Skrape

Infobox musical artist
Name = Skrape


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Origin = Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Genre = Nu metal
Years_active = Late 90's–2004
Label = RCA Records
Associated_acts = Dark New Day Evanescence dope
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Current_members = Billy Keeton Brian Milner Randy Melser Pete Sison Will Hunt
Past_members = Mike Lynchard

Skrape was an American nu metalcite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=MusicMight Biography|url=http://musicmight.com/artist/usa/orlando/skrape|accessdate=2008-09-16] band.

Formed in the late 1990's, under the name "Jojo" until later renaming to "Skrape." They would release two albums through RCA Records. Their 2001 debut "New Killer America" spawned two singles in "Waste" and "Isolated". Tours with the likes of Pantera, Slayer and Morbid Angel saw the album sell in excess of 100,000 copies in the US.

Their second album "Up the Dose" was released in 2004 with little support from their label, who had recently been taken over by J Records. Beforehand, the band toured with Soil, Static-X, and Twisted Method. The album had been finished since mid-2003, and the band was set to release "Summer Song" as a single, but the album was pushed back several times, eventually being released in January. Faced with the prospect of releasing a single entitled "Summer Song" in January, they changed the name of the song to "Stand Up (Summer Song)". A couple of months after "Up the Dose's" release, the band was dropped from the label. Drummer Will Hunt issued a press release hinting at possible future activities with Skrape, but nothing has happened other than a reunion gig in 2005 opening for Dark New Day. They are now disbanded.

In 2004, Will Hunt became a member of Dark New Day, and then later Evanescence. Guitarist Brian Milner went on to join Dope as their bassist, and singer Billy Keeton has continued to pursue his musical career with various projects, such as the short-lived Blessed in Black (featuring former members of Nothingface). Currently, Keeton does vocals for local Florida cover band Money Shot when he is not working with former members of Primer 55 in Bobby Burns (Soulfly) and Kobie Jackson. Formerly titled Paris is Burning, the three have named the project King Street.

Members

* Billy Keeton – Vocals
* Brian "Brix" Milner – Guitar, Keyboard
* Randy Melser – Guitar
* Pete Sison – Bass
* Will Hunt – Drums

Former

* Mike Lynchard – Guitar

Discography

Albums

ingles

External links

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* [http://www.myspace.com/kingstreetmusic King Street at MySpace]