Dax Riggs
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Dax David Riggs (born October 15, 1973) is an American musician, best known for fronting the
Bands
Corruption
Corruption was Riggs in his teens fronting a thrash metal band that played cover songs, though they never played a real gig.[1]
Golgotha
Golgotha was the sludge/thrash metal foundation of what would later become Acid Bath. The band released one demo, Wet Dreams of the Insane (1991), under that name before changing it. It featured Riggs as the lead vocalist, Mike Sanchez and Jerry "Boon" Businelli on guitar, Jimmy Kyle on drums, and Chad Pierce on bass.
Acid Bath
Acid Bath was a seminal sludge metal band from southern Louisiana. The band was marked by an unusual blend of sludge metal, swamp blues, doom metal, hardcore punk and psychedelia. Singer Dax Riggs's voice could range from a guttural growl to a Roy Orbison-esque wail in mid-song. In the liner notes for their second album, Paegan Terrorism Tactics, the band thanked the ghost of Roy Orbison (as well as David Bowie) for his help in creating their sound. The band was also noted for Riggs's imaginative and distinctive lyrics which often featured themes of death and drugs.
Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets
Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets was a project of Riggs between 1995 and 1997. Only two Daisyhead recordings are known to exist: Skeletal Circus Derails, a six-song recording from 1995, and a self-titled 14-track album from 1997, where most of the songs are cut off before they end.
They also detail a point in Riggs' career when he struggled for life after Acid Bath, which disbanded following the death of bassist
Toward the end of Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Riggs was pushing for a more melodic sound, which materializes in his subsequent bands
Agents of Oblivion
Agents of Oblivion was the first of Riggs's post-Acid Bath projects to release any official recordings. The band first emerged with a five-song demo, featuring former Acid Bath guitarist Mike Sanchez on lead guitar. The demo included "Big Black Backwards", "Ash of the Mind", and other songs which would later appear on the band's 2000 self-titled debut. The album included the five demo songs in addition to "Riding the Wormhole", a new version of "The Skeletal Circus Derails", and a newer, faster version of Acid Bath's "Dead Girl". The album features a blend of spare, dark ballads interspersed with blues-based heavy metal, although the sound never reverts to the more aggressive stylings of Acid Bath. The band broke up after a short tour in support of the album.
Deadboy & the Elephantmen
, and released albums on Fat Possum Records.T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul and Dax Riggs
Riggs's solo project started out under the name T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul. Riggs performed a handful of live shows under that name, mostly performing acoustic. After the breakup of
Discography
with Acid Bath
- When the Kite String Pops (1994)
- Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996)
with Agents of Oblivion
- Agents of Oblivion (2000)
with Deadboy & the Elephantmen
- If This Is Hell, Then I'm Lucky (2002; rereleased in 2008 as a solo Dax Riggs album)
- Song Mechanism EP (2004)
- We Are Night Sky (2005)
Solo
- We Sing of Only Blood or Love (2007)
- Say Goodnight to the World (2010)
See also
- Dax Riggs albums
- Agents of Oblivion (self-titled 2000)
References
- ^ Parker, Chris. "Acid Bath aftermath: Dax Riggs shakes off his psychic residue". Colorado Springs Independent. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Dax Riggs: We Sing of Only Blood or Love". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Dax Riggs, 'Say Goodnight to the World' (Fat Possum)". Spin.com. July 14, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2020.