Weedeater is a sludge metal

Sludge metal

Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...

 band formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1997 with members from the recently defunct Buzzov•en. The band has released four full length albums. In April 2007, the band signed on to the Southern Lord record label.

In January 2010, vocalist "Dixie" Dave Collins lost his big toe

Hallux

In tetrapods, the hallux is the innermost toe of the foot. Despite its name it may not be the longest toe on the foot of some individuals...

 in an accident involving his "favorite shotgun", causing the recording of their fourth album to stall.

Discography

• ...And Justice for Y'all
  ...And Justice for Y'all
  ...And Justice for Y'all is the debut album of the band Weedeater, released in 2001.-Track listing:-Musicians:*Dixie – bass, vocals*Keko – drums*Shep – guitar...
  
  (Berserker/Game Two, 2001)
• Sixteen Tons
  Sixteen Tons (album)
  Sixteen Tons is the second release by the band Weedeater. Two songs from the album, "Woe's Me" and "Kira May" found the band abandoning their traditional style of playing in favor of a more acoustic approach...
  
  (Berserker/Crucial Blast, 2003)
• God Luck and Good Speed
  God Luck and Good Speed
  God Luck and Good Speed is Weedeater's third studio album and their first to be released on Southern Lord Records. For the exception of one song, "Alone", the entire album was recorded at producer Steve Albini's Chicago based studio Electrical Audio...
  
  (Southern Lord, 2007)
• Jason...The Dragon (Southern Lord, 2011)

Band members

• "Dixie" Dave Collins, vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Dave "Shep" Shepherd, guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Keith "Keko" Kirkum, drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....