Josh Silver

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{{short description|American keyboardist (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Josh Silver

| image = Josh Silver.jpg

| image_upright = 1.2

| caption = Silver in 2008

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|14}}

| origin = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| instrument = Keyboards

| genre = Heavy metal, gothic metal, doom metal

| occupation = Musician, record producer

| years_active = 1979-2010

| label = Roadrunner, SPV

| associated_acts = Type O Negative, Fallout, Original Sin

| website =

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Josh Silver (born November 14,{{cite web|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(ycp5td55ueuhzcikldmpen55))/view.aspx?id=10207&collection=867 |title=AmIAnnoying.com about Josh Silver |publisher=www.amiannoying.com |accessdate=November 16, 2012}} 1962) is an American retired musician who is the former keyboardist, producer and backing vocalist of gothic metal band Type O Negative. He joined the band at frontman Peter Steele's request. He played for Type O Negative until they disbanded due to Steele's death in 2010.

Silver, who is Jewish,{{cite web|url=http://kkahnharris.typepad.com/weblog/2008/02/great-josh-silv.html |title=Metal Jew: Great Josh Silver interview |publisher=Kkahnharris.typepad.com |date=February 27, 2008 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XI4-VnSrEcAC&q=%22josh+silver%22+jewish&pg=PR17 |title=Stars of David: rock'n'roll's Jewish ... – Google Books |isbn=978-1-58465-303-5 |accessdate=March 18, 2010|last1=Benarde |first1=Scott R. |year=2003 }}{{cite web|first=Tony |last=Ware |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2007-04-19/music/morbid-obsessions/ |title=Morbid Obsessions – Page 1 – Music – Orange County |publisher=OC Weekly |date=April 19, 2007 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5409197/VH1-Classic-Takes-Passover-on.html |title=VH1 Classic Takes Passover on the Road to Las Vegas With 'Matzo and Metal II: Back to the Desert' Premiering on Thursday, April 13 at 10 p.m./ET and 7 p.m./PT. | Goliath Business News |publisher=Goliath.ecnext.com |date=April 10, 2006 |accessdate=March 18, 2010}} was also a founding member of the short-lived rock group Fallout along with Steele. Fallout gave birth to Carnivore which ultimately led to Type O Negative. After the breakup of Fallout, Silver formed hard rock band Original Sin.

Silver was first introduced to professional recording and production upon meeting and working with producer and Soundscape Recording Studio owner Richard Termini. Fallout's earliest recordings trace back to the Termini Soundscape sessions from the late 1970s.

After the death of Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele, Silver became a certified EMT and then paramedic in New York, as stated by Silver, for over a year this had been his "plan B" to support his wife and children.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} Assuming at the time that the band was finished, Silver had begun EMT schooling during Steele's 2008 hiatus. He still holds his Paramedic position with the New York City Fire Department.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}