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Dope is an American nu metal[first=Garry] band formed in 1997 in New York City, New York.
The band received some level of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. To date, the band has released four full-length studio albums, and plan to release a fifth album entitled No Regrets.
BiographyThe band was founded by song writer and lead singer Edsel Dope in 1997
. As a child Edsel and his brother, Simon Dope, were separated when their parents divorced. When the two were adults, they reunited and Simon joined Edsel's band, playing keyboards. The pair then recruited Tripp Eisen as bassist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Sloane Jentry as guitarist.
Unlike many of the popular bands from the 1990s, Dope derived their sound from influences taken from hard rock bands and fused that with the sound of Industrial rock acts which had made waves earlier in the decade, such as Nine Inch Nails and Ministry, as well as Industrial music act Skinny Puppy.
In their earliest days, the band sold drugs to survive and purchase instruments. Furthermore, the name "Dope" refers to drugs and drug culture, as shown by their early T-shirt designs which prominently displayed hypodermic needles, it as well refers to Edsel and Simon's last name.
The band also had some early connections with fellow rockers Marilyn Manson; drummer Ginger Fish shared an apartment with Edsel Dope in Las Vegas during the earlier 1990s, before either of them were in their respective bands. Also guitarist Zim Zum allowed the band to claim that they were "currently being produced by Zim Zum" on the cover of their promotional discs to help them gain a record deal. It was originally planned that Zum would produce their debut, however he was busy recording the album Mechanical Animals at the time. Lead singer, Edsel, has obtained a good friendship with ex-Manson guitarist Daisy Berkowitz.
Felons & RevolutionariesFelons & Revolutionaries was created after performing on the New York City club circuit, and releasing several promotional cassettes the band was signed by Epic Records. For the album's recording Sloane Jentry had left the band and Tripp Eisen moved to guitar, Acey Slade was brought in on bass. The album featured fourteen tracks including two covers, which were; "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A. and "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by English new wave band Dead or Alive, which featured in the movie American Psycho. Debonaire was also featured on the Scream 3 movie soundtrack and the first The Fast and the Furious movie during the raid on the house scene.
Dope put everything into touring in support of the album, taking part in several national tours with various acts ranging from Alice Cooper to Kid Rock. This helped "Felons and Revolutionaries" SoundScan more than 250,000 units in total.
A live video for the song "Sick" was recorded to capture the energy of the group's live show. The first single and non-live promotional video released by the band from the album was Everything Sucks, which failed to chart. The second single -- a cover of You Spin Me Round -- saw the band gaining more attention; it received radio play and reached #37 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.
Life and Sloane Jentry.
After the relative success of their debut album, Dope decided to record a follow up entitled Life. Several band changes had taken place once more; Tripp Eisen left the group to join Industrial metal band Static-X. Acey Slade was moved up to the position of guitar, while Sloane Jentry (who had remained friends with the band) rejoined this time on bass. On drums Preston Nash was also replaced by Racci "Sketchy" Shay.
The two singles from Life; Now or Never and Slipping Away reached #28 and #29 on the Mainstream Rock charts respectively. The album itself reached #180 on the Billboard charts and #6 on the Top Heatseekers, which up until that point was the band's highest charting. After the album's release, Simon Dope left the group to pursue a career as a video game producer.
Debonaire from the first album was used in the movie The Fast and the Furious. More soundtrack work was done by Dope in 2002, as the band recorded WWE chairman Vince McMahon's theme song "No Chance (In Hell)" for the WWE Forceable Entry audio release. Previously Dope's music had been used as the background theme in ECW, also Rhino used their song "Debonaire", as his entrance theme.
Around this period, Edsel Dope also had a public rivalry with the band Murderdolls (particularly vocalist Wednesday 13). An early version of that group had featured Racci Shay on drums; and under the name Murderdolls, it featured Tripp Eisen. Dope guitarist Acey Slade then left the band to join Murderdolls in mid-2002.
Group Therapy and American ApathySee; Group Therapy (Dope album) for more information. Disappointed with the label's perceived lack of promotion for the album, the band left Epic and joined Artemis Records, a New York independent record label. Rhythm Guitarist Virus, would now act as Lead Guitar in Slade's departure, he would contribute to the songwriting significantly.
Dope's third studio album was titled Group Therapy, it was innovative in that it also featured a video for each song; meaning in total those who purchased the album received thirteen audio songs and videos. One song from that album, Today is the Day served as the official theme song for WWE's pay-per-view event No Mercy in October 2003. The songs Falling Away, Bitch, Motivation, Burn, and So Low were featured in the video game; MTX Mototrax, in both full and instrumental versions.
and Brix Milner
See; American Apathy for more information. By 2005 Dope had regrouped once more, the band had a new bassist; Brix Milner. For their new album entitled "American Apathy", the band returned to a harder sound similar in some respects to their debut, in an Industrial metal style. Amongst the 14 tracks present was a cover of Depeche Mode's People Are People.
