Thud was a

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band from

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The band comprised vocalist Robert Dotolo, drummer Gregg Hudson, bassist Chris Rasley and guitarist Adam Rutland, who played a combination of death-doom, stoner and

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. They released the full-length

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'' Life & Death'' and the EP '' Inevitable'' in 1992 and 1993 respectively before disbanding.

History

Thud was formed in 1990 by vocalist Robert Dotolo, drummer Gregg Hudson, bassist Chris Rasley and guitarist Adam Rutland in

The band recorded at Oz Studio in

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and in 1992 released their first

'' Life & Death'' on

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure ...

, marking the label's second release after

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's 1990 EP '' 10 Ton Pressure''. The album was executive-produced by

Zalman Fishman Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure ...

and contains guest contributions from vocalist

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of Chemlab, keyboardist Eli Janney of

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and musician Barrett Jones of

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. Thud re-entered the studio at Uncle Punchy Studios to record music for the '' Inevitable'' EP, which was released in 1993 on two 7" vinyls by Fifth Colvmn Records. The album contains two different versions of the song "Score" and remains Thud's final release. Thud performed a series of five shows at 9:30 Club in

between May 27, 1992 and July 30, 1993. On April 14, 2015 Thud's song "Ventilator", the lead track of ''Life & Death'', was played on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine: Playlist on

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. In September 2018, Thud received some airplay again on WMUC-FM when Gary Young of The Drooling Zoomers

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the songs "Conflict" and "Search" on his scheduled program The Irrelevant Show, which plays classic west-coast songs from the 1990s. Dotolo died by suicide in 2007.

Discography

Studio albums *'' Life & Death'' (1992, Fifth Colvmn) EPs *'' Inevitable'' (1993, Fifth Colvmn)

References

External links

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* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1990 Musical groups disestablished in 1993 1990 establishments in Washington, D.C. 1993 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. American doom metal musical groups American thrash metal musical groups American death metal musical groups Fifth Colvmn Records artists