---
title: "24‐7 Spyz"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/24-7-spyz"
genre: "Alternative Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1986
---

# 24‐7 Spyz

**24‐7 Spyz** is a alternative metal band, from United States, active 1986 to present.

24-7 Spyz are an American rock band from the South Bronx, New York, formed in 1986, originally consisting of Jimi Hazel (guitars), Rick Skatore (bass), Kindu Phibes (drums), and P. Fluid (vocals). The band plays hard rock, heavy metal, funk metal and rap metal songs which incorporate elements of jazz, R&B, soul, reggae and hardcore punk. The fact that they are African Americans playing variations of heavy metal led critics to compare them to bands such as Living Colour and Bad Brains. After several lineup changes, the band broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2003 before releasing their first new album of original material in over a decade in 2006. As of 2021, the lineup of the band includes Hazel, Skatore, and drummer Tobias Ralph.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-7_Spyz

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | 24‐7 Spyz |
| Genre | Alternative Metal |
| Parent genre | Alternative Metal |
| Origin | South Bronx, United States |
| Formed | 1986 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal) · [Funk Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funk-metal) · [Groove Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/groove-metal) · [Rap Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/rap-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Carlton Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/carlton-smith) |  |  | Current |
| [Jimi Hazel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jimi-hazel) |  | 1986 to present | Current |
| [Rick Skatore](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rick-skatore) |  | 1986 to present | Current |
| [Joel Maitoza](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joel-maitoza) |  | 1991 to 1996 | Former |
| [Anthony Johnson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/anthony-johnson) |  | 1988 to 1995 | Former |
| [Jeff Broadnax](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jeff-broadnax) |  | 1991 to 1994 | Former |
| [Kindu Phibes](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kindu-phibes) |  | 1986 to 1987 | Former |
| [Matt Martin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-martin) |  | 1997 to 1997 | Former |
| [P. Fluid](https://themetalnet.com/musician/p-fluid) |  | 1986 to 1995 | Former |
| [Tony Lewis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tony-lewis) |  | 1998 to 2004 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1989 | [Harder Than You](https://themetalnet.com/album/367837e2-7d14-32a2-8167-be26255bc791) | Album |
| 1990 | [Gumbo Millennium](https://themetalnet.com/album/73b87090-dc73-3b48-af0f-b02031d26fad) | Album |
| 1991 | [This is... 24-7 Spyz!](https://themetalnet.com/album/d368188e-e053-3571-b278-8f6d4835578c) | EP |
| 1992 | [Strength in Numbers](https://themetalnet.com/album/37db7436-6e0d-3e7f-9c2f-19a8c4579989) | Album |
| 1995 | [Temporarily Disconnected](https://themetalnet.com/album/248c37aa-6dbe-3572-8775-06bff66d8ad6) | Album |
| 1996 | [6](https://themetalnet.com/album/689b64f3-1bda-3bb0-b981-02cf55032ca6) | Album |
| 1996 | [Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound](https://themetalnet.com/album/b5f3b6f4-d362-3a6e-8005-d57172ad7b32) | Album |
| 1997 | [If I Could](https://themetalnet.com/album/1910cf10-868e-4462-9fa2-38bca52fea23) | EP |
| 2006 | [Face the Day](https://themetalnet.com/album/578bf064-4514-3b91-b178-6ea095b3e0be) | Album |
| 2019 | [The Soundtrack to the Innermost Galaxy](https://themetalnet.com/album/817dd8b3-2faa-4d7e-9caa-b1ce959bfdb6) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Living Colour](https://themetalnet.com/band/living-colour) (listened together)
- [Infectious Grooves](https://themetalnet.com/band/infectious-grooves) (listened together)
- [Jane’s Addiction](https://themetalnet.com/band/jane-s-addiction) (listened together)
- [Suicidal Tendencies](https://themetalnet.com/band/suicidal-tendencies) (listened together)
- [Incubus](https://themetalnet.com/band/incubus) (listened together)
- [Queensrÿche](https://themetalnet.com/band/queensryche-deeea939) (listened together)
- [Cyco Miko](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyco-miko) (listened together)
- [Mudvayne](https://themetalnet.com/band/mudvayne) (listened together)
- [KISS](https://themetalnet.com/band/kiss) (listened together)
- [Hill Bomb](https://themetalnet.com/band/hill-bomb) (same tags)
- [Nobody](https://themetalnet.com/band/nobody) (same tags)
- [Smokin Suckaz Wit Logic](https://themetalnet.com/band/smokin-suckaz-wit-logic) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://24-7spyz.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetalSoul4Life
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EvYDcSvmVxZuMe4faStNq
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/159518
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC_2V1y2QCc8zYwMaWMOZcLg

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/24-7-spyz](https://themetalnet.com/band/24-7-spyz). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt