_:b138280760 "Musicians from Newark, New Jersey" . _:b138280760 . _:b138280760 "Michael Anthony LePond III" . _:b138280760 "Michael LePond" . _:b138280760 "541917" . _:b138280760 "Progressive metal bass guitarists" . _:b138280760 "1966 births" . _:b138280760 "Mike Lepond" . _:b138280760 . _:b138280760 "Born February 17, 1966 in Newark, NJ." . _:b138280760 . _:b138280760 "LePond" . _:b138280760 "2563f015-fc77-4cca-bc83-1e6ba6991c64" . _:b138280760 "American heavy metal bass guitarists" . _:b138280760 "Symphony X members" . _:b138280760 "[]"^^ . _:b138280760 "Living people" . _:b138280760 "Michael Anthony LePond III is an American musician, best known as the bassist progressive metal band Symphony X. He is also the bassist for Dead on Arrival, a heavy metal band from New York. The group issued an album - Alive and Kickin\u2019 - on the independent Polo label in 1996. He can be heard on all Symphony X releases since and including V: The New Mythology Suite. He also used to play in a New Jersey band called Rattlebone, which opened for many national acts and released a six-song album themselves in 1997." . _:b138280760 .