Tony Choy is an American electric bassist. He was a session musician for some well-known technical death metal

Technical death metal

Technical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...

 bands such as Atheist

Atheist (band)

Atheist is a technical death metal band from Florida, founded in 1984, whose music combines metal riffs with subtle Latin music arrangements and jazz fusion.- History :...

, Cynic

Cynic (band)

Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

 and the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 band Pestilence

Pestilence (band)

Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008...

. He is one of the few bass players in metal that used extensively the Slap & Pop

Slapping

In music, the term slapping is often used to refer to two different playing techniques used on the double bass and on the bass guitar.-Double bass:...

 playing technique, along with two-handed tapping.

Nowadays he sings and plays bass in a Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group named Area 305.

In 2004 Tony Choy was nominated for a Latin Grammy award. He also has reached top 5 on the Billboard charts several times with several acts and himself as a solo artist. Tony Choy still resides in Miami, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, where he has a very successful production company by the name of Achoymusic and is also launching his first publishing company by the name of Achoymusic Publishing, licensed by B.M.I. Choy has an endorsement with Californian Zon Guitars

Zon Guitars

Zon Guitars is a manufacturer of bass guitars founded in 1981 by Joseph Zon.-Background:The company is known for its bass guitar models which feature non-traditional designs and materials. The brand is most closely associated with endorser and player Michael Manring, who collaborated with the...

 http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/tchoy_bio.html. And now he has joined the Ibanez family with his new endorsement to the company.

Discography

• Cynic - "Demo 1990" (1990)
• Cynic - "Roadrunner demo" (1991)
• Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
  Unquestionable Presence
  Unquestionable Presence is the second album by the death metal band Atheist. It was released in 1991 and added a new sound by using jazz-like harmonies, subtle latin rhythms and unusual time signatures.-Album information:...
  
   (1991)
• Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients
  Testimony of the Ancients
  Testimony of the Ancients is the third album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence. After each song on the album, there is an outro track. The eight outros range from twenty five seconds to a minute and eleven seconds in length....
  
   (1991)
• Atheist – Elements (1993)
• Juan Gabriel – "Por Los Siglos" (2001)
• Area 305 – "Area 305" (2002)
• Area 305 – "Hay Que Cambiar" (2004)
• C-187 – "Collision" (2007)
• Pestilence - Resurrection Macabre
  Resurrection Macabre
  -Personnel:*Patrick Mameli – lead guitars, vocals*Tony Choy – bass*Peter Wildoer – drums*Patrick Uterwijk – lead guitars...
  
  (2009)
• Atheist - "Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken" (2009)
• Area 305 – "Versión 2.0" (2010)