Dave Flood

Dave Flood
Flood (right) with the original Obsessed lineup.
Background information
Birth Name	Dave Williams
Alias	Dave The Slave
Genres	Doom Metal, Hard Rock, Punk Rock
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1976 - ?
Labels	Invictus Records, Southern Lord Records, Blues Funeral Recordings
Associated acts	The Obsessed

Dave Flood is a drummer best known as a founding member of The Obsessed. He would be the band's first drummer circa 1976 when the band was initially known as War Horse. Upon renaming the band as The Obsessed in 1978, the quartet (later trio) would perform several marquee shows around Maryland and it's surrounding areas. Flood would perform drums on the band's first releases in the Sodden Jackal 7" circa 1983 among several of the band's early demos. Flood would leave the band in the Summer of 1984, his last performance with the band that April and later documented in the 2020 live album Live at Big Dipper.

Notably Dave Flood also has a brother in Dale Flood, who is notably a driving force in the Maryland doom scene and best known for his bands Asylum and Unorthodox.

Discography

• The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal (Extended Play) (1983, Invictus Records)
• The Obsessed - Incarnate (Compilation; Selected Tracks) (1999, Southern Lord Records)
• The Obsessed - Live at Big Dipper (Live Album) (2020, Blues Funeral Recordings)