Although released eight years after the band formed, four albums in and on an independent label, American Apathy performed well in the charts. It was a #1 hit on the Top Heatseekers chart, for the first time in the band's history and it also saw the band's highest charting on the Billboard chart to date.
Ironically, Ben Graves of the Murderdolls joined Dope as the live drummer on a tour of Japan. In fact that wasn't the only inter-group mixing between the two bands; in 2006 Brix Milner filled in for the injured Kid Kid on bass, in Murderdolls front man Wednesday 13's solo band.
Edsel Dope and Virus became involved in an alternative pop rock side-project with Edsel playing drums, called Makeshift Romeo. This also saw Edsel removing his dreadlocks which he had worn all throughout his time with Dope.
Current and future eventsDope has finished their spring tour of the United States, the tour, which took place over two months, included 22 dates. Tripp Lee played live on bass with the band (although Brix is still listed, and seems doubtful that he will return) and a new drummer named Angel, formerly of Pig and The Genitorturers has joined.
The band are currently working on their fifth album, entitled No Regrets. The band also recently recorded audio and video during a number of performances on tour that they are putting on the DVD portion of the new album. According to Metal Underground, No Regrets has been pushed back, with no set date.
It was announced on October 15, 2008 that the first single from No Regrets is called "Violence". The song is currently available to listen on the band's MySpace. There will be a music video, for "Violence", according the image the band set for album art.
One of the tracks for the album was released in late 2007 in the game, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Guitar Hero III includes a song by Dope called "Nothing for Me Here" on the bonus list and mentions that it will be on the band's upcoming album.
In concert, Dope has stated that their new album is finished, but they need to make sure they "will get paid for it before releasing it".Cite quote
On July 29, 2008, Dope released American Apathy Reloaded—a CD of remixes and alternate versions of songs from American Apathy, plus a live DVD.
Virus, the lead guitarist, teaches guitar/bass at the Paul Green School of Rock, in Fort Washington, PA. He gives lessons to kids 8-18 on how to play well and get to where he is.[title=School of Rock/School Staff ]
Virus also produces up-and-coming bands and writes music for TV and video game companies such as Activision, Disney and ESPN.[title=DOPE Guitarist Producing KORE ROZZIK Demo ]
According to their Myspace page, a new release date has been set for their 5th Studio album, No Regrets. The new release date is set for March 10th, 2009.
Band members- Current
- Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards, samples (1997–present)
- Virus – lead guitars, samples, backing vocals (2000–present)
- Tripp – bass, backing vocals (2007–present)
- Angel – drums, percussion (2006–present)
- Former
- Preston Nash – drums, percussion (1997–2000)
- Tripp Eisen – bass (1997–1999, lead guitars (1999–2000)
- Acey Slade – bass (1999–2000), rhythm & lead guitars (2000–2001)
- Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, percussion (1997–2001)
- Sloane "Mosey" Jentry – rhythm guitars (1997–1998), bass (2000–2004)
- Adrian Ost – drums, percussion (2004)
- Racci "Dr. Sketchy" Shay – drums, percussion (2001–2003, 2006), bass (2004–2005)
- Brix Milner – bass (2005–2007)
- Touring
- Ben Graves – drums, percussion (2005)
- Daniel Fox – drums, percussion (2005–2006)
DiscographyStudio albums[title=American albums chart]
Compilation- "Felons for Life" - (2002)
SinglesPigfaceAs with many industrial metal music stars, Edsel Dope has been involved with the supergroup Pigface. The following are some remixes of the Dope track "Bitch" that have featured on Pigface releases.
- Easy Listening. .. - (January 2003)
"Bitch (Mattress Mix)"
"Bitch (Defrag's Extraordinary Skipping Glitch Mix)" and "Bitch (Passive/Aggressive Remix)"
"Bitch (Bitch & Scratch)"
- Clubhead Nonstopmegamix #1 - (June 2004)
"Bitch (Where's My Bitch Edit)"
- Pigface Presents Crackhead: The DJ? Acucrack Remix Album - (August 2004)
"Bitch (Own Your Own Edsel)"
- 8 Bit Head: Complete Remix of Easy Listening + Other Stuff - (October 2004)
"Bitch (Defrag's Extraordinary Skipping Glitch Mix)" and "Bitch Dance"
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