Mark "Barney" Greenway is a British

United Kingdom

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 extreme metal

Extreme metal

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 singer, who has been a member of Napalm Death

Napalm Death

Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...

, Extreme Noise Terror

Extreme Noise Terror

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, and Benediction

Benediction (band)

Benediction is a British death metal band from Birmingham, England. They were formed in February 1989.-Biography:The Birmingham-based death metal band Benediction were formed in February 1989 by Paul Adams , Peter Rew , Darren Brookes , and Mark "Barney" Greenway...

.

Greenway has stated his nickname "Barney" came from a time when he used to drink alcohol

Alcohol

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. He stated he would get so drunk that when he went anywhere, he would bump into everything. From this behaviour, he would be called "Rubble", which changed to "Barney Rubble

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" and then just "Barney".

Personality

Greenway is a progressive metal

Progressive metal

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 fan. He joined Dream Theater

Dream Theater

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 on stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

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 and performed vocals on Metallica's

Metallica

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 "Damage, Inc." live. He has reviewed progressive metal

Progressive metal

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 bands and albums for the British rock magazine Kerrang!

Kerrang!

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though he no longer does so.

According to the Coventry Evening Telegraph

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, Greenway is a supporter of Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa F.C.

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. He is a supporter of PETA

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 and has been a vegetarian since he was 14. Barney is recognisable for his strong Birmingham accent which has never waned and which he proudly maintains, and for his distinctive gruff vocal style that many feel has become synonymous with Napalm Death.

Albums

• Harmony Corruption
  Harmony Corruption
  -From the Mentally Murdered EP:*The song Mentally Murdered is a different recording than the version found on From Enslavement to Obliteration-Bonus LP 'Live I.C.A...
  
  (1990)
• Utopia Banished
  Utopia Banished
  Utopia Banished is the fourth album by the UK band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records. It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris....
  
  (1992)
• Fear, Emptiness, Despair
  Fear, Emptiness, Despair
  Fear, Emptiness, Despair is the fifth album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1994. Originally titled Under Rule, this record is notable for its extensive use of midpaced songs and elaborate music structures, similar to previous albums such as Utopia Banished and Harmony...
  
  (1994)
• Diatribes
  Diatribes
  - Personnel :* Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals* Shane Embury - Bass, Backing vocals* Mitch Harris - Guitar* Jesse Pintado - Guitar* Danny Herrera - Drums...
  
  (1996)
• Inside the Torn Apart
  Inside the Torn Apart
  Inside the Torn Apart is the seventh album by Napalm Death.-Track listing:All songs written by Shane Embury, except where noted.* - Bonus tracks on digipak edition of the albumTracks 13 and 14 were also featured On Breed to Breathe-Credits:...
  
  (1997)
• Words from the Exit Wound
  Words from the Exit Wound
  Words from the Exit Wound is the eighth album by Napalm Death released in 1998. It, along with Enemy of the Music Business, is one of two studio albums that were released by Napalm Death only on CD.-Track listing:* Bonus tracks on U.S...
  
  (1998)
• Enemy of the Music Business
  Enemy of the Music Business
  Enemy of the Music Business is the ninth album by the British band Napalm Death released in 2000. This album along with Words from the Exit Wound are the only Napalm Death studio albums that were released only on CD...
  
  (2000)
• Order of the Leech
  Order of the Leech
  Order of the Leech is the tenth album by the British band Napalm Death released in 2002. Although credited in the line-up, Jesse Pintado never performed. The second guitar is actually Mitch Harris overdubbing.-Track listing:-Notes:...
  
  (2002)
• Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
  Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
  Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 is the eleventh album by the British band Napalm Death. It contains covers of various hardcore punk and heavy metal songs...
  
  (2004)
• The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code
  The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code
  -Credits:* Mark "Barney" Greenway – Vocals* Shane Embury – Bass, rhythm guitar, background vocals* Mitch Harris – Lead Guitar, background vocals, video director, video editor* Danny Herrera – Drums* Jello Biafra – Vocals on "The Great and the Good"...
  
  (2005)
• Smear Campaign
  Smear Campaign (album)
  -Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals*Shane Embury – bass*Mitch Harris – guitar, backing vocals*Danny Herrera – drums*Anneke van Giersbergen – guest vocals on "In Deference"...
  
