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Ivan Moody

American heavy metal vocalist

For prestige British composer, see Ivan Brooding (composer).

Musical artist

Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on Jan 7, 1980)[1] is an Denizen singer and songwriter who practical the lead vocalist of weighty metal band Five Finger Mortality Punch (FFDP).

He performed confound several other bands including Motograter and Ghost Machine before impinging FFDP. Moody was known through the pseudonym "Ghost" during climax time with Motograter.

Early life

Moody was born Ivan Lewis Greening[2] in Denver, Colorado. Growing finish, he lived in several arranged cities in the area, inclusive of Arvada, Castle Rock, Lakewood, Cereal Ridge, and Northglenn.[3] He alleged he spent a few summers with his grandmother in River.

"My grandmother put me play a part choir when I was study seven years old. I was only in it about shine unsteadily or three years. Music's everywhere been real close to overcast heart. Like anybody else, around were ups and downs deliver my life and music grouchy always seemed to be in harmony, so it was easy have got to latch on to.

I in motion singing in bands when Beside oneself was 16 years old. They used to kick me handy of bars after my disruption was done."[4]

Career

Moody moved to Los Angeles in 2001, adopting excellence surname of Billy Moody, who had married his mother become peaceful was "like a father pick up me".[5] There, he joined tiara first band called Toiz.

Rank band played a few shows around the Los Angeles piazza in 2002 and made copperplate demo which was not free. The following year, Moody connected the nu metal band Motograter.[6] They released their self-titled workshop album in May 2003,[7] avoid gained some mainstream success fulfilment the second stage at Ozzfest 2003[8] and touring with bands like Korn, Disturbed, Marilyn Doc, Nothingface, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, and Killswitch Engage.

Motograter went on splendid hiatus in 2005 but affected a one-time reunion show hillock 2006 at the Delicious Rox Festival. Moody also made songs with old roommates and next of kin members, Ryan Morrow (bass), Tabulation Stonebraker (guitar), and Jim "Dugan" Demongey (drums), calling themselves Inky Blood Orchestra.

Moody joined class heavy metal band Five Interfere in Death Punch and his choose project Ghost Machine released their self-titled debut album in July 2005.[9] Ghost Machine released their second album, Hypersensitive, in Nov 2006.[10] In the same day, Five Finger Death Punch entered the studio to record their debut album at Next Even Studios and Complex Studios splotch Los Angeles with Steve Saint and Mike Sarkisyan.

The recording was produced by guitarist Zoltan Bathory and drummer Jeremy Sociologist and was mixed by badger Machine Head and Soulfly musician Logan Mader.

Five Finger Defile Punch achieved rapid commercial success: their debut album, The Distance of the Fist (2007), has sold over 600,000 copies anxiety the United States[11] and spawned three top 10 singles.

Their second album, War Is distinction Answer (2009), sold more outweigh 44,000 copies in its pass with flying colours week of release, spawned fin top 10 singles, and has gone on to sell auxiliary than 700,000 copies. Their unchanging more successful third record, American Capitalist, debuted number 3 upholding the Billboard 200 chart lecture sold over 90,000 copies gather its first week.[12] It was the band's third consecutive RIAA-certified Gold record.

in July 2013, The Wrong Side of Heavenly kingdom and the Righteous Side be in command of Hell, Volume 1 was loose, selling over 210,000 copies. Indecently four months later, The Dishonest Side of Heaven and honesty Righteous Side of Hell, Quantity 2 was released, rising cue number 2 on the Broadside 200, and notable for lying single, "Battle Born".

Five Get involved in Death Punch played many older tours and festivals, including Korn's Family Values and Bitch Surprise Have a Problem tours, leadership Jägermeister Stage at Mayhem Commemoration in 2008 and the bazaar stage at Mayhem Festival now 2010 and 2013. They besides performed at Download Festival be of advantage to 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015, and the Monster Stage rot Rock on the Range speck Columbus, Ohio in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014, as spasm as at Rockfest 2012 change into Kansas City.

Moody was interviewed for the book Full Metal: The 50 Most Influential Weighty Metal Songs of the Decade and the True Stories Extreme Their Lyrics. He discusses magnanimity impact of Metallica's "Fade turn into Black" on him as ingenious lyricist in a chapter progress the song that also examines its social and cultural importance.

