Down, Southern Metal Options

[satanath]

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Genre(s):
Southern Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Personal Struggles, Misery, Drugs, Life
Origin:
United States (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Formed In:
1991
Status:
Active
Current Line-Up:
Pepper Keenan - Guitar (1991-) (Corrosion of Conformity, ex-Graveyard Rodeo, ex-Soundgarden (live))
Phil Anselmo - Vocals, Guitars (additional) (1991-) (Arson Anthem, ex-Christ Inversion, ex-Pantera, ex-Superjoint Ritual, ex-Viking Crown, Body and Blood, ex-Necrophagia, ex-Alice in Chains (live), ex-Eyehategod (live), ex-In Solitude (live), ex-Razor White, ex-Southern Isolation, ex-Enoch, ex-Eibon)
Jimmy Bower - Drums (1992-) (Eyehategod, ex-Blatant Frustration, ex-Debris Inc., ex-Drip, ex-Superjoint Ritual, ex-Penalty, ex-The Slugs, The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, ex-Corrosion of Conformity, ex-Crowbar, ex-Jones's Lounge, ex-My Uncle the Wolf, ex-Floodgate)
Kirk Windstein - Guitars (1992-), Bass (1995) (Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow, ex-The Slugs, ex-Valume Nob)
Big Ross - Keyboards, Organ (1994-) (ex-Christ Inversion, ex-Drip, The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, ex-Southern Isolation)
Patrick Bruders - Bass (2011-) (Crowbar, Outlaw Order, ex-Goatwhore)
Former/Past Member(s):
Todd Strange - Bass (1994-1999) (ex-The Slugs, ex-Crowbar)
Rex Brown - Bass (1999-2011) (Kill Devil Hill, ex-Pantera, ex-Crowbar, ex-Rebel Meets Rebel)
Danny Theriot - Live Bass (2009)

Additional Notes

Originally started as project-band, made up by members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Superjoint Ritual, Crowbar and many others. When C.O.C. was put on ice in 2006 and Pantera broke up for good in 2003, they decided to make Down their main band. In spite of this, Kirk Windstein and Patrick Bruders are still involved in Crowbar and Jimmy Bower is still involved in Eyehategod.

Todd Strange is credited with playing on NOLA, but all bass on the album was played by Kirk Windstein. Strange was a full member of the band before and after the album was recorded but the other members of the band were not confident he could perform to the standard needed for the recordings.

After the release of the NOLA album, Down called it quits in 1996 because of all members continuing to work on their own projects. They did, however, reform in 1999 and then released their second album Down II, before disappearing once again. After Hurricane Katrina disaster, Down regrouped again for Down III: Over the Under. The title is a reference to the band members getting over various personal low-points, including Katrina and the murder of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.

Big Ross is generally considered a member of Down despite only making occasional recording contributions and not touring with the band.

In late 2009 Rex Brown was hospitalized after being diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. He was replaced onstage by Danny Theriot. As of June 22, 2011, Rex is no longer part of Down.

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Discography:
Down - Demo [demo] - 1992
Down - Demo-collection 1992-1993 [demo] - 1993
Down - Lifer [single] - 1995
Down - Stone the Crow [single] - 1995
Down - NOLA [full-length] - 1995
Down - Rehab [single] - 1996
Down - Beatifully Depressed [single] - 2002
Down - Ghosts Along The Mississippi [single] - 2002
Down - II sampler [ep] - 2002
Down - II - A Bustle in Your Hedgerow... [ep] - 2002
Down - Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow [full-length] - 2002
Down - On March the Saints [single] - 2007
Down - Beneath the Tides [single] - 2007
Down - I Scream [single] - 2007
Down - Down III: Over The Under [full-length] - 2007
Down - Mourn [single] - 2007
Down - Diary Of A Mad Band [live] - 2010
Down - Witchtripper [single] - 2012
Down - Down IV: Part I - The Purple EP [ep] - 2012

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This post has been edited by satanath: Sep 14 2012, 20:28:18