Bongripper

Bongripper
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Doom metal stoner metal drone metal (early)
Years active	2005 (2005)–present
Labels	Great Barrier Records
Members	Ronald Petzke Daniel O'Connor Nick Dellacroce Dennis Pleckham
Past members	Robert Scott
Website	www.bongripper.com

Bongripper is an American doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois.

History

Bongripper began in 2006 with the self-release of their first album titled The Great Barrier Reefer, which is composed of a single 79-minute piece created with the intention of being longer than Sleep's Dopesmoker. In 2007, the band self-released their second studio album titled Hippie Killer and their third studio album titled Heroin. In 2008, the band self-released its fourth studio album titled Hate Ashbury and a collaborative EP with Winters in Osaka

In 2013, Bongripper released two split EPs via Great Barrier Records; one with Hate and another one with Conan.

In 2014, the band released their sixth studio album titled Miserable via Great Barrier Records.

They have recently announced the release of their seventh album titled Terminal, released July 6, 2018.

Band members

• Ronald Petzke - Bass
• Daniel O'Connor - Drums
• Nick Dellacroce - Guitars
• Dennis Pleckham - Guitars

Discography

Studio albums

• The Great Barrier Reefer (2006, self-released)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Great Barrier Reefer" I. "Section 1" (25:11) II. "Section 2" (28:40) III. "Section 3" (25:32) "	79:22
Total length:		79:22

Hippie Killer (2007, self-released)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ronald Petzke, Dennis Pleckham, Nick Dellacroce

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tranny Ride"	2:09
2.	"Reefer Sutherland"	16:12
3.	"Osaria"	3:30
4.	"Terrible Bear Attack"	2:52
5.	"Je m'appelle" ("I Call Myself")	1:39
6.	"The People Mover"	10:21
7.	"Droid Developer"	4:22
8.	"Charlie, Burt Reynolds Has Got Shit on You"	17:46
9.	"Thanks for Sticking Around"	8:01
10.	"Her Highness"	13:02
Total length:		79:54

• Heroin (2007, self-released)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heroin" I. "Part 1" (4:39) II. "Part 2" (2:36) III. "Part 3" (5:13) IV. "Part 4" (6:39) V. "Part 5" (15:24) VI. "Part 6" (1:25) VII. "Part 7" (4:26) VIII. "Part 8" (8:18) IX. "Part 9" (4:15) X. "Part 10" (1:44) XI. "Part 11" (7:29) XII. "Part 12" (13:53) "	76:08
Total length:		76:08

Hate Ashbury (2008, self-released)

Original track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hate Ashbury I. "Part I" (11:41) II. "Part II" (4:52) III. "Part III" (5:19) IV. "Part IV" (5:33) V. "Part V" (8:35) VI. "Part VI" (7:41) VII. "Part VII" (11:10) VIII. "Part VIII" (10:33) "	65:24
Total length:		65:24

LP track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Side A"	16:57
2.	"Side B"	16:40
Total length:		33:37

• Satan Worshipping Doom (2010, self-released)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hail"	13:44
2.	"Satan"	11:37
3.	"Worship"	16:00
4.	"Doom"	11:53
Total length:		53:14

• Miserable (2014, The Great Barrier Records)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Endless"	17:48
2.	"Descent"	18:51
3.	"Into Ruin"	28:25
Total length:		65:04

• Terminal (2018, The Great Barrier Records)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slow"	25:10
2.	"Death"	18:15
Total length:		43:25

EPs and splits

• Meat Ditch (split with Winters in Osaka) (2008, self-released)
• Sex Tape / Snuff Film (2011, Great Barrier Records)
• Bongripper/Hate (2013, Great Barrier Records)
• Bongripper/Conan (2013, Holy Roar Records)
• Glaciers (2020, self-released)