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Possessed (Fan Page) |
Musician/band
Death /Thrash Metal: Possessed started with Mike Torrao (guitar) and Mike Sus (drums) as a garage band in San Franciscos Bay Area. They formed in 1983, and were basically a garage band, with several lineup changes. Late in 1983, though, their singer Barry Fisk committed suicide, and when they managed to recruit singer/bassist Jeff Becerra they formed the band Possessed. Jeff was fronting a local commercial-style metal band called Blizzard before he quit to join Possessed. (Also involved in this band were future Possessed guitarist Larry Lalonde and the bands future manager, Debbie Abono.) Jeff and the two Mikes, along with second guitarist Brian Montana, started perfecting their own brand of metal which was the precursor to modern death metal - very fast, savage riffs, warp-speed drums, mile-a-second solos, and the raspy growl of the vocals later perfected by Chuck Schuldiner of Death. (In fact, Chucks vocals on Scream Bloody Gore sound almost exactly like Jeff Becerras vocals on Seven Churches, an album Schuldiner citeJeff Benjamin Becerra - Bass, Vocals Emilio Marquez - Drums Daniel Gonzalez - Guitar Kelly McLauchlin - Guitar Tony Campos - Bass Ex-members : Barry Fisk - Vocals Guitars: Brian Montana Larry Lalonde Mark Strausberg Dave Couch Mike Torrao Mike Hollman Duane Connley Ernesto Bueno Rick Cortez Drums: Mike Sus Chris Stolle Colin Carmichael Walter Ryan Vanik Vartanian Bass: Bob Yost Paul Perry Bay Cortez ...view more
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