| Würm | |
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| Origin | Hermosa Beach, California, USA |
| Genres | Sludge metal |
| Years active | 1973-1977, 1982, 1983 |
| Labels | SST Records |
| Associated acts | Black Flag, Reign of Terror, Powertrip, The Mentors, Dead Hippie, Slam, No Boundaries |
| Past members | |
| Chuck Dukowski Ed Danky Lou Hinzo Simon Smallwood |
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Würm was a sludge metal band started in 1973 by bass player Chuck Dukowski, who would later join Black Flag. They released two LP's on Greg Ginn's SST Records and some tracks on compilations. They were active from 1973 to 1977 and from 1982 to 1983.[1]
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Würm began in Hermosa Beach in 1973 when Gary McDaniel, who would later be known as Chuck Dukowski, and guitar player Ed Danky decided to start a band. They shared the vocal duties [2] and came up with the name Würm in 1974.[1] They played parties and went on tour.[1][3][4]
At the Würmhole, their practice place, they became friends with Keith Morris and Greg Ginn of the band Panic, who became regulars at the Würmhole parties before beginning to live there and practice there too.[4] Würm also made money by buying and selling musical equipment.[5]
Würm recorded an album in 1977 but the tapes were scrapped after the studio wasn't paid. That event, health problems to band members, the hard time they had at keeping their drummers and their growing dislike for each other caused Würm to split. One year later, Panic changed its mame to Black Flag to avoid confusion with another band of the same name and Gary, who had joined Panic, rechristened himself Chuck the Duke or Chuk Dukowski[3][5]
During a Black Flag hiatus, in 1982, Chuck brought back Würm to release a 3-song 7", We're Off/I'm Dead/Time has come Today on SST Records. They again reunited in 1983, adding vocalist Simon Smallwood of the band Dead Hippie. This line up recorded the Feast LP, but split for good during the recording. The LP wasn't released until 1985 on SST Records.
After Würm, Ed Danky played in the bands Reign of Terror, Powertrip and The Mentors before dying of a cocaine overdose in 1991 and Lou Hinzo also played in the bands Slam and No Boundaries. Simon Smallwood died from undisclosed causes in the 2000s[1][3][6][7] Danky and Dukowski also wrote the song Modern Man which appeared on Black Flag's 1986 Loose Nut LP.