Dax Riggs
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Dax Riggs performing June 6, 2008, at Lola's Saloon, Fort Worth, Texas
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| Background information | |
| Born |
October 15, 1973 Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Blues rock, indie rock, heavy metal, stoner rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar. Synthesizer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Dry Pussy, Golgotha, Acid Bath, Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Agents of Oblivion, Deadboy & the Elephantmen |
Dax David Riggs (born October 15, 1973, Evansville, Indiana) is an American musician, best known for formerly fronting the sludge metal band Acid Bath in the 1990s. Dax has been a part of many projects since then, including Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy & the Elephantmen. In 2007 he began releasing material under his own name. He currently resides in Louisiana.
Corruption was Dax in his teens fronting a thrash metal band that played cover songs, though they never played a real gig.
Golgotha was the sludge/thrash metal foundation of what would later become Acid Bath. The band released one demo Wet Dreams of the Insane (1991) under that name before changing it. It featured Dax Riggs as the lead vocalist, Mike Sanchez and Jerry "Boon" Businelli on guitar, Jimmy Kyle on drums, and Chad Pierce on bass.
Acid Bath was a heavy metal band from southern Louisiana. The band was marked by an unusual blend of sludge metal, swamp blues, doom metal, hardcore punk and psychedelia. Singer Dax Riggs's voice could range from a guttural growl to a Roy Orbison-esque wail in mid-song. In the liner notes for their second album, Paegan Terrorism Tactics, the band thanked the ghost of Roy Orbison (as well as David Bowie) for his help in creating their sound. The band was also noted for Dax's imaginative and distinctive lyrics which often featured themes of death and drugs.
Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets was a project of Dax Riggs between 1995 and 1997 that never took off. Only two Daisyhead recordings are known to exist: Skeletal Circus Derails, a 6-song recording from 1995, and a self-titled 14-track album from 1997, where most of the songs are cut off before they end.
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