Pissing Razors is an American
groove metal
Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre achieved success in the 1990s and continued having success in the 2000s. Inspired by thrash metal and traditional heavy metal, groove metal features raspy ...
band formed in
El Paso, Texas
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in 1993.
Their most recent album ''Eulogy Death March'' was released in 2021.
History
The band was started by brothers Eddy and Danny Garcia in 1993.
Eddy played guitar and Danny played drums, and they were joined by singer Dave McNutt and bassist Mat Lynch. McNutt soon departed and was replaced by Joe Rodriquez. They self-released an album titled ''Psycho Punko Metal Groove'' in 1996. By 1997, Danny Garcia had departed and Eddy Garcia switched to drums while Lynch switched to guitar, with Rick Valles joining on bass.
A self-titled debut album was released in 1998 by
Noise Records
Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any ...
.
The band's lineup remained stable until 1999, when Lynch departed and was replaced by Cesar Soto.
In 2000, they contributed to the album ''Panther: A Tribute to Pantera.'' The band's next two albums were affected by unstable lineups. Rodriguez departed in 2000
and was replaced by Jason Bragg, who lasted for about one year and was replaced in turn by Andre Acosta. By 2003, Soto had been replaced by Matt Difabio; this lineup released the album ''Evolution''.
The band split in 2004. After being defunct for a decade, the band reunited in 2014 with original members Eddy Garcia and Mat Lynch, plus returning singer Joe Rodriguez and new bassist Geo Gomez. The stand-alone single "Wasting Away", a
Nailbomb
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cover, was released in early 2021. Their first new album in 18 years, ''Eulogy Death March'', was released in October 2021.
Band members
Current
*Eddy Garcia – drums
(1997–2004, 2014–present), guitars
(1994–1996)
*Mat Lynch – guitars
(1997–1999, 2014–present), bass
(1994–1996)
*Joe Rodriguez – vocals
(1995–2000, 2014–present)
*Geo Gomez – bass
(2014–present)
Former
*Dave McNutt – vocals
(1994; died 2013)
*Danny Garcia – drums
(1994–1996)
*Cesar Soto – guitars
(1999–2002)
*Jason Bragg – vocals
(2000–2001)
*Andre Acosta – vocals
(2001–2004)
*Matt Difabio – guitars
(2002–2004)
*Rick Valles – bass
(1997–2004)
Timeline
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Discography
Studio albums
*''Psycho Punko Metal Groove'' (Independent, 1996)
*''Pissing Razors'' (Noise Records, 1998)
*''Cast Down the Plague'' (Noise Records, 1999)
*''Fields of Disbelief'' (Noise Records, 2000)
*''Where We Come From'' (Spitfire Records, 2001)
*''Evolution'' (Spitfire Records, 2003)
*''Eulogy Death March'' (Razor Records, 2021)
Live albums
*''Live in the Devil's Triangle'' (Spitfire Records, 2002)
References
External links
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American groove metal musical groups
Heavy metal musical groups from Texas
Musical groups disestablished in 2004
Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups from El Paso, Texas
Musical groups reestablished in 2014
Musical quartets
Noise Records artists