Jimmy Bower

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Jimmy Bower
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Bower performing with Eyehategod at Gods of Metal 2018
Background information
Birth nameJames Bower [1]
Born (1968-09-19) September 19, 1968 (age 53)
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres Heavy metal, sludge metal, southern rock, thrash metal
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar, drums
Years active1988–present
Labels Roadrunner
Associated acts Eyehategod, Blatant Frustration, Superjoint Ritual, Clearlight, Down, Debris Inc., Crowbar

James Bower (born September 19, 1968) is an American guitarist and drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is known for his work with pioneering sludge metal bands Eyehategod, [2] Crowbar, Down, and Superjoint Ritual, being a founding member of all but Crowbar.

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Discography

BandRelease dateTitleLabelInstrument
Eyehategod December 1, 1992 In the Name of Suffering Intellectual ConvulsionGuitar
November 22, 1993 Take as Needed for Pain Century Media
Down September 19, 1995 NOLA Elektra Drums
EyehategodApril 2, 1996 Dopesick Century Media Guitar
Crowbar October 29, 1996 Broken Glass Pavement MusicDrums
Eyehategod1997In These Black Days: Vol. 1 (split with Anal Cunt) Hydra Head Records Guitar
CrowbarJuly 7, 1998 Odd Fellows Rest Pavement MusicDrums
EyehategodJanuary 25, 2000 Southern Discomfort Century Media Guitar
September 19, 2000 Confederacy of Ruined Lives
The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight 2000The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight Tee Pee Records
Corrosion of Conformity August 7, 2001 Live Volume Sanctuary Records Drums
EyehategodMay 29, 2001 10 Years of Abuse (EP) Century Media Guitar
DownMarch 26, 2002 Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow Elektra Drums
Superjoint Ritual May 21, 2002 Use Once and Destroy Sanctuary Records Guitar
July 22, 2003 A Lethal Dose of American Hatred
EyehategodMay 27, 2005 Preaching the "End-Time" Message Emetic Records
DownSeptember 25, 2007 Down III: Over the Under Warner/RoadrunnerDrums
DownSeptember 18, 2012 Down IV Part I – The Purple EP Housecore Records
DownMay 13, 2014 Down IV – Part II Down Records, Independent Label Group Drums
EyehategodMay 26, 2014 Eyehategod Housecore Records/Century Media Guitar
SuperjointNovember 11, 2016 Caught Up in the Gears of Application Housecore RecordsGuitar
EyehategodMarch 12, 2021 A History of Nomadic Behavior Century Media Guitar

Music videos and DVDs

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Bower drumming for Down

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References

  1. "Writer profile - James Bower | Musixmatch". musixmatch.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. Sharpe-Young, Garry (December 5, 2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. pp. 137–. ISBN   978-0-9582684-0-0 . Retrieved October 13, 2011.