  (2006)
• Time Waits For No Slave
  Time Waits for No Slave
  Time Waits for No Slave is the fourteenth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released through Century Media on 23 January 2009.-Reception:- Track listing :-Personnel:Napalm Death* Barney Greenway – vocals...
  
  (2009)

Compilation albums

• The Peel Sessions (1989)
• Death by Manipulation
  Death by Manipulation
  Death by Manipulation is a compilation album of singles by the British band Napalm Death released in March 1992. On the album tracks 1-4 are from the Mass Appeal Madness EP, 5-7 from "Suffer the Children" single, 8-13 from Mentally Murdered EP, and tracks 14-19 are Napalm Death songs from Napalm...
  
  (1992)
• The Complete Radio One Sessions
  The Complete Radio One Sessions
  -Credits:Tracks 1 to 8 *Lee Dorrian - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Bill Steer - Guitar*Mick Harris - DrumsTracks 9 to 12 *Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar...
  
  (2000)
• Noise for Music's Sake
  Noise for Music's Sake
  Noise for Music's Sake is a double-disc compilation by British band Napalm Death. This album is a retrospective of the band's entire career. The first disc is a best-of compilation; the second disc contains rarities. The booklet includes 20 pages with interviews of band members Shane Embury and...
  
  (the best of and the rare of 2CD) (2003)

Live albums

• Live in Europe (7", 1989)
• Live Corruption
  Live Corruption
  Live Corruption is a live album by the English band Napalm Death released in 1992. It was recorded live at the Salisbury Arts Centre, England on 30 June 1990...
  
  (1992)
• Bootlegged in Japan
  Bootlegged in Japan
  -Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass, Backing vocals*Mitch Harris - Guitar, Backing vocals*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - Drums...
  
  (1998)
• Punishment in Capitals
  Punishment in Capitals
  -DVD extras:*Video of the London ULU show*45 minute documentary/interview with Napalm Death*Video of "If the Truth Be Known" in the Harmony Corruption sessionsTokyo, Japan #My Own Worst Enemy#More Than Meets the Eye...
  
  (2002)

Singles and EPs

• Suffer the Children (1990)
• Harmony Corruption bonus live EP (EP, 1990)
• Mass Appeal Madness
  Mass Appeal Madness
  Mass Appeal Madness is an EP by Napalm Death. It was released in 1991 on Earache Records and is dedicated to the memory of Roger Patterson, a member of the death metal band Atheist who died in the same year.-Track listing:...
  
  (EP, 1991)
• Utopia Banished Bonus CD (EP, 1992)
• The World Keeps Turning
  The World Keeps Turning
  The World Keeps Turning is an EP by Napalm Death. It was released in 1992 on Earache Records.-Track listing:-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - Drums...
  
  (EP) (1992)
• Nazi Punks Fuck Off (EP) (1993)
• Hung (EP, 1994)
• Plague Rages (Promo, 1994)
• Greed Killing
  Greed Killing
  Greed Killing is an EP by the British band Napalm Death.It was released in 1995 on Earache Records, containing two songs from the Diatribes album and four exclusive songs from the Diatribes recording sessions.-Track listing:-Credits:...
  
  (EP) (1996)
• Cursed to Tour (split with At the Gates
  At the Gates
  At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
  
  , 1996)
• In Tongues We Speak
  In Tongues We Speak
  In Tongues We Speak is a split EP album by Napalm Death and Coalesce.-Track listing:-Credits:Napalm Death*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - DrumsCoalesce...
  
  (split-CD with Coalesce) (1997)
• Breed to Breathe
  Breed to Breathe
  Breed to Breathe is an EP by the English band Napalm Death, released on Earache Records in 1997.The CD also includes a CD-ROM track, containing band biography and discography...
  
  (EP, 1997)
• Leaders Not Followers
  Leaders Not Followers
  Leaders Not Followers is an EP album by the British band Napalm Death. The EP has six tracks, which are covers from various punk and metal bands.-Track listing:-Notes:...
  
  (EP) (1999)
• Tsunami Benefit
  Tsunami Benefit
  The Tsunami Benefit split CD single was released in 2005 on Century Media, featuring Napalm Death, The Haunted, and Heaven Shall Burn, with one song from each...
  
