| | Dope Life CD Dope Discography of CDs
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Principally recorded at Pulse Studios, Los Angeles, California.
For their sophomore bow, aggro-rockers Dope still have plenty of axes to grind. Having already denounced police brutality and an unfair American drug policy on their debut FELONS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, Edsel Dope and company take a more introspective turn this time out while using grooves to gild the crypto-industrial energy that's at the core of Dope's sound. Self-empowerment lies at the heart of LIFE and can be heard in the hypocrite-hating "Die MF Die," anthemic single "Now Or Never," and defiant "Take Your Best Shot".
The band's vitriol does get reigned in enough at times to allow for surprises like Edsel singing rather than spitting out the lyrics on the melodic "With Or Without You" and the equally engaging "Crazy". These reprieves are only temporary as the band's inherent intensity seems within the realms of a quasi-optimistic rant like "March Of Hope," which finds the singer vowing to "Spit into the face of your authority". Surly teens everywhere are sure to rejoice upon hearing this anarchy-fueled Molotov cocktail of musical mayhem.
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Engineers include: Anthony "Fu" Valcic, Josh Abraham, Edsel Dope.
Personnel: Edsel Dope (vocals, guitar, programming); Acey Slade (guitar, background vocals); Simon Dope (keyboards, percussion, sampler).
Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace.
Recording information: Pulse Recording, L.A; The Dope Factory.
Photographers: Gene Ambo; Chapman Baehler.
Dope includes: Edsel Dope (vocals, guitar, bass, programming); Acey Slade, Virus (guitar, background vocals); Simon Dope (keyboards, percussion, samples); Sloane "Mosey" Jentry (bass); Sketchy Shay (drums).
Additional personnel: DJ Lethal.
Purchase Life CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Dope Felons And Revolutionaries CD (1999) Bonus Track
Life album
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Dope plays a basic style of speed metal while lead singer/rhythm guitarist/songwriter Edsel Dope sings in a raging bass voice reminiscent of Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister. The sentiments expressed in his uncompromising, obscenity-littered lyrics can be accurately summed up in such song titles as "Pig Society," "Shit Life," "America the Pitiful," and the all-purpose "Everything Sucks." "F*ck tomorrow" is the chorus of "Spine for You," a song that also contains the lyric, "Bam, I'd like to bash you in the head." ...
| | Dope Group Therapy CD (2003) Enhanced CD
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Dope's third full-length appears through Recon, an N.Y.C. upstart affiliated with frontman Edsel Dope through management ties. In addition to producing Group Therapy, the dreadlocked kingpin directed and/or conceived of videos for each of the album's 13 songs, including them here as DVD add-ons. The bulk of additional content is a nice touch, and should be appreciated by the group's core fan base. And Group Therapy is much stronger than 2001's flawed Life. Pounding, hard-charging percussion and rumbling, near atonal guitars are garnished with the occasional electronic flourish to form a base for Edsel's guttural yawp and rudimentary singing. He utilizes both on the obstinate "I Am," which crosses emotive Linkin Park-style verses with the double-time chorus shout of "F*ck it, I am what I am." This dirty-mouthed mulishness is typical of Edsel's lyrical muse, which leans heavily on both the F-word and themes common to the genre. Remember "Die MF Die" from Life? That song's rallying cry here as been ...
| | Dope American Apathy CDs (2005) Bonus CD; Limited Edition; Special Edition
Life music CDs
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A major label shakeout left Dope facing an uncertain future after 2001's widely overlooked LIFE. Undaunted, the New York City quartet released and toured behind 2003's GROUP THERAPY without support or conventional promotion. 2005 found Dope with a new home on Artemis Records and a venomous new studio album. AMERICAN APATHY draws upon many styles; industrial, glam, metal, and punk are blended together, forming the band's unmistakable sound.
"Revolution" takes aim at the current presidential administration, while elsewhere they channel the spirit of Pretty Boy Floyd's ...
| | Cold Different Kind Of Pain CD (2005)
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The release of A DIFFERENT KIND OF PAIN is a testament to Cold's unity and resolve as a band. Parting ways with Geffen Records and losing guitarist ...
| | Dope No Regrets CD (2009)
Life album
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One would hardly expect a band called Dope to sing about holding hands and sharing sodas, and on their fifth record, NO REGRETS, the Chicago quintet bring it with middle fingers raised defiantly high. Extolling Satan ("6-6-Sick"), violence ("Violence"), and seriously bad girls ("Dirty World") never sounded so undeniable as the band rips through thickly distorted, industrial-nu-metal grooves--a style they have thankfully stuck with regardless of popular fads in metal. ...
| | Sundogs Howlin' CD (1992)
Life CD music
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The Sundogs are far from a traditional Cajun band, and their Louisiana-influenced boogie isn't zydeco either. And yet, no review of Howlin' would be complete without examining the Louisiana influences prominent on this CD (which was recorded not in New Orleans or Baton Rouge, but in San Francisco). "Calypso Zydeco," "Fais Do Do" and "Fog On the Mountaintop" are best described as Southern-style roots-rock with Cajun overtones. Lead ...
| | John Daniels Positive Affirmations For Mind & Body Healing CD (1998)
Life music CDs
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| | Zillion Zillon CD (2004) Bonus Track; Japan
Life songs
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| | Mijuki Hatakeyama Aini Melody CD (Import) Japan
$15.89 | | Falkenbach Heralding The Fireblade CD (2006)
Life album
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Falkenbach: Vratyas Vakyas (vocals).
| | Dazy Head Mazy Acoustic Cities CDs (2006)
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| | New Flesh Universally Dirty CD (2006)
Life music CDs
$13.05
| | Chimaira Resurrection CD (2007) Bonus DVD; Limited Edition
Life songs
$14.25
| | Hardcore Superstar CD (2007) (Import)
Life album
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