{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{short description|American guitarist}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Rob Echeverria | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|15}} | birth_place = Corona, New York, U.S. | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|Hardcore punk|{{nowrap|post-hardcore}}|{{nowrap|alternative metal}}}} | occupation = Guitarist | years_active = 1987–2002 | associated_acts = {{hlist|Biohazard|Helmet|Straight Ahead|Rest in Pieces}} | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> }}
'''Rob Echeverria''' (born December 15, 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY: HELMET'S ROB ECHEVERRIA |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/508741/you-say-its-your-birthday-helmets-rob-echeverria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607033535/http://www.mtv.com/news/508741/you-say-its-your-birthday-helmets-rob-echeverria/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2015 |website=MTV}}</ref> is an American musician who has worked as the guitarist of Biohazard, Helmet,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rotondi |first1=James |title=Dropped D-Day: Helmet Levels Metaldom |url=http://www.bluecricket.com/helmet/interviews/gp892.html |accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Suarez |first1=Gary |title=Why Helmet decided to take an album that wasn't a best-seller on tour, two decades later |date=February 25, 2015 |url=https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/why-helmet-decided-to-take-an-album-that-wasnt-a-best-seller-on-tour-two-decades-later/Content?oid=4344695 |accessdate=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728160804/https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/why-helmet-decided-to-take-an-album-that-wasnt-a-best-seller-on-tour-two-decades-later/Content?oid=4344695 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=REYES-KULKARNI |first1=SABY |title=HOW HELMET BROADENED THEIR SOUND ON 'BETTY' |url=http://diffuser.fm/21-years-ago-helmet-release-betty/ |website=Diffuser |date=June 21, 2015 |accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref> Rest in Pieces, and Straight Ahead.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alva |first1=Freddy |title=Rob Echeverria (Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Biohazard, Helmet) |date=August 15, 2014 |url=http://www.noecho.net/interviews/rob-echeverria-straight-ahead-rest-in-pieces-biohazard-helmet |accessdate=July 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=BUKSZPAN |first1=DANIEL |title=The Z Review Playlist: CBGB's 1984-1986 by Musician Rob Echeverria |url=https://thezreview.com/2018/06/29/the-z-review-playlist-cbgbs-1984-1986-by-musician-rob-echeverria/ |accessdate=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728131330/https://thezreview.com/2018/06/29/the-z-review-playlist-cbgbs-1984-1986-by-musician-rob-echeverria/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> While in Helmet, he helped compose and record the song "Milquetoast", which was released on The Crow's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ogg |first1=Alex |title=The Rough Guide to Rock}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Graeme Revell The Crow |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crow-mw0000116052/credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref> Both of Echeverria's parents were originally from Ecuador.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/robecheverria.html | title=Perfect Sound Forever: Rob Echeverria }}</ref>
==Discography== ;with Straight Ahead *''Breakaway'' (1987)
;with Rest in Pieces *''My Rage'' (1987) *''Under My Skin'' (1990)
;with Helmet *''Betty'' (1994)
;with Biohazard *''New World Disorder'' (1999)
==References== {{reflist }} {{authority control}} {{Biohazard}} {{Helmet}}
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