8 foot sativa

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8 foot sativa
General information
Genre (s) Death metal , thrash metal
founding 1998
Website www.8footsativa.com
Founding members
Gary Smith
Brent Fox (until 2006)
Current occupation
Ben Read (since 2005)
guitar
 Gary Smith
guitar
 Christian Humpreys (since 2007)
bass
 Rommilly Smith (since 2007)
Jamie Saint Merat (since 2006)
former members
singing
 Russel, Ari
bass
 "Fat" Dave
Drums
 Tim
Drums
 Peter "Speed" Young (? –2002)
singing
 Justin "Jackhammer" Niessen (2002-2004, 2005)
Drums
 Sam Sheppard (2003-2005)
singing
 Matt Sheppard (2005)
guitar
 William Cleverdon (2005-2007)
Drums
 Corey Friedlander (2005)
bass
 Rom Lee (2006-2007)
Session members
Drums
 Steven Westerberg (2006)

8 Foot Sativa (also 8 Foot ) is a metal band from Auckland , New Zealand .

Band history

Brent Fox and Gary Smith, both metal fans, knew each other from Massey High School in Auckland when they decided to start a band. Together with Peter “Speed” Young on drums, Russell as singer and “Fat” Dave on bass, they played covers for Pantera , Iron Maiden , Judas Priest , Sepultura , Metallica and Slayer in their early days . Since Dave often did not show up for rehearsals, Brent Fox switched from guitar to bass. Russell was more important to his pop band, which is why he left. A short time later they met Ari at a music school, who played drums there. He became their first singer, with whom they also rehearsed their own songs. Ari wrote the lyrics for Fuel Set , Kick it all Away and Engine , which would later appear on her debut album Hate Made Me . Then he disappeared and was not heard from for a few years. In a shopping mall, the band met Justin "Jackhammer" Niessen, who became their new singer.

In this formation they recorded their first album Hate Made Me , which was released on March 3, 2002 in New Zealand. It debuted at number 43 on the New Zealand album charts and has now reached gold status. The single 8 Foot Sativa that was extracted from it was number 1 in the top 12 list of TV music channels M2 for eight weeks and stayed in these charts for a total of seven months, five of which in the top 3. Shortly afterwards, Peter Young left due to musical differences Band and was replaced by Sam Sheppard.

On July 14, 2003 the second album Season for Assault was released , which entered the album charts at number 6 and number 1 on the indie chart. The following year it was released by Roadrunner Records in Australia and a little later distributed worldwide by Black Mark Production . The debut album was also released worldwide by Black Mark Production.

Two weeks before the band flew to Sweden to record their third album, Niessen got out. Just two days later, however, a new singer was found in Matt Sheppard, the brother of the drummer Sam Sheppard. They recorded the third album Breed the Pain with their new singer in the underground studio in Sweden . His girlfriend did the artwork for it. It was released in early 2005. After the Breed the Pain tour, the Sheppard brothers left 8 Foot to reactivate their own band Sinate . Niessen therefore took over the microphone again for four New Zealand concerts in September 2005. The band was complemented by Corey Friedlander on drums and William Cleverdon on guitar.

In 2006 the band carousel continued to turn, or as they called it "... the line-up changes from hell." (German ... line-up change from hell ). Ben Read from the New Zealand death metal band Ulcerate became the new singer with whom they flew back to Sweden in the underground studio. Friedlander injured himself there and was unable to record the drums. Steven Westerberg from Carnal Forge stepped in for him . William Cleverdon left the band shortly after the recordings, but returned as the second guitarist in mid-2006. Friedlander left for personal reasons and to devote more time to his other band, Final Eve . Jamie Saint Merat, who also played in Read's other band Ulcerate, came to 8 Foot to replace him. In October 2006, Brent Fox also got out because he was no longer enjoying it. He was replaced by Rommilly Smith. But that wasn't the end of the line-up change either. In January 2007, William Cleverdon went to the doctor with pain in his left wrist and it was found that one bone in his forearm was much shorter than the other. This required several operations and lengthy rehab, which is why he could no longer work for the band. Christian Humpreys from Smith's other band NewWayHome replaced him.

All of this and other problems delayed the release of the next album Poison of Ages . It finally appeared on May 21, 2007.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hate Made Me
  NZ 43 
gold
gold
08/04/2002 (1 week)
Season for Assault
  NZ 6th 10/26/2003 (3 weeks)
Poison of Ages
  NZ 37 05/28/2007 (1 week)
  • Hate Made Me
    • March 3, 2002, Intergalactic Records (NZ)
    • October 18, 2004, Black Mark Production (Worldwide)
  • Season for Assault
    • July 14, 2003, Intergalactic Records (NZ)
    • April 12, 2004, Roadrunner Records (AUS)
    • September 13, 2004, Black Mark Production (worldwide)
  • Breed the pain
    • January 11, 2005, Intergalactic Records (NZ)
    • March 7, 2005, Roadrunner Records (AUS)
    • April 18, 2005, Black Mark Production (Worldwide)
  • Poison of Ages
    • 2007, Sativa Records (NZ)
    • May 21, 2007, Universal Records (worldwide)

Awards

  • Best New Act 2002 , Squeeze TV's Award Show

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TalentScount soundsnz.com about 8 Foot Sativa ( Memento from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b legalized Metal: 8 Foot Sativa. ( Memento of October 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) nzmusician.co.nz
  3. ↑ 8 Foot Sativa . (No longer available online.) Mushroom Music Publishing , 2008, archived from the original on March 24, 2012 ; accessed on May 7, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ Ben Read on the delays to the new album
  5. ↑ 8 Foot Sativa in the New Zealand album charts. charts.org.nz; Retrieved November 13, 2010
  6. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NZ
  7. ↑ 8 Foot Sativa Win Squeeze 2002 Music Award!