Gravity Kills
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Gravity Kills is an American industrial rock
band from Jefferson City, Missouri
. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."
The band was formed in 1994. They had their first hit single with "Guilty", a track later released on their self-titled album Gravity Kills
. Gravity Kills' songs were featured on the soundtracks for Mortal Kombat
, Seven, Escape from L.A.
, and Kissing a Fool
, as well as video games like Test Drive Off-Road
. They have toured with such bands as Sevendust
and Pigface
.
The band released two additional albums of new material, Perversion
in 1998 and Superstarved
in 2002, as well as a remix album in 1997. Their singles "Falling
", from Perversion
and "One Thing", from Superstarved
, achieved minor success.
In August 1999, drummer Kurt Kerns left the band to pursue a career in architecture. Gravity Kills departed TVT Records
and signed to Sanctuary Records
& drummer Brad Brooker joined the band to perform & release the third album Superstarved
. Following a severe injury to keyboardist Doug Firley's hands, and lack of tour support from their record label, they were unable to complete a tour for Superstarved and broke up in 2003.
Since 2006, Gravity Kills has reunited for occasional one-off festivals and shows, and is now working on new material.
Doug Firley's keyboard is a Oberheim Matrix-12
and his theories regarding deconstruction and ultimately reconstruction.
In response to a contest from St. Louis area radio station KPNT
for a compilation CD of local artists, keyboardist/programmer Doug Firley, guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer and drummer/bassist Kurt Kerns brought in vocalist Jeff Scheel to record and mix a track in one week during the summer of 1994. The resulting song, "Guilty," was given heavy airplay and quickly became the number one-requested song at the station. The band continued to write and record songs and subsequently signed with TVT Records
.
and Escape from L.A. In addition, the song Last was featured in the film Kissing a Fool.
Gravity Kills toured in the summer of 1996 with the Sex Pistols and embarked on a solo tour that fall. With the success of the first album, the band quickly established itself on the rock scene as one of the most promising young bands in the industrial music scene. Gravity Kills's album was also released worldwide with chart success in England
, Germany
and France
.
which contains remixes and covers of their Self-tiled
debut album songs "Guilty," "Blame," "Enough," "Down" and "Here."
On April 19, 1998, Jeff Scheel suffered a whiplash when he got overexcited during a warm-up gig in the April 19 show at the University Wellness & Activities in San Antonio, Texas
. He had not performed live with the band since previous live concert at the Q101 Festival in Chicago, IL on October 16, 1997, during the club in what was supposed to be a low-key gig that attracted 6,000 fans, according to the band's label, TVT Records. Ironically, the injury, which will put Jeff Scheel out of commission for a few weeks, came less than a week before Junkie XL
leader Tom Holkenborg injured his back in an onstage accident. Junkie XL and Gravity Kills were scheduled to join British band Pitchshifter
on a U.S. tour on June 3.
The band released the second studio album on 9 June 1998, Perversion
. The album was less successful than their self-titled debut but still sold well, rising to #107 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The single '"Falling
" was featured in a 1998 car-racing video game, Test Drive 5
along with the Pitchshifter, Fear Factory
, Junkie XL and KMFDM
songs, while "Drown" charted in Germany. On July 1, 1998 at the Summerfest
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
, Jeff Scheel got the whole crowd chanting "Fuck you!" while the show was being broadcast live on a mainstream rock
local radio station, Lazer 103 FM. This was a familiar phrase to the July 2, 1997 Summerfest. The station's DJ tried to get the crowd to stop, but he was having mic problems and the crowd ignored him.
In August 1999, drummer Kurt Kerns had left the band, reasons for leaving as a chance for him to spend time with his family and to return to practicing architecture. Kurt's friend and guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer says that "He is still close with the band and visits the recording studio regularly." The band later departed TVT Records
and signed to Sanctuary Records.
