Atomship
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| Origin | Ocean Springs, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Alternative metal, post-grunge, progressive metal |
| Years active | 2002-2004, 2006-present |
| Labels | Wind-Up Records (2002–2004) |
| Associated acts | Ugly Kid Joe, Papercut Massacre, Lonely Unit Shifter, Together Tomorrow, Anorexic Skeleton, Yoon |
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Watership Down (formerly known as Atomship and AtomshipDown) is a three-piece alternative metal band composed of Derek Pardoe, Chad Kent, and Brooks Hubbart, possibly best known for their 2004 single "Pencil Fight". Nathan Slade was the band's original guitarist until his death in December 2009. The band was known as Watership Down in 2002, before changing their name to Atomship that year, which ran until the band's disbandment in 2004, shortly after the release of their debut album, The Crash of '47. Joey Culver stood in for Derek Pardoe on the recording of The Crash of '47, as Pardoe was unable due to his anxiety. Atomship was dropped from Wind-Up Records due to poor record sales. In 2006, Atomship reformed as AtomshipDown. In 2010, AtomshipDown reverted their name back to Watership Down.
The band was originally called Watership Down, after Richard Adams’ classic tale of the same name but was renamed "Atomship" later that year. The band retains a cartoon alien rabbit as its logo, designed by Nathan Slade, which also reflects the group's interest in UFOs and extraterrestrials. As confirmed by their debut album's title, the album references the alleged date of the UFO crash in Roswell, N.M. "We're fascinated with some of these things", Slade says. "We’re not conspiracy theory nuts but it is interesting how the media covers up some stuff that's obviously there. We have a pretty strong thirst for knowledge." Nathan Slade played the bass on 5 songs, with Ugly Kid Joe bassist Cordell Crockett playing bass on the rest. The band had a falling-out with Joey Culver in late 2004 over "irreconcilable differences", mostly over musical differences regarding the band's single, Pencil Fight.
In 2006, Atomship reformed as AtomshipDown with the band reunited with original singer Derek Padroe. In 2007, the band announced that they were going to release two albums simultaneously. The first of these albums was to be entitled Let Us Sleep Awhile, while the second was untitled, but labeled as the evolution of Atomship. Derek Pardoe founded "Omni-Mind Productions" at which the band recorded the tracks "Deflower", "For So", "Red", and "Magnolia".
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