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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Gateway", "Apogee", "Stash

Biography

Madison, WI's Bongzilla specialize in uncommonly heavy and doomy sludge-core dedicated to their one and only love: weed. Formed in the mid-'90s by Mike "Muleboy" Makela (guitar/vocals), Jeff Schultz (guitar), Nate Dethlefsen (bass), and Mike Henry (drums), the group followed its first demo with 1998's Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes EP. This, in turn, was followed by a string of abusively heavy, corrosively down-tuned releases through Relapse Records, including 1999's Stash, 2002's Gateway, 2004's Apogee, and 2005's Amerijuanican. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Bongzilla
Origin Madison, Wisconsin
Genres Stoner metal
Sludge metal
Years active 1995 - 2006
Labels Relapse Records
Ritual Records
Barbarian Records
Associated acts Weedeater
Buzzov*en
Sourvein
Droids Attack
Cuda

Bongzilla is a stoner metal band from Madison, Wisconsin. As their name suggests, most of their material is related to marijuana and promotes its legalization. The band formed in 1995, and over the next three years recorded and released a dozen songs on EPs and split singles. In 1998 they signed to Relapse Records, and have since released four studio albums and a live album through the label.

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Band members

Current members

Previous members

  • Nate "Weed Dragon" Dethlefsen - bass
  • Cooter Brown - bass

Discography

Year Title Type Label Notes
1996 Mixed Bag EP Rhetoric Records
1997 "Budgun/THC" EP Pinecone Records Released as a split with Meatjack
1998 "Brownie/Gungeon" EP Rhetoric Records Released as a split with Cavity
1998 "Witch Weed" EP HG Fact Records Released as a split with Hellchild
1998 "Hemp for Victory" EP Thunder Lizard Records
1998 Methods for Attaining Extreme Altitudes EP Relapse Records Re-released in 2007 by Modus Operandi
1999 Stash Studio album Relapse Records Re-released in 2007 by Relapse on CD coupled with Methods...
2000 Apogee Studio album Relapse Records
2001 Shake: The Singles Compilation album Barbarian Records Contains all EP and compilation tracks
2002 Gateway Studio album Howling Bull America
2004 Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival Live album Relapse Records
2005 Amerijuanican Studio album Relapse Records
2008 Nuggets Compiliation Album Barbarian Records

Other appearances

  • 1998: "Satan's Calling" on Painkiller Volume II (Devastating Soundworks)
  • 1999: "Trinity (live)" and "Witch Weed (live)" on He's No Good To Me Dead (Game Two Records)
  • 2001: "Gestation (live)" on Twin Threat To Your Sanity (Riotous Assembly)

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Apogee (2004 Album by Bongzilla)
Gateway (2002 Album by Bongzilla)
Gateway [Bonus Track] (2002 Album by Bongzilla)

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