I remember picking up Down’s “Nola” at the insistence of my local record store owner when I was like maybe 15 or 16. He knew I was a metal head kid and that day I walked in and he was like “you don’t need to even look around the shop today, I’ve got something perfect for you”. I asked what it was a he told me it was like a supergroup with the Pantera guy at the helm. I was like “hell yeah, love Pantera” and he told me “doesn’t matter this is something even better”. I took the CD out to my car and literally sat and listened top to bottom from the shop to my house and finished sitting in my driveway. I was blown away and immediately obsessed. I went to my room and put it on my stereo and played it at least 2 or 3 more times that night. I miss days like that where you could just implicitly trust your record store guy and find great music. Down has remained one of my favorite bands all these years later. I’ve seen posts about them making new music and I couldn’t be more excited.
"I went to my room and put it on my stereo and played it at least 2 or 3 more times that night." Exactly the same discovering of this amazing record when it came out... and at least saw them live in 2022 at Hellfest.
When I first heard Stone The Crow I thought it was a discarded track from TGST cuz it had that sound to it (which I found out was C# tuning) and it blew me away
That’s something that’s tea missing from the world of music. A cool older dude who knows what’s up, working in a record store and telling the young Padawan what’s up.
Very cool story...the same thing I have told people is when I first bought BULLHEAD on cassette at the cool record shop in San Diego I was obsessed.... but the guy working didn't clue me in, I told HIM about the Melvin's. Funny too how this video shows how much the NOLA musicians were into them
I also miss the days of walking I to a record shop and the person working just being so excited to share some new music with you they’d knew you’d like. I bought NOLA the day after seeing Down my first time. Saw them again a couple weeks back and it took me right back.
I don't listen to Nola music anywhere near as much as I should do. It's like the home cooking of heavy music. Pepper is so grounded and is the biggest unsung hero of the Nola scene. ✌️much love from Australia.
I wonder if they had trouble getting in touch with the band - I've seen Sammy Duet talk about Acid Bath as of late, but Dax and the other guys you don't hear much from anymore even though they've continued to play music. Plus Rotten Records are notorious for not doing much to keep the band promoted and in print despite owning their catalogue.
I've been fortunate to have seen Crowbar, Eyehategod, COC, Exhorder, Goatwhore live in the last few years. They all live up to everything that's emphasised in this documentary. And I urge everyone else to go see them, you won't regret it 🤘
The most authentic and enjoyable music documentary I’ve seen for a long time. Thank you to all those involved. How refreshing to see interviewers ask short questions rather than long questions. Never been, but NOLA seems a deeply damaged location in terms of vibrational frequency, which of course, produces such great men as Anselmo et al, who have the intelligence to work with that frequency and harness its resonance healthily and productively.
Ive watched this millions of times man. Never gets old or redundant. Great Doc. 2 new DOWN songs were written today by windstein and Keenan. Happy days boys
YES!!! I just commented more/less the same. With Gluey, they fucking created a whole new genre and they've never gotten their due for that. It's awesome to hear these guys give them their flowers.
@@hankworden3850we'll never forget Joey, but don't shit on the rest of them bro. They were still putting on killer shows a couple years ago and I hear they still are today
Just seen Down in Baton Rouge! I’m 24 years old and I think I’m lucky to even have had the chance. Super last minute pop up show and they killed it. So much energy.
First met King Buzzo, at Hollywood Farmers Market, sitting in his old beat-up, Sanford and son Pick-Up, then at my club regularly.Saw Crowbar and C.O.C. free at Whiskey, "Deliverance", C.O.C., was a near perfect album.Saw Down in Diego, everyone flooded and flocked to Phil, while Kirk stood alone, in the shadows, I walked right over and told the man how much his music meant to me. Exploited, one of best shows, I ever saw! You neglected to mention Neurosis, who gave me a shirt free, after playing my club.Sabbed out Sludge Love for this Doc.!
Older I get the more I realise that Phil was without a doubt the best "screamer" in the business. Still is. Saw Pantera in Prague last year, and he still has it. Maybe the singing not so much but those harsh vocals are the elite. These crazy vocals you're hearing on modern metal now where people are doing truly inhuman things with their screams are impressive, but gimmicky, and as I said, inhuman. Phil was the perfect crossover of punk and metal in his voice.
