Biohazard (band)
| Biohazard | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore punk , crossover , metal , metalcore |
| founding | 1987, 2008 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Website | www.facebook.com/BiohazardDFL |
| Founding members | |
Vocals, rhythm guitar |
Billy Graziadei |
Drums |
Anthony Meo (until 1988) |
Lead guitar |
Bobby Hambel |
Vocals, bass |
Evan Seinfeld (until 2011) |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, rhythm guitar |
Billy Graziadei |
Drums |
Danny Schuler (since 1988) |
Lead guitar |
Bobby Hambel (1987–1995, since 2008) |
| former members | |
Lead guitar |
Rob Echeverria (1997-2000) |
Lead guitar (2003-2006) ; Vocals, bass (2012-2016)
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Scott Roberts |
Biohazard ( English : biohazard ) is a hardcore / crossover band from Brooklyn , New York . Biohazard's music is strongly influenced by its role models Agnostic Front , but also contains numerous metal and hip-hop elements.
Band history
Former Carnivore - Roadie Evan Seinfeld (vocals, bass), Billy Graziadei (vocals, guitar), Bobby Hambel (guitar) and Danny Schuler (drums) founded in 1987 Biohazard. Spurred on by the New York hardcore scene, in which the members have been active since the beginning, the group quickly became known in New York. The first two demos sold a total of about 5,000 times. Unlike most hardcore punk bands, Biohazard appeared less often in the CBGB , but played in the L'amour club in Brooklyn . There the band performed in front of around 1,500 visitors.
The self-titled debut album was released in 1990 via Maze Records and sold sluggishly due to poor distribution and poor promotion outside the New York area. The album was a mix of hip hop, hardcore punk and metal styles, then called crossover and already practiced by bands such as Carnivore , DRI , Anthrax , SOD in the eighties. First tours with Mucky Pup and Wargasm made the group better known in Europe.
The debut album brought the band the charge of promoting racist and right-wing extremist ideas. With Justified Violence and Retribution, the group glorified vigilante justice , while the two songs Blue Blood and Survival of the Fittest contained not only a commitment to the skinhead scene typical of parts of the New York hardcore scene, but also social Darwinist statements. There was also a patriotic stage set up with the American Eagle and the fact that the group supported the US organization POW / MIA .
After Biohazard found widespread use mainly in scene circles, the group achieved a respectable success with audiences and critics with their second album Urban Discipline in 1992 via Roadrunner Records . The four musicians distanced themselves from the allegations of the past with the song Black and White and Red All Over . The subsequent tour with Agnostic Front and Kreator finally made the group known in the metal scene . In 1993, Biohazard collaborated with the hip-hop band Onyx on the soundtrack for the film Judgment Night , one of the first compilations in which members of the metal scene recorded songs with hip-hop greats. Furthermore, the band members worked with Onyx two more times: on the remix of Slam and on the biohazard album New World Disorder on the theme song.
In 1994 State of the World Address appeared , which with the help of Cypress Hill processed other hip-hop influences. 1995 guitarist Bobby Hambel left the band due to internal problems. Mata Leão then appeared in a three-person line-up and continued to build on the chosen path. The group then found a new guitarist in Rob Echevarria (ex- Helmet ). In 1997 the live CD No Holds Barred was released , followed by the next album New World Disorder in 1999 . In 2001 a collection of B-sides was published under the title Tales from the B-Side .
2001 also released Uncivillization with a number of guest musicians from bands such as Type O Negative , Pantera , Hatebreed and Slipknot . The subsequent Tattoo the Earth tour takes the group with Slayer , Static-X and Cradle of Filth on an extensive world tour, in Europe due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on a smaller scale. On the Eastpak Resistance Tour , Scott Roberts (ex- Cro-Mags ) replaced Echevarria.
Kill or Be Killed (2003) marked the end of Biohazard: The album flopped and was panned by the press. In an interview that is no longer accessible and that is roughly outlined undated on the metal.de site , Evan Seinfeld railed against the record company Sanctuary Records for not contributing enough for the band and the marketing of their albums.
Seinfeld and Danny Schuler first produced the Broken Valley album for Life of Agony , before working on the next biohazard album after a two-year break. Means to an End was released in August 2005.
