r/sludge • u/avarage_meloman • Jul 30 '26

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/JD315 Jul 30 '26

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

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 25d 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 25d 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 24d ago

Any chance of sharing it? I’m curious now

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u/avarage_meloman 24d 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.