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The Iindustrial Alternative-Metal outfit Dope formed in New York City,
USA, in 1997 around the core duo of vocalist+guitarist Edsel Dope and
keyboards player Simon Dope; when the two brothers teamed with guitarist
Tripp Eisen, bassist Acey Slade and drummer Preston Nash the band was
ready to hit the NuMetal scene.
After only a handful of shows, Dope secured a major label deal with Epic/Flip
Records and September 1999 saw the release of their debut album, "Felons
And Revolutionaries"; six months later, the crew scored the first
Mainstream Rock top 40 hit with the infectious cover of Dead Or Alive's
"You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)", taken from the soundtrack
to the film "American Psycho"; non-stop touring opening for
such artists as Slipknot, Fear
Factory, Kid Rock and impressive live
performances helped their debut release sell a quarter million copies.
In October 2000 the group recruited a second guitarist, Virus; Eisen then
left to join Static-X, Nash also departed
and before Dope went into the studio to cut the sophomore album, Sloane
'Mosey' Jentry, who had already played with the band during their first
few club shows, rejoined to play bass, Acey Slade moved over to guitar
and Racci 'Sketchy' Shay was asked to replace original drummer; "Life"
was issued in November 2001, the record peaked at #6 on the Billboard
Top Heatseekers list and appeared at the bottom of The Billboard 200 Albums
chart spawning two Mainstream Rock top 30 hit singles, "Now Or Never"
and "Slipping Away".
By the following year both Acey Slade and Simon Dope left the line-up;
Dope continued as a four-piece unit and in October 2003 released their
third album, "Group Therapy", through the indie label Recon;
the set reached the #17 on the Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.
Mosey officially retired from the music business and left Dope in early
January of 2004; the remaining members enlisted Powerman
5000's Adrian Ost who served as drummer during the spring tour with
Mushroomhead and Soil.
Later in the year, Brian 'Brix' Milner, former guitarist for Skrape,
was hired to replace Mosey.
Dope has completed its fourth album "American Apathy" and has
inked a new deal with Artemis Records, the set's lead radio single is
"Always".
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