  (Split CD with The Haunted
  The Haunted
  The Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...
  
   and Heaven Shall Burn
  Heaven Shall Burn
  Heaven Shall Burn is a German heavy metal band from Saalfeld, formed in 1996. They combine an aggressive metal sound with lyrics that show a militant support of anti-racism and fighting social injustice. All members of the band are vegan.-Biography:...
  
  ) (2005)

With Benediction

• The Dreams You Dread (demo)
• Confess All Goodness (1990, Split-EP with Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...
  
  )
• Subconscious Terror
  Subconscious Terror
  Subconscious Terror is the debut album by the death metal band Benediction. It was released on Nuclear Blast in 1990. It was re-issued together with the Dark Is the Season EP by Nuclear Blast in 1998.-Track listing:-Credits:...
  
  (1990)
• Dark Is the Season
  Dark Is the Season
  Dark Is the Season is an EP by the death metal band Benediction. It was released on Nuclear Blast in 1992.-Track listing:-Miscellanea:* The title track is heavily inspired by the movie Blue Velvet by David Lynch....
  
  (1992) (on the track "Forged in Fire")

Other appearances

• Cerebral Fix
  Cerebral Fix
  Cerebral Fix are an English thrash/death metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993...
  
   - Death Erotica
  Death Erotica
  Death Erotica is the fourth full-length studio album from English thrash metal band, Cerebral Fix. It was released on Music For Nations in 1992 and follows the previous year's album, Bastards. It is their final album to date. Guest musician spots were taken by members of Napalm Death, Pop Will Eat...
  
  - backing vocals on "Never Again"
• Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e is a grindcore band based in Belgium. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore....
  
   - Hypomanic - Guest vocals on "Totalitarian"
• The Haunted
  The Haunted
  The Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...
  
   - Revolver - cameo appearance on "No Compromise" music video
• Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage
  Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...
  
   - Anomalies - backing vocals
• Ginger
  Ginger (singer)
  Ginger is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.-Early career:...
  
   - A Break In The Weather
  A Break in the Weather
  A Break In The Weather is a compilation album released by Ginger that collects together all the tracks from the first five releases from the ill fated "Singles Club," of which there were originally going to be one single released each month for twelve months...
  
  - backing vocals on "The Dying Art Of The Chorus"
• Dream Theater
  Dream Theater
  Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
  
   - International Fan Club Christmas CD - vocals on cover of Metallica's "Damage Inc."
• Withered
  Withered
  Withered is an American extreme metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, founded by Chris Freeman and Mike Thompson. Both members also participate in a crust punk/grindcore band, Social Infestation, which also features Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders.-Overview:...
  
   - Foile Circulare - backing vocals on "...The Faded Breath" and "Clamor Beneath"
• This Is Menace
  This Is Menace
  This Is Menace was a British metalcore supergroup formed in 2004.-History:The band was formed by bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld during the hiatus of their previous band, Pitchshifter. The group released their limited EP, Collusion in 2005...
  
   - The Scene Is Dead
  The Scene Is Dead
  -This Is Menace:*Jason Bowld - drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar*Mark Clayden - bass*Paul Fletcher - guitar*Gez Walton - guitar-Production:* Nigel Crane - photography* Dose-Productions - artwork* Rick Parkhouse - Producer...
  
  - vocals on "Beg for Silence"
• Born From Pain
  Born From Pain
  Born from Pain is a Dutch hardcore band from the Oostelijke Mijnstreek which formed in 1997. Since they formed they have achieved fame through energetic shows and grew out to become the international band they are today. They have toured in all of Europe, in the United States and in Japan...
  
   - War
  War
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   - vocals on "Behind Enemy Lines"
• Kill II This
  Kill II This
  Kill II This were a metal band from Manchester, England.Kill II This achieved some minor cult popularity during their existence. The band emerged from the ashes of China Beach, who split up in late 1994 after one EP and one album at the end of a tour with German Band Running Wild...
  
   - Deviate - backing vocals on "The Flood"
• Extortion
  Extortion
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   - Loose Screws - Guest Vocals on "Grind To A Halt"
• Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven - Guest vocals on "Evelyn"
• SSS
  SSS
  -Businesses and organizations:* Sigma Sigma Sigma, a U.S. sorority* Simplified Spelling Society, an organization which promotes English spelling reform* Societas Sanctissimi Sacramenti, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament...
  
   - Problems to the Answer - Guest vocals on "The Kill Floor, ROAR, Here Comes the Neighbourhood"