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Years active
  
2005–present

Past members
  
Billy Graziadei

Albums
  
not my year, Frenzy

Labels
  
The End Records

Record label
  
The End Records

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Associated acts
  
Biohazard, Kittie, Sworn Enemy

Origin
  
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (2005)

Members
  
Jennifer Arroyo, Billy Graziadei, Danny Lamagna, Karl Bernholtz, AJ Marchetta

Genres
  
Horror punk, Industrial rock

Similar
  
Biohazard, Kittie, Bobby Hambel, Trish Doan, Lisa Marx

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Suicide City is an American horror punk band from Brooklyn, New York, founded by Biohazard vocalist/guitarist Billy Graziadei, vocalist Karl Bernholtz, drummer Danny Lamagna, guitarist AJ Marchetta and former Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo. In 2011, after a one-year hiatus, the band returned as a four-piece consisting of Bernholtz, Lamagna, Marchetta and Arroyo.

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Biography

They self-released the EP "Not My Year" in 2005, selling 7000 copies without label support. They have also self-produced and released a live DVD, entitled Live From CBGB.

On August 4, 2009, Suicide City released their debut full-length effort, entitled ‘Frenzy,’ via Brooklyn label The End Records. “‘Frenzy’ is such an eclectic blend of music,” says Marchetta. “This band is unafraid and unapologetic about what we create, and because of that we have an album with a really wide musical landscape.” Graziadei points out, “In our short time together, Suicide City has achieved more on our own than most bands do in their whole career with the help of a label.” Benholtz described it as follows: “Suicide City thrives on making people happy and smile through our music without having to candy coat anything. Life does not ‘suck and then you die.’ Life is great, dangerous, exciting, strange, and then you die. I guess that’s what we’re trying to portray with our music.”

Touring

The band has made numerous trips around the United States while touring with Mindless Self Indulgence, Gwar, Otep, Life of Agony, Taking Back Sunday, and Glenn Danzig.

The band toured Brazil with MxPx and co-headlined the Maquinaria Rock Fest alongside Sepultura, the Misfits, and Suicidal Tendencies on May 18th 2008. In November 2008, Live from CBGB was released featuring Suicide City's performance at CBGB, filmed shortly before the venue's closure. Suicide City signed to The End Records in the summer of 2009.

Suicide City played their last live show February 11, 2010 before going on a hiatus. Exactly one year later, on February 11, 2011, the band reunited, with the exception of Graziadei, to perform at the Highline Ballroom in New York City.

Discography

  • Not My Year [EP] (2005)
  • Frenzy (2009)
  • Videos

  • Live from CBGB DVD (2008)
  • Other work

    Suicide City was featured on the "More and Faster" mix of Mindless Self Indulgence's "Straight to Video", which appears on that band's "Shut Me Up" single.

    Songs

    Give me your pitynot my year · 2005
    Chemical FightFrenzy · 2009
    Painted HorseFrenzy · 2009

    References

    Suicide City Wikipedia


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