On October 15, 2024, a one-off reunion show was announced at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas that was to take place on April 12, 2025, what would be the band’s first show in 28 years. The festival was canceled a month later. In the following weeks after…
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In 2014, rumors started that Acid Bath were reuniting with a new vocalist because Jimmy Kyle reached out to vocalist of Slipknot Corey Taylor with a vague message stating “Acid Bath is in search of a vocalist. Please send Mp3, demo, videos or any music links performing Acid Bath songs.”…
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Tommy Viator played drums on Disincarnate ‘s album Dreams of the Carrion Kind with the well-known death metal guitarist James Murphy . Dax Riggs and Mike Sanchez went on to perform in the band Agents of Oblivion , releasing one self-titled album in 2000 and disbanding shortly thereafter. Starting in…
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After two studio albums, Acid Bath’s career abruptly ended on January 23, 1997, when bass guitarist Audie Pitre and his parents were killed by a drunk driver who had run a stop sign. Kelly Pitre, Audie’s brother, was the only one of four family members to survive the incident, escaping…
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The last show the original lineup of Acid Bath performed took place at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on April 25, 1997. Crowbar, Floodgate, and Dead Industry were also on the bill. Jeromy Boullion played guitar for Acid Bath instead of Mike Sanchez. Acid Bath did not get paid because the…
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Influenced by thrash metal as well as bands and artists such as Black Sabbath , Alice Cooper , Celtic Frost , Carcass , and Darkthrone , Acid Bath recorded their demo Hymns of the Needle Freak with their manager and producer Keith Falgout in 1993. The strength of the demo…
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Acid Bath formed in 1991. The band was based south of New Orleans in several small towns including Houma , Thibodaux , Morgan City , and Galliano . Acid Bath was an incarnation of two bands, Dark Karnival which featured Audie Pitre, Sammy Pierre Duet, and Tommy Viator, and Golgotha…
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