D.D. Verni

D.D. Verni (born Carlo Verni), is an American bassist, best known as founding member and longtime bassist/songwriter of thrash metal band Overkill. In 1976, Verni met Lee "Rat Skates" Kundrat in high school, who had been learning to play drums since age 15. They shared the same musical interests in hard rock bands like Kiss, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Starz, Black Sabbath, Rainbow and were then introduced to punk music such as The Damned, The Ramones, The Vibrators, Generation X, and through another classmate Fred Hensley (who became known as vocalist Billy Vector.) With Skates using drums that were borrowed from neighborhood friends, the three formed a punk group known as The Lubricunts in 1979 with another classmate Ken Sibley on guitar,...