Suicide City began when the passionately focused Billy Graziadei met the kinetically energetic singer Karl Bernholtz while producing his band, the Groovenicks from south Florida. Graziadei then brought in session drummer Danny Lamagna, who was soon joined by fellow Groovenicks guitarist AJ Marchetta. After meeting female powerhouse bassist Jennifer Arroyo while on the road with Kittie, Graziadei pledged to one day join forces with this beautifully intense woman! The dream team was complete. With mounting obligations and impractical geography between them, Suicide City's seedling stage might have been a logistical nightmare, but as Marchetta says, "nothing good comes easy."

Suicide City's first disc, Not My Year, utterly masters hydrologic speed, sleek melodies and bewildering aggression all encompassed in several hues of tragic beauty. Perhaps when Jennifer described what being in SUICIDE CITY meant to her, she also tapped into what people can expect to experience in this murderous metropolis."Being able to have no limitations and no boundaries," declares Jennifer. Graziadei further explains the five-piece's integrity-filled maxim, "Suicide City is not influenced by what is the trend of the day! My influences effected me at an early age, growing up with the Misfits, the Cure, Minor Threat, the Beatles, Joy Division, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin."

Indeed, Suicide City houses the poisonous poetry of the Cure, the stabbing rhythm section of the Misfits and a smoldering addictive quality that made the Beatles the legends that they are. Add in the fact that Jennifer grew up listening to metal and hardcore, you get some insight as to what this riveting and magnetic outfit delivers, but it also begs the question: what's in a name? Graziadei points to our society's destructive pathology. "People put themselves through so much abuse; physically, mentally, emotionally, economically, it's all suicide! We live in a world where people continually destroy their souls in the name of vanity, is this sane? When you remove 'want' out of your vocabulary and concentrate on 'need,' life becomes much easier to bare!" And speaking of destructive pathologies, singer Bernholtz defines Suicide City performances as, "a sweet ass train wreck.", while Jennifer draws parallels to their live show as being an orgasm!

The quintet have already earned accolades from critics like, "A trip to Suicide City is in fact what a music lover needs... Original, Fierce, Sexy, melodic, dark, bright & beautiful. That comes as no surprise since the shrapnel stray of "Fuck Your Dreams" is the sheer sound of anarchy and the haunting mosaic of "Give Me Your Pity" resonates with psychotic screams, a chorus that gushes blood and otherworldly accents throughout. While "Undone" begins like the soundtrack to a 1940s horror flick then packs a barbwire tight crunch. Yes, you can't easily classify Suicide City as a punk band, a melodic, melancholy oozing hard-rock band, or an industrial metal conglomerate, although there are elements of those things but don't even think of finding parallels to Kittie or Biohazard in the mix. This group sets out to offer an adventure as opposed to the average. Graziadei concurs, "Its a beautiful gray day and theres a wonderful dark forest ahead of us where everything is fresh and new!"

The band has toured constantly during first show in April of 2005. With well over 100 high energy shows under their belt, Suicide City has shared the stage with Mindless Self Indulgence (full US tour in Fall of 2005), Otep and are heading out on the road again in April 2005 supporting Taking Back Sunday. The band has sold 5000 copies of their debut ep "Not my year" and have no plans on stopping this momentum!

So ask yourself if you are brave enough to take a trip to Suicide City?

Suicide City completed their first tour with OTEP (summer 2005) which led them to their first full US tour with friends, MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE. (Fall of 2005) The band quickly won the crowd over night after night with the bands intense music and relentlessly energetic stage show, which all helped build their quickly growing fan base. With the success of the recent US tour with friends TAKING BACK SUNDAY, Suicide City has no plans on letting up on their rigorous touring schedule, all with out label support!

The mesmerizing vocals and undaunting vigor of Karl makes it very apparent that he's spent most of his life competing in gymnastics, obvious after seeing him swing from the rafters by his feet or doing back flips off the tallest objects he can find. Carisma oozing from every orifice, Karl Berhnoltz is by far one of the most entertaining frontmen currently out there! The arduous, spikey haired frontman is not the only person who grabs your attention during the Suicide City mayhem.

Billy Graziadei takes control of the stage with the prowess of a lion wrapped up with a lot of stage experience. It's not a suprise to find the talented guitarist in the crowd, floating over peoples heads or performing his patented "hand walk" across the ever growing legion of Suicide City citizens.

Jennifer Arroyo provides enough sexual images on stage to catapult any young boy or girl quickly through puberty as she hypnotizes the crowd with grinds, caresses and the ever so sexy licking of her bass. As if she were making love on stage with her bass wrapped around her, the music, energy and passion that comes out of her and her boys is pure ecstacy!

AJ Marchetta, flanking the sexy bassist, quickly moves around the stage with the agility of a panther, literally doing cartwheels, jumping off walls and speakers while swinging his guitar around with such a whirlwind of energy, all with out missing a beat.

Finally, Dan Lamagna provides the back bone rhythm that holds Suicide City all together. With his punchy and tastefully energetic style, it is obvious that Lamagna has studied drums and percussion for many years. The new talent on the block shows he's destined to become top ranked in the drum world with his combination of double bass patterns and quick hand work he has created a style

KARL BERNHOLTZ: LEAD VOCALS

Karl honed his chops fronting south florida's groovenics with fellow suicide city guitarist Aj Marchetta. Originally born in Ohio not much is known about the nationality of the frontman, Adopted and raised in south Florida the Singer made a name for himself through music and touring with his former band Groovenics, Eventually crossing paths with Biohazards Billy Graziadei. Little did Karl know that years after the encounter he would be flying up to NYC to record with Billy the earliest versions of what is now SUICIDE CITY.

BILLY GRAZIADEI -GUITARS, VOCALS

Born in Boston, Ma, this hot blooded Italian made a name for himself with the Brooklyn hardcore/metal band Biohazard. Billy has spent most of his life consumed by his passion for music, obvious by his many side projects along the way.An accomplished musician, producer and engineer, Graziadei brought his vision of Suicide City to life with the help of front man Karl Bernholtz. The workaholic spends time off with his family and producing up and coming local bands in his studio, UNDERGROUND SOUND STUDIOS .

JENNIFER ARROYO: BASS GUITAR, VOCALS

This Bass diva was born on the first day of Spring, March 20th in Staten Island New York and raised in the NYC/DC area. She began to make a name for herself with her own style and vivacious bass playing in bands and touring since the tender age of 14 with countless tours under her belt. Some of Arroyo’s former bands include Open Defiance, SPiNE and Kittie. Jennifer crossed paths with Graziadei while on tour with Biohazard and the two bonded and vowed to join forces one day!

DANNY LAMAGNA: DRUMS

Devoted to training with hours upon hours of practice with a huge amount of knowledge and experience in reading, writing and teaching the art of percussion, all but sums up this Long Island Natives love for his craft. The backbeat of SUICIDE CITY was suggested to Graziadei through friends SWORN ENEMY after Lamagna filled in as a sub for the group.

AJ MARCHETTA: GUITARS

Born and raised in Hollywood Florida, the young guitarist spent his teenage years skateboarding and teaching himself music through playing guitar wherever he could find one, at either friends houses or music shops. Eventually purchasing a guitar  before joining south florida's Groovenics, Marchetta was introduced to Graziadei through friend and singer Karl Bernholtz.