Patrick Lachman

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Patrick Lachman
Background information
Born	1970
Genre(s)	Rock, Groove Metal
Years active	2000 - active
Associated acts	Halford, Diesel Machine, Damageplan, The Mercy Clinic, Alice in Chains, Gargoyle

Patrick Lachman (b. 1970) was the guitarist of the band Diesel Machine from 1996 to 2001), before joining the solo band from (at that time former) Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford, titled Halford. After the release of Halford's debut album Resurrection, Lachman's other band Diesel Machine got the chance to release their own debut album, Torture Test, which had already been recorded several years earlier.

With Halford he released a live album in 2001, Live Insurrection, and another studio album in 2002, Crucible. 2003 saw the release of a Halford EP called Fourging The Furnace, but in that year Rob Halford also announced he would return to Judas Priest. This looked like the end of the Halford band, so Patrick joined with former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul in a new band called Damageplan, as their vocalist. Their debut album New Found Power was released in 2004. The band had recorded several songs for a second album, when on December 8 2004 during a Damageplan show the band came to an end when Dimebag was shot dead on stage by 25 year old Nathan Gale (who died later on that night when a Police Officer shot him. Lachman was hurt in his leg, but has recovered. He now sings in a new band called The Mercy Clinic with guitarists Brian Harrah (Proffesional Murder Music) and Josh Stinson (Drist), bassist Steed Najera (Triple Seven), and drummer Bevan Davies (Danzig, Comes With The Fall, Jerry Cantrell). In recent times, he has also been seen performing with Alice in Chains, filling in for their late lead singer Layne Staley. The band has talked about recruiting him as a full-time member, and also talked about co-headlining Ozzfest 2007 with Ozzy Osbourne.