{{Short description|American rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Roadsaw | origin = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | genre = {{ulist| Hard rock<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roadsaw-mn0000827147|title=Roadsaw: biography|author=John Bush|accessdate=2021-04-05|publisher=allmusic.com}}</ref> |Stoner rock<ref name="Ink19">{{cite web|url=https://ink19.com/1999/06/magazine/interviews/roadsaw|title=Roadsaw: Bad and Nationwide|author=David Lee Beowülf|accessdate=2021-04-05|publisher=ink19.com}}</ref> |Heavy metal<ref name="allmusic"/> |Alternative metal<ref name="allmusic"/> }} | years_active = {{start date|1994}}–present | label = {{ulist |Ripple Music |Small Stone |Lunasound |Tortuga |MIA |Wonderdrug |Curve of the Earth |Mad Oak }} | website = [http://roadsaw.net/ www.roadsaw.net] | current_members = {{ulist|Craig Riggs|Ian Ross|Tim Catz}} | past_members = }}
'''Roadsaw''' is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1994. To date, the band has released six studio albums.
== History ==
=== Early years (1994–1997) === In the year 2000, the band gave the following explanation for their name:<blockquote>"We were really, really stoned, we saw something we didn’t know what it was. We called it a Roadsaw. We joked about that being the name of our band, and then it stuck ... It’s like a big piece of heavy machinery tearing up the road."<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Van de Burgt|first=Gijs|date=2000-08-30|title=Roadsaw : interview|url=http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/roadsaw/roadsaw/428/index.html|access-date=2021-04-05|website=KindaMuzik|language=en}}</ref></blockquote>Roadsaw released their first 7-inch single, "Fancy Pants", with the B-side "Handed You Your Ass", on Curve of the Earth Records in 1994.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-01-25|title=Roadsaw, Roadsaw: Long Teeth Bite Down Hard|url=https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2011/01/25/roadsawreview/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Obelisk}}</ref> The following year, they recorded their first album, ''One Million Dollars'' (sometimes styled as ''$1,000,000''), with the same label.<ref name=":0" /> The album featured the same two tracks from the previous single.<ref name=":0" />
Two years later, the band released their second full album, ''Nationwide'', originally with Curve of the Earth,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Roadsaw|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1223444-Roadsaw|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> and the re-released with M.I.A. Records.<ref>[http://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/r/roadsaw.htm#nationwide "Nationwide" (MIA Records; 1997)"]. ''Roughedge'', Reviewed by Christopher J. Kelter</ref><ref>[http://ink19.com/1999/04/magazine/music-reviews/roadsaw-2 "Roadsaw Nationwide MIA"]. ''ink19'', April 12, 1999</ref>
=== Lunasound and Wonderdrug Records (2000–2006) ===
Roadsaw released their next album, ''Rawk n' Roll'', in 2000, as an LP release via Tortuga Recordings and a self-released CD.<ref name=":1" /> This album was subsequently re-released by Sweden's Lunasound Recording in 2002.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2018-06-01|title=Roadsaw Rawk n' Roll Archives|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/tag/roadsaw-rawk-n-roll/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=The Obelisk}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
In 2001, the band recorded a compilation album, ''Takin' Out the Trash'', on the label Wonderdrug Records. The album contained live recordings, demos, outtakes, and a cover of the Van Halen song "Outta Love Again".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roadsaw – Takin' Out The Trash|url=https://www.discogs.com/Roadsaw-Takin-Out-The-Trash/release/5504273|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Discogs}}</ref>
In 2002, they contributed to ''Sucking the 70s'', a stoner metal various artist tribute to artists from the 1970s. They recorded a stoner version of the song "Vehicle" from the American band The Ides of March. In 2006, they then contributed a performance of the Led Zeppelin song "When the Levee Breaks" to the sequel, ''Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again''.
