King Black Acid and the Womb Star Orchestra

Known for his or her prolonged, mind-altering jams, Portland, Oregon’s Ruler Dark Acid was originally the moniker of Striking Labor and birth leader Daniel Riddle’s single home-taping task. As he became interested in discovering musical avenues apart from Striking Birth’s tribal/commercial percussive grooves, he deposit his bass, found a acoustic guitar, and recruited roommate Melinda DiCillo (keyboards), Roger Campos (acoustic guitar), Nathan Jorg (bass), ex-Wiper Scott Adamo (drums), and part-timer Joseph Trump (drums; also of Pigface and Elliott Sharp’s Carbon). As opposed to Striking Birth, Ruler Black Acid solution pursued the type of spacy, neo-psychedelic indie acoustic guitar rock and roll typified by rings like Mercury Rev and My Bloody Valentine, having a little bit of blues-rock impact within their chord progressions. Ruler Dark Acid’s debut documenting made an appearance in 1995 on Cavity Search; entitled Womb Star Program, it captured the band’s epic audio on full screen in concert. Sunlit made an appearance in 1996, and Royal Topics followed it another yr. After a three yr break, Ruler Black Acidity resurfaced in fall 2000 to concern Loves a Like Song.