Soilent Green
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Soilent Green is an American grindcore/sludge metal band formed in 1988 in Chalmette/Metairie on the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
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On April 26, 2004, bassist Scott Williams was killed in a murder–suicide by his partner.[1][2] In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina.[3]
Musical style
Soilent Green's musical style is characterized as a mixture of grindcore with sludge and blues-heavy southern rock.[4] Rock Hard initially saw the band as an intersection of Eyehategod, Crowbar and Anal Cunt with occasional borrowings from death metal,[5] but on the next album the group's sound focussed on grindcore, which the band combined with influences from sludge and technical death metal,[6] and coined the term "sludgegrind" for Soilent Green's 2008 album.[7] Michael Edele of laut.de described the band's style as a "contradictory mixture of hardcore, sludge, grindcore and southern rock".[8]
The band's 1990s and early-2000s albums are regarded as trendsetting for the grindcore genre;[9] a Rolling Stone article listed Soilent Green as one of the "ten most important hard and heavy bands" of the hour in the late 1990s.[10]
In popular culture
In 2009, Soilent Green was featured on the first episode of season four on the Adult Swim show Squidbillies, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a cowpunk/sludge style.[11]
Members
Current
- Tommy Buckley – drums (1988–present)
- Brian Patton – guitars (1988–present)
- Ben Falgoust – vocals (1993–present)
- Scott Crochet – bass (2003–present)
Former
- Donovan Punch – rhythm guitar (1988–1999)
- Glenn Rambo – vocals (1988–1992; died 2005)
- Marcel Trenchard - bass (1988–1992)
- Scott Williams – bass (1992–2002; died 2004)
- Ben Stout – rhythm guitar (2000–2001)
- Tony White – rhythm guitar (2003–2005)
- Gregg Harney – rhythm guitar (2005–2007)
Timeline
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Discography
Studio albums
| Release date | Title | Label |
| 1995 | Pussysoul | Dwell Records |
| 1998 | Sewn Mouth Secrets | Relapse Records |
| 2001 | A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down | Relapse Records |
| 2005 | Confrontation | Relapse Records |
| 2008 | Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction | Metal Blade Records |
EPs
| Release date | Title | Label |
| 1998 | String of Lies | Relapse Records |
References
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External links
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