Brian Hill

Brian Hill
Background information
Birth Name	Brian Hill
Alias	LeDarrell, Igor
Occupation	Musician, Visual Artist
Genres	Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Experimental
Instrument(s)	Bass, Guitar, Drums
Years active	1991 - Present
Associated acts	Buzzov*en, Acid King, Porn (The Men Of), Spilth *!%

Brian Hill (Also known as LeDarrell) is a bassist and visual artist based out of California. Active since the early 1990s, he is best known as an early member of Buzzov*en. He is also best known as a bassist for Acid King, playing on the seminal 1999 album Busse Woods.

Biography

Buzzov*en

• For more details, feel free to view the Riffipedia page on Buzzov*en.

Buzzov*en was formed in 1990 by Scott Majors, Fred Hutch and Kirk Fisher. Brian Hill would join in 1992, not long after their formation two EPs, Hate Box and Wound, would be released in 1992. At some point the band would relocate to Richmond, Virginia.

The band in its early days toured heavily around the United States (Alongside bands like Acid Bath, Eyehategod, GWAR and Neurosis to name a few.) and built up a cult following leading up to the release of their debut album To a Frown in 1993. This release caught the attention of major label Roadrunner Records, who released the band's second album Sore in 1994. Eventually after being dropped from a European tour with Neurosis, the band was dropped by Roadrunner which would lead to numerous lineup changes. Hill would leave the band in 1995 to re-locate to California.

A compilation of EP and rare recordings known as Welcome To Violence would be released in 2005, several of the tracks featuring Brian Hill's bass work. An EP of unreleased recordings named Violence From The Vault would be released in 2010 in line with the band's reunion, with the recordings featuring Hill on bass.

Acid King

• For more details, feel free to view the Riffipedia page on Acid King.

In the Spring of 1998 Dan Southwick would leave Acid King. Lori would then recruit Brian Hill (Buzzov*en, Spilth) and he would read SYLS as a rite of passage. He'd tour with the band in 1998, performing with Goatsnake, Fatso Jetson and Queens of the Stone Age among others. Hill, Osbourne and Lori would begin work on Acid King's second album.

Busse Woods would be released via Man's Ruin Records on 10 September 1999 and would be praised as an essential album in stoner metal. In support of the record Acid King would tour with Altamont but after that tour would be finished Hill would leave the band. Guy Pinhas (The Obsessed, Goatsnake, Beaver) would join the group (and read SYLS) in 1999.

Bands

• Spilth *!% - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
• Buzzov*en - Bass (1991 - 1995)
• Acid King - Bass (1998 - 1999)
• Porn (The Men Of) - Bass, Guitar (2000)

Discography

With Buzzov*en (Selected)

• Hate Box (EP) (1992, KirbDog Records)
• Wound (EP) (1992, Allied Recordings
• To A Frown (Studio Album) (1993, Allied Recordings)
• Sore (Studio Album) (1994, Roadrunner Records)
• Unwilling To Explain (EP) (1994, Allied Recordings)
• Another Day in the Lost Lives of... (Split with Sourvein) (1996, Mudflap Records)
• Welcome To Violence (Compilation) (2005, Alternative Tentacles)
• Violence From The Vault (Studio Album) (2010, Relapse Records)

Other Releases

• Acid King - Busse Woods (Studio Album) (1999, Man's Ruin Records)
• Porn (The Men Of) - Experiments in Feedback (Studio Album) (2001, Small Stone Records)

Works as a Visual Artist

• Ursula 1000 - Mystics (2009, Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
• Brookville - Broken Lights (2009, Unfiltered)
• Ursula 1000 - Mondo Beyondo (2011, Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
• Ursula 1000 - Galleria (2017, Insect Queen Music)
• Ursula 1000 - Esoterique (2019, Insect Queen Music)
• Ursula 1000 - Automatico (2021, Insect Queen Music)

External Links

• Discogs