Josh Silver (born November 14, 1962) is an American retired musician who is the former keyboardist, producer and backing vocalist of
gothic metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal music, heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different ...
band
Type O Negative. He joined the band at frontman
Peter Steele's request. He played for Type O Negative until they disbanded due to Steele's death in 2010.
Silver, who is Jewish,
was also a founding member of the short-lived rock group
Fallout along with Steele. Fallout gave birth to
Carnivore
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Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they ar ...
which ultimately led to Type O Negative. After the breakup of Fallout, Silver formed
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
band Original Sin.
Silver was first introduced to professional recording and production upon meeting and working with producer and Soundscape Recording Studio owner
Richard Termini. Fallout's earliest recordings trace back to the Termini Soundscape sessions from the late 1970s.
After the death of Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele, Silver became a certified
EMT and then paramedic in New York, as stated by Silver, for over a year this had been his "plan B" to support his wife and children. Assuming at the time that the band was finished, Silver had begun EMT schooling during Steele's 2008 hiatus. He still holds his Paramedic position with the New York City Fire Department.
Discography
Fallout
* Untitled 7" single (1981)
Type O Negative
* ''
Slow, Deep and Hard'' (1991)
* ''
The Origin of the Feces'' (1992)
* ''
Bloody Kisses'' (1993)
* ''
October Rust'' (1996)
* ''
World Coming Down'' (1999)
* ''
Life Is Killing Me'' (2003)
* ''
Dead Again'' (2007)
Guest appearances
* ''
Roadrunner United'' (2005) – Roads & Enemy of the State
Albums produced
*
Life of Agony
Life of Agony is an American alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. The band has released six studio albums to date, most notably their 1993 debut '' ...
– ''
River Runs Red'' (1993)
*
Pist.On – ''
Number One'' (1996)
References
External links
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1962 births
American heavy metal keyboardists
Living people
Jewish American musicians
Health professionals from Brooklyn
Musicians from Brooklyn
Type O Negative members
Jewish heavy metal musicians
21st-century American Jews
Emergency medical technicians