Left Spine Down

Infobox musical artist
Name = Left Spine Down


Img_capt = Left Spine Down Promo Photo, 2008; left to right: Jeremy Inkel (rear), Kaine D3l4y (front), Jared Slingerland (rear), Tim Hagberg (middle), Denyss McKnight (front) and Matt Girvan.
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Origin = Vancouver, Canada
Genre = cyberpunk punk rock electronic music industrial metal electronica drum & bass
Years_active = 2003 – Present
Label = Synthetic Sounds (Canada),
Bit Riot Records (USA)
Associated_acts = Front Line Assembly Noise Unit
URL = http://www.leftspinedown.com
Current_members = Kaine D3l4y Jeremy Inkel Matt Girvan Denyss McKnight Tim Hagberg
Past_members = Jared Slingerland

Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Left Spine Down (also known by the acronym LSD) is a band that plays a style of music they refer to as iPunk fusing the sounds of Industrial, Metal, Punk and Drum & Bass. [ [http://www.regenmag.com/Interviews-189-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down - Assault of the Digital Punks] ] [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/08/0806.cfm Left Spine Down Unveil "iPunk"] ]

The band features Jeremy Inkel of Industrial music legends Front Line Assembly and Denyss McKnight former bass player of Vancouver punk music veterans The Black Halos. [ [http://www.regenmag.com/News-3781-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down signs with Bit Riot Records] ]

The group self released their first album entitled the Smartbomb EP in June 2007 [ [http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=24086_0_2_0_C Left Spine Down feat. Front Line Assembly members to release EP] ] [ [http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=27586_0_17_0_C Left Spine Down - Smartbomb (Mcd Synthetic)] ] [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1113378 Left Spine Down - Smartbomb on Discogs.com] ] and it was met with a very frenzied reception from both fans and friends of the band. The EP was produced by Front Line Assembly/Noise Unit’s Chris Peterson and is currently for sale on the bands website and on iTunes. [ [http://www.virus-mag.com/index.php?sn=p8hkn0klcegdsj1utalg46lec5&a=5073 Left Spine Down Release EP, "Smartbomb", sound samples, announce tour] ] Their debut LP entitled Fighting for Voltage was released April 22 2008 on Synthetic Sounds in Canada and a cross Canada tour followed in support of the album. [ [http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=8088 Left Spine Down releases debut full-length album] ] [ [http://www.regenmag.com/News-3621-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down is Fighting for Voltage] ] Bit Riot Records picked up the rights to the release of Fighting for Voltage in the USA and released the album on September 23 2008. [ [http://www.fabryka.darknation.eu/php-files_en/news.php?readmore=31 Left Spine Down signed to BitRiot!] ] [ [http://www.regenmag.com/News-3781-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down signs with Bit Riot Records] ]

The band has been very active in the Vancouver, BC live music scene over the last few years sharing the stage with The Birthday Massacre, Combichrist, DOA, SNFU, Genitorturers [ [http://www.regenmag.com/News-2695-Genitorturers.html Vancouver hosts Genitorturers and Left Spine Down] ] , Chemlab [ [http://www.regenmag.com/News-3347-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down announces upcoming live dates] ] , 16 Volt [ [http://www.clubzone.com/events/event90099.html 16 VOLT + BELLA MORTE + LEFT SPINE DOWN + RABBIT JUNK @ MEDIA CLUB VANCOUVER BC] ] and Front Line Assembly, to name a few.

The band is personally managed by Mark Sommer of Synthetic Entertainment; one of Western Canada’s leading industrial/ebm/goth rock booking agents and concert promoters.

Members

;Current members
*Kaine D3l4y - Vocals, sound design
*Jeremy Inkel - Keyboards, programming
*Matt Girvan - Guitars
*Denyss McKnight - Guitars, Bass
*Tim Hagberg - Drums

;Former members
*Jared Slingerland - Guitars, programming

Discography

Albums

* "Smartbomb EP" (2007)
* "Fighting for Voltage" (2008)

References

ee also

* Front Line Assembly
* Noise Unit
* Jeremy Inkel
* Denyss McKnight
* Synthetic Entertainment

External links

Official Band Sites

* [http://www.leftspinedown.com official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/leftspinedown official myspace page, includes 6 songs and both live and promo pictures]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Left+Spine+Down official Last.fm page, includes 6 songs and lots of general info on the band]
* [http://vampirefreaks.com/leftspinedown official VF page, includes 5 songs]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-Spine-Down/7096062151 official Facebook page]

Fan Sites

* [http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=521 Mindphaser Band Profile]
* [http://groups.myspace.com/leftspinedown Myspace Group - fan run]

Album Reviews

* [http://regenmag.com/Reviews-1047-Left-Spine-Down-Smartbomb.html Regen Magazine Review of Smartbomb]
* [http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=726 Mindphaser Review of Smartbomb]
* [http://www.fabryka.darknation.pl/php-files_en/readarticle.php?article_id=167 Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine]

Interviews

* [http://www.fabryka.darknation.pl/php-files_en/readarticle.php?article_id=192 Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine interview]