. The UK version of the album was released by Mayan Records (which was a part of Sanctuary Records) and the Japan version of the album was released by Victor Entertainment
. Just after the album's release, on May 3, 2002, Gravity Kills's keyboardist Doug Firley sustained serious injury to his hand in Allentown, Pennsylvania
while performing in front of a sold out crowd. The injury occurred when Firley dropped the custom-made, spring-loaded keyboard on his hand and shattering the bones in his right ring finger during the band's performance of their single "One Thing". The band returned home to St. Louis after finishing the weekend shows in NJ and Rochester, NY for Doug to seek treatment and had to sell off the components of the recording studio it owned, thus ending the current cycle of tour dates and at one point, his xrays were post on the internet.
On January 4, 2003, the band officially broke up, a statement posted on the site reads as follows:
The band members scattered to different occupations. Matt Dudenhoeffer returned to an engineering job, while Doug Firley went on tour with Alicia Keys as a keyboard tech and then worked as a draftsman before forming the production team Shock City Productions with Chris Loesch. Jeff Scheel went to work at the Box Talent Agency as a talent agent for corporate, casino and clubs.
On 14 January 2011, Jeff Scheel revealed a unreleased music video for "Down" on Youtube and told some people on Facebook it was a "previously unreleased Gravity Kills video", he got the video from Kurt Kerns when Kurt recovered the video by capturing it on a videotape when it was aired and then he passed the videotape footage to Jeff. The band are currently working on their long-awaited follow-up and recently posted a studio diary regarding their progress, he has revealed a working title of one of the songs "Again". Jeff Scheel is also the vocalist of Star 13 (stylized as *13).
In August of 2011 a piano cover of Beg and Borrow was released to SoundCloud.
Former members
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
band from Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
. Their music was described by one critic as "a blending of eerie industrial rock with a pop-infused melodic chorus and a bit of hard-core head banging."
The band was formed in 1994. They had their first hit single with "Guilty", a track later released on their self-titled album Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills (album)
Gravity Kills is the debut album by Gravity Kills, released on March 5, 1996 by TVT Records , the album sold just under 500,000 copies....
. Gravity Kills' songs were featured on the soundtracks for Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (film)
Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series...
, Seven, Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A.
Escape From L.A. is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. The sequel to the action film Escape from New York, the film follows former war hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell...
, and Kissing a Fool
Kissing a Fool
Kissing A Fool is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Doug Ellin. It primarily stars David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, and Mili Avital...
, as well as video games like Test Drive Off-Road
Test Drive Off-Road
Test Drive Off-Road is a cross-platform racing game in 1997. It is the first entry in the Test Drive Off-Road series of video games.Bob Fitzgerald provides the voice as the announcer.-Game Modes:...
. They have toured with such bands as Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...
and Pigface
Pigface
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...
.
The band released two additional albums of new material, Perversion
Perversion (album)
"Perversion" is a 1998 album by Industrial Rock act Gravity Kills.On the 17 April 2000 Online chat session, one of the band members disclosed that the title of the album was going to be named "Whore", but their record label TVT Records threw a fit and thought it was not a good idea to use the...
in 1998 and Superstarved
Superstarved
-Star Design and album's name:The star has a connection with the album's name 'superstarved' which designer Craig Wagner created for Gravity Kills's album. The word superstarved is the meaning of starvation which usually refers to the health condition of extreme malnutrition...
in 2002, as well as a remix album in 1997. Their singles "Falling
Falling (Gravity Kills song)
Falling is a hit single performed by the Industrial Rock band Gravity Kills from the album Perversion, released by TVT Records in 1998.The song was made an appearance in a 1998 cross-platform racing video game Test Drive 5, released on PlayStation by Accolade and Pinball Syndicate.Falling was...
", from Perversion
Perversion (album)
"Perversion" is a 1998 album by Industrial Rock act Gravity Kills.On the 17 April 2000 Online chat session, one of the band members disclosed that the title of the album was going to be named "Whore", but their record label TVT Records threw a fit and thought it was not a good idea to use the...
and "One Thing", from Superstarved
Superstarved
-Star Design and album's name:The star has a connection with the album's name 'superstarved' which designer Craig Wagner created for Gravity Kills's album. The word superstarved is the meaning of starvation which usually refers to the health condition of extreme malnutrition...
, achieved minor success.
