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Blackie Lawless - Lead Vocals / Guitars / Keyboard
Mike Duda - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Darrel Roberts - Lead Guitar / Vocals
Stet Howland - Drums
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Genre: Metal
Origin: United States
Label: Sanctuary Records
Status: Active
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Blackie Lawless, born Steven Duren on 4th September 1956. He lived in Staten Island, New York, where he hung out with Ace Freley who went on to be in Kiss. At the age of 13, Blackie was stabbed in a fight and at 14 was sent to Military School to learn discipline. After 18 months of a two year sentence he was thrown out after beating up a Sargent Major.
Blackie was nine when he got his first guitar and in that same year he earned 16 dollars and 35 cents in his first band called THE UNDERSIDE. At the age of 16 Blackie played with an East Coast band called BLACK RABBIT, tauting his talents around local bars. Another early band was called ORFAX RAINBOW in which he played for quite a while. When a singing vacancy came up with the legendary NEW YORK DOLLS, after Johnny Thunders leaves, Blackie takes it up - he had just turned 18.
After six months playing with th
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