ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER, FIREBALL MINISTRY, VAINS OF JENNA, THE DRUNKS, DEUS MACHINAS, and PISTOL WHIPPING November 10, 2006

fishin, fightin, skatin, hot roddin, heavy-ass loud rawk:
The General Lee, Lynyrd Skynyrd, moonshine and hot rods. Welcome to The South . . . and welcome to the world of Artimus Pyledriver. A combustible mix of hard riffing, southern guitar fireworks and down home boogie, Artimus Pyledriver deliver stompin odes to fast cars, faster women and the land that they call home. More substance than image, the AP boys dont just write music about the South they live it. Artimus Pyledriver was formed in Atlanta in 2001 by lead singer, Dave Slocum and guitarist Jimmy Hall. Both Slocum and Hall had been knocking around the local scene in various hard rock and sludge/doom metal bands for the better part of a decade before they joined forces. Michael Faulkner followed shortly thereafter on bass and second guitarist Damon Goldsmith came into the fold in 02. Drummer, Travis Owen, rounded out the five-piece in 03. They gigged locally with bands like Mastodon, Suplecs, Dixie Witch, Zeke, and Murder Junkies and hit the road for national tours with both Hank III and NashvillePussy. Much like fellow Atlanta noise-merchants Mastodon, APs sound is difficult to define. Elements of stoner and traditional Southern rock abound, but to limit them to either of those monikers would not do the band justice. "Basically," explains Slocum, "we wanted to create music that bridged the gap between David Allen Coe and Black Flag."