I actually loved Phil's voice the best on CFH. It showed his amazing vocal range and at the same time hearing his grit and gutturals on that CD. After that, he kinda got away from song's like Cemetery Gates and The Sleep. Both, two of my all time favorite Pantera song's. I really miss the original Pantera. But Philip is an absolute legend and one hell of a song writer. 🎵 Keep on Rockin Brother!!! ❤
@billystclair5162 I'm aware of that, but there's no denying there's more than just a similarity between Kyle and Phil's voices. Just saying. Phil mentions his influences a lot, but I've only ever heard him mention Exhorder once in passing, and not as an influence. Eyehategod is something that can be readily heard in Pantera's sound as well, but once again, no love. Dude is talented and has established himself, but I think he should use his popularity to turn his fans on to those who inspired him, rather than hide that away so he can pretend like he created something that his oblivious fans just don't realize had already existed prior to Pantera hitting the scene. NOLA sludge is pretty fucking great, and deserves to be shared with a wider audience.
In my opinion the best metal genre on earth.. Down, Crowbar, COC, Soilent Green, Acid Bath, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, non Nola honorable mentions.. Melvins, Type O Negative.. edit: i forgot Black Sabbath
Thank you for posting all the parts edited into one. Great to be able to watch it all in one place instead of having to search for all the parts. Down, my favorite band since the first album!
While I'm not a big fan of New Orleans sound, I gotta say this was MAGNI-FUCKING-CENT. And to think that I decided to watch cause of the thumbnail which delved into the explanation of sludge. I always considered sludge more punkish or rock than metal. I was wrong thinking it's closer to stoner rock than punk and closer to punk than metal. It's all about the roots of it. Thank you New Orleans for being New Orleans! This is a beautiful and great chapter in metal history. Seriously and sincerely, thank you!
Proud to live in the hometown Acid Bath was formed in. Dax is well known in the community and one of the biggest inspirations of this area in regards to metalheads.
I remember watching this back in 2014 when it was coming out one episode at a time. I couldn’t fuckin wait to watch the next episode. Thanks for uploading the whole thing. I wish this doc was on dvd so I could add it to my collection.
Right on well done..bein from Mississippi just next door there's no metal scene here and that sux but everyone featured in this is why I'm a musician today..thank you
Places like NOLA, Mississippi that have immense poverty and experienced a state trauma produce great art, writers-music. Too many great LA bands. But I'd like to mention one of favorites: SUPLECS. Awesome Louisiana band!
I’m from Mississippi and don’t necessarily agree that it’s poverty. I think it’s more something in the culture, or maybe just the laid back lifestyle. Louisiana and Mississippi have had per capita more artists, musicians, writers, actors and athletes over the years.
I'm glad somebody mentioned Suplecs. They deserve way more love than they get. They aren't the heaviest or most intense, but they got the most groove. If New Orleans was a rock band, it'd be Suplecs!
Great documentary. Crowbar, Down and Eyehategod are 3 of the greatest metal bands of our time. Corrosion is legendary too, although they’re not (in my opinion) a Louisiana based band.
I grew up in Atlanta. And there was a band called Leechmilk, I had never heard sludge metal before seeing them at this backyard show. And dude had an Eyehategod shirt - and it led me down the sludge path. But If you haven’t heard Leechmilk - look them up. Severely underrated band.
27:22 one of my favorite Mike IV quotes 😂 dudes so fucking cool. I got to meet him and Jimmy here in Savannah Ga back in 2019 and that was one of the happiest days of my life.
I live about 250 from N.O. In Lafayette, La to be exact. In 92 I seen Pantera. Crowbar opened up for them at the New Orleans municipal auditorium. I remember waiting like 5 hours to get inside close to the stage. It was cold outside so I’m thinking it was around September/November. That night after the show we got lost going home. Ended in a bad part of town. We got mugged by some thug cultured imbeciles. Had a gun put to my head. One of the craziest nights of my life. I’m glad I got to see pantera for the vulgar tour in 92. Heaviest show I’ve ever been to in my life. Also was my first of many concerts. I hated hair metal..Pantera to me is pure raw honest metal.
Hardly any mention of Soilent Green. But I did hear their name in ep 4 or 5. They kinda scared me but in a good way. Loved Acid Bath, Exhorder as a metal guy. Tons of sludge metal here in the SF Bay area. I'm old enough to know the good shit. I grew up with Technocrisy, Animosity. C.O.C., Melvin's. Death Metal, Grind. Sludge. Doom. Experimental Noise. Industrial. I loved all that shit!
Out of All the "N.O. Scene la music, COC debut album is STILL special to me. I love that entire album start to finish. Debut Down too, Pepper is such a cool dude.
Before they changed their name to Crowbar, they were called The Slugs. Saw them open for Pantera at Guitar Alley in Fat City (New Orleans). Had to be late '89 or very early 1990. They were tuned down to A and super slow. True sludge and it was glorious. Not long after that show, they became Crowbar.
