<P> Eastside New Orleans Rapper Currensy resides in New Orleans . Rappers Corner Boy P, Young Roddy, Trademark Da Skydiver, and Fiend are from New Orleans . Most of the Jet Life collective is from New Orleans or surrounding areas . </P> <P> New Orleans has an active metal scene which began to take real form in the late 1980s . Bands such as Eyehategod, Down, Exhorder, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Soilent Green, Goatwhore, Kingdom of Sorrow, Graveyard Rodeo and Superjoint Ritual are either based in the city, or have a majority of their members hailing from the area . Artists such as Mike Williams, Jimmy Bower, Brian Patton, Phil Anselmo, Kirk Windstein, Pepper Keenan, Pat Bruders, Stanton Moore and Kyle Thomas are New Orleans residents . </P> <P> The city is known for the "Louisiana sound", which was pioneered by Exhorder, who was the first band to combine doom metal and up - tempo thrash metal . As a result, New Orleans is often recognized as the place where sludge metal was born . Several of these metal groups share a style which draws inspiration from Black Sabbath, Melvins, hardcore punk as well as Southern rock . There is still variance within the sounds of the scene, however . Eyehategod features very harsh vocals and guitar distortion; Down has a style closer to classic rock; Crowbar's music has mostly slow tempos and a downtuned guitar sound; and Soilent Green has a sound which is closer to grindcore . </P> <P> It's quite usual for a member of one of these bands to be part of another band from New Orleans or Louisiana . Collaborations by members of a band on another are also fairly common . In addition to being one of the founding members of Eyehategod, Jimmy Bower is also a member of Down, a member of Superjoint Ritual and has worked several times with Crowbar . Pepper Keenan, member of Corrosion of Conformity, is a member of Down and also worked on Eyehategod's album Dopesick . Kirk Windstein is a founding member of Crowbar and a member of Kingdom of Sorrow and was a member of Down . Phil Anselmo is a member of Down, a member of Superjoint Ritual as well as various metal acts based in New Orleans; he also has a hardcore punk side project along with Mike Williams of Eyehategod and Hank Williams III named Arson Anthem . Brian Patton is a member of Eyehategod and Soilent Green . L. Ben Falgoust II is the singer of Goatwhore and Soilent Green . </P>

Which of the following musicians were from new orleans