Bad Acid Trip is an American

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band currently signed to

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

lead singer

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's record label

Serjical Strike Records Serjical Strike Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates under Republic Records. Background Serjical Strike was founded in April 2001 by Serj Tankian (lead singer of System of a Down), and has cast away t ...

. Their 2004 album, ''

Lynch the Weirdo ''Lynch The Weirdo'' is the title of the second full-length album by the metal band Bad Acid Trip, released on April 20, 2004. It was produced by System of a Down member Daron Malakian. Track listing Personnel ;Bad Acid Trip * Dirk Rogers — ...

'', was produced by

Daron Malakian Daron Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of metal band System of a Down, and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwrit ...

, another System of a Down member. In 2006, they performed on the second stage at the

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summer tour. The band has three full-length releases (''

For the Weird by the Weird For The Weird By The Weird is the first full-length from American grindcore band Bad Acid Trip. The album was self-released in 1999 by the band and then re-released in 2004 when Bad Acid Trip signed to System of a Down vocalist's label Serjical ...

'', ''

'', and '' Humanly Possible'') and multiple EPs.

Biography

Bad Acid Trip was formed in

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, in 1989 during the beginnings of the West Coast

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scene. The current members of Bad Acid Trip are Dirk Rogers, Carlos Neri and Caleb Schneider. Original members Dirk Rogers and Keith Aazami have collaborated for more than 10 years. Bad Acid Trip has toured in support of various bands including System of a Down, the Mars Volta, Mindless Self Indulgence, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Dog Fashion Disco, Tub Ring, Motograter, Watch Them Die, and Gwar. Other bands they have shared the stage with include Slayer, Arch Enemy, Cypress Hill, Hatebreed, Brujeria, Body Count, Buckethead, Tom Morello, Circle One, and Napalm Death. MTV 2's ''

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'' television show broadcast the music video "Beef Moo", a song featured on the album ''

''. The EP ''Symbiotic Slavery'' was released on August 18, 2009, in order to fill the large gap between ''Lynch the Weirdo'' and ''Humanly Possible''. The band released their third studio album, ''Humanly Possible'', on May 3, 2011.

Members

Current members

* Dirk Rogers – vocals * Caleb Schneider – bass, vocals * Carlos Neri – drums

Former members

* Keith Aazami — guitar, vocals * James Garren – drums * Phil Hernandez – drums (Formerly of Sepsism, currently with The Dead Previal) * Chris Mackie – bass * Jose Perez – drums * Damian Talmadge – bass * Mike Thrashead — drums * Joe Whitehouse – guitar

Discography

Studio albums

*1999: ''

'' (reissued on

in 2004) *2004: ''

'' *2011: ''Humanly Possible'' *2015: ''Worship of Fear''

EPs

*2009: ''Symbiotic Slavery''

7-inch EPs

*1995: ''B.A.T. Live at the Fudge: one sided split with anyone'' *1999: ''Remember EP'' * ''B.A.T.'' split with Laceration *1995: ''B.A.T.'' split with Agathocles * ''B.A.T.'' split with Kung-fu Rick *2000: ''B.A.T.'' split with

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*2002: '' Tango and Thrash'' ''B.A.T.'' split with

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Tape demos

*1989–1992: '' 12 Pack and a Dime Demo'' *1993: ''4-Ken Demo'' *1994: ''Live at the Hong Kong'' *1995: ''Bad Acid Trip Demo'' *1997: ''Live Love Songs for Repressed Apes''

Other appearances

*Dirk Rogers and Keith Aazami both appear on the songs "Funbus" and "Nottingham Lace" on the

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album ''

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''.

References

External links

Official siteOfficial Bad Acid Trip FacebookSerjical Strike Records
{{Authority control Heavy metal musical groups from California Political music groups American grindcore musical groups Musical groups established in 1989