I saw Eyehategod a few years ago in a bar about 2 miles from my house,I live in Frederick Md. (35 miles west of Baltimore) the show was Pig Destroyer,Cro-Mags & EHG & before they played the dudes from EHG were hanging out with everyone else & while I was out front having a cig Jimmy Bower was right there 😳for the 1st time in my life I was like “I’m not gonna bug him,he knows who he is”🤷🏼♂️he’s 1 of my all time favorites ….i guess that’s what being “star struck” is like? 🤨I dunno? I had no problem going up to Wino when I met him or Hank lll so……
Felt the same way when I saw them play in Lafayette, LA. I bow to no gods, so I don't get starstruck ever, but they were such normal dudes(in a good way) that I honestly felt like I shouldn't bother them lol. They all just hung out with the crowd. Even bumped into Dax chilling outside on the sidewalk.
I love Peppers black ES-335 !...The ES-335 is a great guitar for metal...I love putting the feedback through reverse delay , letting it reverse feedback endlessly ...YEAH !!! the neighbors love it too !
Wow it’s hard for me to imagine a time when Dime didn’t get Slayer. Also can’t underestimate Phil’s absolutely a critical and potentially the one person on earth who put metal on his back and drug it into the 90s . I think Dime and Vinny had always imagined they would be big in glam because that was the most mainstream and popular music of the time. Phil had a vision and sounds like he had to convince the brothers that they should just play their own brand of metal. I never saw Phil’s video after being asked not to attend Dime’s funeral man it’s heartbreaking. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind Pantera would’ve reunited had Dime not been killed.
This doc got me into listening to some of those bands when it had come out. It's as powerful but in different ways, how Melvins influenced those guys, as they did to Nirvana and that whole scene.
I think the original did get pulled down after Phil had his stupid outburst at Dimebash. This was one of the coolest documentaries ever and since I saw this back in 2014 I've been out to see Eyehategod and Crowbar. I saw Down's NOLA 25th anniversary live stream on RUclips too, that shit was sick. Heard Down was working on a new record, hope that comes out in 2024 with an actual tour.
Was about the 57 minute mark but I had to stop and comment this because of what Kirk says in 3:10: "All the bands have something in common and none of them sound like eachother" and this is what makes the NOLA scene so special. It all comes down to Sludge, but one day I'm more about a Crowbar's Sludge and on the other I'm about Soilent Green or so. Anyway, thanks for putting all of the parts in one and I second all of the comments mentioning Thou, which is a great band and worth checking out! Cheers from Brasil, amigos!
I helped load eye hate gods gear into a shitty little club in Montreal. They were opening for COC. I met Kirk in Kitchener and got a picture and had a beer with him. Great guy. I met Pepper at Echo beach in Toronto. Got my picture with him as well.
Went to prison in 95. Had heard COC before I went in. Knew a dude inside who had a couple contraband pantera tapes. Finally got out in 2019. Found Down. Probably listened to more old down than old pantera since I been out.
THANKYOU for posting this!!! Pretty sure Noisey took it down after Phil's incident in 2016 bc i can't find it anywhere on their channel. NOLA has some of the best heavy bands ever created
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xdDude threw a Hitler salute on stage and yelled "White Power!" - he's said it was about the white wine they were drinking backstage, but it's not like Pantera didn't flirt with confederate flags and kinda racist rhetoric (stage banter about them being a "white thing" and stuff like "No Good" from Vulgar Display, probably more I haven't heard of), and obviously no one out front was gonna know that was what he was talking about. He kinda just did a racism and then acted all confused that people were upset. I'll always have a soft spot for them and the related NOLA stuff, the music still kills, but Phil's definitely a little ignorant in a way I can understand people not wanting to be associated with.
@@drpibisback7680 first off the confederate stuff was a tribute to Lynard skynard and back then nobody acted offended over every little thing like they do nowadays. Second off the salute was just a drunk joke and humans are much more complex than that, I guarantee phil has more friends of other race than some recluse with a anime profile acting like a race savior online lmao. It’s funny how you guys try to slander and cancel their legacy with this crap but they still sold out all their tribute shows and are seen as the best metal band of the 90s. It does make me laugh at how obsessed you guys are bringing up this stuff constantly thinking it’s going to do anything. Also no good is a song criticizing rioting and causing damage/violence in the name of “social justice” it’s a amazing song and still holds up today with all the sham protests destroying and burning down innocent peoples businesses while acting like they are doing good
Shame there's no mention of 'Buzoven' they're very much a part of early Sludge scene, plus they were based in North Carolina just a bit further up the coast🤘
At the 48 or so minute mark , Pepper should have said "New York is alright , if you like bagels !" As a take off of the classic line by punk band FEAR " New York is alright , if you like saxophones !"