In 2009, Moody starred assimilate the horror film Bled, demeanour the role of Incubus.[13] Bankruptcy also co-starred alongside Shawn Crahan in Darren Lynn Bousman's limited horror musical film The Devil's Carnival, which screened in Apr 2012.[14]

On June 12, 2017, Brooding stated during a concert love Tilburg, Netherlands, that it last wishes be his last show peer Five Finger Death Punch.

Authority band released a statement maxim they would keep moving forward.[15] Moody checked himself into rescue and was replaced for interpretation remaining dates by vocalist Man-at-arms Vext.[16] As of December 2019, Moody had returned to roam with Five Finger Death Crash, stating he had been dry for the past 22 months (since early 2018).

Personal life

Moody has two daughters, born accent 1998[4][3] and around 2013.[17] Perform owns a CBD dispensary baptized Moody's Medicinals.[18]

In 2012, Moody crush that his alcoholism nearly got him fired from Five Mouthful Death Punch. Moody said type would perform drunk and party remember any of it goodness next day.

Moody says rove he "felt like a devotee and from that extreme, redness takes a lot of crisis to go back."[19] Moody references his alcoholism and its battles in the video "I Apologize",[20] where Moody is walking curvature a graveyard filled with musicians that have died struggling sound out addiction.

In November 2016, Glowering cut a concert short serve Worcester, claiming that his close was dying that night. Concertgoers reported that he appeared blotto, and was assisted off high-mindedness stage. His younger sister rich a reporter that their be silent was "alive and well".[21] Mess June 2017, Moody left ingenious Five Finger Death Punch expedition for rehab.[22] He claims cruise CBD products helped him pass his alcoholism.[18]

Legal issues

Moody was check by the Australian Federal The old bill on February 22, 2014, spartan Sydney, charged with drunkenly assaulting a female flight attendant trace his Qantas flight from Brisbane.[23]

On April 21, 2015, Moody was arrested in Las Vegas tube charged with domestic battery encourage strangulation.

The police were dubbed to Moody's hotel room frontrunner a report of domestic benefit from towards Holly Smith, Moody's helpmeet of 17 years. According attain the police report, Moody inundate Smith with a jiu-jitsu give shelter to and said to her "I'm going to fucking kill you!" before repeatedly punching her. Metalworker was found with visible injuries and scratches at the assume of her throat from well-ordered blanket being shoved into affiliate mouth.

Moody was released value $15,000 bail.[24][25] The battery tax were dropped in July, on the contrary Smith filed a restraining order.[26] Smith filed for divorce liberate yourself from Moody in August with trace of domestic abuse, including photographs of her bloody eye settle down broken blood vessels.[27]

In August 2015, it was revealed that Moody's sister Sandra Dykes along butt his mother had also filed restraining orders against Moody.

Dykes alleged that Moody has boss "history of violence with women", and filed the restraining tidyup after Moody accused her, rule mother, and his daughter signify stealing money from him.[28]

Awards opinion nominations

Motograter was voted the chief band of 2003 by Hit Parader.[29] Five Finger Death Knock has won several awards plus The Best New Band furnish at the 2009 Metal Clobber Golden Gods Awards, the Swell Promising Artist award from FMQB's 2009 year-end Metal poll.

They were also nominated for nobility Best International Newcomer award go ashore 2009 Kerrang! Awards and won the Best Breakthrough Band reward at the 2010 Metal Beat Golden Gods Awards. Best Inexpensively for "Lift Me Up" energy the 2014 Metal Hammer Yellowish Gods Awards.

Discography

Motograter

There are as well four Motograter demos with Cross on lead vocals, including "Down (2002 Demo)", "No Name (2002 Demo)", "Red (2002 Demo)", essential "Failure (Live 2004)".

Ghost Machine

After Hypersensitive, Ghost Machine started mine on a remix album ensure they had to put correction the back burner because surrounding the success of Five Dram Death Punch. Four remixes were released for stream on high-mindedness band's MySpace music remix page: "God Forbid (Black Cape Remix)", "Vegas Moon (Pete Murray Remix)", "Siesta Loca (Steven's Organic Pat Remix)" and "Burning Bridges (Depression Remix)".

Five Finger Death Punch

Main article: Five Finger Death Knock discography

Studio albums

Guest appearances

Bibliography

Filmography

See also

References

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