Nailbomb

This article is about the thrash metal band, for the explosive anti-personnel device, see nail bomb

Nailbomb
Max Cavalera, Alex Newport
Background information
Origin	Belo Horizonte, Brazil Phoenix, Arizona, United States Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Thrash metal, industrial metal, groove metal, hardcore punk
Years active	1994–1995
Labels	Roadrunner
Associated acts	Sepultura, Fudge Tunnel, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Theory of Ruin
Past members
Max Cavalera Alex Newport

Nailbomb was an industrial / thrash metal band. The band formed as side project by Brazilian musician Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly and English musician Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel.^[1] Together they recorded one studio album through Roadrunner Records, Point Blank, and played one live performance before disbanding.^[1]

Nailbomb hosted other musicians to play guest spots, including D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys), Max Cavalera's brother Igor Cavalera (Sepultura co-founder), and Mexican-American guitarist Dino Cazares (co-founder and guitarist of Fear Factory, Brujeria and Divine Heresy).^[1]

Nailbomb's second album, Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide, was a live recording capturing the band's appearance at the 1995 Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.^[1]

Band members

Members^[2]

• Max Cavalera – (Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly) – vocals, guitars, bass, samples
• Alex Newport – (Fudge Tunnel, Theory of Ruin) – vocals, guitars, bass, samples

Guests^[2][3]

• Igor Cavalera (Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy) – studio and live drums
• Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) – studio guitars
• Dino Cazares (Fear Factory, Brujeria, Divine Heresy) – studio guitars
• D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys) – live drums
• Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, Damnocracy) – live bass
• Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Delerium) – live keyboards
• Barry C Schneider (Tribe After Tribe) – live drums
• Scot (Doom) – live bass
• Dave Edwardson (Neurosis) - live vocals, bass
• Richie Bujnowski (Wicked Death) – studio guitars

Discography

Studio albums

• Point Blank (1994, Roadrunner, 2004 remastered re-release, with six extra tracks) - UK #62^[4]

Live albums

• Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide (1995, Roadrunner)

DVDs

• Live at Dynamo (DVD, November 22, 2005)

Compilations

• The heart of Roadrunner Records (2003, The All Blacks B.V.) (The song featured was Wasting Away)
• To Die For (1995, Columbia Pictures Industries) (The song featured was Wasting Away)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} McIver, Joel (2002). Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk. Omnibus Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-7119-9209-6. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Band List, Industrial Metal, Nailbomb" at spirit-of-metal.com
3. ^ "Life at Dynamo DVD 2005" at artistdirect.com
4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 387. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links

• Nailbomb guest members and biography at VH1.com
• Nailbomb at Allmusic
• Nailbomb at MusicMight