{{short description|American bassist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jeff Caxide | image = Jeff Caxide, B&W, Bass — Isis @ Wagenhallen, Stuttgart, 2009-07-09.jpg | caption = Caxide playing live with Isis in Stuttgart in 2009 | birth_name = | birth_place = Connecticut, United States<ref name="The Cyclist">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bennett|title=Five Alive|journal=Decibel | date=June 2009 | issue = 56 | pages = 68–73 }}</ref> | origin = | instrument = Bass, guitar | genre = Extreme metal, experimental, post-rock, hardcore punk | years_active = 1994–present | label = Hydra Head, Ipecac | associated_acts = Isis, Red Sparowes, Cable, Spylacopa, House of Low Culture, Crone, 454 Big Block, Palms | website = }}

'''Jeff Caxide''' is an American bassist, best known for his time with post-metal band Isis, of which he was a founding member and present until its dissolution in 2010. He was also a founding member of Red Sparowes,<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p529093|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jeff Caxide|work=allmusic | publisher=Rovi Corporation | access-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> but left after the release of their first full-length.<ref name=PopMatters>{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Jennifer|title=Take Flight: An Interview with Red Sparowes|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/take-flight-an-interview-with-red-sparowes/|publisher=PopMatters | access-date=July 5, 2011|date=January 31, 2007}}</ref> He also contributed to side-project Spylacopa.<ref name="roadrunnerrecords">{{cite web|title=SPYLACOPA Featuring THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CANDIRIA, ISIS Members: Debut EP Due In November|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103471|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909152532/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103471|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2012|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|access-date=June 30, 2011|date=August 25, 2008}}</ref> Prior to his time in Isis, he was a touring member of the Boston metalcore band 454 Big Block.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} He also helped found Connecticut-based metalcore band Cable, for whom he played bass. His stay with the band as a musician was brief, but he did return in order to produce 1999's ''Gutter Queen''.<ref name=stoner>{{cite web|url=http://www.stonerrock.com/features/index.asp?FeatureID=148|title=Cable retrospective | publisher= StonerRock.com | date=January 7, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100102133753/http://stonerrock.com/features/index.asp?FeatureID=148 | archive-date = January 2, 2010}}</ref>

After Isis' dissolution, Caxide went on to create ''Endless Midnight'', an ambient solo album, under the moniker Crone. Mixed by former Isis bandmate Aaron Harris, it was released in 2011 by Waylon Recordings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Caxide is Crone|url=https://waylonrecordings.blogspot.com/2011/02/jeff-caxide-is-crone.html|publisher=Waylon Recordings|access-date=June 5, 2011|date=February 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="17 May">{{cite web|last=Harris |first=Aaron |title=News: 5.17.11 |url=http://www.aaronharris-audio.com/662301/NEWS |access-date=June 5, 2011 |date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525045412/http://www.aaronharris-audio.com/662301/NEWS |archive-date=May 25, 2011 }}</ref> ''Brooklyn Vegan'' made a track, "The Silver Hammer", available for streaming on June 28, 2011 and Noisecreep premiered "What You Dream Of" on July 18.<ref name="Brooklyn Vegan">{{cite web|title=Jeff Caxide of Isis is Crone, releasing LP (song premiere)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/06/jeff_caxide_of.html|work=Brooklyn Vegan|access-date=July 5, 2011|date=June 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sciaretto|first=Amy|title=Isis' Jeff Caxide Returns With Crone and 'What You Dream Of' – Song Premiere|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/07/18/crone-what-you-dream-of-song/|work=Noisecreep | publisher=AOL | access-date=July 19, 2011|date=July 18, 2011}}</ref>

In April 2012 it was announced that Caxide had joined Chino Moreno of Deftones, along with former bandmates Aaron Harris and Clifford Meyer, in a band by the name of Palms. Their self-titled debut album was released in June 2013.<ref name="Palms press release">{{cite press release |url=http://ymlp.com/zDZaEm |title=Musicians from Isis and Deftones form new band: Palms |publisher=Speakeasy PR & Marketing |date=April 4, 2012 |access-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507003615/http://ymlp.com/zDZaEm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He lists Pink Floyd, Swans, The Cure and Mogwai as influences.<ref name="Global Domination interview">{{cite web|title=Interviews – Isis: Jeff Caxide |url=http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/isis-jeff-caxide |publisher=Global Domination |access-date=July 5, 2011 |date=November 25, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822084538/http://www.globaldomination.se/interviews/isis-jeff-caxide |archive-date=August 22, 2010 }}</ref>

He plays Music Man Stingray{{Citation needed|date = December 2009}} and Sage basses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sageguitars.com/builders.html|title=Builders|publisher=Sage Guitars|access-date=July 11, 2008}}</ref> His effects include: BOSS TU-2, BOSS DD-5, BOSS RV-3, BOSS PS-3, BOSS BF-3, BOSS GEB-7, Fulltone Bass-Drive.{{Citation needed|date = December 2009}}

==Discography==

=== With Isis ===

{{Main|Isis discography}} * ''Mosquito Control'' (1998) * ''Red Sea'' (1999) * ''Sawblade'' (1999) * ''Isis / Pig Destroyer'' (2000) (Split with Pig Destroyer) * ''Celestial'' (2000) * ''SGNL>05'' (2001) * ''Oceanic'' (2002) * ''Panopticon'' (2004) * ''Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations'' (2004) * ''In the Fishtank 14'' (2006) (with Aereogramme) * ''In the Absence of Truth'' (2006) * ''Wavering Radiant'' (2009)

===With Red Sparowes===

* ''At the Soundless Dawn'' (2005)

=== With House of Low Culture ===

* ''Edward's Lament'' (2003)<ref name="Neurot HOLC">{{cite web|title=House of Low Culture Artist Page|publisher=Neurot Recordings | access-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614025329/http://www.neurotrecordings.com/artists/holc/index.aspx|archive-date=June 14, 2009|url=http://www.neurotrecordings.com/artists/holc/index.aspx}}</ref>

===With Spylacopa===

* ''Spylacopa'' [EP] (2008)<ref name="roadrunnerrecords" />

===As Crone===

* ''Endless Midnight'' (2011) * ''Call A Priest/Ice On Wings'' (2012) Split 7" with Empty Flowers. Crone Remix of Ice On Wings<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emptyflowerssix.bandcamp.com/album/call-a-priest-ice-on-wings-crone-remix|website=emptyflowerssix.bandcamp.com|title=CALL a PRIEST / ICE ON WINGS - Crone Remix, by EMPTY FLOWERS}}</ref>

=== With Palms ===

* ''Palms'' (2013)

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629045352/http://www.southern.net/southern/news/?id=27 Interview with Isis] at Southern Records * [http://www.bassplayer.com/article/isis/jan-07/25350 Isis feature at Bass Player]

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