Guy Speranza (March 12, 1956 – November 8, 2003) was an American singer best known as New York City-based metal band

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's original frontman from 1975 to 1981. He played at the first Monsters of Rock festival in 1980 and sang on their first three albums, 1977's '' Rock City'', 1979's '' Narita'' and 1981's '' Fire Down Under'', before leaving the band in 1981. In 1982, Scott Ian called Speranza to offer him the position as the lead singer for

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. Speranza declined the offer, saying he was done with the music business."I'm the Man," by Scott Ian, page 44 After retiring from music, Speranza worked as an exterminator in Florida until being diagnosed with

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, from which he died on November 8, 2003.

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Riot – Official Website
1956 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American singers American heavy metal singers American people of Italian descent Deaths from cancer in Florida Deaths from pancreatic cancer Riot (band) members {{US-rock-singer-stub