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BILLY GRAZIADEI: 'BIOHAZARD Will Not Be Doing A Farewell Tour'

January 16, 2006

Metal Israel recently conducted an interview with Billy Graziadei of BIOHAZARD/SUICIDE CITY. A few excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow:

Metal Israel: Billy, the main question tearing at my heart: Is it true your last tour will be BIOHAZARD's farewell tour? Why?!??

Billy: "I will not be doing a 'last' tour….I will always be on tour…now I tour with my new band SUICIDE CITY. BIOHAZARD will not be doing a 'farewell' tour as I feel that it cheapens what we were about. I made a great album, an album that I am VERY proud of… 'Means to an End', and I want to leave BIOHAZARD on a great note!"

Metal Israel: What's your most proud memory of BIOHAZARD?

Billy: "Too many to mention, I'd have to say it started in 1988 when we were kids recording our first demo!! And it hasn’t stopped since….to now with SUICIDE CITY selling out CBGBs!!!! It's all about making realistic dreams (goals) and not stopping until you reach them! Then you set new goals!"

Metal Israel: What's going on with SUICIDE CITY? How did that start and how does it differ in outlook and musical style from BIOHAZARD?

Billy: "SUICIDE CITY began as a side project while BIOHAZARD and KITTIE were still going strong. I produced Karl's (singer of SUICIDE CITY) band THE GROOVENICKS and knew that I wanted to jam with him one day. Creativity is something that you can't control, I've always had other outlets for music and found myself with side projects like BLU, ENDRAH, AMPT…etc. As I would write for BIOHAZARD, I found some music not fitting what I was looking for in BIOHAZARD and would put those songs aside….those songs were the seedlings that became SUICIDE CITY. I then brought in our drummer Dan Lamagna into the studio to jam…he fit like a glove! Then right after that we got AJ Marchetta (old GROOVENICKS and GHOSTFIGHT guitar player). Jennifer [Arroyo, ex-KITTIE bassist] and I had toured together and spoke often about doing something together….so this was natural for us!! SUICIDE CITY was born….officially in the winter of 2005!"

Metal Israel: "Music's for you and me, not the fuckin' industry." How do you feel about downloading?

Billy: "It kills income for artists!!! I'm pro download but with compensation to the artist, NOT the record company!! I know the numbers of the biz and we are all being raped. My perfect world would be one with cheap, reasonable downloading!! Eliminate the middle man!!"

Read the entire interview at MetalIsrael.com.

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