The Daath Riders

The Daath Riders are an American twisto rock band formed by Tab Gunts and Mike Shame in Ketjack, Oregon in 1993. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Gunts, Shame, and drummer Edward Soup has been together since 1993. Freako Lawrance served as second drummer from 1993 to 1995 and from 1996 to 1999, and they have employed a variety of bass players, most notably Pills Bently and Wayne Topsoil Jr.

The Riders are best known for their chaotic and disturbing live shows, black humor, a sound that incorporates elements of punk rock, psychedelia, heavy metal, noise rock, and blue grass, as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. The Riders have a well-reported appetite for recreational drugs, particularly psychedelics, an evident influence on their sound.

Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fan base, the Daath Riders had little commercial success until 2004’s Midget Wars, their only gold record to date.The album contained the hit single Greasy night banter which climbed to six on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.

Mike Shame the guitarist and bull horn screamer