Soilent Green is an American extreme metal band formed in 1988 in Chalmette/Metairie on the suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana. Described as a sludge metal[2] and grindcore band,[3] the group blends elements of death metal, black metal, hardcore, and bluesy, groove-oriented Southern rock.[4]

Soilent Green
Soilent Green performing in 2008
Background information
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Sludge metal grindcore
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Dwell Relapse Metal Blade Housecore
Members	Tommy Buckley Brian Patton Ben Falgoust Scott Crochet
Past members	Donovan Punch Glenn Rambo Marcel Trenchard Scott Williams Ben Stout Tony White Gregg Harney

Overview

Soilent Green was founded in 1988, but their debut album was not released until 1995, when Pussysoul came out via Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by Relapse Records, until they signed with Metal Blade Records for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction.

Deaths

On April 26, 2004, bassist Scott Williams was killed in a murder–suicide by his partner.[5][6]

In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina.[7]

In popular culture

In 2009, they were featured on the first episode of season four on the Adult Swim show Squidbillies, episode 41, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a cowpunk/sludge style.[8]

Members

Current

• Tommy Buckley – drums (1988–present)
• Brian Patton – guitars (1988–present)
• Ben Falgoust – vocals (1993–present)
• Scott Crochet – bass (2003–present)

Former

• Donovan Punch – rhythm guitar (1988–1999)
• Glenn Rambo – vocals (1988–1992; died 2005)
• Marcel Trenchard - bass (1988–1992)
• Scott Williams – bass (1992–2002; died 2004)
• Ben Stout – rhythm guitar (2000–2001)
• Tony White – rhythm guitar (2003–2005)
• Gregg Harney – rhythm guitar (2005–2007)

Timeline

Discography

References

External links

• Official website

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