I remember buying DOWN when it dropped based on Pantera and Phil's involvement. Other than a couple songs it left me cold. But I love Melvins. Go figure
Sure I bought the down album for the same reason, and because of Pepper's involvement coz I loved COC. But it's reverse for me. Never really dug the Melvins. Go figure 😉 Do you remember which down tunes you liked?
@@eternity8811 About them being signed by a label weasle at Atlantic, the same one that contacted me about a deal of some sort after he saw a review of my 2nd album- I turned him down but he later signed Sugar Ray to THE worst deal, turned them from heavy to pop and rubbed then blind: Is that the story you're recalling? If so, yeah: Likely me. 🤣👌
"Once they got Gluey Porch Treatments them pill poppin' burnouts were off to the races!" -- Pepper Keenan with the concise history of Eyehategod. Thou rules, as does barely-mentioned NOLA heavyweights Soilent Green.
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I remember picking up Down’s “Nola” at the insistence of my local record store owner when I was like maybe 15 or 16. He knew I was a metal head kid and that day I walked in and he was like “you don’t need to even look around the shop today, I’ve got something perfect for you”. I asked what it was a he told me it was like a supergroup with the Pantera guy at the helm. I was like “hell yeah, love Pantera” and he told me “doesn’t matter this is something even better”. I took the CD out to my car and literally sat and listened top to bottom from the shop to my house and finished sitting in my driveway. I was blown away and immediately obsessed. I went to my room and put it on my stereo and played it at least 2 or 3 more times that night. I miss days like that where you could just implicitly trust your record store guy and find great music. Down has remained one of my favorite bands all these years later. I’ve seen posts about them making new music and I couldn’t be more excited.
"I went to my room and put it on my stereo and played it at least 2 or 3 more times that night." Exactly the same discovering of this amazing record when it came out... and at least saw them live in 2022 at Hellfest.
When I first heard Stone The Crow I thought it was a discarded track from TGST cuz it had that sound to it (which I found out was C# tuning) and it blew me away
That’s something that’s tea missing from the world of music. A cool older dude who knows what’s up, working in a record store and telling the young Padawan what’s up.
Very cool story...the same thing I have told people is when I first bought BULLHEAD on cassette at the cool record shop in San Diego I was obsessed.... but the guy working didn't clue me in, I told HIM about the Melvin's. Funny too how this video shows how much the NOLA musicians were into them
I also miss the days of walking I to a record shop and the person working just being so excited to share some new music with you they’d knew you’d like. I bought NOLA the day after seeing Down my first time. Saw them again a couple weeks back and it took me right back.
Eyehategod - Dopesick and Take As Needed For Pain are ESSENTIALS
I don't listen to Nola music anywhere near as much as I should do. It's like the home cooking of heavy music.
Pepper is so grounded and is the biggest unsung hero of the Nola scene. ✌️much love from Australia.
Needed more Acid Bath. Those 2 albums are prefect.
cassie eats cockroaches❤
@@eddie20307 and Crawfish
The Godmachine is hungry.
I wonder if they had trouble getting in touch with the band - I've seen Sammy Duet talk about Acid Bath as of late, but Dax and the other guys you don't hear much from anymore even though they've continued to play music. Plus Rotten Records are notorious for not doing much to keep the band promoted and in print despite owning their catalogue.
@@drpibisback7680well it seems like dax is pretty adamant about not having anything to do with acid bath, so i doubt they'll ever truly reunite
Acid bath and melvins are probably my favorite sludge bands
Earth and Sunn O)))
I've been fortunate to have seen Crowbar, Eyehategod, COC, Exhorder, Goatwhore live in the last few years. They all live up to everything that's emphasised in this documentary. And I urge everyone else to go see them, you won't regret it 🤘
The most authentic and enjoyable music documentary I’ve seen for a long time. Thank you to all those involved. How refreshing to see interviewers ask short questions rather than long questions. Never been, but NOLA seems a deeply damaged location in terms of vibrational frequency, which of course, produces such great men as Anselmo et al, who have the intelligence to work with that frequency and harness its resonance healthily and productively.
Ive watched this millions of times man. Never gets old or redundant. Great Doc. 2 new DOWN songs were written today by windstein and Keenan. Happy days boys
Saw the post.
I got so excited when I saw that post.
@@dustyelliott95 kirk keeps posting about it and snapping pics with the boys lol
Phil sitting there barefoot and telling stories...he looks like somekind of Bilbo Sludgins of Louisiana.
Based
😂
Racist Bilbo.
Lol, well done
@@Peyote1312oh gfy with that bullshit
Finally!!! Good to finally hear Melvins get some love and recognition for their contributions to heavy music.
