Outface was an punk rock/hardcore band formed in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the late 1980s, fronted by future Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

 singer Derrick Green

Derrick Green

Derrick Leon Green is the frontman for the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. Green joined Sepultura in 1997, when he replaced group founder Max Cavalera, who left the band. Allmusic said about the singer: "There was a time when the idea of Sepultura recording without Max Cavalera seemed...

. The band also featured bassist Frank Cavanagh of Filter

Filter (band)

Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....

 and guitarist Charlie Garriga of CIV, who was self-taught. Mark Konopka was the drummer. They recorded one demo tape in 1987, and later reunited for a studio album, Friendly Green

Friendly Green

Friendly Green is the first and only album released by the alternative metal group Outface, most famous for being Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green's first published recording.-Track listing:#"Static" - 0:28#"Abel's Brother" - 4:44#"Near Near" - 5:10...

, released 1996

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

. Stylistically, their music varies between rock, metal and punk with ska elements, not unlike the early works of Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

. Interestingly, Green was credited as Simon Verde on the Outface release.