Keith Alexander (guitarist)
Encyclopedia
Keith Alexander born in Brooklyn, New York was a guitarist, cyclist and body modification
enthusiast.
band Carnivore
(fronted by Peter Steele
, the goth-metal band Type O Negative
) and Primal Scream. During the late 1990s he was a member of Dee Snider
's SMFs.
Worked as a talent finder, though technically credited as "Piercing consultant" on Dee Sniders movie 1998 movie Strangeland. For reasons of both cost savings with special effects and sense of reality in appearance, Keith went within the body mod community for extra's who were modded for some roles.
Alexander died in a bicycle
accident on July 11, 2005. He lost control while passing a child on a bike and crashed into a fence on Shore Road, Bay Ridge Brooklyn. It was reported that had he been wearing a helmet he would likely have survived.
Body modification
Body modification is the deliberate altering of the human body for any non-medical reason, such as aesthetics, sexual enhancement, a rite of passage, religious reasons, to display group membership or affiliation, to create body art, shock value, or self expression...
enthusiast.
Career
Alexander was the guitarist for the late 1980s thrashThrash
Thrash may refer to:*Thrashing , where increasing resources are used to do a decreasing amount of work*Thrash , mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers-Music:*Thrash metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music...
band Carnivore
Carnivore (band)
Carnivore was an American crossover thrash band formed in Brooklyn, New York by Peter Steele , and was formed out of the ruins of the Brooklyn hard rock group Fallout in 1982.-History:...
(fronted by Peter Steele
Peter Steele
Peter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...
, the goth-metal band Type O Negative
Type O Negative
Type O Negative was a gothic metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. The band also incorporated elements of doom metal and thrash metal. Their dramatic lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"...
) and Primal Scream. During the late 1990s he was a member of Dee Snider
Dee Snider
Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Snider is most famous for his role as the frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister...
's SMFs.
Worked as a talent finder, though technically credited as "Piercing consultant" on Dee Sniders movie 1998 movie Strangeland. For reasons of both cost savings with special effects and sense of reality in appearance, Keith went within the body mod community for extra's who were modded for some roles.
Alexander died in a bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
accident on July 11, 2005. He lost control while passing a child on a bike and crashed into a fence on Shore Road, Bay Ridge Brooklyn. It was reported that had he been wearing a helmet he would likely have survived.