Acid Bath at a bingo parlor in South Carolina (just across the bridge from Savannah, GA). The best I recall it was 1996... Tank 18, The Spo-Its, Acid Bath, D.R.I.
The cool thing about them is that the riffs and everything aren’t super complex, but the way the songs are structured with all the tempo changes and the drumming that drives it all is what makes Acid Bath stand out.
The life of this band was probably one more album. Which would have probably been some jumble of the ideas that we got on the Agents S/T and early Goatwhore, which could have been a masterpiece, who knows. But it also would mean sacrificing the excellent Agents of Oblivion S/T.
that will nvr happen. I talked with dax a few mths ago ay a NC show. he hates everything about his days of acid bath. now he has kid and a dad mind( the antics are over for dax)
It's incredible that he can scream like that and then go seamlessly in and out of singing and everything is still perfect. The average man can only scream so much before his voice turns to dogshit. It's also crazy to see that huge voice come from such a little dude, and while he masturbates himself, no less. Very impressive.
@@ericdravennevermore2566 Well, Melvins are still the essential. If the atlantic records are too easy-listening for you, check out everything before that. Their first two records are virtually incomprehensible, in the best way possible.
Lyrics: Across your face I see what you are You want to kill the sun Blot out the stars I know you, you're nothing You're so small You're fucking nothing Nothing at all The sun burns on It reminds me of you The slit wrists of the sky Bleeding into the blue We twist beneath forever Cause do you know what you've done Ants in the afterbirth We're slugs under the sun I could not wake the dead man dreaming Acid party, murder at the late show Mutate me and breed yourselves a savior I could not kill the dead man screaming Eat my dead cock Eat my dead cock I have fallen deep in love with the sky Fragments of a sunbeam glaring on a kitchen knife Leaves will fall as everything must follow Kill your idol, come on, jump into the void Eat my cold shit Everybody whispers where birds fall dead I smell the yellow sickness churning inside your head Wiping flecks of foam, twisting with rabies Bloody, we run through these fields of dead daisies How can I ever Make you know what you've done Ants in the afterbirth We're slugs under the sun I have fallen in love with the sky Fragments of sunbeam glaring on a kitchen knife
Acid Bath were years ahead of their time. So incredibly sick! I am one of the lucky ones to see them several times live. They were awesome live. Long Live Acid Bath!
I hate myself for getting rid of the shit for When the Kite String Pops. My girlfriend hated it, especially when I told her (which was stupid) who drew the fucked up looking clown. This is what happens when you settle down kids.
Paraphrasing a conversation a friend of mine had with Sammy at a recent Goatwhore show: "I heard you guys were working on a 'reunion' without Dax, is that happening?" Sammy: "Ahhh I can't tell you anything about that." That's not a denial. It's the only hope I have right now. I've seen Dax live and he said basically no chance he'd ever be interested in it. He still signed all my Acid Bath stuff, which was really nice; and he is still a really good performer.
Metro Atlanta now... Where I can actually see more bands come from overseas, lol... Savannah got a small but decent metal scene... NOW, years after I left. I moved up to metro Atlanta about 2 or 3 years after this show was recorded...
Lol, you probably meant... IN the video... 3:21, standing at the leftmost edge... Wearing the Napalm Death Russian tour shirt I got from Dave over at Earache Records when I was working press and publicity through them for my music magazine... Damn, I still have that shirt too; the only reason it still fits was because it was an Extra Large when I got it, haha
That is how a lot of my friends looked and dressed in high school and after who mostly skated or smoked weed and stuff like i did in the mid 90's .But some of my friends go see them live in Little Rock, AR in like 1994 maybe..Looking back it is funny tho!!
not gonna lie, this has it's own unreplicable style and atmosphere, but I would kill for a clean studio recording remaster of this with a higher production, their sound makes them unique, yet I feel like I'm not taking advantage of my audio equipment everytime I listen to them.
+blahblahblahblah blahblahblahblah if you like Acid Bath, check out some other sludge metal. Start with Crowbar, Noothgrush and Eyehategod. They kinda have a similar aesthetic to some of the darker stuff from AiC's Facelift, so I figure you'd dig that.
Remember seeing this tour and how D.R.I. clearly knew the drill by then. The second Acid Bath were done they were on stage and playing their 'hit' within three minutes. Too late, the crowd was gone.
@@masonb9788 I grew up in cleveland but I always lamented that I wasn’t born 20 years earlier to see the 90’s and early 2000’s hardcore/underground scene. I’ve heard tons of stories and always feel like I missed out
I saw these guys live in a club called "Jimmy's" in New Orleans in 1996, and unlike this video, the venue in New Orleans was packed full! An amazing damn band who never got the publicity they deserved!
Barry Black I was 13 so I couldn't go either. I have 2 generations of Acid Bath fanatics in my family. My cousin was like, 6 when he first started running around singing Acid Bath and ended up naming his son after Dax.
The tape skipping and phasing with the feedback sounds just pointing at the beer bottle will forever be my favourite moment in any live recording and I don’t know why
This music feels like the looming nature of death, pain, collapse, anger, etc. all clumped into a volatile ball; Brutal & strangely captivating, won’t claim to be an expert despite this comment……… but I love this music!!! Don’t know if I’d had gone to this concert though, but it’s up to taste & interest.
I have this bootleg acid bath dvd that had a bad ass professional quality recording of one of their shows. I don't know where it is or remember which concert it was, but if I find it I'm gonna upload it here.
Actually, it's CALLED Double Live Bootleg!...you can Usually find a copy on ebay or Amazon....if not, you can always order straight from the source, Rotten Records. Also, if memory serves correctly (I've owned it twice...people tend to steal Acid Bath stuff 😉)...the DVD is a patchwork of songs live from several different shows...there are several songs that appear 2 or even 3 times, from different nights & venues. And yes, Acid Bath rules :) .
I'll never forget hearing them on a college radio station that we could barely pick up in rural Vermont and the music stuck with me. Venus blue was the song and it changed me right then and there. I never looked at music the same way and this was before korn even.
saw them at metropolis in downtown lafayette, louisiana in 94ish. my homie opened for them with his band nefearious back then. still the best live show i have ever been too.
first heard these guys in Sth. Australia bout 1994 on 3D radio 3 Hours of Power! Totally blew me away! I recored it on cassette and blew all my mate's minds away with this track! I wish they had got more attention back then. they're in my top 10. Big 💚
I droped acid and listened to new death sensation and it literally changed my life!!! It's been 15 years and I still think about that night at least once a day hahahah
