Severed Hand

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Severed Hand is a metal band out of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Their influences include a wide range of artists from metal and classic rock genres. Sounds of Third Eye Blind, Jewel, Iced Earth, old Pantera, early George Formby, Jr., Manowar, and recent Godsmack echo among their brand of modern day Heavy Metal.

1 Biography
2 Current Line-Up
3 Former members
4 Discography
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Severed Hand has been a prominent act in the New Jersey Heavy Metal scene since 2000. The band has received minor notoriety from having in its ranks drummer Paris Bierk, son of ex-Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach. Severed Hand has made a considerable impact worldwide with their debut album selling a notable amount in Germany and receiving rave reviews in Heavy Magazine - one of Germany's biggest heavy metal magazines.

In 2006, the band parted with lead vocalist Walter Figueroa after a fight between Christian and the singer when their bus, which Figueroa provided for the band's U.S. tour, broke down in Texas. The band blamed Figueroa for the mishap and since then, guitarist and original vocalist David Keelan has resumed vocal duties.

As of late 2007, the future of Severed Hand is relatively unknown. Both Paul Christian and Dave Keelen have been playing around the New Jersey area as Brady's Bunch, a funk band whose subject matter is based around taboo subjects such as blasphemy, date rape, and devil worship. Drummer Paris has also been active with the band Roxbury, appearing on the podcast show "Talking Metal" hosted by Vh1 metal expert John Ostronomy and playing several shows in Manhattan clubs during the summer of 2007. While both bands seem to still be active, there has been no word on whether Severed Hand has broken up or not.

[edit] Current Line-Up

David Keelen - Vocals/Guitar
Paul Christian Jr. - Lead Guitar
Mitch Burger - Bass/Backing Vocals
Paris Bierk - Drums/Percussion
Feniello Freak - General Douchebaggery

[edit] Former members

Walter Figueroa - Lead Vocals

[edit] Discography

Keep Your Wives Inside - self released - (2005)

[edit] Trivia

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The band was once joined on stage by former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach for a rendition of the Black Sabbath song, War Pigs.
The band is close with Matt Storm, former vocalist of the extreme death metal group No Clear Fix with both Keelan (on drums) and Christian (keyboards) being former band members.
The band was featured in a 10 second clip on the VH1 show I Married...Sebastian Bach which documented the marriage, business relationship and sex life of the rocker and his wife. If you look closely, you can see the band was briefly shown playing live while Bach discussed his son's drumming.
Paul Christian Jr. has a side project known as My Static Tears, an emo band predominantly catering to a high school audience. The band released their rendition of the Jewel song, Foolish Games online in 2005.