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= Sam Carey (musician) =

Sam Alan Carey (born Bassam Alan Amer Abed Salahat; March 23, 1994) is an English-Palestinian singer, songwriter, musician and HGV Driver. He is best known as a solo artist and the bassist of Manchester-based thrash metal band Judgment in 2019.

Biography
Carey was born March 23, 1994 in Shrewsbury, England, to Karen (née Lee) (b.1973) and Amer Salahat (b.1966). His father is a Palestinian immigrant from the town of Talluzah. He is of Palestinian, Greek, Georgian and Yemeni descent on his father's side and of American, Irish, Romani Gypsy, Romanian and Russian Jewish descent on his mother's side.

He is the eldest of five siblings: four brothers, Mohammed (b.2005), Rayan (b.2009), Ahmed (b.2013) and Ameen (b.2014) through his father and two stepmothers. He has a sister, Alex (b.2006) by his mother and stepfather.

Early career
Carey has been singing since the age of 5. His stepfather noticed from a young age that he had perfect pitch, always singing along in tune. He attempted to learn the guitar at age of 10 but decided to pursue drums the following year. By the time he was 13, he decided to teach himself bass guitar and then guitar 6 months later. After a few years of playing in various small bands, he eventually joined the Shrewsbury-based band Orion in 2012 as their lead vocalist, alongside Dan Gilbert and John Andrews, two of his best friends from school. By 2013, Carey had become the band's bassist and occasional guitarist and drummer in addition to performing lead vocals. They released their only album, Reflections, in March 2014. The trio had recorded, produced and distributed the album themselves. By 2018, with a future for the band looking bleak, Orion had finally disbanded after a five year hiatus. This became permanent when Andrews and Gilbert disassociated themselves from Carey in July 2018.

Personal life
Carey's parents divorced in 1999 and was raised Sunni Muslim by his father but atheist by his mother. His mother met his future stepfather James Carey (1976-2015) at university, and were married in 2005. Carey took his stepfather's surname at the age of 14 and shortened his birth name to Sam. The previous year he disconnected from his biological father, renounced Islam and embraced atheism. By the age of 16, Carey had asked his stepfather to become his legal parent, from then on referring to him as his father, and his biological father as his 'sperm donor.' James Carey died on December 20, 2015 from a stroke-induced brain haemorrhage due to complications from lung cancer and Cushing's Disease. His death scarred Carey heavily, as he was diagnosed with anxiety and depression soon after. He once attempted suicide by almost jumping off a railway bridge but it failed after he was talked down by friends and decided not to dishonour his father's memory or bring further suffering on his grieving family and friends. He dealt with a small period of drug abuse but ended it as he didn't want to continue a self-destructive path. He was a heavy smoker between the ages of 17 and 28 before switching to vapes.

Carey has had five relationships. Between 2010 and 2015 he was with Heather Heywood (b.1994) since they met in college. They were engaged in 2013, and in that same year, suffered a miscarriage. The following year, Heywood terminated a second pregnancy. They ended in December 2015, two days after his father's death.

From 2016 to 2018, he was with Hannah Lawrence (b.1995), another Shrewsbury native. They became engaged in May 2018 but separated that July after her infidelity with his friend Ian Brown was discovered.

After suffering a deeper depression, including various suicide attempts and drug use, Carey met Manchester native, Jessie Lewis (b.1996), in September 2018. They lived in Guide Bridge, Manchester, until November 2019 when they also separated.

Following the end of his third relationship, Carey relocated back to Shrewsbury and trained to become a HGV Driver, passing his Class 1 C+E qualification in February 2020. With enough savings behind him, he moved back to Manchester by himself in August 2021.

Carey dated various women for short periods throughout 2020 and 2021 before meeting Lucia Pârjol (b.1986), a native of Petroşani, Romania in May 2021. While Pârjol was after a casual relationship, Carey was in favour of a fully committed relationship. Carey ended the affair in September 2021 after realising Pârjol would never be satisfied with his efforts and withdrew from life once more.

In February 2022, Carey met Tatiana Da Silva Bastos (b.1991), a Brazilian native from Rio de Janeiro. They announced their engagement in September 2022 while on their first holiday in Brazil together and married in September 2023.