again from 2021 to now.<ref name="mudvayne">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p441360/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography-Mudvayne|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 11, 2010}}</ref> He has named Randy Rhoads as the guitarist who most influenced him.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guitar World Presents Nu-Metal|editor=Kitts, Jeff |editor2=Tolinski, Brad|publisher=Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation|year=2002|page=[https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt/page/61 61]|isbn=978-0-634-03287-5|url=https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt|url-access=registration|quote=tribbet.|access-date=February 11, 2010}}</ref> Greg has three brothers; Derrick "Tripp" Tribbett, who played bass for Dope and sang for Makeshift Romeo and Twisted Method,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmademe.com/artist/connections/5877 |title=The Music Made Me Do It : Makeshift Romeo : Connections |publisher=Musicmademe.com |access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref> The Late Dustin "Diggz" Tribbett, once the bass player for Element and Dead End Asylum, now an independent musician and writer, and Matt Tribbett, who was a drum technician for American metal band Slipknot.
== Career == === Mudvayne === Tribbett founded Mudvayne in 1996 in Peoria, Illinois. The lineup originally consisted of bassist Shawn Barclay, drummer Matthew McDonough, and Tribbett himself playing lead guitar.<ref name=sprung>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-mudvayne-bassist-resurfaces-in-sprung-project/|title=Former MUDVAYNE Bassist Resurfaces In SPRUNG Project|date=August 11, 2005|publisher=blabbermouth.net}}</ref><ref name="Sharpe-Young">{{cite book |last1=Sharpe-Young |first1=Garry |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |year=2005 |publisher=Zonda Books Limited |isbn=0-9582684-0-1 |page=213 |chapter=Mudvayne }}</ref> The band's original lineup finalized when Chad Gray, who was earning $40,000 a year in a factory, quit his day job to become its lead singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86267|title=CHAD GRAY On Switching Back And Forth Between MUDVAYNE And HELLYEAH|date=December 6, 2007|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> Tribbett appeared on every one of the band's releases until they entered an indefinite hiatus in 2010, and he has been involved with Mudvayne's reunion since 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/its-official-mudvayne-to-reunite-for-first-live-performances-in-12-years/|title=It's Official: MUDVAYNE To Reunite For First Live Performances In 12 Years|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=April 19, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=41996|title=Hellyeah – Drummer Confirms Band Hiatus|publisher=Metal Storm|date=May 16, 2021|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>
In September 2025, Tribbett's wife died after a yearlong battle with cancer. This caused him to sit out the band's tour that fall, celebrating the 25th anniversary of L.D.50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/mudvaynes-greg-tribbett-sitting-out-l-d-50-anniversary-tour-following-his-wifes-death|title=MUDVAYNE's GREG TRIBBETT Sitting Out L.D. 50 Anniversary Tour Following His Wife's Death |publisher=Metal Injection|date=September 12, 2025|access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref>
=== Hellyeah === In 2006, Tribbett joined Mudvayne's lead vocalist Chad Gray, rhythm guitarist Tom Maxwell and bassist Jerry Montano of Nothingface in forming the heavy metal/groove metal supergroup Hellyeah. He departed the band in 2014 to pursue other musical endeavors.
=== Audiotopsy === In 2015, Tribbett formed the band Audiotopsy with former Skrape lead vocalist Billy Keeton, bassist Perry Stern, and former Mudvayne drummer Matthew McDonough. They released their debut studio album ''Natural Causes'' on October 2, 2015. Their second album, ''The Real Now'' was released on November 2, 2018. In 2021, Greg and Matthew left Audiotopsy due to the reformation of Mudvayne.
== Equipment == Tribbett has been known to play a wide range of guitars, including a flying-V style by Legator. Legator produced a series of Tribbett signature models in that style..<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legatorguitars.com/greg |title=Greg Tribbett – Mudvayne |publisher=Legatorguitars.com |access-date=June 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512004645/http://legatorguitars.com/greg |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022, Tribbett endorsed Dean Guitars. In 2024, Dean produced a signature model, the Vengeance line, available in black or red satin finishes. Both feature the pentagram-inspired Mudvayne emblem on the lower horn and are equipped with EMG 81 and 85 pickups.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deanguitars.com/artists-greg-tribbett/ |title=Greg Tribbett Gets His Wings |publisher=deanguitars.com |access-date=February 15, 2024 }}</ref>
== Discography == === Mudvayne === {{Main|Mudvayne discography}}
'''Studio albums''' * ''L.D. 50'' (2000) * ''The End of All Things to Come'' (2002) * ''Lost and Found'' (2005) * ''The New Game'' (2008) * ''Mudvayne'' (2009)
'''Compilation Albums''' * ''By the People, for the People'' (2007) * ''Playlist: The Very Best of Mudvayne'' (2011)
'''EPs''' * ''Kill, I Oughtta'' (1997) * ''The Beginning of All Things to End'' (2001) * ''Live Bootleg'' (2003)
=== Hellyeah === {{Main|Hellyeah discography}}
;Studio albums * ''Hellyeah'' (2007) * ''Stampede'' (2010) * ''Band of Brothers'' (2012)
=== Audiotopsy === ;Studio albums * ''Natural Causes'' (2015) * ''The Real Now'' (2018)
== References == {{Reflist}}
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