Pussy Galore was an American garage rock band formed by students at Brown University in 1984. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990, with vocalist-guitarist Jon Spencer as the sole member through the band's history. They took their name from the character in the James Bond film Goldfinger , and their sound was an irreverent experimental blues rock influenced by The Rolling Stones and Einstürzende Neubauten .
27-625: New Hate is the second EP by Israeli groove metal band Betzefer , released in May 2003. It was mixed by ex- Eternal Gray guitarist Eyal Glotman and recorded in his studio, with mastering by Maor Appelbaum. This was the band's last unsigned release, as their next release was already on the Roadrunner Records label. This EP -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Groove metal Groove metal , sometimes also called neo-thrash or post-thrash ,
54-481: A grainy, almost indecipherable photocopy of the Rolling Stones' trademark lips-and-tongue image superimposed over its head. Their second full-length set, Dial 'M' for Motherfucker , was released in 1989 and continued their formula of nihilistic guitar noise and punk rock provocation, with additional studio trickery filling out the material. Originally intended to be titled Make Them All Eat Shit Slowly ,
81-538: A guitarist. Martinez was not a musician and had simply taken the photograph for the 7". The band also replaced Hammill with former Sonic Youth drummer Bob Bert . Then, on a dare from Sonic Youth, they released a limited-edition cassette cover album of the Rolling Stones ' Exile on Main St . They followed this up in January 1987 with another self-released mini-set, Pussy Gold 5000 . Shortly after this, Martinez left
108-421: A more accessible alternative/groove metal approach for the remainder of their 1990s output, starting with and including Sound of White Noise (1993). This was continued by the releases of Sacred Reich 's Independent (1993), Overkill 's I Hear Black (1993), Coroner 's Grin (1993), Testament 's Low (1994), Forbidden 's Distortion (1994) and much of Annihilator 's 1990s output. In
135-487: Is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre is primarily derived from thrash metal , but played in slower tempos, and making use of rhythmic guitar parts. It was pioneered in the late 1980s by groups like Exhorder , Prong and the Bad Brains , and then popularized by the commercial success of Pantera , White Zombie , Machine Head and Sepultura . The genre went on to be influential in
162-505: Is one that doesn't have rigid boundaries and incorporates industrial , death metal , nu-metal , hardcore and a lot more." Music journalist Gary Graff also noted the influence of hardcore punk as integral to groove metal. In their book Hellraisers: A Complete Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem , journalists Axl Rosenberg and Christopher Krovatin traced the origins of groove metal to New Orleans' Exhorder and New York's Prong . Exhorder, formed in 1985, recorded their first demo in
189-564: Is probably best known for the garage rock interpretation of Einstürzende Neubauten 's industrial/dance classic from the mid-1980s "Yu-Gung". Pussy Galore used sampling in their music, drawing short samples from both the original track and the Public Enemy rap classic "Don't Believe The Hype". F.M. Einheit , a member of Neubauten, was said to have been quite impressed with the cover version. The EP also introduced Pussy Galore's new logo, which consisted of Neubauten's "Yu-Gung Man" emblem with
216-624: The Alternative Songs chart, and number 10 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The song was played frequently on MTV and won the Best Metal/Hard Rock Video award at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards . Texas heavy metal band Pantera 's 1990 album Cowboys from Hell is often considered the album that codified and popularized groove metal. They continued releasing influential albums through
243-562: The Bad Brains 's post-1987 music, particularly Quickness (1989), as helping to pioneer the genre. White Zombie , formed in 1985, playing music influenced by the noise rock of Honeymoon Killers , Swans and Pussy Galore , 1970s rock of Van Halen , Kiss and AC/DC , as well as Black Sabbath , the Cramps and gothic rock . Their early career was spent playing in the New York City noise rock scene, before being approached by
270-469: The New York hardcore scene, originally playing crossover thrash , before slowing their tempos and incorporating heavier percussion on their second album Beg to Differ (1990). VH1 described the band as having "existed outside of categorical restriction", by having a sound rooted in both punk and metal, while also experimenting with elements of industrial music . A number of writers have also noted
297-605: The 1990s; the 1992 album Vulgar Display of Power featured an even heavier sound than its predecessor, while its follow-up Far Beyond Driven (1994) peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 , selling 186,000 copies its first week of release. Thrash pioneers Metallica 's Black Album (1991) included multiple groove metal tracks, including " Sad but True " and "The Struggle Within". Brazilian band Sepultura , previously established as having deathrash sound, released their fifth studio album Chaos A.D. in 1993, which saw
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#1732782698450324-516: The 2000s, a second wave of groove metal bands emerged, including Damageplan , Lamb of God , Chimaira and DevilDriver . Damageplan was founded with former Pantera members Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott . They released one album, New Found Power , in 2004. The band broke up in December 2004, after guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot dead at a live performance. One of the most commercially successful groove metal groups during this time
351-532: The Japanese indie label Supernatural Organization. By now, Cafritz had quit the line-up. The trio of Spencer, Hagerty and Bert released one final album in 1990 called Historia de la Musica Rock for Caroline Records before calling it a day the same year. The album cover of Historia was a parody of a music compilation vinyl series from Spain called Historia de la Música Rock . Spencer co-founded Boss Hog with former Pussy Galore guitarist Cristina Martinez in
