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==Members== === Current members === {| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%" ! width="75" |Image ! width="150" |Name ! width="160" |Years active ! width="170" |Instruments !Release contributions |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Tommy_Victor_mit_PRONG_(cropped).jpg|bSize=250|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=45|oLeft=55}} |[[Tommy Victor]] |1986βpresent |{{Hlist|guitars|lead vocals}} |[[Prong discography|all releases]] |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Prong_-_Reload_Festival_2018_03.jpg|bSize=600|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=50|oLeft=315}} |Jason Christopher |{{Hlist|2012β2016|2017βpresent}} |{{Hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |{{flatlist| * ''Unleashed in the West: Live in Berlin'' (2014) * ''[[Songs from the Black Hole (Prong album)|Songs from the Black Hole]]'' (2015) * ''[[X β No Absolutes]]'' (2016) * ''Age of Defiance'' (2019) * ''State of Emergency'' (2023)}} |- | |Tyler Bogliole |{{Hlist|2023βpresent}} |{{Hlist|drums}} | none |} === Former members === {| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%" ! width="75" |Image ! width="150" |Name ! width="160" |Years active ! width="170" |Instruments !Release contributions |- | |[[Ted Parsons]] |1986β1996 |{{Hlist|drums|backing vocals}} |all releases from ''[[Primitive Origins]]'' (1987) to ''[[Rude Awakening (Prong album)|Rude Awakening]] (1996) |- | |Mike Kirkland |1986β1991 | rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |all releases from ''Primitive Origins'' (1987) to ''Live at CBGB's'' (1990) |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Troy_Gregory_Artist.jpg|bSize=135|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=50|oLeft=20}} |[[Troy Gregory]] |1991β1993 |{{flatlist| * ''[[Prove You Wrong]]'' (1991) * ''[[Whose Fist Is This Anyway?]]'' (1992)}} |- | |[[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]] |1993β1996 {{Small|(died 2007)}} |bass |{{flatlist| * ''Snap Your Fingers, Break Your Back'' (1993) * ''[[Cleansing (album)|Cleansing]]'' (1994) * ''Rude Awakening'' (1996)}} |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=John Bechdel.jpg|bSize=200|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=25|oLeft=75}} |John Bechdel |1993β1995 {{Small|(session 1992)}} | rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|keyboards|programming}} |{{flatlist| * ''Whose Fist Is This Anyway?'' (1992) * ''Snap Your Fingers, Break Your Back'' (1993) * ''Cleansing'' (1994)}} |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Charlie Clouser by Gage Skidmore.jpg|bSize=130|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=25|oLeft=27}} |[[Charlie Clouser]] |1995β1996 |''Rude Awakening'' (1996) |- | |[[Mike Riggs]] |1996β1997 |guitars | rowspan="4" |none |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Ozzy en Chile 2011 (4).jpg|bSize=700|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=145|oLeft=264}} |[[Rob Nicholson (musician)|Rob "Blasko" Nicholson]] |1996 | rowspan="2" |bass |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Patrick and Cavanagh.jpg|bSize=725|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=115|oLeft=380}} |Frank Cavanagh | rowspan="2" |1997 |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=John Tempesta 2021 (cropped).png|bSize=135|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=16|oLeft=30}} |[[John Tempesta]] | rowspan="2" |drums |- | |Dan Laudo |2002β2005 |{{flatlist| * ''[[100% Live]]'' (2002) * ''[[Scorpio Rising (Prong album)|Scorpio Rising]]'' (2003) * ''The Vault'' (2005)}} |- | |[[Dirty Looks (Pennsylvania band)|Brian Perry]] |2002β2003 |bass |{{flatlist| * ''100% Live'' (2002) * ''The Vault'' (2005)}} |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Monte_Pittman_2018.