Mushroomhead is an American industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band is known for their avant-garde industrial metal-based sound and imagery which includes masks and costumes as well as their unique live shows usually performed at smaller venues.
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Members:
Steve "Skinny" Felton -
drums, percussion (1993-present)
Jeffrey "Nothing" Hatrix -
clean vocals (1993-present)
Jason "J Mann" Popson -
unclean vocals, rap vocals (1993 - 2004, 2013-present)
Tom "Schmotz" Schmitz -
keyboards, samples (1993-present)
Rick "ST1TCH" Thomas -
turntables, samples, electronics (2001-present), percussion, water drums (2006-present)
Waylon Reavis -
unclean vocals, clean vocals, some live percussions (2004-present)
Tommy "Church" Church -
guitars (2012-present)
Ryan "Dr. F" Farrell -
bass (2012-present)
Robbie "Roberto Diablo" Godsey -
percussion, water drums, drum technician (2012 as touring member; 2013-present)
From: Cleveland, Ohio, US
Genre(s):
Industrial metal,
alternative metal,
experimental metal,
electro-industrial,
shock rock
Active From: 1993-present
Did You Know:
• Mushroomhead was originally started as a side project in 1993 by prominent band members
in the Cleveland area
• group adopted psuedonyms and decided to wear costumes/masks to differentiate themselves
from their other projects
• their second show ever was opening for
GWAR
• from 1999 to 2009, Mushroomhead had an on-and-off rivalry with
Slipknot
The feud began (mostly among fans) due to the image similarities between the bands;
such as the masks and costumes worn on stage.
• Mushroomhead video director, maskmaker and make-up artist Dave Henson Greathouse competed in Season 4 of
the SyFy series "Face Off", a special effects prosthetic makeup reality show competition.
Quotes:
We have much more, but depending upon size and venue, and just the whole situation - we only, in that instance only - used like half of it. Like the banners and stuff; we have like a whole arena size. It's huge, and we have much bigger stuff.
Skinny
Just from me being into hardcore techno, and writing a lot of it. That was one of the things that got me into sampling, and drum machines, and sequencers in the first place. I was into the hardcore "Gabba music." I started listening to a lot of that in 90 - 92 and you're talking 184 beats per minute (bpm) almost borderline noise. Really aggressive. The rest of these guys hate it, but I was really into it.
Skinny
"R.I.P. Paul Gray, This feud needs to end. Much Love and Respect to the guys in Slipknot".