1. Derrick Leon Green was born on January 20,1971 and is an American musician best known as the vocalist of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura.
23 Facts About Derrick Green
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Derrick Green joined the band in 1997 after the departure of band founder Max Cavalera.
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From an early age, Derrick Green wished to travel and live outside the United States; he went to Berlin for a time before moving from New York to Sao Paulo.
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Derrick Green then joined the band in 1986 at the age of 15 after the departure of their two former singers.
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Derrick Green was credited as Simon Verde on the Outface release.
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In 1996, Derrick Green would start to play guitar and sing with Sara Cox, they would then form the band Alpha Jerk.
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Derrick Green told him that Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera had left the band in 1996 and they were searching for a new vocalist.
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Derrick Green got a hold of the tape from Gitter and he recorded his idea for the song "Choke" and sent it to Brazil.
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Derrick Green was then asked to fly down to Sao Paulo, Brazil to meet everyone and audition for the position.
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Derrick Green flew out a week later and met everyone and auditioned for two weeks.
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Derrick Green was asked to come back to Brazil to start recording his first album, Against, with Sepultura.
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Derrick Green moved from New York and decided to live in Amsterdam while on a promo tour.
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Nation would be the first album that Derrick Green would take part in the writing process for, from beginning to end.
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Derrick Green decided to move to Sao Paulo to be closer to the group and work on the new material.
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In "Convicted in Life" video, Derrick Green collaborated with the video director Luis Carone for the idea.
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Derrick Green was replaced by Brazilian drummer Jean Dolabella who they continued with and toured with for the most part of the Dante XXI tour.
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Derrick Green joined another band, Musica Diablo, in 2008, a thrash metal band with members of Nitrominds, Acao Direta and Dead Fish.
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Derrick Green was a guest vocalist on a few CDs including Biohazard's Uncivilization and the soundtrack of the Brazilian movie Lisbela e o Prisioneiro.
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Derrick Green appeared with Sepultura in a successful ad campaign for Volkswagen that aired nationally throughout Brazil in 2008.
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In 2013, Derrick Green worked on a side project called Maximum Hedrum.
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Derrick Green previously lived in Carapicuiba, Sao Paulo, but now lives in Los Angeles.
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Derrick Green made this publicly clear in a PETA video interview regarding Sepultura's 2006 video of the song "Convicted in Life".
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Derrick Green stated in the interview that the subject of this video is that some kind of "karma" is inflicted on those that damage the environment and its wildlife.