Best known for their raging nu-metal anthem 'Bodies', Texas thrashers Drowning
Pool burst onto the US underground rock scene in the late 1990s making a noise
so thunderous and abrasive that it was later used to interrogate prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
Formed by guitarist C.J. Pierce and drummer Mike Luce in Dallas, the band were
initially an instrumental trio with bass player Stevie Benton and mixed a love
of 1980s metal chaos and industrial doom with scorching riffs and slamming
breakdowns. Things really took off when singer Dave Williams joined in 1999 and ...