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27 South

Poop Metal

About Me

Starting in 2001, and going through various lineup changes, the boys from Tallahassee have graced the stage with some of todays heavy hitters of the metal world. Bands such as; Lamb Of God (Epic) Killswitch Engage (Roadrunner) God Forbid (Century Media) Mastodon (Relapse) The Absence (Metal Blade) All That Remains (Prosthetic) GWAR (DRT) DevilDriver (Roadrunner) Beyond The Embrace (Metal Blade) Cannae (Prosthetic) Cattle Decapitation (Metal Blade) DAATH (Roadrunner) Bloodjinn (Pluto / East West / Warner) Year Of Desolation (Prosthetic) Misery Index (Relapse) Buried Inside (Relapse) Bzyzantine (Prosthetic) Nebula (Relapse) The Showdown (Mono VS Stereo) Reflux (Prosthetic) Artemis Pyledriver (DRT) Baroness, (Metal Blade) Chasing Victory (Mono VS Stereo) Parabellum (New South Metal) Across Five Aprils (Indianola) Green Carnation (Sublife Productions) Fuck The Facts (Relapse) Organized Hostility (Camp Fury) Children Of Tragedy Local H (Studio E) Maylene and The Sons of Disaster (Mono VS Stereo) Christine (SPAT!!) Cream Abdul Babar (At A loss) The Valentine (Goodbyeblue Records) Psyopus (Metal Blade) The Fight Between Frames (Adorn Records) OTEP (Koch Records) The Waking Life (StandbyRecords) Battery "The Metallica Tribute Band" BloodSimple (Reprise Records) among others.Ahhhhhh who really gives a fuck about all that??? Just listen to the music, if you like it....you like it. If you don’t, then we won’t lose any sleep over it.

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Music:

Member Since: 11/1/2004
Band Website: You On It!
Band Members: Lead Guitar: Mark Hawkins Rhythm Guitar: Jay (Shmeat) Quinn Drums: Reid (Dempsey) Bailey Bass and Vocals: Mason Runge Lead Vocals: Shane Simmons
Influences: Black Sabbath Slayer Old Metallica Pantera BLS Lamb Of GodKillswitch Engage God Forbid Neil DiamondBritney SpearsOpethThe FacelessBTBAM
Sounds Like: Metal so heavy you just might poop a little. We no longer play Pantera riffs at Slayer speed Now we play 27 South riffs at 27 South speed how bout that shit?
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A letter from Mason

Well the band is over after 8 years 27 South is no more.  At first I felt a big weight lifted off of my chest but now I feel a bit down.  We had a good run, opening for some of our favorite ...
Posted by 27 South on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:07:00 PST

The Time Has Come...

Well boys and girls, the end is upon us. After a few months of thinkin, and drinkin, and some more drinkin, we as 27 South have finally decided to call it quits after 8 long years in this crazy thing ...
Posted by 27 South on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:17:00 PST

Messiah the Chocolate Jesus The other side.

Messiah the Chocolate Jesus knows music. He began to reel off a rant about how mainstream music was shit, calling out bands like Linkin Park, Metallica, and Maynard James Keenan, and going on to stat...
Posted by 27 South on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:37:00 PST

Chocolate Jesus Tha Messiah

So you gotta love practicing in the ghetto...always something interesting happens to spice things up. So there we were last night, running through our set, getting ready for out show on Friday with OT...
Posted by 27 South on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:02:00 PST

Redneck Road Trip Part 2: Tiffany and the Tutes

Part 2: Tiffany and the Tutes. We got to the Back Stage Lounge right on time the owner met us in the parking lot and gave us the regular instructions, where to load in, what time to play, and how the ...
Posted by 27 South on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:28:00 PST

Redneck Roadtrip Part !

Well, the weekend started and ended just the same. We were to meet at the shed to load out at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. Well Reid was called into work, Shane and Nate both had to go off to work ear...
Posted by 27 South on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:31:00 PST

This weekend!

..> ..> Check us out this weekend!!!!!!! Alright you fuckers, 27 South his hittin the road this weekend to bring you a ear splitting, ball shaking, dick destroying weekend of HEAVY FUCKIN METAL! A...
Posted by 27 South on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:04:00 PST

NEW SONG POSTED!!!!!

Hey everybody, we got a new song posted and we wanted to see what you thunk. This is the first mix of the song Your Damage Is Done, and we literaly just got it at midnight. Let us know what you think,...
Posted by 27 South on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST

The Shang-Hi

Well our friends in Parabellum helped book us another show in a strange new land. This time there was no Giant Vomiting Panda, the crowd was so crazy I had no reason to drink. We played at The Shang-h...
Posted by 27 South on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:56:00 PST

Giant Vomiting Panda.

  Leaving our mark on Montgomery, some of us left a little more; mainly Mason our fun loving bass player.  Or as he was known on this night "The Giant Vomiting Panda Bear."  It all star...
Posted by 27 South on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:25:00 PST