Early years (1994–1997) In the year 2000, the band gave the following explanation for their name:"We were really, really stoned, we saw something we didn’t know what it was. We called it a Roadsaw. We joked about that being the name of our band, and then it stuck ... It’s like a big piece of heavy machinery tearing up the road."Roadsaw released their first
7-inch single, "Fancy Pants", with the
B-side "Handed You Your Ass", on Curve of the Earth Records in 1994. The following year, they recorded their first album,
One Million Dollars (sometimes styled as
$1,000,000), with the same label.
Lunasound and Wonderdrug Records (2000–2006) Roadsaw released their next album, ''Rawk n' Roll'', in 2000, as an LP release via
Tortuga Recordings and a
self-released CD. In 2002, they contributed to
Sucking the 70s, a
stoner metal various artist tribute to artists from the 1970s. They recorded a stoner version of the song "Vehicle" from the American band
The Ides of March. In 2006, they then contributed a performance of the
Led Zeppelin song "
When the Levee Breaks" to the sequel, ''
Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again''.
Small Stone Records (2007–2011) ''Rawk n' Roll'' was re-released again in 2007 by
Small Stone Records.
Ripple Music (2016–present) In 2016, Roadsaw signed to the label
Ripple Music. Their first album with the label,
Tinnitus the Night, was released in June 2019. This was followed by another compilation album,
More Trash, (self-released on the band's
Bandcamp page) in 2020. == Musical style and influences ==