Steve Grimmett, a British heavy metal vocalist, best known as the lead vocalist for the band Grim Reaper has died. He was born on 19 August 1959 and died on 15 August 2022, aged 62. Grimmett died four days to his 63rd birthday.
Grimmett’s career began in the era of new wave of British heavy metal. He started out with the Medusa band but it was short-lived, afterwhich he became the lead vocalist for Grim Reaper.
What happened Grim Reaper band?
Grim Reaper achieved major success worldwide with three highly acclaimed studio albums along with single releases and MTV airplay.
The group formed in 1979, with Grimmett joining the lineup as their vocalist in 1982. The group disbanded 9 years later, in 1988.
After disbanding in 1988, the band reformed in 2006 around Grimmett, and due to legal issues surrounding the rights to the original band name, they now go by Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper.
Two albums under the latter name have since been released: Walking in the Shadows (2016) and At the Gates (2019).
At the time of his passing, he was the longest tenured member within the group. Over the course of the band’s career, he appeared on five studio albums.
The first three – See You in Hell, Fear No Evil and Rock You to Hell – were recorded between 1982-1988.
The last two – Walking in the Shadows and At the Gates – were recorded in 2016 and 2019 respectively.