Royal Trux is an American alternative rock band active from 1987 to 2001, and which reunited in 2015. It was founded by Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema (vocals).
Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They have released nine studio albums on Fat Wreck Chords as well as one Live album, 2 B-sides collections, a best-of, a box set and appeared on numerous compilations and skate/surf/dirt bike/offroading videos. They have played on the Warped Tour and continue to tour internationally. They currently have an ongoing collaboration beer with Lucky Luke Brewing Company in Palmdale, CA called “Astrolux Golden Ale”.
Audie Thomas Pitre was an American bass guitarist. He also added back-up vocals in Acid Bath (1991–1997) and formed another band known as Shrüm (1995). Pitre formed Shrüm with the idea to have two bass players, himself and Joseph J. Fontenot, to create a heavy, low-end bass sound with Tomas Viator on electronic drums and Scott Leger on vocals. Shrüm's only album to date is Red Devils & Purple Ringers.
Acid Bath was an American sludge metal band from Houma, Louisiana, active from 1991 to 1997. Acid Bath combined doom metal roots with influences from hardcore punk, death metal, gothic rock, and blues to create the band's unique sound. In a Pit Magazine interview, vocalist Dax Riggs classified their sound as "death rock". In another interview, guitarist Sammy Duet described their sound as "gothic hardcore". They broke up after the death of bassist Audie Pitre in a traffic collision in January 1997.
Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Water Valley and Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording previously unknown Mississippi blues artists. Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster. The label has been featured in The New York Times, New Yorker, The Observer, a Sundance Channel production, features on NPR, and a 2004 documentary, You See Me Laughin. Fat Possum also distributes the Hi Records catalog.
Heartless Bastards are an American rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2003. The band has released six albums.
Dax David Riggs is an American musician, best known for fronting the sludge metal band Acid Bath in the 1990s. He has been a part of many projects since then, including Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy & the Elephantmen. In 2007 he began releasing material under his own name.
Big Ass is a Thai rock band. It was originally a pop rock band but the music moved toward hardcore punk in some of the band's recent works. During the band's early years until mid-2012, the band's leading vocalist was Ekkarat "Dax" Wongchalard. Later half of 2012, Daycha "Jeng" Konalo became the new leading vocalist, replacing Ekkarat in EP Dan Neramit, their seventh album released in April 2013. Their latest album is The Lion, the eighth album released in 2017.
We Are Night Sky is the second and final full-length album of Deadboy & the Elephantmen. It is also the first full-length album to feature drummer Tessie Brunet. It is the first of the three records contract with Fat Possum Records.
Paegan Terrorism Tactics is the second and final studio album by American sludge metal band Acid Bath. It is the band's last album before their disbanding in 1997 due to the death of bassist Audie Pitre.
If This Is Hell, Then I'm Lucky is the debut album by Deadboy & the Elephantmen, fronted by Dax Riggs, formerly of Acid Bath and Agents of Oblivion. The album was re-released on February 5, 2008 under Dax Riggs's name only, and again in 2010 by Rotten Records, using the band's proper title. It features Dax Riggs, Jason Dupre (guitar), Christopher T. Gautreaux, Jeff LeCompte, and Kurt Westwood.
Originally distributed through Deadboy & the Elephantmen's website, and also by various local Louisiana music stores, Song Mechanism showcases four songs that were later included in Deadboy's second full-length album We Are Night Sky. The EP is no longer in print.
We Sing of Only Blood or Love is the debut solo album by American singer and songwriter Dax Riggs. It was slated to be the next Deadboy and the Elephantmen album before that band's dissolution. Riggs decided to release it under his own name, on August 21, 2007. Matt Sweeney provided a combination of guitar, bass, piano and backing vocals for all of the tracks, as well as producing the record.
Agents of Oblivion was an American rock band from Louisiana that evolved from the ashes of Acid Bath. Fronted by Dax Riggs, their sound displayed influences from psychedelic rock, blues rock, and swamp rock.
Agents of Oblivion is the only album by American metal band Agents of Oblivion fronted by Dax Riggs, formerly of Acid Bath.
Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets Live is a 14-track live recording and the second recording by Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets. This album was recorded live by Andrew Oberste in 1997. This live recording includes a few songs that Dax has never revisited since, like: Ghost of a Ghost, The Skeletal Circus Derails, Riding the Wormhold and Winter Ritual. There is also a few covers included, David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" and Iggy Pop's "Neighborhood Threat" being among them. Half of the song titles are unknown. It's also perhaps the earliest recording of the "Deadboy & the Elephantmen Theme Song," which Riggs would eventually play when he formed a band by that name in late 2000.
Radio Edits 1, or simply Edits, was a remix album by American sludge metal band Acid Bath, released in September 1994 to radio stations only for promotional purposes. This album was not available to the general public and was an attempt to get the band more exposure. The four songs on this album were the most popular from the band's first full album, When the Kite String Pops, that were remixed and cleaned up to make them suitable for airing on the radio.
Crocodiles are a noise pop/indie pop band from San Diego, California, US. The group was formed in 2008 by core members Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell after the break-up of their former punk bands Some Girls and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Crocodiles' sound has typically been likened to The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Archies, and Tommy James & The Shondells.
Say Goodnight to the World is a solo album by the American singer and songwriter Dax Riggs, released in 2010.
Tess Brunet is an American musician and producer, who has recorded and performed under the band names The Black Orchids,Au Ras Au Ras,Animal Electric,Generationals, and deadboy & the Elephantmen. Brunet began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, recording on portable cassette tape machines while living in New York City. Brunet has worked with various artists including Daniel Johnston, Lady Bo of Bo Diddley, Floating Action and Twin Tigers, to name a few. Brunet released her first solo albums under Animal Electric in 2008 and Au Ras Au Ras in 2011 and 2012. Tess currently performs and records with her band The Black Orchids. She has toured extensively in various bands since 2003 playing mostly drums and guitar. Tess owns and operates an independent record shop and DIY record label with her husband in south Louisiana.
