Soilent Green is an American
extreme metal band formed in 1988 in
Chalmette/
Metairie on the suburbs of
. Described as a
sludge metal and
grindcore band, the group blends elements of
death metal,
black metal
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,
hardcore
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, and
bluesy,
groove
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...
-oriented
Southern rock
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.
Overview
Soilent Green was founded in 1988, but their debut album was not released until 1995, when ''
Pussysoul'' came out via
Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by
Relapse Records, until they signed with
Metal Blade Records
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for their 2008 album, ''
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction''.
Deaths
On April 26, 2004, bassist Scott Williams was killed in a
murder–suicide
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by his partner.
In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in
Hurricane Katrina.
In popular culture
In 2009, they were featured on the first episode of season four on the
Adult Swim
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show ''
Squidbillies
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'', episode 41, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a
cowpunk
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/
sludge
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style.
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
Discography
References
External links
*
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Heavy metal musical groups from Louisiana
Musical groups from New Orleans
American sludge metal musical groups
American grindcore musical groups
Relapse Records artists
Musical groups established in 1988
Musical quartets