Overkill

Overkill
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Origine	Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, USA
Gen muzical	Thrash metal, speed metal, heavy metal, groove metal
Case de discuri	Megaforce, Atlantic, CMC, Metal-Is Records, Spitfire, Regain, Bodog, Nuclear Blast
Colaborare cu	Anthrax
Membri
Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth D.D. Verni Dave Linsk Derek "The Skull" Tailer Ron Lipnicki
Discografie
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Overkill este o formație americană de thrash metal înființată în 1980 în New Jersey. A scos albumul de studio de debut în 1984. Discografia Overkill include 15 albume de studio, 2 albume live, 2 EP-uri și un album de cover-uri.

Alături de Anthrax, este una dintre cele mai celebre formații de thrash din East Coast (Dan Spitz, fost membru Anthrax, a fost și membru Overkill).

Membri

Membri actuali

• Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – lead vocal (1980–prezent)
• D.D. Verni – chitară bas, voce de fundal (1980–prezent)
• Dave Linsk – chitară, backvocal (1999–prezent)
• Derek "The Skull" Tailer – chitară ritmică, back vocal (2002–prezent)
• Ron Lipnicki – baterie (2005–prezent)

Foști membri

• Robert "Riff Thunder" Pisarek – chitară (1980–1981)
• Dan Spitz – chitară (1981)
• Anthony Ammendola - chitară (1981)
• Rich Conte – chitară (1981-1982)
• Mike Sherry - chitară (1981-1982)
• Rat Skates – baterie (1980–1987)
• Joe – chitară (1982)
• Bobby Gustafson – chitară (1982–1990)
• Mark Archibole – baterie (1987)
• Sid Falck – baterie (1987–1992)
• Rob Cannavino – chitară (1990–1995)
• Merritt Gant – chitară (1990–1995)
• Andy Jones – baterie (1992–1993)
• Tim Mallare – baterie (1993–2005)
• Joe Comeau – chitară, vocal (1995–1999)
• Sebastian Marino – chitară (1995–1999)

Cronologie

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Discografie

Articol principal: Discografia formației Overkill

• Overkill (EP) (1984)
• Feel the Fire (1985)
• Taking Over (1987)
• Under The Influence (1988)
• The Years of Decay (1989)
• Horrorscope (1991)
• I Hear Black (1993)
• W.F.O. (1994)
• The Killing Kind (1996)
• From the Underground and Below (1997)
• Necroshine (1999)
• Bloodletting (2000)
• Killbox 13 (2003)
• ReliXIV (2005)
• Immortalis (2007)
• Ironbound (2010)
• The Electric Age (2012)
• White Devil Armory (2014)
• The Grinding Wheel (2017)
• The Wings of War (2019)
• Scorched (2023)

Bibliografie

• Hale, Mark (1993). „2134”. Headbangers (ed. First edition, second printing). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink. pp. 254–255. ISBN 1-56075-029-4. 

Legături externe

• Site web oficial