YES!!! I just commented more/less the same. With Gluey, they fucking created a whole new genre and they've never gotten their due for that. It's awesome to hear these guys give them their flowers.
Went to an Eyehategod performance last year. It was so much fun.
They're no good without Joey
Same the year before was fiyyy
@@hankworden3850we'll never forget Joey, but don't shit on the rest of them bro. They were still putting on killer shows a couple years ago and I hear they still are today
@@damonhinson4005 don't tell me what to do, fartknocker
@@damonhinson4005 don't tell me what to do
This was awesome and inspiring. But I need more ACID BATH and some mention of Agents of Oblivion!
Thanks for uploading this doco in full
No Problem at all, thank you!
@@TheFleshlips yes sir,thank you very much!
That was a Badass documentary, definitely worth a rewatch.
Just seen Down in Baton Rouge!
I’m 24 years old and I think I’m lucky to even have had the chance. Super last minute pop up show and they killed it.
So much energy.
I like how it seems like a phil anselmo biography at first
First met King Buzzo, at Hollywood Farmers Market, sitting in his old beat-up, Sanford and son Pick-Up, then at my club regularly.Saw Crowbar and C.O.C. free at Whiskey, "Deliverance", C.O.C., was a near perfect album.Saw Down in Diego, everyone flooded and flocked to Phil, while Kirk stood alone, in the shadows, I walked right over and told the man how much his music meant to me. Exploited, one of best shows, I ever saw! You neglected to mention Neurosis, who gave me a shirt free, after playing my club.Sabbed out Sludge Love for this Doc.!
King Buzzo is like the godfather of grunge sludge and all that is guitars. Hehheh..him and Dale always make me smile.
It's cool some folks are keeping alive the search for the 'I need to go take a shit now' level on the riff heaviness scale
Older I get the more I realise that Phil was without a doubt the best "screamer" in the business. Still is. Saw Pantera in Prague last year, and he still has it. Maybe the singing not so much but those harsh vocals are the elite. These crazy vocals you're hearing on modern metal now where people are doing truly inhuman things with their screams are impressive, but gimmicky, and as I said, inhuman. Phil was the perfect crossover of punk and metal in his voice.
Exhorder
@@goatfromhell666Exhorder didn't have what it took to really make it. They didn't have the drive like Phil did.
I actually loved Phil's voice the best on CFH. It showed his amazing vocal range and at the same time hearing his grit and gutturals on that CD. After that, he kinda got away from song's like Cemetery Gates and The Sleep. Both, two of my all time favorite Pantera song's. I really miss the original Pantera. But Philip is an absolute legend and one hell of a song writer. 🎵 Keep on Rockin Brother!!! ❤
@billystclair5162 I'm aware of that, but there's no denying there's more than just a similarity between Kyle and Phil's voices. Just saying. Phil mentions his influences a lot, but I've only ever heard him mention Exhorder once in passing, and not as an influence. Eyehategod is something that can be readily heard in Pantera's sound as well, but once again, no love. Dude is talented and has established himself, but I think he should use his popularity to turn his fans on to those who inspired him, rather than hide that away so he can pretend like he created something that his oblivious fans just don't realize had already existed prior to Pantera hitting the scene. NOLA sludge is pretty fucking great, and deserves to be shared with a wider audience.
@@billystclair5162No exhorder didnt have dime. Period. Game over
In my opinion the best metal genre on earth.. Down, Crowbar, COC, Soilent Green, Acid Bath, Superjoint Ritual, Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, non Nola honorable mentions.. Melvins, Type O Negative.. edit: i forgot Black Sabbath
for sure
I live in a small town in Vermont, Eyehategod has played here twice in a venue that is an old gothic church made out of stone. I truly love the sludge
@@davidrobinson2578 sounds like an awesome venue. What's the name of it?
Can’t forget about buzzov-en either lol
I definitely dig the low and slow. Doom n' Sludge for life.
Great documentary! From NOLA too, so glad I got to grow up on some of these bands locally.
Thank you for posting all the parts edited into one. Great to be able to watch it all in one place instead of having to search for all the parts. Down, my favorite band since the first album!
Just now realizing that 42:18 is CROWBAR Sonic Excess in its Purest Form album cover
Man I was thinking of that old shotgun house they were standing out behind with all their shirts off inside the cover art
You cant give up, i mean what are you gonna do, give up? -mike williams(eyehategod)
This has become my comfort food video. I’m like a kid with his favorite VHS tape and a bowl of coffee.
