Pod People

Band Members

• Current Line-Up
  • Dave Dryden (bass)
  • Maggs (drums)
  • Brad Nicholson (vocals)
  • Josh Nixon (guitar)
  • Mel Walker (guitar)

• Former Members
  • Adrian (drums)
  • Dunc (bass)
  • Ivan (guitar)
  • Paul (guitar)

Formed

Canberra, ACT, 1993

Band Information

Pod People is perhaps Australia's finest doom/death rock band. The band formed in Canberra in 1993 as a stoner rock act, eventually releasing a self-titled EP in 1995. Only vocalist Nicholson remains from that line-up today, as shortly afterwards the group imploded. Nicholson recruited Dryden from the sludge band Log of which he was also a member and the new Pod People was formed with Maggs from Precursor, Walker from Pagan Babies and Nixon all joining the band.

From 1996 onwards, Pod People began to get heavier while maintaining the stoner influences, particularly evident on 1998's "Swingin' Beef" EP, but gradually developed a doomier style comparable to Pentagram, Cathedral and Goatsnake. Pod People has featured at Metal for the Brain since 1996 and has played the festival more often that any other band except Alchemist.

In 2000, Pod People recorded their debut album, originally titled Ascent to Glamstonia but after considerable delays it was finally issued on High Beam in 2002 under the name Doom Saloon. This album was released by British label Rise Above in 2004. The band toured nationally with Electric Wizard in late 2005.

Nixon was also a member of Blood Duster for about a year from 2002 until mid-2003.

Discography

Album:

	2002	Doom Saloon	High Beam

EPs:

	1995	Pod People	self release
	1998	Swingin' Beef	self release
	1999	Soil	self release

Split:

	2005	In the End (split with Daredevil)	self release

Compilation tracks:

Year	Track Title	Album Title	Label
2000	"Goin' South"	Full Metal Racket	ABC/EMI
2001	"Goin' South"	Doomed!	This Dark Reign
2001	"Look Beneath"	Metal for the Brain 2001	Metal for the Brain/Chatterbox
2002	"Filling the Void"	Hip New Sounds	High Voltage