Buzzov • en
| Buzzov • en | |
|---|---|
 The group's logo since the 1993 album To A Frown |
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| General information | |
| origin |
North Carolina , United States
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| Genre (s) | Sludge |
| founding | 1990, 2010 |
| resolution | 1999 |
| Founding members | |
Vocals, guitar |
Kirk Fisher |
bass |
Fred "Fuzzy" Hutch |
Drums |
Scott Majors |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Kirk Fisher |
Drums |
Ramzi Ateyeh |
bass |
Dave "Dixie" Collins |
guitar |
Mike "Sleepy" Floyd |
| former members | |
bass |
Brian Hill |
Drums |
Ashley Williamson |
guitar |
Buddy Apostolis |
guitar |
Dennis Woolard |
guitar |
Johnny Brito |
guitar |
Craig Baker |
Sampler |
Mycull Davidson |
Buzzov • en are a North Carolina sludge band formed in 1990 by Kirk Fisher, Fred “Fuzzy” Hutch and Scott Majors . You are considered a co-founder of the genre.
history
Kirk Fisher is the only continuous member of the band known for their aggressive appearances. In the early years, Fisher worked as a car washer to finance his daily life and to guarantee the band's activities. The band's first formation, originally from Charlotte , played in various clubs in their hometown and was banned from almost all performance options due to their aggressive behavior, which included the destruction of equipment and furnishings as well as fights with guests and employees of the clubs. Fisher describes the performances as therapeutic experiences, without which he would be involved in bar fights every evening.
In response to the extensive house ban, which came close to a performance ban, the band moved to Richmond in the mid-1990s . There Fisher saw a livelier scene for himself and Buzzov • en, corresponding to their own musical ideas, with better performance opportunities. In the following career of the band, Fischer broke up Buzzov • en several times and reappeared shortly afterwards with new musicians under the same name.
In 1994 Buzzov • en signed a contract with Roadrunner Records. The album To a Frown released there was produced by Billy Anderson (EyeHateGod, The Melvins , Mr. Bungle ). Fisher describes the contract and the release of the album, released through Roadrunner, as the moment in which he lost control of his life. Fisher, who previously used a variety of drugs, became addicted to drugs several times and took over a decade to get clean.
In 1999, after the tour of the third studio album At a Loss… , Fisher Buzzov • en broke up again and concentrated on the alternative country and blues project K. Lloyd and the Disciples , in which Jimmy Bower and Brian Patton from EyeHateGod joined forces involved. After Fisher's friend, Bower, returned from an EyeHateGod tour, Fisher decided to reactivate Buzzov • en. In particular, the questions from fans at EyeHateGod concerts regarding Buzzov • en and a possible reunion animated Fisher, in his favorite line-up, Ramzi Ateyeh and Dave “Dixie” Collins, to make a new beginning.
In 2014 Fisher canceled several appearances, including at the Roadburn Festival with Buzzov • en and K. Lloyd and the Disciples, after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and underwent psychotherapy .
style
Buzzov • en are referred to as the initiators of Sludge with EyeHateGod and Crowbar, and in terms of sound they are primarily associated with EyeHateGod. However, their music takes on influences from crustcore and noise . Samples, background noise and sound collages can often be found on the band's releases. The overall conceptual sound of the band is described as “Sludge Metal with a penchant for noise and the courage to experiment”.
The guitars are recorded creaky to severely overdriven. Fisher's singing is mostly compared to Mike Williams singing for EyeHateGod, and described as throaty screaming.
Martin Popoff found in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties that the songs on Sore were full of disturbing noises and misleading samples. The band was as "anti-musical" as Venom was in the 1990s. Popoff also thought the release would have been a good fit for Trent Reznor's label catalog .
Tim Wölke from Metal Hammer did not perceive Sore as music, but rather as a "broken mixture of ultra brutal riffs, thunderstorms of noise and pain and the most desolate grunts".
Discography
- 1991: Buttrash (demo, self-distribution)
- 1991: Stereonucleosis Comes to Your House (Split EP with Antischism, Unheard and Tolerance, Stereonucleosis Records)
- 1992: Hate Box (EP, Kirbdog Records)
- 1992: Wound (EP, Allied Recordings)
- 1993: To a Frown (Album, Allied Recordings)
- 1994: Sore (album, Roadrunner Records )
- 1994: Unwilling to Explain (EP, Allied Recordings)
- 1994: Paintime Grit (EP, Allied Recordings)
- 1994: I Don't Need / Wifebeater (split EP with God and Texas, Kustom Kitchen Records)
- 1996: Another Day in the Lost Lives of ... (Split EP with Sourvein, Mudflap Records)
- 1997: Useless / Never Again (single, Reptilian Records)
- 1997: Hot Rock Action Vol.3! (Split EP with Haberdasher, The Spitters and Behind Closed Doors, Reptilian Records)
- 1997: The Gospel According ... II (EP, Allied Recordings)
- 1998: ... At a Loss (Album, Off The Records)
- 2005: Welcome to Violence (compilation, Alternative Tentacles )
- 2010: Violence From The Vault (Compilation, Relapse)
- 2011: Revelation: Sick Again (Album, Hydra Head Records )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Ayers: Buzzov * en: Mar 2010 page 1. exclaim.ca, accessed on June 4, 2014 .
- ^ William York: Buzzov • en. Allmusic, accessed June 4, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Chris Ayers: Buzzov * en: Mar 2010 page 2. exclaim.ca, accessed on June 4, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Chris Ayers: Buzzov * en: Mar 2010 page 3. exclaim.ca, accessed on June 4, 2014 .
- ^ A b c Michael Siegl: Violence From The Vault. MetalNews, accessed June 4, 2014 .
- ^ Amy Sciarretto: Buzzov-en: 'This Is Not a Reunion; This Is a Re-beginning '. Noise Creep, accessed June 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Mental Health Concerns Force K.Lloyd / Buzzov-en To Pull Out Of Roadburn 2014. The Sleeping Shaman, accessed on 5 June 2014 .
- ↑ CUBTBT: Buzzoven - Violence from Vault. Canned music, accessed June 5, 2014 .
- ^ A b Philipp Halling: Buzzoven. Bloodchamber, accessed June 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 68 .
- ↑ Tim Wölke: Buzzov-en . Sore. In: Metal Hammer . September 1994, p. 63 .