While I'm not a big fan of New Orleans sound, I gotta say this was MAGNI-FUCKING-CENT. And to think that I decided to watch cause of the thumbnail which delved into the explanation of sludge. I always considered sludge more punkish or rock than metal. I was wrong thinking it's closer to stoner rock than punk and closer to punk than metal. It's all about the roots of it. Thank you New Orleans for being New Orleans! This is a beautiful and great chapter in metal history. Seriously and sincerely, thank you!
Proud to live in the hometown Acid Bath was formed in. Dax is well known in the community and one of the biggest inspirations of this area in regards to metalheads.
I remember watching this back in 2014 when it was coming out one episode at a time. I couldn’t fuckin wait to watch the next episode. Thanks for uploading the whole thing. I wish this doc was on dvd so I could add it to my collection.
Crowbar just amazing. First sludge I listened to. Incredible.
For about a year back in like '91, all I knew of Eyehategod was that the name was spraypainted on the brick entrance to Fountainbleu.
The rooms? Someone had tagged it recently on canal and broad but they covered it up haha
@@uchiigtana I mean the Fontainebleu neighborhood Uptown. There's like a brick entrance (covered in vines now), I think at Fountainebleu & Nashville.
@@damonteufelfountainbleu and carrolton
When you have a love/hate relationship from being born,raised and still living in NOLA…but things like this make me proud to be here still in 2024! 🤘
Awesome documentary, and so cool to see so many friends in one film
Right on well done..bein from Mississippi just next door there's no metal scene here and that sux but everyone featured in this is why I'm a musician today..thank you
New Orleans heavy music will never die.
the cemetery by 45:09 is amazing. thank you for posting this and for so many reflections. you have my respect 🤘
I was doorman at Zeppelins and knew this whole scene.Good times Good jams.Scary Jerry Burning Church!!!
UTTERLY LOVE THIS.
Saw the official, but this is a repost worth shouting out for!!!!
Phil is intense. What a touching tribute to Dime. That brings tears to my eyes
Places like NOLA, Mississippi that have immense poverty and experienced a state trauma produce great art, writers-music. Too many great LA bands. But I'd like to mention one of favorites: SUPLECS. Awesome Louisiana band!
I’m from Mississippi and don’t necessarily agree that it’s poverty. I think it’s more something in the culture, or maybe just the laid back lifestyle. Louisiana and Mississippi have had per capita more artists, musicians, writers, actors and athletes over the years.
I'm glad somebody mentioned Suplecs. They deserve way more love than they get. They aren't the heaviest or most intense, but they got the most groove. If New Orleans was a rock band, it'd be Suplecs!
Great documentary. Crowbar, Down and Eyehategod are 3 of the greatest metal bands of our time. Corrosion is legendary too, although they’re not (in my opinion) a Louisiana based band.
There not. But they sure sound like they're in the family.
WHATS AMAZING IS THAT IM MATES WITH EHG AND GW GUYS
I grew up in Atlanta. And there was a band called Leechmilk, I had never heard sludge metal before seeing them at this backyard show. And dude had an Eyehategod shirt - and it led me down the sludge path.
But If you haven’t heard Leechmilk - look them up. Severely underrated band.
Leechmilk fucking rips dude. Totally under-rated
Leechmilk rules. That must have been such a good show man
Not surprised one of the Leechmilk guys had an EHG shirt. Like EHG if they were a metalcore band.
Shartmilk used to kill it. Y'all remember them?
Leechmilk! What about Molehill? Hog Mountin'? Hawg Jaw?
27:22 one of my favorite Mike IV quotes 😂 dudes so fucking cool. I got to meet him and Jimmy here in Savannah Ga back in 2019 and that was one of the happiest days of my life.
I got into sludge metal when I saw Crowbar open up for Pantera in SF in 94. Once I started working at Tower in late 94, the floodgates opened
Phil. Thank u for keeping on brother.... peace blessed be. U rock!!!!!!!!🙃
I live about 250 from N.O.
In Lafayette, La to be exact. In 92 I seen Pantera. Crowbar opened up for them at the New Orleans municipal auditorium. I remember waiting like 5 hours to get inside close to the stage. It was cold outside so I’m thinking it was around September/November.
That night after the show we got lost going home. Ended in a bad part of town. We got mugged by some thug cultured imbeciles. Had a gun put to my head.
One of the craziest nights of my life. I’m glad I got to see pantera for the vulgar tour in 92.
Heaviest show I’ve ever been to in my life. Also was my first of many concerts.
I hated hair metal..Pantera to me is pure raw honest metal.
