Dope (band)
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| Origin | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Genres | Industrial rock |
| Labels | Epic, Eat Me/Sue Me, Artemis |
| Members | Edsel Dope Virus Lil' Dan Brix |
| Past members | Simon Dope Sloane "Mosey" Jentry Preston Nash Racci "Sketchy" Shay Tripp Eisen Acey Slade Adrian Ost Ben Graves |
| Website(s) | http://www.dopearmy.com/ |
- The correct title of this article is dope. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
dope is an industrial rock band originally from New York. It was founded in 1997.
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[edit] Biography
Edsel Dope, the lead singer/song-writer started the band. As a child, he 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 Acey Slade as bassist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Sloane Jentry as guitarist. The band has never sold drugs, despite rumors among fans. The bands name came from a Greek mythology tale that Edsel enjoyed as a child.
Their first album was felons and revolutionaries, which was self-released in early 1999. The album was later picked up and re-released by Sony, through its Epic Records imprint. After the ensuing tour, Edsel and his brother changed the lineup of the band and recorded Life. After its release, Simon Dope left the group to pursue a career as a video game producer. Disappointed with the label's lack of promotion for the album, the band left Epic and recorded Group Therapy with a different line-up. It was released by Artemis Records. One song from that album, "Today is the Day" served as the official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Mercy pay-per-view event in October 2003. Since then, the lineup has again changed. American Apathy is (as of July 2005) the band's latest release.
Dope has also been heard many a time, serving as background music to Extreme Championship Wrestling televised shows and "Debonaire" was even the entrance theme song for former WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and current Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) wrestler Terry Gerin (Rhino), as well as appearing in the film The Fast and the Furious (2001 film).
Dope has toured nationally with such bands as Pigface, Mushroomhead, Motograter, Twisted Method, Manntis, Socialburn, Static-X, and Saliva.
Dope is currently working on their fifth and currently untitled album that is tentatively due out in March/Spring 2007.
[edit] Lineup
[edit] Current members
- Edsel Dope - vocals, guitar, keyboards, samples (1997-present)
- Virus - lead guitar, samples, backing vocals (2000-present)
- Lil' Dan - Drums (2006-present)
- Brix - bass, keys (2004-present)
[edit] Former members
- Simon Dope - keyboards, samplers, percussion (1997-2001)
- Sloane "Mosey" Jentry - guitar (1997-1999), bass guitar, backing vocals (2000-2004)
- Preston Nash - drums (1997-2000)
- Tripp Eisen - guitar, bass (1999-2000)
- Acey Slade - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals (1999-2001)
- Racci "Sketchy" Shay - Drums, Bass (2001-2006)
- Adrian Ost - drums (2000-2001)
- Ben Graves - live drums on tour of Japan (2005)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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felons and revolutionaries
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LIFE
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Felons for LIFE
felons for LIFE was only available at |
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Group Therapy
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American Apathy
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There is also rumoured to be an album coming out in 2007.
[edit] Singles
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| 1999 | "Everything Sucks" |
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felons and revolutionaries |
| 2000 | "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" |
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felons and revolutionaries |
| 2001 | "Now or Never" |
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LIFE |
| 2002 | "Slipping Away" |
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LIFE |
| 2003 | "I Am" |
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Group Therapy |
| 2003 | "Sing" |
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Group Therapy |
| 2004 | "Another Day Goes By" |
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Group Therapy |
| 2004 | "Now is the Time" |
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Group Therapy |
| 2004 | "Paranoia" |
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Group Therapy |
| 2005 | "Always" |
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American Apathy |
| 2005 | "Survive" |
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American Apathy |
[edit] Compilations
- Take A Bite Outta Rhyme - "New Jack Hustler"
- WWF Forceable Entry - "No Chance"
- American Psycho Soundtrack - "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
- Scream 3 Soundtrack - "Debonaire"
- MTV's Return Of The Rock - "Everything Sucks (Andy Wallace Remix)"
- JagerMusic Rarities 2002 - "Bitch (demo)"
- JagerMusic Rarities 2004 - "Falling Away (alt. version)"
- Stairway to Rock - A Led Zeppelin Tribute - "Black Dog"
- Hazy Dreams - A Jimi Hendrix Tribute - "Hey Joe"
- The Fast and the Furious - "Debonaire"
[edit] Soundtracks
MTX: Mototrax (video game)- "Falling Away", "Bitch", "Motivation", "Burn", and "So Low". Also featured instrumental versions of those five songs.
[edit] Pigface remixes
- Easy Listening . . . - "Bitch (Mattress Mix)"
- Head . . . - "Bitch (Defrag's Extraordinary Skipping Glitch Mix)," "Bitch (Passive/Aggressive Remix)"
- Dubhead - "Bitch (Bitch & Scratch)"
- Crackhead: The DJ? Acucrack Remix Album - "Bitch (Own Your Own Edsel Mix)"
- 8-bit Head - "Bitch (Defeag's Extraordinary Skipping Glitch Mix)," "Bitch DANSE H@x0RZ $###" - * Clubhead - "Bitch (Where's My Bitch Edit)"
[edit] DVD
- dope: The Videos (2004)
[edit] References
- "Discography." EDSELDOPEdotCOM. Accessed 25 July 2005.
