Billy Graziadei - Biohazard, Powerflo, BillyBio, Firewater Studios

Music has always been the central, unifying force in Billy Graziadei’s life. Early musical training took place on the Graziadei family’s old, forever out-of-tune upright piano. Billy’s desire to explore all forms and variations of music did not balance well with the authoritative doctrine employed by most of his music teachers. Rebelling from this rigid view of music, Billy began studying music under the guidance of his Grandfather and Uncle, both of whom he had always admired.
Billy continued to study piano and expand his musical vocabulary while growing up, finding inspiration in so many forms of music but it wasn’t until he stumbled into the underground world of punk-rock music that his musical taste was really sparked into growth.
Immersing himself in the sounds, perspective, and culture of the punk underground, Billy’s desire to create new, innovative music led him to the late 80’s hardcore scene in New York City. Sunday matinee shows at CBGB’s…Friday night hardcore shows at L’Amour’s. It was here that Billy found his musical home and it was here that Billy helped form a band that would take the metal/hard-core scene by storm….it was the birth of BIOHAZARD.
BIOHAZARD combined the urban sounds of hard-core, metal and rap with scorching lyrics describing the forces at work in our modern urban lives. With an impressive career spanning 15 years with 9 albums (on both indie and major labels), the band sold over 5 million records.
During Graziadei’s time with Biohazard, he met up with Cypress Hill rapper Sendog. The two became friends and embarked on numerous projects together beginning with the Biohazard song How it Is. This friendship would later lead to the start of Powerflo, with fellow friends Christian Olde Wolbers from Fear Factory and Roy Lozano from downset. The band dropped their debut release in the summer of 2017 and are currently working on the second release due out sometime in 2019.
Sendog and Graziadei took a break away from Powerflo after touring for over a year and a half. Cypress Hill to release Elephants on Acid while Graziadei puts his effort into his first solo release due out in early 2019.
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