Jack Owen

Jack Owen
Owen in 2009
Background information
Also known as	Oystercatchers Jacko
Born	(1967-12-06) December 6, 1967 (age 56) Akron, New York, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal thrash metal death metal symphonic black metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Century Media
Member of	Six Feet Under
Formerly of	Cannibal Corpse Deicide Order of Ennead

Jack Owen (born December 6, 1967) is an American guitarist and a member of the death metal band Six Feet Under.^[1][2] He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He also had a stint with Deicide—another influential and long-running Florida death metal band—with whom he recorded four albums..^[3][4] In 2007, Owen played shows with Adrift before joining Order of Ennead at times when their guitarist, John Li, was unavailable.^[5]

Owen recalls a cassette dub of Kiss' album Alive is what initially got him into heavy metal music and playing guitar. He experimented on his father's acoustic guitar before ultimately purchasing his own.^[6]

Owen was originally in a band called Beyond Death with Alex Webster before forming Cannibal Corpse. They started off playing Metallica and Beastie Boys covers.^[7]

He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004 when he left because he wanted to move on, as stated in the Centuries of Torment DVD.

Owen joined Deicide in 2004. His first release with the band was 2006's The Stench of Redemption. Owen left Deicide in 2016. He claims it stemmed from a dispute over writing credit with drummer Steve Asheim. Owen claims to have "walked out and ghosted them".^[8]

Following his departure from Deicide, he joined Six Feet Under, a band formed by then Cannibal Corpse bandmate Chris Barnes in 1993. Owens addition was announced in February 2017.^[9]

• Eaten Back to Life (1990)
• Butchered at Birth (1991)
• Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
• Hammer Smashed Face (1993)
• The Bleeding (1994)
• Vile (1996)
• Gallery of Suicide (1998)
• Bloodthirst (1999)
• Live Cannibalism (2000)
• Gore Obsessed (2002)
• Worm Infested (2003)
• The Wretched Spawn (2004)

• The Stench of Redemption (2006)
• Till Death Do Us Part (2008)
• To Hell with God (2011)
• In the Minds of Evil (2013)

• Nightmares of the Decomposed (2020)
• Killing for Revenge (2024)

• Absolution (2007)

• Played bass live in 2007 on European tour.

• Fade Away 2009

• Grave Descent MCD 2011

• Sessions, "The Pact" 2013 Full Length Release

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