Eyehategod, Haarp, and Blower Motor
"Like a broken memory, battered dream, a hangover fueled by social outbreak and self
abusive poetry from the streets."
Eyehategod has remained underground kings of the New Orleans scene for more than 20 years now. With over 5 releases, world tours stretching from Europe to Japan, break ups, reunions, multiple side projects and arrests, this band still brings the dirty hardcore blues from the rat infested streets into the bars. They never hold back a punch in feedback horror and doom ecstasy.
The filming for Slow Southern Steel focused on southern metal acts in the U.S. Their stops included Texas, Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia, among others. Chris Terry was recently interviewed by the gambit weekly where he had this to say about the New Orleans scene, "It is such an influence on the scene, Eyehategod, obviously. It was New Orleans who really hooked it up and infected the underground with such a cool sound. To me, the New Orleans sound is what really helped to give birth to the sound I'm trying to capture in the movie."
Critically claimed as "Sludge" or Sludgecore", this sound can now be heard in many bands not only in the south but around the U.S. and the world. Down tuned, slowed down, and heavy with the slippery guitar sound.
In the early 80's guitarist Brian Patton explained that Eyehategod was hated in
the scene, due to their slow styling and outrageous, live shows. When bands
like Exhorder and Graveyard Rodeo where kings of the metal/punk circuit, EHG, definitely must have seemed like a band from
another planet.
In the years to come this sound would eventually be known as the signature
style of New Orleans Metal to the rest of the world. With the growing success of Nola home town band Down, which features member of EHG Jimmy Bower, Eyehategod plays shows when Bower is back from tours and obligations with Down. Many of the Nola musicians play in multiple bands with each other, which only proves the family vibe and history that these bands have together.
Mike Williams, Joey Lacaze, Brian Patton and Gary Mader from EHG can be seen
along side Pat Bruder (Crowbar) tearing it up in Outlaw Order, a hardcore meets
doom band gaining a lot of exposure with the release of there new album Dragging Down the Enforcer.
Eyehategod is booked to play Hellfest in France this year, along side a few other New Orleans bands as well. It seems the world will get its dose of Eyehategod this year, and an anxious crowd awaits.
On Feb 20th Eyehategod are headlining at The bar in Metairie, Louisiana, a place that makes very very good drinks!
( I fell asleep outside the club last time I was there... eh hmm.)
Along side our boys are Haarp, recently signed to Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records, and Blower Motor, a great rock band from Gonzales, Louisiana.
Come on out and show some love this Madeira's with Eyehategod, and as always, " take as needed for pain."
-Ryan McKern
for New Orleans musicians.net
For more information on these bands please follow the links below:
myspace.com/eyehategod
myspace.com/haarpnola
myspace.com/blowermotor
myspace.com/outlaworder
www.myspace.com/thebarrocks
www.nolaunderground.com
abusive poetry from the streets."
Eyehategod has remained underground kings of the New Orleans scene for more than 20 years now. With over 5 releases, world tours stretching from Europe to Japan, break ups, reunions, multiple side projects and arrests, this band still brings the dirty hardcore blues from the rat infested streets into the bars. They never hold back a punch in feedback horror and doom ecstasy.
The filming for Slow Southern Steel focused on southern metal acts in the U.S. Their stops included Texas, Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia, among others. Chris Terry was recently interviewed by the gambit weekly where he had this to say about the New Orleans scene, "It is such an influence on the scene, Eyehategod, obviously. It was New Orleans who really hooked it up and infected the underground with such a cool sound. To me, the New Orleans sound is what really helped to give birth to the sound I'm trying to capture in the movie."
Critically claimed as "Sludge" or Sludgecore", this sound can now be heard in many bands not only in the south but around the U.S. and the world. Down tuned, slowed down, and heavy with the slippery guitar sound.
In the early 80's guitarist Brian Patton explained that Eyehategod was hated in
the scene, due to their slow styling and outrageous, live shows. When bands
like Exhorder and Graveyard Rodeo where kings of the metal/punk circuit, EHG, definitely must have seemed like a band from
another planet.
In the years to come this sound would eventually be known as the signature
style of New Orleans Metal to the rest of the world. With the growing success of Nola home town band Down, which features member of EHG Jimmy Bower, Eyehategod plays shows when Bower is back from tours and obligations with Down. Many of the Nola musicians play in multiple bands with each other, which only proves the family vibe and history that these bands have together.
Mike Williams, Joey Lacaze, Brian Patton and Gary Mader from EHG can be seen
along side Pat Bruder (Crowbar) tearing it up in Outlaw Order, a hardcore meets
doom band gaining a lot of exposure with the release of there new album Dragging Down the Enforcer.
Eyehategod is booked to play Hellfest in France this year, along side a few other New Orleans bands as well. It seems the world will get its dose of Eyehategod this year, and an anxious crowd awaits.
On Feb 20th Eyehategod are headlining at The bar in Metairie, Louisiana, a place that makes very very good drinks!
( I fell asleep outside the club last time I was there... eh hmm.)
Along side our boys are Haarp, recently signed to Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records, and Blower Motor, a great rock band from Gonzales, Louisiana.
Come on out and show some love this Madeira's with Eyehategod, and as always, " take as needed for pain."
-Ryan McKern
for New Orleans musicians.net
For more information on these bands please follow the links below:
myspace.com/eyehategod
myspace.com/haarpnola
myspace.com/blowermotor
myspace.com/outlaworder
www.myspace.com/thebarrocks
www.nolaunderground.com
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