Artist: Acid Bath
Genre(s):
Metal: Alternative
Rock
Discography:
Demos: 1993-1996
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Paegan Terrorism Tactics
Year: 1996
Tracks: 12
When the Kite String Pops
Year: 1994
Tracks: 14
While they didn't put on much more than a cult following during their existence, Louisiana's Acid Bath has since attained a pretty legendary status in the darker corners of the rock/metal metro. Their style -- a blend of Black Sabbath-like goo, bluesy Southern rock, death metal, hardcore, and hints of goth and industrial -- remains unmanageable to pigeonhole, having elicited comparisons to everyone from fellow Bayou-dwellers Soilent Green and Eyehategod to less extreme acts such as Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and '90s-era Corrosion of Conformity. Formed in 1991, the Kenner, L.A.-based mathematical group consisted of Dax Riggs (vocals), Mike Sanchez (guitar, backing vocals), Sammy Pierre Duet (guitar, backing vocals), Audie Pitre (bass, backing vocals), and Jimmy Kyle (drums). They recorded their first demo, Hymns of the Needle Freak, with the help of producer/manager Keith Falgout. This lED to a deal with California's Rotten Records, which released the band's debut CD in 1994. Entitled When the Kite String Pops, the album was produced by D.R.I.'s Spike Cassidy and featured graphics by ill-famed nonparallel cause of death John Wayne Gacy. Two years by and by, Acid Bath returned with the Falgout-produced Paegan Terrorism Tactics, this time with a painting by felo-de-se dr. Jack Kevorkian gracing the cover. This album leaned in a more melodic hard rock direction, spell still featuring a expectant dose of the variety of minacious alloy that characterized very much of When the Kite String Pops. Both of these albums earned positive reviews, however, neither managed to install the band all that well outside of their home plate province and its surrounding surface area.
Unluckily, before they were able to release whatsoever more substantial, bassist Pitre was killed in a drunk-driving chance event (the other number one wood was at fault). This in effect brought Acid Bath's life history to a close -- rumors of some other album circulated for a while, only ultimately zip else surfaced. Riggs and Sanchez went on to form the band Agents of Oblivion, patch Duet linked mate Louisiana metal rig Crowbar on guitar in addition to forming the disastrous metal chemical group Goatwhore. Meanwhile, Rotten Records maintained its plans to release a home telecasting featuring live performances along with the video for When the Kite String Pops' "Toubabo Koomi."
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