Most typical southern band bios start with the cliché and overused phrase "from the murky swamps" or "bayou born and bred". Those sentiments, while holding some air of truth, are too redundant for Down. Down isn't your typical 'Southern' band. This is a band, however, molded and twisted by their environment. Passionate, focused, hanging on to their NOLA pride and upbringing, much like Louisiana's Spanish moss drifting and swaying from hurricane and termite damaged Magnolia trees. The war torn history of the brotherhood is a tribute to stubbornness and retribution that belies all combined groups before and concerns an introspection in rock, blues and metal as an inspiration/instigation for the ages. Down has risen a certain flag high for every piss poor jealous fool to see. They wear their influences on their ragged sleeves as well as personify despair and display agony very accurately. Imagine early Southern Rock squeezing through a Geezer Butler strainer in these post punk modern days. There is no label for what Down does, as are there no labels for the "thousand miles from New York" bands that share members with them; Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, EyeHateGod, and Pantera. This is chemistry. This is the solution. This is the band people will lie about and say that they were into from the beginning. I don't know if anyone remembers there's a war going on in Iraq, but there's a war going on here on the home front, in your head, with late night reconnaissance missions called "Temptation's Wings" and "Losing All". The southern hemisphere, primarily New Orleans, has much to offer by way of paralyzing roots music these days. In these dark times of cookie cutter paint-by-numbers wastes of recording contracts, an air of originality unseen anywhere else lives below the Mason-Dixon line. This is post-Katrina New Orleans.Through the wreckage and wretchedness, the third Down--Over The Under is poised fanatically on the edge.
so....i'm pretty sure taht ihave left at least 365 messages and i still don't know why that pepper can't sing back up's..............................................i mean pepper and phil ................................i could jump right in fire just after that and ebytang would still be sweet.........................or at least i would make due before I..............ANYWHO.................................please help ....................before I !?
Feck Yeah ! ! Well done Saints! So pleased for ya! I know shit all about American Football but know how much a win like that will mean to the people of New Orleans. I went there a while back now and thought it was a beautiful place. "On March The Saints" Peace people........ Mogger.
i am so fuckin thrilled the saints won i think this is the first time n my life i sat through a whole football game. cant wait 2 c u again sept 11th in nyc was a highlight of my life u motherfuckers r DOWN 4 n e thing. love ya guys