The first single and non-live promotional video released by the band from the album was 'Everything Sucks', which failed to chart. This helped Felons and Revolutionaries SoundScan more than 250,000 units in total.Ī live video for the song 'Sick' was recorded to capture the energy of the group's live show. 'Debonaire' was also featured on the Scream 3 movie soundtrack and the first The Fast and the Furious movie during the police raid on Johnny Tran's house scene.ĭope toured extensively, taking part in several national tours with various acts ranging from Alice Cooper to Kid Rock. The album featured fourteen tracks including two covers, which were ' Fuck tha Police' by N.W.A and ' You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' by English new wave band Dead or Alive, which featured in the movie American Psycho. For the album's recording, Sloane Jentry had left the band and Tripp Eisen moved to guitar, while Acey Slade was brought in on bass.

Lead singer Edsel has also maintained a good friendship with ex-Manson guitarist Daisy Berkowitz.įelons and Revolutionaries (1999–2000) įelons and Revolutionaries was created after performing on the New York City club circuit, and releasing several promotional cassettes the band was signed by Epic Records. However, he was busy recording the album Mechanical Animals at the time. It was originally planned that Zum would produce their debut. Also, guitarist Zim Zum allowed the band to claim that they were 'currently being produced by Zim Zum' on the cover of their promotional discs to help them gain a record deal. The band also had some early connections with fellow rockers Marilyn Manson ex drummer Ginger Fish shared an apartment with Edsel Dope in Las Vegas during the earlier 1990s, before either of them were in their respective bands. Furthermore, the band name 'Dope' refers to heroin, which was the common substance Edsel and Simon sold around the New York City area as shown by their early T-shirt designs, which prominently displayed hypodermic needles. In their earliest days, the band sold drugs to survive and purchase instruments.

Unlike many of the popular bands from the 1990s, Dope derived their sound from influences taken from heavy metal bands and fused that with the sound of industrial rock acts who had made waves earlier in the decade, such as Ministry and Skinny Puppy. The pair then recruited Tripp Eisen as guitarist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Acey Slade as bassist.

When the two were adults, they reunited and Simon joined Edsel's band, playing keyboards, samples and percussion. As a child, Edsel and his brother Simon Dope were separated when their parents divorced. The band was founded in 1997 by songwriter and lead vocalist Edsel Dope.

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