Ivan Moody

About

Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Motograter and Ghost Machine before joining FFDP. Moody was known by the pseudonym “Ghost” during his time with Motograter.

Moody was born Ivan Lewis Greening in Denver, Colorado. Growing up, he lived in several smaller cities in the area, including Arvada, Castle Rock, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Northglenn. He said he spent a few summers with his grandmother in Wisconsin – “My grandmother put me in choir when I was about seven years old. I was only in it about two or three years. Music’s always been real close to my heart. Like anybody else, there were ups and downs in my life and music just always seemed to be consistent, so it was easy to latch on to. I started singing in bands when I was 16 years old. They used to kick me out of bars after my set was done.”

Moody moved to Los Angeles in 2001, adopting the surname of Billy Moody, who had married his mother and was “like a father to me”. There, he joined his first band called Toiz. The…