In August 1999, drummer Kurt Kerns left the band to pursue a career in architecture. Gravity Kills departed TVT Records
TVT Records
TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...
and signed to Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
& drummer Brad Brooker joined the band to perform & release the third album Superstarved
Superstarved
-Star Design and album's name:The star has a connection with the album's name 'superstarved' which designer Craig Wagner created for Gravity Kills's album. The word superstarved is the meaning of starvation which usually refers to the health condition of extreme malnutrition...
. Following a severe injury to keyboardist Doug Firley's hands, and lack of tour support from their record label, they were unable to complete a tour for Superstarved and broke up in 2003.
Since 2006, Gravity Kills has reunited for occasional one-off festivals and shows, and is now working on new material.
Doug Firley's keyboard is a Oberheim Matrix-12
Formation, name and mainstream success (1994–1996)
As the band was forming in 1994, keyboardist Doug Firley was reading an article where he misread what he thought said "like the Gravity Kills." He went back through the article and could not find what he thought he had read. Doug told drummer Kurt Kerns and guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer about it and thought that Gravity Kills would be a great name for the band. Kurt and Matt really made sense of the name when comparing what they were doing with music (deconstructing samples and noise) to an architect they were both into named Lebbeus WoodsLebbeus Woods
Lebbeus Woods is an American architect and artist.-Career:Woods studied architecture at the University of Illinois and engineering at Purdue University and first worked in the offices of Eero Saarinen, but in 1976 turned exclusively to theory and experimental projects. He has designed buildings in...
and his theories regarding deconstruction and ultimately reconstruction.
In response to a contest from St. Louis area radio station KPNT
KPNT
KPNT is a commercial radio station licensed to Collinsville, IL, broadcasting to the St. Louis, Missouri area on 105.7 FM. KPNT airs a mainly modern rock music format with just a hint of active rock branded as "The Point".- History :...
for a compilation CD of local artists, keyboardist/programmer Doug Firley, guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer and drummer/bassist Kurt Kerns brought in vocalist Jeff Scheel to record and mix a track in one week during the summer of 1994. The resulting song, "Guilty," was given heavy airplay and quickly became the number one-requested song at the station. The band continued to write and record songs and subsequently signed with TVT Records
TVT Records
TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...
.
Self-tiled debut album, film appearences and tours (1994–1996)
The band's first self-titled album was released in March 1996. "Guilty", the first single, charted in the top 10 at nearly every Modern Rock Radio station in the country. The first album also produced top 10 singles Enough, Down and Blame. More music videos would soon follow for Enough and Blame. Hollywood also embraced the band's music as they landed songs on 3 high-profile soundtracks: Seven, Mortal KombatMortal Kombat (soundtrack)
Mortal Kombat Soundtrack is a compilation album featuring music by different artists to accompany the movie Mortal Kombat.- Album information :...
and Escape from L.A. In addition, the song Last was featured in the film Kissing a Fool.
Gravity Kills toured in the summer of 1996 with the Sex Pistols and embarked on a solo tour that fall. With the success of the first album, the band quickly established itself on the rock scene as one of the most promising young bands in the industrial music scene. Gravity Kills's album was also released worldwide with chart success in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Manipulated, live tours and Perversion (1997–2001)
In 1997, TVT Records released a remix-complication album called ManipulatedManipulated
Manipulated is a remix album by Gravity Kills, released by TVT Records.-Track listing:...
which contains remixes and covers of their Self-tiled
Gravity Kills (album)
Gravity Kills is the debut album by Gravity Kills, released on March 5, 1996 by TVT Records , the album sold just under 500,000 copies....
debut album songs "Guilty," "Blame," "Enough," "Down" and "Here."
On April 19, 1998, Jeff Scheel suffered a whiplash when he got overexcited during a warm-up gig in the April 19 show at the University Wellness & Activities in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
. He had not performed live with the band since previous live concert at the Q101 Festival in Chicago, IL on October 16, 1997, during the club in what was supposed to be a low-key gig that attracted 6,000 fans, according to the band's label, TVT Records. Ironically, the injury, which will put Jeff Scheel out of commission for a few weeks, came less than a week before Junkie XL
Junkie XL
Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....
leader Tom Holkenborg injured his back in an onstage accident. Junkie XL and Gravity Kills were scheduled to join British band Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter are a British five-piece electronic-metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom formed in 1989. The band was started by bassist and vocalist Mark Clayden, lead guitarist and programmer Johnny A...
on a U.S. tour on June 3.