Hardly any mention of Soilent Green. But I did hear their name in ep 4 or 5. They kinda scared me but in a good way. Loved Acid Bath, Exhorder as a metal guy. Tons of sludge metal here in the SF Bay area. I'm old enough to know the good shit. I grew up with Technocrisy, Animosity. C.O.C., Melvin's. Death Metal, Grind. Sludge. Doom. Experimental Noise. Industrial. I loved all that shit!
Out of All the "N.O. Scene la music, COC debut album is STILL special to me. I love that entire album start to finish. Debut Down too, Pepper is such a cool dude.
I have enjoyed quite a few of the bands mentioned but holy shit this documentary was fascinating.
Before they changed their name to Crowbar, they were called The Slugs. Saw them open for Pantera at Guitar Alley in Fat City (New Orleans). Had to be late '89 or very early 1990. They were tuned down to A and super slow. True sludge and it was glorious. Not long after that show, they became Crowbar.
Saw them at Storyville with Soilent Green somewhere around that time.
I saw Eyehategod a few years ago in a bar about 2 miles from my house,I live in Frederick Md. (35 miles west of Baltimore) the show was Pig Destroyer,Cro-Mags & EHG & before they played the dudes from EHG were hanging out with everyone else & while I was out front having a cig Jimmy Bower was right there 😳for the 1st time in my life I was like “I’m not gonna bug him,he knows who he is”🤷🏼♂️he’s 1 of my all time favorites ….i guess that’s what being “star struck” is like? 🤨I dunno? I had no problem going up to Wino when I met him or Hank lll so……
Felt the same way when I saw them play in Lafayette, LA. I bow to no gods, so I don't get starstruck ever, but they were such normal dudes(in a good way) that I honestly felt like I shouldn't bother them lol. They all just hung out with the crowd. Even bumped into Dax chilling outside on the sidewalk.
I love Peppers black ES-335 !...The ES-335 is a great guitar for metal...I love putting the feedback through reverse delay , letting it reverse feedback endlessly ...YEAH !!! the neighbors love it too !
Thanks for piecing this all together
Thoroughly enjoyed but this and the Slow, Southern Steel documentary really should have mention more about Crowbar.
Thank you for posting, this is incredible.
Never seen this footage. Amazing.
I love this. I'm humming riffs while watching this.
Wow it’s hard for me to imagine a time when Dime didn’t get Slayer. Also can’t underestimate Phil’s absolutely a critical and potentially the one person on earth who put metal on his back and drug it into the 90s . I think Dime and Vinny had always imagined they would be big in glam because that was the most mainstream and popular music of the time. Phil had a vision and sounds like he had to convince the brothers that they should just play their own brand of metal. I never saw Phil’s video after being asked not to attend Dime’s funeral man it’s heartbreaking. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind Pantera would’ve reunited had Dime not been killed.
This doc got me into listening to some of those bands when it had come out.
It's as powerful but in different ways, how Melvins influenced those guys, as they did to Nirvana and that whole scene.
13:42 Phil was the interpretation of macho frontman in the 90s and to see him express the emotion directly is interesting to see
I think the original did get pulled down after Phil had his stupid outburst at Dimebash. This was one of the coolest documentaries ever and since I saw this back in 2014 I've been out to see Eyehategod and Crowbar. I saw Down's NOLA 25th anniversary live stream on RUclips too, that shit was sick. Heard Down was working on a new record, hope that comes out in 2024 with an actual tour.
Was about the 57 minute mark but I had to stop and comment this because of what Kirk says in 3:10: "All the bands have something in common and none of them sound like eachother" and this is what makes the NOLA scene so special. It all comes down to Sludge, but one day I'm more about a Crowbar's Sludge and on the other I'm about Soilent Green or so.
Anyway, thanks for putting all of the parts in one and I second all of the comments mentioning Thou, which is a great band and worth checking out!
Cheers from Brasil, amigos!
24:57 Wow. You can feel that.
I helped load eye hate gods gear into a shitty little club in Montreal. They were opening for COC. I met Kirk in Kitchener and got a picture and had a beer with him. Great guy. I met Pepper at Echo beach in Toronto. Got my picture with him as well.
Kirk's cool as sh*t
Went to prison in 95. Had heard COC before I went in. Knew a dude inside who had a couple contraband pantera tapes. Finally got out in 2019. Found Down. Probably listened to more old down than old pantera since I been out.
I know its late but welcome home
@@Hugefknballs been almost 5 years. Tt
@@FeloniousDream That's why I said it was kinda late.
THANKYOU for posting this!!! Pretty sure Noisey took it down after Phil's incident in 2016 bc i can't find it anywhere on their channel. NOLA has some of the best heavy bands ever created
what was the phil incident?
