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Infobox musical artist | name = Broken Hope| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Chicago , Illinois , United States | genre = Death metal | years_active = 1988–2002| label = Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade | associated_acts =| website =| past_members = Joe Ptacek (1972-2010) Brian Griffin Jeremy Wagner Shaun Glass Scott Creekmore Dave Duff Ed Hughes Sean Baxter Ryan Stanek Larry DeMumbrum Jeff Bumgardner Duane Timlin Broken Hope was an United States|American death metal band that was founded in 1988. They were known as an accomplished mid-paced style death metal band with low-pitched growling vocals. As a band, they spanned roughly twelve years, recording five albums between 1991 and 1999.
History
The core of Broken Hope formed by Joe Ptacek ( vocals ), Jeremy Wagner (rhythm guitar ), Brian Griffin (lead guitar), and Ryan Stanek ( drum s) scored a deal with the then-fledging Grindcore/RedLight Label and cut their debut album, Swamped in Gore . cite web| last = Ankeny | first = Jason | url = Allmusic|class=artist|id=p12460|pure_url=yes| title = Broken Hope - Biography | publisher = Allmusic ( Macrovision Corporation ) | accessdate = 2009-11-27 Following that release, Metal Blade Records signed the band, who released their second album, The Bowels of Repugnance , in 1993. The band's third album, 1995's Repulsive Conception , reached CMJ New Music| CMJ New Music Monthly 's Metal Top 25 chart, cite journal| date = 1995-08 | title = Metal Top 25 | journal = CMJ New Music| CMJ New Music Monthly | publisher = College Media, Inc. | volume = | issue = 24 | page = 46 | issn = 1074-6978 | url = http://books.google.com/books? id=5iwEAAAAMBAJ& lpg=PT45& pg=PT45#v=onepage& q=& f=false | accessdate = 2009-11-27 as did the follow-up, 1997's Loathing (album)|Loathing , cite journal| date = 1997-05 | title = Metal Top 25 | journal = CMJ New Music| CMJ New Music Monthly | publisher = College Media, Inc. | volume = | issue = 45 | page = 48 | issn = 1074-6978 | url = http://books.google.com/books? id=MC0EAAAAMBAJ& lpg=PA1& pg=PA48#v=onepage& q=& f=false | accessdate = 2009-11-27 an album which explored topics such as political domination, necrophilia, and safe sex.cite news | title = Broken Hope Grinds onto Scene; Grip Inc. Returns | last = Iwasald | first = Scott | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers? id=98ERAAAAIBAJ& sjid=uu0DAAAAIBAJ& pg=5308,513622& dq=broken-hope+band& hl=en | format = | agency = | newspaper = Deseret News | publisher = Deseret News Publishing Company | date = 1997-04-02 | page = C5 | accessdate = 2009-11-27
The band moved to Martyr Records for their fifth album, Grotesque Blessings , released in 1999. Rumors of the band's demise circulated at this time, cite web| date = 2000-02 | last = Stewart-Panko | first = Kevin | url = http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx? csid1=1& csid2=846& fid1=7187 | title = Aggressive Tendencies | publisher = Exclaim! | accessdate = 2009-11-27 and by April 2002, Broken Hope disbanded. cite web| date = 2002-04-02 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=2496 | title = Broken Hope's Jeremy Wagner: Where It All Went Wrong | publisher = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2009-11-27 In a 2007 interview, Wagner explained that several factors, including band dysfunction and a lack of support in Europe from Metal Blade, contributed to the split. cite web| date = 2007-07-13 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx? mode=Article& newsitemID=76711 | title = Broken Hope to Reunite? | publisher = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2009-11-27 Wagner added that the band members had met "face to face" for the first time in five years and discussed a possible reunion. On January 20, 2010, vocalist Joe Ptacek committed suicide with a gunshot to the head. cite web| url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx? csid1=139& csid2=844& fid1=43827 | title = Joe Ptacek suicide | accessdate = 2010-01-23 http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=52298 He was 37 years old.
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