The band released the second studio album on 9 June 1998, Perversion
Perversion (album)
"Perversion" is a 1998 album by Industrial Rock act Gravity Kills.On the 17 April 2000 Online chat session, one of the band members disclosed that the title of the album was going to be named "Whore", but their record label TVT Records threw a fit and thought it was not a good idea to use the...
. The album was less successful than their self-titled debut but still sold well, rising to #107 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The single '"Falling
Falling (Gravity Kills song)
Falling is a hit single performed by the Industrial Rock band Gravity Kills from the album Perversion, released by TVT Records in 1998.The song was made an appearance in a 1998 cross-platform racing video game Test Drive 5, released on PlayStation by Accolade and Pinball Syndicate.Falling was...
" was featured in a 1998 car-racing video game, Test Drive 5
Test Drive 5
Test Drive 5 is a cross-platform racing game, released on the PlayStation and PC in 1998. It is the fifth entry in the Test Drive series of video games.-Tracks:There are 18 tracks in the game, with 17 real-world tracks, plus one fictional circuit....
along with the Pitchshifter, Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, Junkie XL and KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
songs, while "Drown" charted in Germany. On July 1, 1998 at the Summerfest
Summerfest
Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, usually...
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, Jeff Scheel got the whole crowd chanting "Fuck you!" while the show was being broadcast live on a mainstream rock
Mainstream rock
Mainstream rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada.-Format background:...
local radio station, Lazer 103 FM. This was a familiar phrase to the July 2, 1997 Summerfest. The station's DJ tried to get the crowd to stop, but he was having mic problems and the crowd ignored him.
In August 1999, drummer Kurt Kerns had left the band, reasons for leaving as a chance for him to spend time with his family and to return to practicing architecture. Kurt's friend and guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer says that "He is still close with the band and visits the recording studio regularly." The band later departed TVT Records
TVT Records
TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...
and signed to Sanctuary Records.
Superstarved, Doug Firley's injury and split-up (2002–2003)
On 19 May 2002, Sanctuary Records released the third and final studio album SuperstarvedSuperstarved
-Star Design and album's name:The star has a connection with the album's name 'superstarved' which designer Craig Wagner created for Gravity Kills's album. The word superstarved is the meaning of starvation which usually refers to the health condition of extreme malnutrition...
. The UK version of the album was released by Mayan Records (which was a part of Sanctuary Records) and the Japan version of the album was released by Victor Entertainment
Victor Entertainment
is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
. Just after the album's release, on May 3, 2002, Gravity Kills's keyboardist Doug Firley sustained serious injury to his hand in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
while performing in front of a sold out crowd. The injury occurred when Firley dropped the custom-made, spring-loaded keyboard on his hand and shattering the bones in his right ring finger during the band's performance of their single "One Thing". The band returned home to St. Louis after finishing the weekend shows in NJ and Rochester, NY for Doug to seek treatment and had to sell off the components of the recording studio it owned, thus ending the current cycle of tour dates and at one point, his xrays were post on the internet.
On January 4, 2003, the band officially broke up, a statement posted on the site reads as follows:
The band members scattered to different occupations. Matt Dudenhoeffer returned to an engineering job, while Doug Firley went on tour with Alicia Keys as a keyboard tech and then worked as a draftsman before forming the production team Shock City Productions with Chris Loesch. Jeff Scheel went to work at the Box Talent Agency as a talent agent for corporate, casino and clubs.
