Their most famous single is their self-titled song, "8 Foot Sativa", which was number one on the M2 (a late night New Zealand music show) top 12 list for 12 weeks, and stayed on the chart for seven months.
[1] The band has toured and released albums internationally, and have played alongside artists such as Fear Factory, Soulfly, Korn, Slipknot, System of a Down, Children of Bodom, Disturbed, Motörhead, Pungent Stench, Shihad and Corrosion of Conformity.
8 Foot Sativa formed when members Brent Fox and Gary Smith met at Massey High School in Auckland, New Zealand.
In their early days, they were a cover band, who played music from Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Sepultura, Metallica and Slayer.
They joined forces with 8 Foot Sativa's guitar technician Sean Parkinson and Antony "Colonel" Folwell from the band Reprobate.
Steven Westerberg of Carnal Forge stepped in as a session musician, and Friedlander was ultimately replaced by Jamie Saint Merat, also of Ulcerate.
Guitarist William Cleverdon, who had earlier taken a hiatus of several months, was forced to leave in January 2007 after he was required to undergo a series of surgeries on his left wrist and forearm.
Christian Humphreys, a member of Rommily's other band, New Way Home, replaced Cleverdon[7] Lyrics on Poison of Ages were written by Ben Read and Gary Smith, and the album as a whole was influenced by blackened death metal.
The video to this single is controversial, as it follows a calf from the farm, to the freezing works showing it being killed, then chopped up by butchers, before being sold to a family in a supermarket.
Before heading to the studio to record the new still unnamed album, 8 Foot Sativa are to travel New Zealand, performing final shows, with In Dread Response, New Way Home, Bloodletting, The Rest Is Silence.., and other various local acts across New Zealand In January 2010, 8 Foot Sativa went into hiatus due to the continued effects of Smith's injury.
With the return of Justin "Jackhammer" Niessen and the addition of Nik Davies from Death Metal act "Perditionist" the band released a greatest hits compilation entitled "10 Years of Sativa" in 2012.
With Clint Murphy back on board, the less than $1000 produced HMM record got a complete re-amp as the band dropped 40k into studio time for a re-recording.