Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets

Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets
Origin	Houma, Louisiana
Years active	1995–1997
Associated acts	Dry Pussy, Corruption, Golgotha, Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, T-Daks & His White Plastic Soul and Dax Riggs
Past members
Dax Riggs

Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets was a project of Dax Riggs between 1995 and 1997 that never took off. Only two Daisyhead recordings are known to exist.

Legacy

Daisyhead & the Mooncrickets is akin to an urban legend for fans of underground bluesy rock. But the two works, especially "Skeletal Circus Derails," are an important chapter in Riggs' history. Fans to this day regularly ask him to play certain songs from that album when they see him on tour. (The possibility of that happening has not been ruled out.)

They also detail a point in Riggs' career when he's struggling for life after Acid Bath, which disbanded following the death of bassist Audie Pitre in 1997.

The End of Daisies

Toward the end of Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets, Riggs was pushing for a more melodic sound, which materializes in his subsequent bands Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy & the Elephantmen. But, that sound was first heard on the Daisyhead recordings.

Known Recordings

The first known recording is Skeletal Circus Derails which is a 6 song recording and is the namesake of the Riggs fan site SkeletalCircus.com.

The second recording is a self-titled 14-track recording from 1997, where most of the songs are cut off before they end. A few covers are included, David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" being among them. Half (or more) of the song titles are unknown. It's also perhaps the earliest recording of the "Deadboy & the Elephantmen Theme Song," which Riggs would sometimes play when he formed a band by that name in late 2000.

Discography

• Skeletal Circus Derails (1995)
• Daisyhead and the Mooncrickets (1997)