Artist description Very original hard music. Ranges from soft to loud, fast to slow, odd time signatures to straight, spacey to punk. Listen and decide for yourself!

Music Style Doom/Stoner Metal

Musical Influences Kyuss, ZZ Top, Melvins, anything good

Similar Artists Melvins, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, ZZ Top

Artist History Lewds starting playing venues around Memphis in 1997. Conquered world in 1856.

Group Members Mike Gaines - drums, Dan Garber - bass, vocals, Cody Rogers - guitar, Jody Smith - guitar, vocals

Instruments drums, 2 guitars, bass

Albums Ho Down (ep 1998)/ Instill 1 aed (cd 1999)

Press Reviews called "punk metal perfection" by music writer Bill Ellis for the Commerical Appeal; singled out with 3 other bands as "best of Memphis' heavy scene" by Memphis Flyer in 1998. MTV online (www.mtv.com) gave the cd a rating of 4 out of 5 in August of 99.

Location Memphis, Tennessee - USA

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