Artist: Gravity Kills
Genre(s):
Rock
Metal
Industrial
Rock
Metal
Industrial
Discography:
Superstarved
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Perversion
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Manipulated
Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Guilty
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Gravity Kills
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Similar in style and approach to such industrial metal outfits as Ministry and KMFDM, Gravity Kills followed in their predecessor's course simply at last failed to cause as big a splash. Guitarist Matt Dudenhoffer, keyboard actor Douglas Firley, and bassist/drummer Kurt Kerns had been kicking cycle in various St. Louis, MO, bands since the mid-'80s, just the prospect to farming a vocal on a compiling by KPNT-FM got them in concert to criminal record. The prospective hitmakers had no utterer, nevertheless, so Kerns called his first cousin, Jeff Scheel, in Dallas in 1994. The industrial-techno group recorded an original composition, called "Shamed," in three years, called themselves Gravity Kills, and made the compilation. Soonafter, "Guilty" became the station's most-requested song and collected airplay around the U.S. and Canada, leading to the group sign language a recording ask with Wax Trax!/TVT. Gravity Kills' conjure was widened by appearances on the soundtracks for Deathly Kombat and Seven-spot and in March of 1996, the quartet released a self-titled debut record album, promoting the release by supporting the Sex Pistols on their reunion duty tour of America. 1997 sawing machine the exit of a remix accruement, called Manipulated, and a year after, their second all-new studio album Perversion. Not often was heard from Gravity Kills for the next few days, which light-emitting diode to rumors that the grouping had embarrassed up. Although Kerns left wing the group during this meanwhile menses, the breakup rumors finally proven to be sour; afterwards shift platter labels (their new home base is Sanctuary Records), Gravity Kills issued their fourth dismissal, Superstarved, in March of 2002.
