Nailbomb was a heavy metal band formed in 1994 as a side project by Brazilian musician

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, and English musician Alex Newport of

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. The band recorded one studio album, ''

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'', and played a warmup live performance and their performance at the

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two days laterhttps://web.archive.org/web/20001020144158/http://www.dse.nl/inferno/issue5/nailbomb.html before disbanding the next year.

History

Nailbomb hosted other musicians to play guest spots, including

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), Max Cavalera's brother

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co-founder), and guitarist

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(co-founder and guitarist of

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). Nailbomb's second album, ''

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'', was a live recording capturing the band's appearance at the 1995

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. Newport was not involved in the performances, citing his busy schedule as the reason. Instead, Cavalera drafted his son Igor Cavalera Jr, who had previously toured as a bassist and backing vocalist for Soulfly, to perform Newport's vocal and keyboard/sampler parts.

Band members

Members"Band List, Industrial Metal, Nailbomb"
at spirit-of-metal.com

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) – vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, samples *Alex Newport (

, Theory of Ruin) – vocals, lead guitar, bass, samples

Session members"Life at Dynamo DVD 2005"
at artistdirect.com

(Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy) – drums *

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(Sepultura) – lead guitar *

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) – rhythm guitar

Live members

*Igor Cavalera (Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy) – drums *

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) – drums *

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) – bass *

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) – keyboards *Barry C. Schneider (Tribe After Tribe) – drums *Scoot (

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) – bass *

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) - bass, backing vocals *

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(Incite) – rhythm guitar *

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(Fear Factory) – bass at first live show

Discography

;Studio albums ;Live albums ;Video albums

References

External links

Nailbomb guest members and biography
at

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