Andy Biersack
Andrew Dennis Biersack, formerly known as Andy Six, is an American singer. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Black Veil Brides and is its only remaining original member. In 2014, he started a solo music project under the moniker Andy Black and released his debut album, The Shadow Side, in 2016.
Andy Biersack
Andrew Dennis Biersack
- Andy Six[1]
- Andy Black
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
- Singer
- musician
- songwriter
- Vocals
- keyboards
- synthesizers
2006–present
Early life and education
Biersack was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chris and Amy Biersack.[2]
For his early education, Biersack attended a Catholic elementary school, which he has spoken of in many interviews. Because of the way Biersack dressed and the music he listened to (i.e. Kiss, the Misfits, Avenged Sevenfold, the Damned, the Dropkick Murphys, etc.), he was the target of bullying at school. This bullying is reenacted in the "Knives and Pens" music video,[3] performed by his band, Black Veil Brides.
For high school, Biersack attended Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts, and majored in drama and vocal music. Two days after he turned 18, he left school before graduating to move to Los Angeles in hopes of furthering his potential career.[4]
Other media
After his move to Los Angeles, he took up acting for a short time. He had a small part in the AT&T commercial "Confetti", as well as a 30-second spot in the Montana Meth commercial "Jumped". Biersack guest stars in the Funny or Die web series Average Joe on YouTube.[12] He also starred in the Black Veil Brides full-length feature film, Legion of the Black, which was released on January 6, 2013, to support the band's third album.[13]
In February 2016, Biersack was cast to play the role of Johnny Faust in the independent supernatural thriller film American Satan alongside Asking Alexandria member Ben Bruce.[14] The film, directed by Sumerian Records founder Ash Avildsen, was released on October 13, 2017.[15]
Biersack authored the supernatural, historical fiction graphic novel Ghost of Ohio, in collaboration with Z2 Comics.[16] The graphic novel was released on April 19, 2019, as a tie-in to the album The Ghost of Ohio.[17]
Biersack wrote They Don't Need to Understand: Stories of Hope, Fear, Family, Life, and Never Giving In with longtime journalist Ryan J. Downey, which arrived in December 2020.[18]
From 2020 to 2021, Biersack voiced Batman in a web-series adaptation of the DC Comics mini-series Dark Nights: Death Metal.[19]
Andy Biersack discography
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