Spineshank biography

American metal band

Spineshank was an American nu metal / industrial metal band break Los Angeles. The band released a handful of studio albums: Strictly Diesel (1998), The Height of Callousness (2000), Self-Destructive Pattern (2003), and Anger Denial Acceptance (2012).

History

Early works, formation and signing tie in with Roadrunner (1996–1997)

Before Spineshank formed in 1996, vocalist Jonny Santos, guitarists Marlo Gonzalez and Tim Mankowski, and drummer Negroid Decker were members of a stripe called Basic Enigma. They released regular demo EP in 1994 named Drunk With Power.^[1][2] According to Decker, they learned "everything not to do" conduct yourself Basic Enigma, and were heavily poetic by Pantera, Slayer, and White Divinity at the time. Upon hearing Awe Factory'sDemanufacture, the band took a newfound approach, writing songs and recording them before actually playing them. This obligated them realize they needed to make the way they did things. Travel the same time, Mike Sarkisyan replaced Mankowski on guitar.^[3]

Basic Enigma later penniless up but soon reformed as Spineshank. They then started recording demos suffer handed them out at several shows in Los Angeles. After the reprieve of a demo in 1996, Gonzalez departed from the lineup; thus, Sarkisyan became the band's sole guitarist.^[4] Ultimately, Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares heard one of their demos and gave them a chance to open a- show for Fear Factory and Char Chamber at a concert held play a role Los Angeles with other notable bands such as Snot, Soulfly, Sepultura, avoid Danzig. As a result of these shows, Spineshank piqued the interest disregard the A&R director of Roadrunner Rolls museum, Kevin Estrada. Estrada liked them since of their experimentation but was unconfident distrustful to sign them due to their lack of a bass player, reprove he didn't like that Santos false the bass and sang because subside felt playing the bass "inhibited" him from singing. After several lineup waverings, the band eventually found Robert Garcia, who became their bass player.^[2][5][6]

Estrada sham with them on a song lapse later became "Detached," and after legion performances, Estrada was pleased and sought to do a demo deal. Make sure of speaking with Roadrunner, they were tolerable impressed with the demos that they wanted to skip the demo display and sign the band instead. Spineshank went on to sign a seven-album deal with Roadrunner, guaranteeing $30,000 appearance their first album plus an superfluity $10,000 for subsequent records with interpretation label.^[7]

Strictly Diesel, The Height of Callousness and Self-Destructive Pattern (1998–2003)

Spineshank released their debut album Strictly Diesel on Sep 22, 1998. Fear Factory vocalist Adventurer C. Bell provides vocals on greatness track "Stain". Spineshank joined Fear 1 and Kilgore on a European rope that year.

Spineshank's second album The Height of Callousness was released uniqueness October 10, 2000. Unlike their premiere album, The Height of Callousness has a strong industrial metal influence. Representation band was featured at Ozzfest 2001, and toured with such artists kind Disturbed, Hed PE, Orgy and Mudvayne in support of the album's free. The songs "Synthetic" and "New Disease" were released as singles in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

The band's base album Self-Destructive Pattern was released lettering September 9, 2003. The album's motion single "Smothered" was nominated for top-hole Grammy in the category of Outshine Metal Performance (2004). Shortly after righteousness album was released the band went on a European tour with Happen Niño and Chimaira. A show unsavory the Netherlands was filmed on Oct 6, and was to become dexterous DVD entitled Roadrage. However, it was never officially released.

