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“20 Questions With” style interviews on this site have varied greatly in the short time we started running them. Some have answered with long informative answers and some more to the point but this new one with Billy Graziadei aka Billy Biohazard is by far the shortest interview ever on In Effect Hardcore. It might take you just a minute to read it but I bet if you are a fan of Billy and Biohazard you’re probably going to take something informative away from it in the end. Photos by: Aga Hairesis and Bas Spierings.
1: Where did you grow up?
Billy: New York
2: Three things that scare the crap out of you?
Billy: Ebola, Ebola and Ebola
3: Three bands or musicians not hardcore punk or metal related that people
would be surprised to hear you like?
Billy: Tom Jobim, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rolling Stones.
4: Best part about living in LA and thing you miss the most about living in NY?
Billy: No rain, the rain!
5: If you didn't have a job in the music industry what do you think you would be doing for a living?
Billy: I'd have a job in the music industry.
6: What guitar player or musician/musicians did you look up to as a kid who made you want to play music?
Billy: My uncle....and Kiss..then Minor Threat!
7: You’re on death row and they ask you for your last meal request. What is it?
Billy: Lasagna!
8: If you had to be trapped inside a TV show for a month which one would it be?
Billy: Hannah Montana
9: What is the biggest crowd you ever performed in front of? Where was it? Who else played.? When?
Billy: 160k in Holland at Dynamo Open Air! Machine Head and Type O Negative. I think...maybe 1995??
10: The thing you have accomplished musically that you are most proud of?
Billy: Everything. I remember dreaming of playing at CBGB's...
11: If you could go back and change something in the history of Biohazard what would it be?
Billy: Nothing
12: Your 3 favorite current MMA fighters?
Billy: Royce Gracie, Renzo Gracie and Ronda Rousey.
13: The worst job you ever had?
Billy: NYC private sanitation.
14: Thing you miss the most about being a teenager?
Billy: The pimples.
15: Do you prefer to play big festival type shows or smaller club shows. What's the appeal of each type?
Billy: Both kick ass, but smaller club shows win since they're way more personal and "in your face!”
16: Taking all aspects into account what is the country that treats you guys the best when on tour?
Billy: Most treat us great. I remember being kicked out of Brazil once, that wasn't fun!
17: Do you listen to all the demos and music people in bands give you and
have you ever found a really good band this way?
Billy: I own my own studio and produce bands so I'm always looking for new artists to work with! www.firewaterstudios.com
18: What's the first hardcore or punk record that you ever bought?
Billy: Minor Threat
19: Where does everyone in the band live these days?
Billy: I'm the only one on the west coast. Everyone else is back east.
20: Who would you say is the person in Biohazard right now who is the most musically gifted?
Billy: We all have our specialties and each of us make up the machine that is Biohazard. I think I play the most instruments but I humbly admit that Bobby and Scott can play circles around me on guitar!
Photo by: Bas Spierings
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