378-634: The RIAA in July 1998. White Zombie's music videos were featured on Beavis and Butt-Head , helping to increase the band's sales. Their 1995 follow-up Astro Creep: 2000 peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and sold 104,000 copies in its first week of release; it was certified double-platinum by the RIAA. White Zombie's song " More Human than Human " achieved mainstream success in 1995, peaking at number 53 on Billboard 's Radio Songs chart, number 7 on
405-462: The album appear to run in reverse, sometimes mid-song, seemingly for no apparent reason. Cafritz appears on some of this album but not the entirety. Dial M marks a point at which Cafritz and the band began fighting, ultimately leading to her leaving the band. They released a split single in 1989, a cover of Black Flag 's "Damaged II" with Tad covering "Damaged I" on the other side, for Sub Pop Records and another split single with Black Snakes for
432-652: The band and formed Boss Hog with Spencer a few years later. In September 1987, Pussy Galore recorded their debut album and their first recording for another label, Right Now! , on Caroline Records . Shortly following the release of Right Now! , Hagerty left the band and was replaced by Kurt Wolf, but he was to return to the Pussy Galore line-up following the release of the Sugarshit Sharp EP with Wolf leaving to join Loudspeaker. Sugarshit Sharp
459-503: The band formed in 1984. Following the self-released 7" Feel Good About Your Body , they added guitarist Neil Hagerty . The new line-up recorded the EP Groovy Hate Fuck . This EP, like all of their early releases, would be self-released on their own Shove Records label. After the band moved to New York City after graduation from Brown, they further expanded the line-up by taking on then 16-year-old Cristina Martinez as
486-545: The band slow their tempos and embrace the influence of New York hardcore acts like the Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front and Sick of It All . Sound of the Beast author Ian Christe credited Chaos A.D. with helping to developing groove metal and as being widely influential. Machine Head released their debut album Burn My Eyes in 1994. The album helped the band achieve underground success and sold over 145,000 copies. Follow
513-461: The development of the new wave of American heavy metal , nu metal and metalcore , and continued to gain traction in the 2000s with Lamb of God , DevilDriver and Five Finger Death Punch , and 2010s with Killer Be Killed and Bad Wolves . Groove metal makes use of elements of thrash metal , but plays them in a slower tempo, making use of bouncy, unconventional rhythms. Loudwire stated that "Unlike so many other styles of metal, groove metal
540-428: The gap between classic thrash-y heavy metal and angst-y, down-tuned modern metal of the 21st century." Pussy Galore (band) The band's earliest incarnation consisted of guitarist and vocalist Jon Spencer , guitarist and occasional vocalist Julia Cafritz and drummer John Hammill, though this line-up both changed and expanded in later years. Spencer and Cafritz were both students at Ivy League college Brown when
567-545: The influence of groove metal and sludge metal into beatdown hardcore and metalcore . Metal Hammer cited them as a definitive groove metal act. The groove metal genre was a driving force in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement, which began in the 1990s. Additionally, it influenced the development and success of nu metal and metalcore , two of the most commercially successful subsequent metal genres. VH1 called groove metal "a musical purgatory that bridged
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#1732782698450594-523: The late 1980s just prior to the dissolution of Pussy Galore itself. Spencer and Martinez had married in 1989 (and are still married today). He also went on to form the Blues Explosion. Neil Hagerty continued his 'noise-terrorist' career with his girlfriend, Jennifer Herrema, in blues-rock duo Royal Trux , which the pair had formed in Chicago during 1987. Cafritz and Bert joined forces briefly in
621-609: The members of the Cro-Mags and Biohazard to instead begin playing in the New York hardcore scene. The band began leaning into the nascent sound of groove metal on their second album Make Them Die Slowly (1989). The band achieved mainstream success in the mid-1990s, with La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) peaking at number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in 1993 and was certified double-platinum by
648-489: The name of the album was ultimately vetoed by Caroline Records. The album is sometimes wrongly referred to as New Album By Pussy Galore . This is largely due to the fact that the cover of the album has no text except for a sticker that appeared on the plastic shrink wrapping that bears those words. Dial M represents a move away from a simple noise formula to something more experimental. It is, for example, difficult to determine where some songs begin and end. Many sequences on
675-477: The summer of 1986, playing a style that was influenced hardcore punk and metal, as well as jazz , funk , blues and the music of Mardi Gras . The band were immediately influential in the New Orleans metal scene, with pioneering sludge metal bands Eyehategod , Soilent Green and Crowbar all playing some of their earliest live performances in support of them. Prong, on the other hand, originated from
702-482: The widespread success of Pantera, White Zombie and Machine Head, the genre expanded with notable subsequent groups including Skinlab , Pissing Razors , Grip Inc. , Merauder , Pro-Pain , GZR , and Stuck Mojo . Additionally, several veteran thrash bands began to change their sound in favour of groove metal. Anthrax , who had recently replaced Joey Belladonna with John Bush as their singer, began stepping away from their previously established thrash metal formula to
729-482: Was Five Finger Death Punch , who formed in 2005 and garnered extensive chart positions and album certifications of gold and platinum in the United States. Hellyeah formed in 2006 and featured Vinnie Paul of Pantera also saw commercial success. The 2010s saw the formation of Killer Be Killed and Bad Wolves . Malevolence 's third studio album Malicious Intent (2022), saw widespread success and included
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