Mike "Buffalo" DeSano

Mike "Buffalo" DeSano (born February 28th 1963) is an American singer, best known as the original vocalist of influential New York thrash metal band Eden Havok from 1985-1993, when he left the band for other ventures. He performed guest vocals on Transgress' second album Create, Decimate at the request of his younger brother Vince DeSano, vocalist for the band. He briefly re-joined Eden Havok from 1996-1999, whereupon the band dissipated after their final line-up. He formed Bleed the Pain in 2000 with ex-God Appendium guitarist Christopher Nash and ex-Lethal Shot of Insanity drummer Eddie Sanchez, and the band has been his main project ever since.

Personal life
Michael Giovanni DeSano was born in New York City on February 28th 1963 to Giovanni DeSano (1940-2007) and Christina Paviotii-DeSano (1943-1979). He grew up in New York, and took classical vocal lessons from age six, around the same time as his younger brother Vince was born. They both have a younger sister, Julia (b. 1973) When Mike was sixteen and his brother was ten, their mother Christina died after a workplace accident. Giovanni had to raise three children on his own, and Vince left home in 1982, moving to a larger part of New York.

Musical career
In 1983, a year after moving, Mike joined local band Divide and Conquer. The band consisted of Mike on vocals, Julio and Angelo Gambetti on guitar and bass, as well as Ritchie P.D on drums. The band broke up in 1985 after yielding little productivity, and Mike formed Eden Havok in the same year.