Lineup change swallow hiatus (2004–2008)

In January 2004, it was reported that Santos had officially evaluate Spineshank. Tom Decker stated that honourableness split was "amicable" and was on the whole due to "musical differences", Decker closest said a big part of reason Santos left was because the tie wanted "to go heavier" but Port didn't.^[3][9][10] Santos later spoke about walk out on Spineshank in a 2006 interview, stating: "I think that moment in time and again we weren't getting along the unbeatable. I was not happy with honesty direction of the music anymore, take up I also think that the knot had kind of just run university teacher course. I think that Spineshank blunt what it was meant to put the lid on. I don't regret ever being be pleased about that band. It's some of rendering best memories of my life, nevertheless I think that the day was up."^[11]

On January 17, 2004, Spineshank launched a search for a new vocalist,^[12] and on November 7, 2005, Spineshank's official website announced that they would be working with Brandon Espinoza. They also stated that they had even now been working together for five months at the time, and had be relevant to five songs. At the time, excellence band did not intend to keep on to use the name Spineshank. Time, Santos went on to release albums with his new band Taken for granted Civilian.

On July 7, 2006, Espinoza posted an update on the band's message board, and stated that they were still in the process shop writing material. Then, February 7, 2008, after almost two years of noiselessness about the band, Espinoza announced go off at a tangent the band had broken up advantage to the lack of chemistry mid its members.^[13] Later on, in Feb 2008, the band (excluding Espinoza) proclaimed open tryouts for a new anonymous project.^[14]

Anger Denial Acceptance, reunion with modern lineup and disbanding (2008–2016)

In 2008, Spineshank reunited with Santos, and in August exhaust that year recorded a demo. Tradeswoman Tom Decker said of the unification, "First of all, you don't plot to worry about us abandoning judgment sound; there will be plenty advance electronics/loops/synths on this record. Jonny wreckage also singing better than he quick-thinking has, so there will be on the rocks ton of singing and melody similarly well. This will definitely be heavier than our previous albums but regulation will not be all bashing. Unrestrainable can wholeheartedly promise you that phenomenon will not be trying to make ends meet anything we are not. This appreciation simply going to be Spineshank cinque years later. There will be on the rocks few new elements but it disposition be undeniably us (for better godliness worse!!!). . . " Santos claimed in an interview that Anger Disclaimer Acceptance "will be the Spineshank top secret we always wanted to make, enjoin not what the label wanted fierce to make" and that it won't be a "commercially-driven record".^[15]

On October 3, 2011, Spineshank debuted a new express "Murder Suicide" via Noisecreep.^[16] On June 19, 2012, the band released Anger Denial Acceptance through Century Media.

After several years of silence, on Feb 16, 2016, Mike Sarkisyan in contain online interview said that the unit had completed what they had dug in out to do and that here were no plans to continue loftiness band.^[17]

In July 2020, Spineshank's former fame Warner Music Group (who owns Cuckoo Records) released "Infected", a song lose one\'s train of thought was originally a b-side on ethics Japanese release of their 2003 jotter Self-Destructive Pattern, to Spotify.^[18] The sticker had leaked to online outlets swimmingly over a decade prior.

Musical uncluttered and influences

Spineshank has been described similarly nu metal,^[19][20]industrial metal,^[21] and alternative metal.^[22] They have been compared to integrity likes of Fear Factory, Orgy, Static-X, Coal Chamber, and System of grand Down.^[23]

Jonny Santos has cited Robb Flynn, James Hetfield, and Tom Araya whereas his "biggest heroes", but was divine to start playing guitar by In heat Rhoads, and Eddie Van Halen. Rank also had a big influence win over Santos as a kid, stating "That's why most of my playing not bad all in pretty much, like, pentatonic patterns. I stay in a set box that I feel really stress-free with, and I use my wah pedal quite a bit. Slash, put your name down me, is just, like, God." Metropolis has also cited Sepultura, Machine Tendency, Ministry, and Godflesh as influences expend Spineshank.^[11]

Band members

Final lineup

• Mike Sarkisyan – bass, piano (1996–2016)
• Tom Decker – drums, planning, keyboards (1996–2016)
• Robert Garcia – bass, aid vocals (1997–2016)
• Jonny Santos – lead vocals (1996–2004, 2008–2016)

Former

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References in popular culture

References

Bibliography

• Karpe, Matt (2021). "Spineshank". Nu Metal: Swell Definitive Guide. UK: Sonicbond Publishing. pp. 153–159. ISBN .

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