Acid Bath

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Acid Bath is an American sludge metal band from Houma, Louisiana, active from 1991 to 1997 and reunited in 2024. Regarded as one of the genre's founding acts, they built a sound from doom metal, death metal, blues, grunge and Southern rock - two albums, When the Kite String Pops (1994) and Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996), earned them a devoted underground following that has only grown since. The band dissolved after bassist Audie Pitre was killed by a drunk driver in January 1997; original members Dax Riggs, Sammy Duet and Mike Sanchez returned to the stage in 2025, their first shows in 28 years.

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Spotify monthly listeners (June 2026)

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Spotify streams - 'Cheap Vodka' (top track)

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Spotify streams - 'Scream of the Butterfly'

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2026-06
Acid Bath are currently on their first-ever European tour, supporting System of a Down and Queens of the Stone Age on a stadium run that includes Stockholm (June 29), Paris, Milan, Berlin, Dusseldorf, London and Warsaw.
2025-09
Acid Bath performed at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky in September 2025, one of several major US festival appearances during their reunion run.
2025-04
The band's reunion live run kicked off on April 25, 2025 in their hometown of New Orleans - their first show in 28 years after the originally planned Sick New World festival appearance was canceled.
2024-10
Acid Bath announced their reunion on October 15, 2024, with original members Dax Riggs, Sammy Duet and Mike Sanchez returning alongside drummer Zack Simmons (Goatwhore) and bassist Shane Wesley (Crowbar).