Doug Piercy is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 guitarist. He played in the cult classic San Francisco heavy metal band Anvil Chorus

Anvil Chorus

The Anvil Chorus is the English term for the Coro di zingari , a piece of music from Act 2, Scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore which depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and their Gypsy...

 in the early 80's. Playing in Control briefly, he eventually moved on to his best known project, Heathen

Heathen (band)

Heathen is an American thrash metal band originating from the Bay Area San Francisco, founded in 1984 by guitarist Lee Altus and drummer Carl Sacco...

 in 1985. Piercy was shared lead and rhythm duties with Lee Altus

Lee Altus

Lee Altus is an American heavy metal guitarist. Altus first came to public attention in the mid-80s with his original band, Heathen, where Altus displayed his highly technical neoclassical guitar playing style...

 in Heathen from 1985 to 1992, playing on both of their LP's Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence

- Films :*Breaking the Silence a 1992 made-for-TV film.* Breaking the Silence , a 2000 Chinese film* Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror, a 2003 documentary film...

and Victims of Deception

Victims of Deception

Victims of Deception is the second album by the US thrash metal band Heathen released in 1991 by Roadrunner Records.It was re-issued by Metal Mind Productions in 2006 as a digipak in a limited amount of 2000 numbered copies....

. He left the band in 1992 after a European tour with Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

 due to dissatisfaction with the declining popularity of metal during that period, and Heathen's commercial downfall as a result of this.

Piercy now lives in Germany

Germany

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 and for a time was a professional race car driver.