Derrick Green
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Birth name | Derrick Leon Green |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | January 20, 1971
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Years active | 1986–present |
Member of | Sepultura |
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Derrick Leon Green (born January 20, 1971) is an American musician best known as the vocalist of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. He joined the band in 1997 after the departure of band founder Max Cavalera.
Early life
Born in
Career
Pre-Sepultura
Green became a friend and
Once back from the tour in Europe, Green and Garriga decided that they wanted to move to New York City. Cavanagh stayed and later went on to join the band Filter. Konopka also decided to stay and recorded one album with the band Integrity.
In New York, Green and Garriga teamed up with drummer
In 1996, Green would start to play guitar and sing with Sara Cox, they would then form the band Alpha Jerk. They later recruited drummer Luke Abby (Warzone, Gorilla Biscuits), who was then replaced by Nick Heller (Sweet Diesel). They would release one self-titled album on Toybox Records. They managed to play a few shows in the New York area and doing a few shows together with the bands Lunachicks and Demonspeed. Two songs were featured on New York's Hardest, Vol. 2 compilation.
Sepultura
Green was approached in 1997 by A&R rep Mike Gitter from Roadrunner Records. He told him that Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera had left the band in 1996 and they were searching for a new vocalist. He suggested Green try out for the position. Sepultura had recorded one song with no vocals to see what people all around the world could come up with. Green got a hold of the tape from Gitter and he recorded his idea for the song "Choke" and sent it to Brazil. A month later he received a phone call from Sepultura's drummer, Igor Cavalera. He was then asked to fly down to São Paulo, Brazil to meet everyone and audition for the position. Green flew out a week later and met everyone and auditioned for two weeks. Green was asked to come back to Brazil to start recording his first album, Against, with Sepultura.
Most of Against was written before Green entered the band. Against was released in 1998 and the group set out on a world tour. Green moved from New York and decided to live in Amsterdam while on a promo tour. The album was critically and commercially less successful than previous Sepultura albums, as many fans were still coming to terms with the absence of Max Cavalera from the band. AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, and gave an optimistic note of the band's future by stating that "there are enough flashes of the old Sepultura brilliance to suggest that great things are still to come".[2]
Nation would be the first album that Green would take part in the writing process for, from beginning to end. He decided to move to São Paulo to be closer to the group and work on the new material. Nation, the band's eighth album with Roadrunner Records, was released in 2001 and sold poorly. Allmusic.com gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said, "As Green scrapes the lining of his vocal chords through the brash, impassioned tracks, he's singing about more than just 'one tribe, Sepulnation'; he's suggesting something bigger, something worth shouting about and fighting for".[3] In an interview, Derrick said about the album that "every song will be related to the idea of building this idea of a positive nation. We will have our own flag, our own anthem, our own army".
Nation was the group's last studio album with Roadrunner Records, as their contract ran out. The contract had an option for one more album but the group felt the label was not supportive enough. A recording of Max Cavalera's last live show with Sepultura, titled Under a Pale Grey Sky, was released in 2002 by Roadrunner Records, against the wishes of the band.
Despite Roorback receiving critical acclaim, sales remained low. Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said, "if there are still any lingering doubts about the Green/Sepultura match, 2003's excellent Roorback should put them to rest for good. Green is passionate and focused throughout the album —he has no problem going that extra mile— and the writing is consistently strong".[4]
All the tracks on the DVD Live in São Paulo were recorded on April 3, 2005, at a concert in São Paulo, Brazil. A CD of the same name was also recorded. Both were released on November 8, 2005, through SPV Records. The second DVD features a documentary of the band's career from 1998 on, filmed and co-edited by Green.
Allmusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and said that, "Overall, Dante XXI is easily one of Sepultura's strongest releases to feature Green on vocals".[5] Igor Cavalera left the band after the release of Dante XXI. He was replaced by Brazilian drummer Jean Dolabella who they continued with and toured with for the most part of the Dante XXI tour.
Sepultura released the album A-Lex on January 26, 2009. A-Lex is a concept album based on Anthony Burgess' book A Clockwork Orange. Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that "personnel changes can have a very negative effect on a band, but Sepultura have maintained their vitality all these years – and that vitality is alive and well on the superb A-Lex".[6]
On July 6, 2010, it was announced that Sepultura have signed a deal with
Musica Diablo
Green joined another band, Musica Diablo, in 2008, a thrash metal band with members of Nitrominds, Ação Direta and Dead Fish. On May 28, 2010, the band released their self-titled debut album on both CD and MP3 download.[7] CD Universe said that "Musica Diablo's extreme fast thrash metal, with the characteristic Brazilian style and a strong root into the 1980s veterans made them unique, and the need of recording a proper album was eminent. The band recorded their first album in January 2010 with the well known producer Rafael Ramos in Rio de Janeiro. A month later, Derrick Green recorded his vocals in São Paulo, again under Rafael's production. The result is a killer, blast-in-your-face album with 11 songs of sheer violence and pure Brazilian Thrash Metal!".[8] Green has since left Musica Diablo.[9]
Collaborations
Green was a guest vocalist on a few CDs including Biohazard's Uncivilization and the soundtrack of the Brazilian movie Lisbela e o Prisioneiro.
Green appeared with Sepultura in a successful ad campaign for Volkswagen that aired nationally throughout Brazil in 2008. The spot said that "it's the first time you've seen Sepultura like this. And a sedan like this one too".[10] This Volkswagen TV spot shows Sepultura playing bossa nova, the opposite of its Heavy Metal style, to say that "you never saw something like this, as you never saw a car like the new Voyage".
Green is working on a three volume book set of his photography and writings due to be released in late 2011/2012. Each volume will be released at different times.
In 2013, Green worked on a side project called Maximum Hedrum.[11]
Personal life
In 2011, when asked about his religious views, Green replied:[12]
I think there is a connection that is missing between nature and people. We're connected. People cannot live without nature. And I feel this is something that is a very powerful inner phase, indisputable and very realistic. And it's in a sense a God in itself, this planet, it's something beautiful and very powerful and gives so much nourishment to its people and everything around us and I feel to be connected with that is something that we need to re-learn. So for me, my religion is this planet and having that connection and trying my best to learn to deal with it.
Green speaks fluent Portuguese with a noticeable American accent. He previously lived in Carapicuíba, São Paulo, but now lives in Los Angeles.[13]
Green is a
Discography
- Outface – Friendly Green (1992)
- Alpha Jerk – S/T (1996)
- Various – New York's Hardest, Vol. 2 Comp (1998)
- Sepultura – Against (1998)
- Sepultura – Nation (2001)
- Sepultura – Revolusongs (2002)
- Sepultura – Roorback (2003)
- Sepultura – Live in São Paulo (2005)
- Sepultura – Dante XXI (2006)
- Sepultura – A-Lex (2009)
- Música Diablo – Música Diablo (2010)
- Kairos(2011)
- Maximum Hedrum – S/T (2013)
- Sepultura – The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart (2013)
- Sepultura - Metal Veins - Alive in Rio (2014)
- Sepultura – Machine Messiah (2017)
- Sepultura – Quadra (2020)
- Sepulquarta(2021)
References
- ^ "May 2018 Interview With Derrick Green and Andreas Kisser". www.teenyrockers.com. May 14, 2018. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Huey, Steve (October 6, 1998). "Against – Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Smith, Kerry L. (March 20, 2001). "Nation – Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Henderson, Alex (August 26, 2003). "Roorback – Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Prato, Greg (March 14, 2006). "Dante XXI – Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Henderson, Alex (January 27, 2009). "A-Lex – Sepultura". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Welcome to Musica Diablo". Musicadiablo.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Musica Diablo CD". Cduniverse.com. May 25, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Musica Diablo Parts Ways With Sepultura Frontman Derrick Green". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Sepultura em comercial da Volkswagen (novo Voyage)". Volkswagen. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010 – via YouTube.
- ^ "SEPULTURA Frontman Kicks Off Month-Long L.A. Residency With MAXIMUM HEDRUM Project". Blabbermouth.net. January 18, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Britt, Denise (May 24, 2014). "Sepultura Singer Slams Reunion Rumors". Ultimate Guitar Archive. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ "SepulQuarta - LIVE Q&A with Devin Townsend, Derrick Green & Andreas Kisser". Sepultura. July 22, 2020. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "DERRICK GREEN Says SEPULTURA 'Started To Develop A Little Bit More Of Their Own Personality' On 'Arise'". Blabbermouth.net. February 18, 2018. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "Derrick Green 🤘🏾! (@derrickgreenofficial)". Instagram. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "Sepultura's Softer Side". Peta2. July 19, 2011. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Derrick Green at Wikimedia Commons