=== Small Stone Records (2007–2011) === ''Rawk n' Roll'' was re-released again in 2007 by Small Stone Records.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" />
Roadsaw then recorded two further albums with Small Stone Records: ''See You in Hell!'' (2008)<ref name=":5" /> and ''Roadsaw'' (2011).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Savić|first=Niko|date=2011-05-19|title=Roadsaw – Roadsaw|url=http://www.prog-sphere.com/reviews/roadsaw-roadsaw/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Prog Sphere|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Connor Marotta|first=Michael|date=2013-11-08|title=New Hampshire's Supermachine helps make up for Priyanka Chopra on Thursday Night Football|url=https://vanyaland.com/2013/11/07/new-hampshires-supermachine-helps-make-priyanka-chopra-thursday-night-football/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Vanyaland|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Ripple Music (2016–present) === In 2016, Roadsaw signed to the label Ripple Music.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-25|title=ROADSAW Sign to Ripple Music; Recording this Fall|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2016/08/25/roadsaw-ripple-music/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=The Obelisk}}</ref> Their first album with the label, ''Tinnitus the Night'', was released in June 2019.<ref name=":3" /> This was followed by another compilation album, ''More Trash'', (self-released on the band's Bandcamp page) in 2020.
== Musical style and influences == Roadsaw cite artists such as Cactuss, Iron Butterfly, Black Sabbath, Captain Beyond, and Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age) as influences on their work; however, they also note that they are influenced further by "heavy blues and psychedelic rock."<ref name=":4" />
== Band members ==
=== Current members === *Craig Riggs – vocals<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-06|title=Boston's Roadsaw Crank Up Roaring Return Record!|url=https://doomedandstoned.com/post/185407550428/roadsaw|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Doomed & Stoned}}</ref> * Ian Ross – guitar, drums<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> * Tim Catz – bass, drums<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" />
=== Past members === * Jeremy – drums * Dave Unger – keyboards * Darryl Shepard - guitar, vocals
== Discography ==
===Studio albums=== * ''One Million Dollars'' (1995)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-06-05|title=The Obelisk: THEN & NOW: Roadsaw's $1,000,000 and Self-Titled|url=https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/06/05/roadsawonemilliondollarsbt/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Obelisk}}</ref> * ''Nationwide'' (1997)<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Inc.1999">{{cite book|author=CMJ Network, Inc.|title=CMJ New Music Report|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-GfsnLZugi0C|date=10 May 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-GfsnLZugi0C/page/n27 29]–|issn=0890-0795}}</ref> * ''Rawk n' Roll'' (2007)<ref name=":0" /><ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/roadsaw-rawk_n_roll "Roadsaw: Rawk N Roll"]. ''Exclaim!'', By Matt McMillan Jan 31, 2002</ref> * ''See You in Hell!'' (2008)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Roadsaw'' (2011)<ref name=":2" /><ref>[http://www.metalnews.de/cds/Roadsaw+-+Roadsaw.7620.html "CD-REVIEWS :: Roadsaw – Roadsaw"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925033433/http://www.metalnews.de/cds/Roadsaw+-+Roadsaw.7620.html |date=September 25, 2017 }}. ''MetalNews'', Dirk Konz 22.08.2012</ref> * ''Tinnitus the Night'' (2019)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-12|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Roadsaw, Tinnitus the Night|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2019/06/12/roadsaw-tinnitus-the-night-review/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Obelisk}}</ref>
=== Extended plays ===
* ''Roadsaw EP'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-03-28|title=Hey Desertfest, Roadsaw Made a New EP Just for You!|url=https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/03/28/roadsawdesertfestep/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=The Obelisk}}</ref>
===Singles=== * "Man's Ruin" (1996) *"Fancy Pants" (2005) * "American Dream" (2007)
=== Compilation albums ===
* ''Takin' Out the Trash'' (2000) * ''More Trash'' (2020)
===Compilation contributions=== * ''The Boston Sherwood Tapes'' (2001) Split with ''Blackrock'' * ''Sucking the 70s'' (2002) Various Artists * ''Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again'' (2006) Various Artists
== References == <references /> {{Authority control}}
Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Hard rock musical groups from Massachusetts