David Judson Clemmons
| David Judson Clemmons | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Judson Clemmons |
| Genres | Hard rock, progressive metal, singer-songwriter |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1988–Present |
| Labels | Nois-O-Lution, Village Slut Records |
| Associated acts | David Judson Clemmons, The Fullbliss, Jud, Damn the Machine |
| Website | judtv |
David Judson Clemmons is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, originally from Virginia, USA. He now lives in Berlin, Germany.
Ministers Of Anger was a progressive thrash project formed by Clemmons, which included future Machine Head drummer Dave McClain, both also involved with the band Murdercar alongside former Detente guitarist Ross Robinson. Between 1988 and 1991, Ministers Of Anger recorded three demos and one of their songs, "The Great Escape", appeared on Metal Blade's Metal Massacre XI compilation. The project eventually ended as Clemmons joined with Chris Poland as vocalist/co-guitarist to form the band Damn The Machine. In 2013, East Coast indie label Divebomb Records issued a limited edition 14-song Ministers Of Anger demo retrospective titled "Renaissance".
Damn The Machine was a progressive metal band based in Los Angeles. Composed of guitarist Chris Poland (ex-Megadeth, OHM:), his brother Mark Poland on drums, David Clemmons on guitars and vocals, and bassist Dave Randi. The quartet released only one, self-titled, album. It was a jazzier metal project than other progressive metal bands of the time, such as Queensrÿche or Fates Warning, and the lyrical content dealt largely with subjects of politics and morality. The group signed with A&M Records in 1993, releasing one album and three singles. Damn The Machine went on to tour Europe with Dream Theater, and then embarked on a US tour with Voivod. Despite this, in 1995, when poor record sales resulted in A&M Records dropping a number of bands from their catalog, Damn The Machine were among them. Though they had been in the process of writing material for a second album, the split with the record label resulted in a dismembering of the band. While the rest of the group went to form a new band called Mumbo's Brain, David Clemmons departed to put together a project of his own.
Joining forces with Virginian school-mates, drummer David Wright (known as Hoss), and bassist Steve Cordrey, the trio went on to form JUD in LA in 1995. Relying heavily on bass, down-tuned guitars, and moving the slide-rule between the brutality of Prong, the grunginess of Nirvana, and sections of spoken word, Jud were a creation all their own. Their debut album, "Something Better," produced and mixed in part by Ross Robinson (producer of bands like Korn, Slipknot, Sepultura, etc.), was published by Nois-O-Lution in Europe. This led the LA-based band to a tour of the continent, followed by a tour of the United States during the following year.
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