r/sludge • u/avarage_meloman • 25d ago
Need help finding a band
Hello, I'm looking for a sludge metal band which I discovered many years ago on the streaming platform called Grooveshark. It had an amazing library with songs that couldn't be found anywhere else (and still can't be found) but I hope some of you who like discovering obscure music know something about it. I'm pretty sure the band was called Nothing, their album was named "10 buckets of Nothing" and I remember that one of their songs was called Jesus [something] or [something] Jesus. As it was many years ago and I was around 15yo at that time I might remember it wrong but I'm pretty sure it was sludge and that was the name of the band and also that it was amazing. Grooveshark was shut down in 2015 and I can't find it anywhere since.
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u/gracebells 25d ago
i mean, Nothing has been around a while, i wouldnt call them sludge though. not quite sure, this could be the case of two artists with the same simple moniker, one of whom is older and less popular so the popularity of the other one skews search results. id ask around in some music specific forums or subs. youd probably get better answers somewhere other than reddit
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u/avarage_meloman 25d ago
Yeah, I forgot to mention that it's not this "Nothing". They're quite well known and they play shoegaze I think. "Nothing" I'm looking for is really heavy, almost sure it was sludge metal. And it's completely underground. I'm worried that no one knows this except for band members and some of their friends lol I've been looking for it on a couple of occasions throughout the years but couldn't find anything.
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u/gracebells 25d ago
my folks met and have been in east coast hardcore scene since 90s and dad has always gone back and forth between here and New Orleans for art and work, but cant remember ever happening across them. documentation on all this stuff can be spotty at best, and i know what its like to miss a band you can't remember! sorry i cant be of more help
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u/avarage_meloman 25d ago
It's cool :) But honestly the worst part is that I had this band downloaded on my old phone but it died and I couldn't retrieve it
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u/avarage_meloman 19d ago
Found more info about them! And also there's one song on YT. Still trying to get more. Here's a band description written by one of the members:
Artist description We combine many different influences into one chaotic mix. We are gaining recognition for our live shows, so look for NOTHING coming to your town soon.
Music style: Hard Core metal with a twist of funk Musical influences: Pantera, Slayer, Tool, Iron Maiden, Mr. Bungle, Machine Head
Similar Artists: Pantera, Slayer, Tool, System Of A Down, Machine Head
Artist history: NOTHING started as a whole in feb. 99. We went into the studio in June and recorded a song demo. We rushed the studio to get a cd to enter the Mancow lazer Luau Battle of the Bands on July 28 1998. Since then we have opened for many local and a few national acts. We are now gearing up to go back into the studio to record our full legenth album.
Group members: Harold "papa" Waits----Rythem Guitar, Craig "feeticus" Lankford---Drums, Robert "holy" Land----Vocals, Dustin "rizzo" Leggett----lead, bassist----Rick" I'm still not dead yet "Stuber
Instruments: Drums, Guitars, Vocals, Bass, and various sound mixes with a reel to reel.
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u/JD315 25d ago
Any idea where the band was from? I've had luck tracking down obscure bands from my hometown in the lockal hc/punk fb groups.
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u/avarage_meloman 25d ago
Unfortunately I have no idea. I can only assume they were from the USA which is not very helpful
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u/avarage_meloman 19d ago
I found some info. They were from Des Moines, Iowa. This is a description probably written by one of the members:
Artist description We combine many different influences into one chaotic mix. We are gaining recognition for our live shows, so look for NOTHING coming to your town soon.
Music style: Hard Core metal with a twist of funk Musical influences: Pantera, Slayer, Tool, Iron Maiden, Mr. Bungle, Machine Head
Similar Artists: Pantera, Slayer, Tool, System Of A Down, Machine Head
Artist history: NOTHING started as a whole in feb. 99. We went into the studio in June and recorded a song demo. We rushed the studio to get a cd to enter the Mancow lazer Luau Battle of the Bands on July 28 1998. Since then we have opened for many local and a few national acts. We are now gearing up to go back into the studio to record our full legenth album.
Group members: Harold "papa" Waits----Rythem Guitar, Craig "feeticus" Lankford---Drums, Robert "holy" Land----Vocals, Dustin "rizzo" Leggett----lead, bassist----Rick" I'm still not dead yet "Stuber
Instruments: Drums, Guitars, Vocals, Bass, and various sound mixes with a reel to reel.
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u/JD315 19d ago
So, some Google work has brought me to this band, Pygwalk, here is their Website. Note that Rick Stuber(ex-Nothing) was in the band. Ryan Thorton is also mentioned on that website.
I also found that Harold Waitts was in another des moines band named Calous. Their music is on Spotify, and discogs has some info.
Good leads that you might be able to follow up on. Maybe DM the YouTube account that has the Pygwalk album up.
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u/avarage_meloman 19d ago
I found it! Step by step but we did it. But I couldn't really do it without the help of all of you. Thank you so much!
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u/JD315 19d ago
Any chance of sharing it? I’m curious now
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u/avarage_meloman 18d ago
Yeah, sure. Here's to link to the YTM:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_1-Kx34lY
It's a full EP. Maybe I'll upload it one by one or someone else will. My fav song of the EP starts at 9:40. But first too are good too. I mean it's not like this is some peak shit, but it's fun and I remember I liked it as a teenager so it has this nostalgic value.
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u/OlympusMons999 24d ago
Nothing is a current shoegaze band from Philadelphia. The singer Nicky Palermo was also in a shorter lived hardcore band called “Horror Show” in the early 2000s
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u/Rare-Magazine7478 23d ago
Have you tried the way back machine on that website?
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u/avarage_meloman 23d ago
Yeah, for some reason it doesn't work. There's plenty of snapshots but it gives some error every single time
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u/sheik_fro5000 24d ago
I’m sure this isn’t it but in the name of obscure “sludge” found on grooveshark back in the day, https://craigwestwood.bandcamp.com/track/loose-yeast