Biohazard vocalist/guitarist Billy Graziadei has commented briefly on the passing of their original drummer Anthony Meo to cancer. Meo sat behind the kit on the group’s controversial self-titled 1988 demo before being replaced by Danny Schuler, who has held the position since. Meo also played drums for Tribe Of Anger.
Graziadei said on social media yesterday, July 14th:
RIP Anthony Meo. You brought us all together, you will live on forever through what we created together! #biohazard #og #drummer #fuckcancer #pickitupmeo pic.twitter.com/zuA7FbCzOq
— BillyBio (@billybiohazard) July 15, 2023
Schuler also commented in a separate statement, offering:
“Anthony MEO was the original drummer of @biohazarddfl and a founding member of the band. He was also a friend I’ve known since I was 5 years old. I grew up looking up to him as a drummer, and I went to school with his sister, Nicole. MEO lived 2 blocks from me in Canarsie, and he used to come play drums with me at my house.
He was a few years older than me, but we were friends. I remember seeing him with biohazard in the early days. And when he left the band and I joined, he gave me his blessing. In later years, he would come to the shows and sit in on the drums and remind everybody how important he was to biohazard. Without MEO, there is no biohazard. We lost a brother today, and a true old school Brooklyn original. He was truly one of a kind, living life on his terms. And a great drummer. Rest in peace my brother, and thank you for showing me the way.”
