Soilent Green

Not to be confused with Soylent Green.

Soilent Green
Soilent Green performing in 2008
Soilent Green performing in 2008
Background information
OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
Years active1988–present
Labels
Members
  • Tommy Buckley
  • Brian Patton
  • Ben Falgoust
  • Scott Crochet
Past members
  • Donovan Punch
  • Glenn Rambo
  • Marcel Trenchard
  • Scott Williams
  • Ben Stout
  • Tony White
  • Gregg Harney

Soilent Green is an American grindcore/sludge metal band formed in 1988 in Chalmette/Metairie on the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana.

History

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 for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction.

On April 26, 2004, bassist Scott Williams was killed in a murder–suicide by his partner.[1][2] In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina.[3]

Musical style

Soilent Green's musical style is characterized as a mixture of grindcore with sludge and blues-heavy southern rock.[4] Rock Hard initially saw the band as an intersection of Eyehategod, Crowbar and Anal Cunt with occasional borrowings from death metal,[5] but on the next album the group's sound focussed on grindcore, which the band combined with influences from sludge and technical death metal,[6] and coined the term "sludgegrind" for Soilent Green's 2008 album.[7] Michael Edele of laut.de described the band's style as a "contradictory mixture of hardcore, sludge, grindcore and southern rock".[8]

The band's 1990s and early-2000s albums are regarded as trendsetting for the grindcore genre;[9] a Rolling Stone article listed Soilent Green as one of the "ten most important hard and heavy bands" of the hour in the late 1990s.[10]

In 2009, Soilent Green was featured on the first episode of season four on the Adult Swim show Squidbillies, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a cowpunk/sludge style.[11]

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

Studio albums

Release date Title Label
1995 Pussysoul Dwell Records
1998 Sewn Mouth Secrets Relapse Records
2001 A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down Relapse Records
2005 Confrontation Relapse Records
2008 Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction Metal Blade Records

EPs

Release date Title Label
1998 String of Lies Relapse Records

References

  1. ^ "Former Soilent Green Bassist Killed in Apparent Murder Suicide - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 27 April 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Former Soilent Green Bassist Scott Williams Found Murdered". Knac.com. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Former Soilent Green Vocalist Glenn Rambo Found Dead - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-9582684-0-0.
  5. ^ Stappert, Andreas. "Review: Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets". Rock Hard (in German) (140 ed.).
  6. ^ Stappert, Andreas. "Review: Soilent Green - A Deleted Symphony For The Beaten Down". Rock Hard (in German) (176 ed.).
  7. ^ Wolf-Rüdiger, Mühlmann. "Review: Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction". Rock Hard (in German) (252 ed.).
  8. ^ Edele, Michael (2008). "Review: Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction". Laut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  9. ^ Mudrian, Albert (2006). Choosing Death: Die unglaubliche Geschichte von Death Metal & Grindcore [Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore] (in German). I.P. Verlag Jeske und Mader (2006). p. 235. ISBN 978-3-931624-35-4.
  10. ^ Ratliff, Ben (4 February 1999). "Metal: The Next Generation". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Zoroaster Temporarily Parts With Bassist - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2014.