Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Vocals / Guitar - Billy Graziadei
- Drums - Danny Schuler
- Lead Guitar - Bobby Hambel
Biography
Starting with their self-titled 1990 debut, BIOHAZARD released eight acclaimed studio albums over a 15-year period that saw the band outlast many of heavy music's passing fads.
The band's success can be traced back to the infectious single "Punishment" from their 1992 breakthrough "Urban Discipline," which provided a much-needed hit for their then-fledgling record label, Roadrunner Records. (Indeed, when the label assembled a 20th Anniversary concert in 2006 at which both past and present Roadrunner artists performed, "Punishment" was the night's opening track.)
Whenever the band wasn't in the studio, BIOHAZARD was almost always on the road. Some of their most notable tours included treks alongside Slayer, Pantera and the inaugural Ozzfest. By the band's count, BIOHAZARD has performed nearly 3,000 concerts in some 60 different countries around the world. As a socially conscious, anti-establishment band that successfully fused the seemingly disparate worlds of rap and heavy metal, many of BIOHAZARD's lyrics were politically aware, and although they often addressed various social injustices and portrayed vividly harsh and realistic portraits of gritty urban angst, their underlying messages were frequently positive. However, perhaps the band's most fitting lyric is from their 1994 hit "How It Is": "Sooner or later, what goes around comes around."
