Series
NOLA: Life, Death and Heavy Blues from the Bayou
Documentary
A seven-part series examining the people and the culture that helped foster bands like Down, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Goatwhore and many others. The documentary features in-depth interviews discussing the bands, catastrophe, drugs, suicide, murder, and records that helped shape the New Orleans sound known the world over.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Part One16 Sept 2014A glimpse into the origins of the NOLA scene from the underground and the instrumental role of Philip Anselmo.
- 2Part Two25 Sept 2014Mike Williams discusses finding kindred spirits in Jimmy Bower and Joey LaCaze, creating a band “that’s like Sabbath, but a punk band” with Eyehategod. Enduring hardships like drugs and Hurricane Katrina, Eyehategod persevered into 2013, only to have tragedy strike yet again.
- 3Part Three30 Sept 2014On a fishing trip, Jimmy Bower discusses his come up with Shell Shock, the origin of Eyehategod and his place in the sound of New Orleans.
- 4Part Four2 Oct 2014From the shrimp boats to zydeco to the cocaine tray, Sammy Duet and Kirk Windstein talk about influence from the crescent city starting in their childhood until now. Acid Bath breaks into the New Orleans scene with a killer work ethic, but Sammy’s discovery of Darkthrone leads to an entirely different path.
- 5Part Five7 Oct 2014New Orleans native and Graveyard Rodeo member Pepper Keenan leaves his hometown for Corrosion of Conformity, which would become one of the most sought after bands of the 90s by mixing southern-influences with classic heavy metal.
- 6Part Six14 Oct 2014Despite tragedy surrounding the band and their native city in the wake of Katrina, Down rises again to new heights with their new LP and subsequent tour.
- 7Part Seven21 Oct 2014The 'Down' frontman opens up his home for a crawfish boil with the Noisey crew. Meanwhile despite tragedy and significant loss, the natives of New Orleans will not waiver in their fight to write the best riff, and song, in the history of their city.
Details
- Created by
- Fred Pessaro, Jimmy Hubbard
- First aired
- 16 Sept 2014
- Last aired
- 21 Oct 2014
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 7
- Votes
- 1 on TMDB
Cast
Phil AnselmoHimself- JJimmy BowerHimself
- JJake BoyleHimself
- JJody DorignacNOLA Chef
- SSammy DuetHimself
- PPepper KeenanHimself
- FFred PessaroHimself
- MMike IX WilliamsHimself
Kirk WindsteinHimself
