While this blog was primarily started to create a more informative and accessible version of The Way It Was, which highlights some of the amazing music that came out of the New Orleans scene in the 80's and 90's, there is SO MUCH amazing music coming out of New Orleans today!
This is pretty much an introduction to some of my favorite bands that currently make up the New Orleans underground music scene!
Gristnam is former members of haarp/rat in a bucket and omean playing a brutal, destructive blend of grindcore and sludge.
Classhole is pissed, filthy hardcore featuring members and ex members of: Hawg Jaw, Mangina, Tirefire, Eyehategod and haarp
Ossacrux plays ferocious d-beat/crusty hardcore featuring members/ex members of Serpentis and Wishful Thinking.
Wishful Thinking plays just straight-forward, unpretentious hardcore!
We Are Wires is an energetic, melodic/poppy punk band with female vocals.
House Of Goats plays fun, old school speed/thrash metal!
The Pallbearers been crankin' out their brand of violent drunken horror punk for 16 years now and are still going strong!
Fat Stupid Ugly People have brought their brand of chaotic hardcore/powerviolence to New Orleans for nearly a decade now!
Solid Giant plays heavy as fuck sludge/doom!
Toxic Rott are still kickin', occasionally gracing us with their skate/thrash/hardcore awesomeness!
Die Rotzz, one of the best and most overlooked bands in New Orleans, have FINALLY released a full length LP! Old school punk ROCK, heavy on the rock, with lots of attitude.
Mule Skinner are back and it, with a new 3 song ep of brutal grindcore, picking up where they left off in the early 90's!
Split Lips are a girl-dominated punk band along the lines of GG Allin, but without the poo-flinging and nudity.
Eat The Witch do the heavy, noisy instrumental thing
Necrotic Priapism plays brutal metal with a 6 piece lineup!
Bad Grass is a 3-piece doom/stoner metal band
Bloody Mummers plays intense hardcore with throat shredding vocals.
Vapo-Rats are young kids playing old punk/hardcore!
Six Pack play alcoholic thrash!
Vibe Ruiner are a doom-laden heavy hardcore band.
Mystic Inane play noisy/trippy early SST Records style punk/hardcore.
Pears are a new melodic punk/hardcore band with ex members of The Lollies and Fatter Than Albert
Dummy Dumpster is bizarre post-punk with songs about getting molested by minotaurs, putting bologna on your face, etc.
Pitts Vs. Preps is playing semi-regularly again! Old school metal in the Judas Priest/Iron Maiden vein with ex-members of Exhorder, Rigid and Weedeater (N.O.) with Suplecs's drummer.
Suplecs plays heavy doomy stoner rock and have been kickin' for quite awhile now!
The No Shows play drunken ska/punk!
The Bills play fun surf/garage rock.
Nick Name & The Valmonts are The Bills alter-ego band, playing punked out versions of 50's and 60's tunes!
Logarda plays droning, dark ambient metal.
Hawg Jaw still play about once or twice a year. Veterans of the New Orleans scene playing a graceful mix of sludge and hardcore.
Most Heinous have played a few shows in New Orleans again! Chaotic thrashy crusty hardcore with a female screamer!
Pacifist have reformed as well! Brutal chaotic metalcore.
A Hanging is the band that I play bass for (blatant self-promotion). We play old school thrash/hardcore/crossover.
Mountain Of Wizard is a jam/instrumental band made of up members of Spickle, Classhole and Eyehategod!
If I didn't mention your band, don't take it personal. I either forgot, don't know about you, or don't like you.
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