Dax Riggs
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| Homebase | Houma, LA |
| Born | October 15, 1973 |
| Website | Dax Riggs on Myspace |
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Dax Riggs (born 15 October 1973 in Evansville, Indiana, United States), is a musician from Houma, Louisiana often remembered for fronting the metal band Acid Bath in the 1990s. Dax has been a part of many projects since then, including Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy & the Elephantmen. In 2007 he began releasing material under his own name.
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[edit] Bands
[edit] Dry Pussy
Dry Pussy was Dax's first band. They never made it to the demo stage.
[edit] Corruption
Corruption was Dax in his teens fronting a thrash metal band from Pensacola Florida. They recorded one very unprofessional practice and played regularly on the Florida scene for two years.
[edit] Golgotha
Golgotha was the foundation of what would later become Acid Bath. The band released one demo under that name before changing it.
[edit] Acid Bath
Acid Bath was a Sludge Metal band from southern Louisiana. What made Acid Bath unique was their mix of death metal and psychedelia. This was primarily accomplished by the vocal stylings of Dax Riggs which could range from a guttural growl to a Roy Orbison-esque wail in mid-song. Indeed, on their second album, "Paegan Terrorism Tactics", the band thanked the ghost of Roy Orbison for his help in creating their sound. The band was also noted for Dax's imaginative and distinctive lyrics which often featured themes of death.
[edit] Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets
Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets was a project of Dax Riggs in 1997 that never took off. Only two recordings are known to exist. One is a self-titled 14 track recording, where most of the songs are cut off before they end. A few covers are included, such as David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust". Most of the song titles are unknown. It is also the earliest recording of the "Deadboy & the Elephantmen Theme Song," which Riggs would sometimes play when he formed a band by that name in late 2000.
The other album is Skeletal Circus Derails which later inspired the name of the Dax Riggs fan site SkeletalCircus.com.
Daisyhead & the Mooncrickets is akin to an urban legend for fans of underground bluesy rock. But the two works, especially Skeletal Circus Derails are an important chapter in Riggs' history. Fans to this day regularly ask him to play certain songs from that album when they see him on tour.
They also detail a point in Riggs' career when he's struggling for life after Acid Bath disbanded in 1997. Toward the end of that metal group, Riggs was pushing for a more melodic sound, which materializes in his subsequent bands Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy & the Elephantmen. This sound was first born on the Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets recordings.
[edit] Agents of Oblivion
Agents of Oblivion was the first post Acid Bath band to release material officially. It first emerged with a five song demo and featured former Acid Bath guitarist Mike Sanchez on lead guitar. The demo includes Big Black Backwards, Ash of the Mind and other songs which would later appear on the band's self-titled debut, along with 2 other songs: Riding the Wormhole and a new version of The Skeletal Circus Derails. The band's debut album is a masterful blend of haunting ballads with interspersed metallic fury (though never reverting to the superheavy stylings of Acid Bath). The band only lasted a short tour in support of the album, before splitting.
[edit] Deadboy and the Elephantmen
Deadboy & the Elephantmen was the most prosperous band from Dax Riggs to date. The band has toured on many festivals with many bands, including AFI, and has also released albums on semi major record labels.
[edit] T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul and Dax Riggs
Dax's solo project started out under the name T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul. He performed a few times live under that name, mostly doing acoustic shows.
[edit] Solo Discography
- We Sing of Only Blood or Love (2007)