During their reunion tour 2008-2010 Biohazard promised a new studio album for the summer of 2010 with the original line-up, that is with lead guitarist Bobby Hambel. On December 9, 2010 they officially announced this album on their new website, but the release date was postponed to spring 2011. In June 2011 Biohazard announced that founding member Evan Seinfeld was leaving the band.
On January 20, 2012, the album Reborn was released in Defiance . On February 10, 2016, the band announced the split from bassist Scott Roberts, the successor to Evan Seinfeld, on their Facebook page. Since then the band has been active again as a trio.
In the meantime, Billy Graziadei founded his own band BillyBio , works with members of u. a. Cypress Hill, Fear Factory and Downset in the music project Powerflo . stated in an interview with Loudwire magazine published in 2019 in reference to the German magazine Moshpit Passion that the Biohazard project would definitely exist but will remain dormant until the band feels ready to tackle a new album.
Trivia
Evan Seinfeld had been married to the porn actress Tera Patrick since 2004 and appeared with her in various films under his stage name Spyder Jonez . In summer 2009 the couple separated. The former frontman has been in a relationship with music producer and porn actress Lupe Fuentes since 2010 .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1990 | Biohazard Magnetic Air |
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First published: June 30, 1990
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| 1992 |
Urban Discipline Roadrunner Records |
DE70 (9 weeks) DE |
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First published: November 10, 1992
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| 1994 | State of the World Address Warner Music Group |
DE7 (22 weeks) DE |
AT10 (16 weeks) AT |
CH19 (4 weeks) CH |
UK72 (1 week) UK |
US48 (8 weeks) US |
First published: May 24, 1994
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| 1996 | Mata Leão Warner Music Group |
DE35 (10 weeks) DE |
AT21 (11 weeks) AT |
- |
UK72 (1 week) UK |
US170 (1 week) US |
First published: June 25, 1996
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| 1999 | New World Disorder Mercury Records |
DE40 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US187 (1 week) US |
First published: June 8, 1999
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| 2001 | Uncivilization Sanctuary Records |
DE53 (3 weeks) DE |
AT54 (1 week) AT |
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First published: September 11, 2001
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| 2003 | Kill or Be Killed Sanctuary Records |
DE84 (1 week) DE |
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First published: March 18, 2003
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| 2005 | Means to an End SPV / Steamhammer |
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First published: August 30, 2005
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| 2012 |
Reborn in Defiance Nuclear Blast |
DE80 (1 week) DE |
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First published: January 20, 2012
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Live albums, compilations, miscellaneous
- 1997: No Holds Barred (Live in Europe)
- 2001: Tales from the B-Side
Singles
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| 1994 | Tales from the Hard Side State of the World Address |
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UK47 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: 1994
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| How It Is State of the World Address |
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UK62 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: 1994
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Demos
- 1988: 1st demo
- 1989: 2nd demo
literature
- Matthias Mader: New York City Hardcore. The Way It Was… IPVerlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-931624-10-2 .
Web links
- Biohazard on Facebook
- Biohazard on Myspace
- Biohazard at Allmusic (English)
- Biohazard at Discogs (English)
- Biohazard on MusicBrainz (English)
- Biohazard at laut.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mader 1999, p. 56
- ↑ Mader 1999, p. 56 f.
- ↑ a b Mader 1999, p. 58ff.
- ↑ a b Biohazard. Laut.de , accessed on November 15, 2009 .
- ↑ Biohazard - Evan is railing again. • metal.de. November 30, 1, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ www.biohazard.com. December 9, 2010, accessed January 5, 2011 .
- ↑ Seinfeld gets out. (No longer available online.) Getaddicted.org, archived from the original on June 13, 2011 ; Retrieved June 9, 2011 .
- ↑ Chad Childers: Billy Graziadei: 'There's Still a Biohazard'. Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Tera Patrick and Evan Seinfeld: Relationship failed. Sextrends.info, September 30, 2009, accessed November 15, 2009 .
- ↑ DAMNOCRACY'S EVAN SEINFELD GETS INTO VENTRILOQUISM. May 4, 2010, accessed June 1, 2020 .