Dax Riggs
Biography
A crucial figure in the Southern branch of the extreme metal community, Dax Riggs was born in Evansville, IN, on October 15, 1973, where he lived with his mother after the divorce of his parents. As Riggs edged into adolescence, he began to question his mother's devotion to the faith of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and he moved to Houma, LA to live with his father. While initially Riggs didn't care for life down South, in his teens he developed a passion for rock & roll, and after singing with a pair of short-lived local bands, Riggs became the lead vocalist with the pioneering sludge metal band Acid Bath, featuring guitarists Sammy Duet and Mike Sanchez, bassist Audie Pitre, and drummer Jimmy Kyle. While Acid Bath's punishing but trippy, groove-laden sound would prove to be deeply influential, the group's audience was frustratingly small during its existence, and the band called it quits in 1997 after the death of Audie Pitre in an auto accident. After fronting a short-lived group called Daisyhead & the Mooncrickets, Riggs re-emerged on the music scene with Agents of Oblivion, which also included Acid Bath guitarist Mike Sanchez as well as Alex Bergeron on bass, Jeff McCarty on drums, and Chuck Pitre on keyboards. . Agents of Oblivion's sound was as doomstruck as Acid Bath, but the approach was more subdued, showing the influence of traditional hard rock and blues in its slower tempos and smoother melodies. Agents of Oblivion released one album in 2000, but broke up not long after completing a tour to support it. After the collapse of Agents of Oblivion, Riggs formed a new band, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, which sported a stripped-down, blues-based sound and featured Riggs playing guitar as well as singing. The group's first album, 2002's If This Is Hell Then I'm Lucky, was a full-band affair, with Riggs joined by Jason Dupre on guitar, Chris Gautreaux on bass, and Jeff Lecompte on drums, but he pared the group back to a duo for 2005's We Are Night Sky, with Riggs joined by drummer Tess Brunet. In late 2006, Brunet quit the band, and as Riggs was recording Deadboy & the Elephantmen's third album with a rotating crew of musicians, he opted to abandon the group moniker and release the music under the name Dax Riggs. Featuring some of Riggs' most powerful and emotionally incisive music to date, We Sing of Only Blood or Love was released in the summer of 2007. For 2010's Say Goodnight to the World, Riggs recorded in his home studio with Austin, TX locals Charley Siess (drums) and Kevin Fitzsimmons (bass).
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Top Songs |
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| 1. | 30 Century Man | Songs from Montague Terrace.. | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
| 2. | See You All In Hell or New Orleans | Say Goodnight to the World | 4:46 | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Let Me Be Your Cigarette | Say Goodnight to the World | 2:48 | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Sleeping With the Witch | Say Goodnight to the World | 3:57 | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Heartbreak Hotel | Say Goodnight to the World | 4:17 | $0.99 | |
| 6. | No One Will Be a Stranger | Say Goodnight to the World | 2:58 | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Like Moonlight | Say Goodnight to the World | 4:09 | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Gravedirt On My Blue Suede Shoes | Say Goodnight to the World | 2:21 | $0.99 | |
| 9. | You Were Born to Be My Gallows | Say Goodnight to the World | 2:53 | $0.99 | |
| 10. | I Hear Satan | Say Goodnight to the World | 2:59 | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Say Goodnight to the World | Say Goodnight to the World | 4:19 | $0.99 | |
| 12. | Theme | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 7:51 | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Barefoot In the Dark | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 4:13 | $0.99 | |
| 14. | Heart of Green | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 8:10 | $0.99 | |
| 15. | High Monster | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 4:37 | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Like the Dead Would Laugh | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 5:03 | $0.99 | |
| 17. | Otherworldly Dreamer | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 7:44 | $0.99 | |
| 18. | Graves Beyond Windows | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 3:46 | $0.99 | |
| 19. | Song With No Name | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 3:58 | $0.99 | |
| 20. | Waking Up Insane | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 4:55 | $0.99 | |
| 21. | Strange Television | If This Is Hell Then I'.. | 6:09 | $0.99 | |
| 22. | Dethbryte | We Sing of Only Blood or Lo.. | 2:20 | $0.99 | |
| 23. | Scarlett of Heaven Nor Hell | We Sing of Only Blood or Lo.. | 1:41 | $0.99 | |
| 24. | Wall of Death | We Sing of Only Blood or Lo.. | 2:32 | $0.99 | |
| 25. | Dog-Headed Whore | We Sing of Only Blood or Lo.. | 2:07 | $0.99 | |
