High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Timothy Gaines (born December 15, 1962 in Portland, Oregon) is bass guitar player of the Christian metal band Stryper. Being a Sunset Strip regular, Tim joined the band in 1983, and quickly rounded out the quartet's sound with his bass, background vocals and keyboard skills. Gaines recorded the band's debut EP The Yellow and Black Attack and their follow up full-length album Soldiers Under Command in 1985.