Budgun T.H.C. - Music

Bongzilla Is A Stoner Metal Band From Madison USA. As Their Name Suggests Most Of Their Material Is Related To Marijuana And Promotes Its Legalization. The Band Formed In 1995 And Over The Next Three Years Recorded And Released A Dozen Songs On EPs And Split Singles. In 1998 They Signed To Relapse Records And Have Since Released Four Studio Albums And A Live Album Through The Label. Since The Seeds Were Planted In The Mid-90s Bongzilla Have Been Sowing Madison Wisconsin's Rich Soil With Their Homegrown Psychedelic Sludge. Cultivating An Extremely Thick And Heavy Harvest Of Powerful Mega-Rock Bongzilla Have Fertilized Their Sound Tenfold Over Time And The Results Of Their Bumper-Crop Harvest Speak For Themselves. Releasing Pounds Of Material Over The Course Of The Last Few Years Bongzilla Have Raised Consciousness In Regards To Their Existence And Have Kept Their Musical Fires Burning Non-Stop. Having Toured The U.S. Multiple Times Playing Gigs With The Likes Of Today Is The Day Unsane Noothgrush Logical Nonsense Dystopia Grief Zed El Dopa Cattlepress Ire Cave-In And The Mighty Spazz Bongzilla Love To Perform Live. The Band's Live Show Is Not To Be Missed As Crushing Heaviness Blends Perfectly With Tortured Intense Vocals And Tripped-Out Passages Of Mellowed Experimental Jamming. Bongzilla Support The Cause Of Legalization Regularly Playing National Hemp Festivals Such As Weedstock Bongzilla Contributed A Track To The Weedstock Vol. 1 CD And Harvestfest. The Summer Of 1998 Proved To Be An Important Time For Bongzilla As They Made A Highly Publicized Appearance At The Milwaukee Metalfest In Addition To Joining Label-Mates Unsane For A Devastating Tour Of The Midwestern United States. Influenced By The Medicinal Powers Of THC And A Love For Wicked Grooves Bongzilla Entered The Infamous Austin Enterprises In 1996 Where They Recorded A Massive Demo With Today Is The Day's Steve Austin Overseeing The Festivities. This Along With Other Demos From The Band Made Their Way To The Relapse Compound The Subject Matter Alone Warranted Multiple Listens And The Band Was Signed Shortly Thereafter. 1997's Methods For Attaining Extreme Altitudes Presented Three Opus Magni For The Elevating Of Musical Consciousness And Proved To Be A Perfect Companion To A Serious Bong Session. Two Heavy Stoner-Rock Anthems And A Billowy Sonic Cloud Of Ethereal Experimentation Aptly Titled "Smoke/I Love MaryJane" Lit Up The Senses And Produced A Hazy Bleary-Eyed Vision Of What Was Yet To Come. In 1999 The Hemp-Friendly Horticulturists Returned From The Stratosphere Once Again Bringing With Them Some Of The Best THC-Powered Rock Ever Exhaled. Recorded Under The Influence Of Three Ounces Of Humboldt's Finest Stash Presented Ten Fat Spliffs Of Crystallized Bliss. In The Truest Sense Of Irony The Release Date For Stash Fell On April 20 1999 4 20 99 A Release Date That Occurs Only Once Every 7 Years! In Addition And Also By Complete Coincidence The Random Relapse Catalog Number Assigned To Stash Was 6420! When Extreme Homage Is Payed The True Are Rewarded Justly. With A Black Sabbath-On-Downers Encrusted Sound That Blends Billowing Rock Clenched-Teeth Blues And An Underground Punk Attitude Bongzilla Fire Up Thunderous Mega-Rock With A Pronounced Emphasis On The "big Riff." Their Next Album Gateway Showcased A Bongzilla Sound Simultaneously Aggressive And Mellow With Thunderous Percussion Smoke-Seared Vocals And Infectious Fuzzed-Out Riffs Baked To Perfection. In 2005 The Band Released Amerijuanican Considered By Many Fans To Be Their Best. The Band Has Now Taken A Hiatus So Dixie Can Work With His Other Band Weedeater. read less