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=25|oLeft=15}} |[[Monte Pittman]] |2002β2009 |{{Hlist|guitars {{small|(2002β2006)}}|bass {{small|(2006β2009)}}|backing vocals}} |all releases from ''100% Live'' (2002) to ''[[Power of the Damn Mixxxer]]'' (2009) |- | |[[Mest|Mike Longworth]] |{{Hlist|2003β2006 {{small|(touring only)}}|2016β2017}} |{{Hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |''[[Zero Days (album)|Zero Days]]'' (2017) |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=ARossi.jpg|bSize=200|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=45|oLeft=0}} |[[Aaron Rossi]] |{{Hlist|2005β2009|2018β2021}} {{Small|(died 2025)}} |drums |{{flatlist| * ''[[Power of the Damager]]'' (2007) * ''Power of the Damn Mixxxer'' (2009)}} |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Soulfly,_Tony_Campos,_2012.jpg|bSize=275|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=50|oLeft=35}} |[[Tony Campos]] |2009β2012 |{{Hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |''[[Carved into Stone]]'' (2012) |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=3IoB_drummer.jpg|bSize=210|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=10|oLeft=72}} |[[Alexei Rodriguez]] |2009β2013 |{{Hlist|drums|backing vocals}} |{{flatlist| * ''Carved into Stone'' (2012) * ''Unleashed in the West: Live in Berlin'' (2014)}} |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Prong_Eier_mit_Speck_01.jpg|bSize=500|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=170|oLeft=275}} |[[Art Cruz]] |2014β2018 | rowspan="2" |drums |{{flatlist| * ''Songs from the Black Hole'' (2015) * ''X β No Absolutes'' (2016) * ''Zero Days'' (2017) * ''Age of Defiance'' (2019)}} |- | |Griffin McCarthy |2022β2023 |''State of Emergency'' (2023) |} === Live musicians === {| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%" ! width="75" |Image ! width="150" |Name ! width="160" |Years active ! width="170" |Instruments !Notes |- | |[[Joseph Bishara]] |1994 |keyboards |Bishara briefly toured with the band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-25 |title=Going Into the Further With Joseph Bishara |url=http://magazine.scoreit.org/going-joseph-bishara/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Score It Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | |Vince Dennis |1996 | rowspan="3" |bass |Dennis covered for Paul Raven when the bassist injured himself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prong {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/prong |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.encyclopedia.com |quote=During the tour, bassist Paul Raven was injured and could not continue to perform with the band in 1996. He was temporarily replaced by World of Pain bass player Vince Dennis until he could return.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Cornell's Guitar Tech Remembers Musician's Final Show: 'You Could Tell Something Was Up' |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/chris_cornells_guitar_tech_remembers_musicians_final_show_you_could_tell_something_was_up.html |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Crowbar @ Mod, 05.jpg|bSize=700|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=45|oLeft=390}} |Matthew Brunson | rowspan="2" |2012 | rowspan="2" |Brunson and Pybus covered for Tony Campos who was touring with [[Soulfly]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2012-05-16 |title=CRADLE OF FILTH Bassist Joins PRONG On Stage In U.K.; Video Available |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cradle-of-filth-bassist-joins-prong-on-stage-in-u-k-video-available/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Cradle of Filth 05 - 3491653704.jpg|bSize=475|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=129|oLeft=168}} |[[Dave Pybus]] |- | |Fred Ziomek |2019β2020 |{{Hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |Ziomek toured with the band in 2019 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FERREIRA |first=EMANUEL |date=October 26, 2019 |title=PRONG: "End Of Sanity" [estreia] β’ LOUD! |url=https://www.loudmagazine.net/prong-end-of-sanity-estreia/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ziomek |first=Fred |date=7 March 2020 |title=Some more shots from tour with @prongtheband |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0koTFL4cFafg9KDreUVNV7u43rMd5GMNLiQutko2Li8TtQiYwoL8DZk9yPp7UvQbSl&id=342373286376652&locale=hi_IN |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> |- |{{CSS image crop|Image=Overkill Party.San Metal Open Air 2017 13.jpg|bSize=325|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=105|oLeft=118}} |[[Jason Bittner]] |2023 {{Small|(European tour)}} | rowspan="2" |drums |Bittner covered for Griffin McCarthy who had other commitments in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2022-12-12 |title=PRONG Taps OVERKILL Drummer JASON BITTNER For European Tour |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/prong-taps-overkill-drummer-jason-bittner-for-european-tour |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> |- |} === Timeline === {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:110 bottom:80 top:5 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1986 till:{{#time:m/d/Y}} TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = increment:4 start:1986 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1986 Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Backing value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:Keys value:purple legend:Keyboards id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_album id:Lines2 value:gray(0.7) legend:Live_album id:bars value:gray(0.95) BackgroundColors = bars:bars LineData = layer:back color:Lines2 at:10/29/2002 at:03/14/2014 color:Lines at:01/01/1989 at:03/12/1990 at:09/24/1991 at:01/01/1994 at:05/14/1996 at:11/04/2003 at:10/02/2007 at:04/24/2012 at:05/24/2014 at:03/31/2015 at:01/29/2016 at:07/28/2017 at:10/06/2023 BarData = bar:Victor text:"Tommy Victor" bar:Riggs text:"Mike Riggs" bar:Pittman text:"Monte Pittman" bar:Kirkland text:"Mike Kirkland" bar:Gregory text:"Troy Gregory" bar:Raven text:"Paul Raven" bar:Blasko text:"Rob Blasko" bar:Cavanagh text:"Frank Cavanagh" bar:Perry text:"Brian Perry" bar:Longworth text:"Mike Longworth" bar:Campos text:"Tony Campos" bar:Christopher text:"Jason Christopher" bar:Parsons text:"Ted Parsons" bar:Tempesta text:"John Tempesta" bar:Laudo text:"Dan Laudo" bar:Rossi text:"Aaron Rossi" bar:Rodriguez text:"Alexei Rodriguez" bar:Cruz text:"Art Cruz" bar:McCarthy text:"Griffin McCarthy" bar:Bogliole text:"Tyler Bogliole" bar:Bechdel text:"John Bechdel" bar:Clouser text:"Charlie Clouser" PlotData= width:11 color:Vocals bar:Victor from:start till:12/01/1997 bar:Victor from:01/01/2002 till:end color:Guitar bar:Victor from:start till:12/01/1997 width:3 bar:Victor from:01/01/2002 till:end width:3 bar:Riggs from:01/01/1997 till:12/01/1997 bar:Pittman from:01/01/2002 till:11/01/2002 bar:Pittman from:01/01/2002 till:10/06/2006 color:bass bar:Kirkland from:start till:12/31/1990 bar:Gregory from:01/01/1991 till:01/01/1993 bar:Raven from:01/01/1993 till:10/01/1996 bar:Blasko from:10/06/1996 till:12/30/1996 bar:Cavanagh from:01/01/1997 till:12/01/1997 bar:Perry from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2003 bar:Longworth from:01/01/2003 till:10/01/2006 bar:Pittman from:10/06/2006 till:09/01/2009 bar:Campos from:09/01/2009 till:08/01/2012 bar:Christopher from:08/01/2012 till:08/01/2016 bar:Longworth from:08/01/2016 till:08/01/2017 bar:Christopher from:08/01/2017 till:end color:Drums bar:Parsons from:start till:12/31/1996 bar:Tempesta from:01/01/1997 till:12/01/1997 bar:Laudo from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2005 bar:Rossi from:01/01/2005 till:09/01/2009 bar:Rodriguez from:09/01/2009 till:12/31/2013 bar:Cruz from:01/01/2014 till:05/26/2018 bar:Rossi from:08/24/2018 till:01/01/2022 bar:McCarthy from:01/01/2022 till:10/08/2023 bar:Bogliole from:10/08/2023 till:end color:Keys bar:Bechdel from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1995 bar:Clouser from:01/01/1995 till:12/01/1996 color:Backing width:3 bar:Kirkland from:start till:12/31/1990 bar:Parsons from:start till:12/31/1996 bar:Gregory from:01/01/1991 till:01/01/1993 bar:Longworth from:01/01/2003 till:10/01/2006 bar:Pittman from:01/01/2002 till:09/01/2009 bar:Campos from:09/01/2009 till:08/01/2012 bar:Christopher from:08/01/2012 till:08/01/2016 bar:Longworth from:08/01/2016 till:08/01/2017 bar:Christopher from:08/01/2017 till:end }}
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