#90s sludge

IN FOUR WORDS: "HATRED. FOR. THE. SPECIES."

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on assorted shots of American/Bay Area-based sludge/DOOM metal band, NOOTHGRUSH, performing live at the famed 924 Gilman venue in Berkeley, CA, c. late '90s 📸: Danielle Graham.

LIVE IN NAWLINS -- A BOOZY, GOOD TIME WAS MORE THAN LIKELY HAD BY ALL.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a photo-dump of American sludge metal band BUZZOV*EN, performing live at an unnamed dive bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, c. late 1990s, during the band's "At a Loss" era (with Dave "Dixie" Collins on bass guitar/whiskey breath vokills).

BECAUSE JEFF HAYWARD WAS NEVER TOO FAR AWAY FROM A MARVEL COMICS TEE -- HEAVY SHIT.

PIC(S) INFO: For your "Wolverine Wednesday" -- Spotlight on a live shot of American sludge/DOOM metal band GRIEF, from the band's "Come to Grief" era, c. 1994, plus a promotional shot of the group from the same time period. Note the old-school Wolverine tee à la vocalist Jeff Hayward in the first photo -- "SNIKT!"

TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE SLUDGE/DOOM VINYL UNDERGROUND -- TUNE LOW, PLAY SLOW.

A.) DYSTOPIA – "Diary of a Battered Child"

B.) NOOTHGRUSH – "Procreation of the Wicked" (CELTIC FROST cover)

C.). BONGZILLA – "Gestation"

D.) CORRUPTED – "Nieve"

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the four sides of the "Twin Threat to Your Sanity" 7 inch EP, featuring crucial '90s underground acts such as: DYSTOPIA, NOOTHGRUSH, BONGZILLA, & CORRUPTED, released on Bad People Records, Riotous Assembly, and Selfish Fucker Records in 2001.

DRUM SET VAPORIZER, PULVERIZER, TERRORIZER, ATOMIZER -- DINO!!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a mega photo-dump of the mighty Dino Sommese, dishing out shrieks and beats during his time with American sludge crust/sludge punk/crust punk band DYSTOPIA, performing live at 924 Gilman, Berkeley, CA, c. 1998. 📸: Jerry Guzman.

"Blending images of societal decay, inner turmoil and humanity's destruction of the planet to create a style that goes hand in hand with the music."

-- TANKCRIMES (record label) on the music of DYSTOPIA

TAKE A TAB OF THIS STUFF FOR ALL YOUR HEAVY MUSIC NEEDS -- CLASS OF '98.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on cover art to stoner/DOOM/ psychedelic/sludge metal magazine/fanzine?, "Bad Acid" tab #2 (published September 1998), zine founded by David Gedge, Poole, UK. Cover Art by Arik Roper.

MY SPIRIT ANIMALS WHEN I'M HAVING "ONE OF THOSE DAYS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on members of "Dismal"-era GRIEF -- Boston sludge/DOOM metal band, c. 1992-'93.

These shots are damn near impossible to find on the interweb, so, I figured the next best thing was to snap the pictures from the CD booklet itself, from my Fuck Yoga Records/Hellmilitia reissue of "Dismal" on CD, and which you should totally already own if you like slooow, heavy, fucked up sounds with a slight hardcore punk influence in Jeff Hayward's vocal delivery.

Tune Down, Stay Down, DOOM On!!

SOME HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY FOR YA -- A LATE '90s RETROSPECTIVE ON ORIGINAL SLUDGE/DOOM SLEEVE ART.

PICS INFO: Spotlight on Russ Kent (guitarist) and Chiyo Nukaga (drummer) of Bay Area sludge/DOOM metal band, NOOTHGRUSH, photographed alongside bassist/graphic artist Eric Harrison of Boston sludge band GRIEF -- The trio are seen here with Eric’s original artwork for the GRIEF albums "Torso" (1998) and "Miserably Ever After" (1996), somewhere in Massachusetts, USA, c. May 1999.