@@maso0onhe made a edgy drunk joke and the liberals had a meltdown
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xdDude threw a Hitler salute on stage and yelled "White Power!" - he's said it was about the white wine they were drinking backstage, but it's not like Pantera didn't flirt with confederate flags and kinda racist rhetoric (stage banter about them being a "white thing" and stuff like "No Good" from Vulgar Display, probably more I haven't heard of), and obviously no one out front was gonna know that was what he was talking about. He kinda just did a racism and then acted all confused that people were upset. I'll always have a soft spot for them and the related NOLA stuff, the music still kills, but Phil's definitely a little ignorant in a way I can understand people not wanting to be associated with.
@@drpibisback7680 first off the confederate stuff was a tribute to Lynard skynard and back then nobody acted offended over every little thing like they do nowadays. Second off the salute was just a drunk joke and humans are much more complex than that, I guarantee phil has more friends of other race than some recluse with a anime profile acting like a race savior online lmao. It’s funny how you guys try to slander and cancel their legacy with this crap but they still sold out all their tribute shows and are seen as the best metal band of the 90s. It does make me laugh at how obsessed you guys are bringing up this stuff constantly thinking it’s going to do anything. Also no good is a song criticizing rioting and causing damage/violence in the name of “social justice” it’s a amazing song and still holds up today with all the sham protests destroying and burning down innocent peoples businesses while acting like they are doing good
I so needed this
Wonder if the burgers at la bon tons are still as good as they were back in the 90's
Long live King LOUIE
Fantastic documentary!!
Proud to say Im mates with the EHG guys, They are the best people!
I learned that Nola boys say you know a lot 😂
That aside this kicked ass to watch. Huge music history buff
Excellent!!!!
Good stuff!
Shame there's no mention of 'Buzoven' they're very much a part of early Sludge scene, plus they were based in North Carolina just a bit further up the coast🤘
It’s almost like this is about New Orleans
Hell yeah, Sludge Metal really suits the feeling expressed through that genre. Heat, sweat and negativity.
At the 48 or so minute mark , Pepper should have said "New York is alright , if you like bagels !" As a take off of the classic line by punk band FEAR " New York is alright , if you like saxophones !"
MIKE IX. What a guy!!!
I remember buying DOWN when it dropped based on Pantera and Phil's involvement.
Other than a couple songs it left me cold.
But I love Melvins. Go figure
Sure I bought the down album for the same reason, and because of Pepper's involvement coz I loved COC.
But it's reverse for me. Never really dug the Melvins. Go figure 😉
Do you remember which down tunes you liked?
@@eternity8811 No man. Been a long assed time. I think Pepper being mentioned by Hetfield was another reason I bought the disc.
@@ROOKTABULA hey aren't you the guy who was telling me about the Sugar Ray situation a month or so ago?
Sure Boy 😂
@@eternity8811 About them being signed by a label weasle at Atlantic, the same one that contacted me about a deal of some sort after he saw a review of my 2nd album- I turned him down but he later signed Sugar Ray to THE worst deal, turned them from heavy to pop and rubbed then blind:
Is that the story you're recalling?
If so, yeah: Likely me.
🤣👌
They sure say “you know” a lot in New Orleans,you know.
This documentary fuckin rulez! Thank you!
What i love about Phil is he has no EGO what so ever. Such a humble man.
Awesome documentary!
Soooo good and important, thanx for putting this together!!!
If it wasn't for Phil Pantera would have been a commercial band,Phil changed the game
For me the best riffs ever are in southern metal and subgenres
I live by nola bands, usually the only bands i ever listen to, one of my fav bands that is very very unknown is slaves of freedom, it sticks to me
Ok you have my attention then.
I've hung out with Gary n Mike EYEHATEGOD!!!
Phil Anselmo bought Mike a liver!!!
How awesome is that!!!
Wow. Great work.
Awesome!
Great bands!!
Awesome as hell
Soilent Green will always be my favorite metal band.
Brian and company are kicking some metal fests SOON
"Once they got Gluey Porch Treatments them pill poppin' burnouts were off to the races!" -- Pepper Keenan with the concise history of Eyehategod. Thou rules, as does barely-mentioned NOLA heavyweights Soilent Green.
I think Scour is Phil’s best band. Shit goes fucking hard.
That heaviest riff....??? Fuck man!...? For me. ALL IN THE GRAVITY ..CROWBAR!
TO BUILD A MOUNTAIN TAKES A LONG LONG TIME
SICK , ROCK ON
More ACID BATH
SHELL SHOCK FUCKING RULES!!
24:19 Dublin very good, old river Liffey
Fuck yeah!
How about White Zombie? Monster Magnet on the edge of sludge.
I love Acid Bath, Melvin's all these bands here in this vid.