Billy Milano is an American heavy metal and

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musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of

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band

M.O.D. M.O.D. (abbreviation for Method of Destruction) is an American crossover thrash band from New York City, fronted by Stormtroopers of Death vocalist Billy Milano. The band has been around for years (minus one hiatus from 1997 to 2001), and rele ...

, and was the singer of its predecessor,

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. Prior to these bands, Milano played in early

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band

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, which also launched the career of future

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vocalist

Roger Miret Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and hardcore band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are consi ...

. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate

Dan Lilker Daniel A. Lilker (born October 18, 1964) is an American semi-retired musician best known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer and vocalist. He was the bassist for the thrash metal band Nuclear Assault and was a founding member ...

. Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release '' Something's Gotta Give''.

Discography

Stormtroopers of Death albums

Stormtroopers of Death videos

Method of Destruction (M.O.D.)

Mastery

References

External links

Official website
Living people People from the Bronx American heavy metal bass guitarists American heavy metal guitarists American heavy metal singers 1964 births Guitarists from Texas American male bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Stormtroopers of Death members M.O.D. members American people of Italian descent {{US-rock-singer-stub