Montana was an early member of Possessed, which formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1980s. They are regarded as one of the first death metal bands that helped pioneer the genre, ...

Montana was an early guitarist for Possessed, a pioneer of the 80s death metal whose peers included Metallica, Death Angel and Testament. Montana is the second member of the band to be shot.

Possessed was founded in the early 1980s, when Montana joined after answering a newspaper ad placed by founding members Mike Torrao and Mike Sus.He played on the band’s 1984 demo titled Death ...

Brian Montana, a former guitarist for the Bay Area death metal band Possessed, was killed in a shootout with police in South San Francisco. The incident occurred April 28 after Montana, 60 ...

Brian Montana was killed in a standoff with police in South San Francisco, Calif. Montana was an early member of Possessed, a Bay Area metal band that formed in 1982.

Montana was a member of Possessed from 1983 to 1984. While he didn’t perform on any studio albums, his playing can be heard on the band’s 1984 demo Death Metal.

Montana was an original member of Possessed, a pioneering American death metal band. Although Montana left the band in 1985 — to be replaced by future Primus guitarist Larry LaLonde — the ...

Last week, Loudwire reported that Brian Montana (original guitarist for classic death metal act Possessed) was killed during a police shootout. In his newly posted tribute to the late musician ...

A man killed in a shootout with police in California earlier this week was identified as Brian Montana, the guitarist from the pioneering death metal band Possessed.. The incident began Monday ...

Montana joined Possessed in 1983 after seeing an ad for a guitarist that founding members Mike Torrao and Mike Sus put up in the Bay Area. The group recorded a demo called Death Metal in '84, and ...