Reformation, performances and future fourth studio album (2005–present)
On October 28, 2005, Gravity Kills reunited to perform for a self-created Halloween music festival in St. Louis, Missouri entitled "The Killoween Freakshow." This appears to be becoming an annual event, as another "Killoween" occurred on October 28, 2006, at Pop's nightclub and bar, featuring Gravity Kills and Fragile Porcelain Mice. Due to a scheduling conflict, Killoween was instead "The Nightmare Before Thanksgiving" on November 21, 2007. Gravity Kills confirmed rumors that have persisted over the past year on October 20, 2009 and the band has announced that they are working on new music. More recently, the band performed in Tulsa at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on May 7, 2010, and at Roberts Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, MO on June 25, 2010 at 7:00pm part of a benefit show.On 14 January 2011, Jeff Scheel revealed a unreleased music video for "Down" on Youtube and told some people on Facebook it was a "previously unreleased Gravity Kills video", he got the video from Kurt Kerns when Kurt recovered the video by capturing it on a videotape when it was aired and then he passed the videotape footage to Jeff. The band are currently working on their long-awaited follow-up and recently posted a studio diary regarding their progress, he has revealed a working title of one of the songs "Again". Jeff Scheel is also the vocalist of Star 13 (stylized as *13).
In August of 2011 a piano cover of Beg and Borrow was released to SoundCloud.
Band members
Current members- Jeff Scheel — vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(1994–present) - Matt Dudenhoeffer — guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, (1994–present) - Doug Firley — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(1994–present) - Kurt Kerns — bass, drums (1994–1999), (2005–present)
Former members
- Brad Booker — drums (2000–2003) (formerly of StirStir- Formation and major label signing :Stir was founded in 1994 as a three piece band at the University of Missouri, and consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Andy Schmidt, bassist Kevin Gagnepain, and drummer Brad Booker...
, Apartment 26Apartment 26Apartment 26 was an alternative metal band from Leamington Spa, England. They played Ozzfest in 1999 and split up in 2004.They worked with Tchad Blake, at Real World Studios, on their self-financed Music For The Massive, having scrapped "Album 1.5" after two years of production...
)
Albums
| Year | Title | Producer | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Guilty (Remix Single) | Gravity Kills | TVT Records TVT Records TVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and... |
| Gravity Kills Gravity Kills (album) Gravity Kills is the debut album by Gravity Kills, released on March 5, 1996 by TVT Records , the album sold just under 500,000 copies.... |
John Fryer John Fryer (music) John Fryer is an English record producer. Best known for his production work, he also branched out as a musician as one of only two constant members of This Mortal Coil , providing keyboards, strings and synthesizer sequencing for the band, and its offshoot, The Hope Blister.- Career :Starting out... , Gravity Kills |
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| 1997 | Manipulated Manipulated Manipulated is a remix album by Gravity Kills, released by TVT Records.-Track listing:... |
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| 1998 | Perversion Perversion (album) "Perversion" is a 1998 album by Industrial Rock act Gravity Kills.On the 17 April 2000 Online chat session, one of the band members disclosed that the title of the album was going to be named "Whore", but their record label TVT Records threw a fit and thought it was not a good idea to use the... |
Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann Roli Mosimann is a drummer, electronic musician and record producer who has worked in genres ranging from industrial to pop. Originally from Switzerland, Mosimann first came to attention with the New York City no wave band Swans and later collaborated with Foetus leader J. G... , Gravity Kills |
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| 2002 | Superstarved Superstarved -Star Design and album's name:The star has a connection with the album's name 'superstarved' which designer Craig Wagner created for Gravity Kills's album. The word superstarved is the meaning of starvation which usually refers to the health condition of extreme malnutrition... |
Martin Atkins Martin Atkins Martin Clive Atkins is an English drummer and session musician, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Pigface, and Killing Joke... , Gravity Kills |
Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world... |
| 2013 | TBA | TBA | Shock City Studios |
Albums
- 1996 Gravity Kills HeatseekersTop HeatseekersTop Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
No. 1 - 1996 Gravity Kills The Billboard 200 No. 89
- 1998 Perversion The Billboard 200 No. 107
- 2002 Superstarved CMJ Retail charts No. 62
Singles
| Year | Song | Modern Rock | Mainstream Rock | The Billboard 100 | [UK Albums Chart|UK charts]] |
Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Guilty" | 24 | 39 | 86 | 79 | Gravity Kills | - |
