Droids Attack
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Droids Attack is a Madison-based stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

 band. Much of the band's sound combines the heavy riffs of stoner metal with the speed and ferocity of punk. The band releases material on Madison's Crustacean Records
Crustacean Records
Crustacean Records is a record company from Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1994.-History:The label was founded by current majority owner Chris Langkamp. The debut release was Fetus by Crab Shack, the band Chris Langkamp played bass with, and was cassette only...

 and Minneapolis-based Round 13 Records co-op label. "Droids Attack’ premier album, “All Your Chicks Are Belong To Us” garnered much deserved recognition in the punk-metal realm of the Midwest. In 2004, the album won a MAMA (Madison Area Music Award) for Best Punk Album." Their second full-length albu, Fatal/Error has garnered positive reviews from stoner rock internet hub, stonerrock.com. The band usually plays in the Midwest area, but in 2008 played the South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...

 music festival in Austin, Texas. The is infamous for metallic robot mascot, Robo, who occasionally terrorizes audiences at shows.

The band has cited influences such as Black Sabbath, Helmet, Torche, Quicksand, The Melvins, Cuda, and Clutch. At the 2008 Forward Music Fest in Madison, Droids Attack opened for influential fellow-Madisonian alternative/sludge band, Killdozer
Killdozer (band)
Killdozer was an American noise-rock band, formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1983, with members Bill Hobson, Dan Hobson and Michael Gerald. They took their name from the 1974 TV movie, directed by Jerry London, itself based on a Theodore Sturgeon short story. They released their first album,...

. Bassist Nate Bush also played bass for influential Madison stoner metal band, Bongzilla
Bongzilla
Bongzilla is a stoner metal band from Madison, Wisconsin. As their name suggests, most of their material is related to marijuana and promotes its legalization. The band formed in 1995, and over the next three years recorded and released a dozen songs on EPs and split singles...

 at same aforementioned show.

Discography

  • The Kegger (Self-Released Single, 2001)
  • All Your Chicks Are Belong To Us (Demo, 2001)
  • Demos of Great Justice Best of/Compilation (Self-Released, 2002)
  • All Your Chicks Are Belong to Us (Full-length, Crustacean Records
    Crustacean Records
    Crustacean Records is a record company from Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1994.-History:The label was founded by current majority owner Chris Langkamp. The debut release was Fetus by Crab Shack, the band Chris Langkamp played bass with, and was cassette only...

    , 2004)
  • Fatal/Error (Full-length, Crustacean Records
    Crustacean Records
    Crustacean Records is a record company from Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1994.-History:The label was founded by current majority owner Chris Langkamp. The debut release was Fetus by Crab Shack, the band Chris Langkamp played bass with, and was cassette only...

    , 2006)
  • Thee 1987" (Split w/ Imperial Battlesnake
    Imperial battlesnake
    Imperial Battlesnake is a Chicago-based metal band. Their sound is a combination of up-tempo guitar riffs, energetic vocals, and pounding rhythms...

    , Round 13 Records, 2008
  • Must Destroy (Full-length,2010)
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