| "Enough" | - | - | - | 109 | - | ||
| "Blame" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997 | "Down" | - | - | - | - | Cancelled | |
| 1998 | "Alive Alive (Gravity Kills song) Alive is a single performed by the Industrial Rock band Gravity Kills from their album Perversion, released by TVT Records in 1998.-Video Game appearances:... " |
- | - | - | - | Perversion | - |
| "Falling Falling (Gravity Kills song) Falling is a hit single performed by the Industrial Rock band Gravity Kills from the album Perversion, released by TVT Records in 1998.The song was made an appearance in a 1998 cross-platform racing video game Test Drive 5, released on PlayStation by Accolade and Pinball Syndicate.Falling was... " |
- | 35 | - | - | - | ||
| 2002 | "One Thing" | - | 24 | - | - | Superstarved | - |
| "Love, Sex And Money" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003 | "Personal Jesus Personal Jesus "Personal Jesus" is Depeche Mode's 23rd UK single, released on August 29, 1989, and the first single from the album Violator. The single reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100... " |
- | - | - | - | College radio staple | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||
Other Songs
| Year | Song | Germany charts | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Drown" | 3 | Perversion | - |
Music Videos
Guilty was ranked as high as #17 on MTV's active rotation and the video charted at #14 whenever they used to have there top 25 countdown.| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Guilty" | Rocky Morton Rocky Morton Rocky Morton is a British director. He was one of the co-creators of Max Headroom and co-director on Super Mario Bros.. Various music videos by Rush, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Orgy and Miles Davis are credited to Morton. He also directed the 1995 UK launch commercial of Sega... |
| 1996 | "Blame" | Peter Christopherson Peter Christopherson Peter Martin Christopherson, a.k.a. Sleazy was a musician, video director and designer, and former member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis.... |
| "Enough" | Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel | |
| 1997 | "Down" | - |
| 2002 | "Love, Sex and Money" | MiKKi & Malory |
Other Appearances
| Year | Song | Title |
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| 1995 | "Guilty" | Se7en Se7en Seven is a 1995 American thriller film, which also contains horror and neo-noir elements, directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was distributed by New Line Cinema and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R... |
| "Goodbye (Demo Version)" | Mortal Kombat (film) Mortal Kombat (film) Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series... |
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| 1996 | "Blame (L.A. Remix)" | Escape from L.A. Escape from L.A. Escape From L.A. is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. The sequel to the action film Escape from New York, the film follows former war hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell... |
| 1997 | "Enough (Extrinsic Remix)" | Hoax IV Brass Monkeys VHS |
| "Blame" | Test Drive Off-Road Test Drive Off-Road Test Drive Off-Road is a cross-platform racing game in 1997. It is the first entry in the Test Drive Off-Road series of video games.Bob Fitzgerald provides the voice as the announcer.-Game Modes:... |
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| "Enough" | Airbag Airbag (film) Airbag is a 1997 Spanish film written and directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa.- Cast:* Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Konradín* Karra Elejalde as Juantxo* Alberto San Juan as Pako* Manuel Manquiña as Pazos* Maria de Medeiros as Fátima do Espíritu Santo... |
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| 1998 | "Last" | Kissing a Fool Kissing a Fool Kissing A Fool is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Doug Ellin. It primarily stars David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, and Mili Avital... |
| "Guilty (Juno Reactor Juno Reactor Juno Reactor is a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral, and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from... Remix)" |
NHL '99 | |
| "Falling" | Test Drive 5 Test Drive 5 Test Drive 5 is a cross-platform racing game, released on the PlayStation and PC in 1998. It is the fifth entry in the Test Drive series of video games.-Tracks:There are 18 tracks in the game, with 17 real-world tracks, plus one fictional circuit.... |
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| "Alive" | Test Drive Off-Road 2 Test Drive Off-Road 2 Test Drive Off-Road 2 is a 1998 cross-platform racing game. It is the second entry in the Test Drive Off-Road series of video games.-Reception:... |
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| 1999 | "Guilty (Juno Reactor Remix)" | Beowulf Beowulf (1999 film) Beowulf is a 1999 film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf."... |
| 2000 | "Guilty" | Vampire: Redemption |
| "If" | MTV Sports: Pure Ride | |
| 2002 | "Guilty" | Evil on Queen Street |
External links
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- Perverted - A Gravity Kills Compendium (fan-site)
- Allmusic entry for Gravity Kills