Description: GRAVITY KILLS Matt D Concert Guitar pick 1997 Tour;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. Firley told drummer Kurt Kerns and guitarist Matt Dudenhoeffer about it and thought that Gravity Kills would be a great name for the band. Kerns and Dudenhoeffer 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 Woods 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, the trio brought in vocalist Jeff Scheel (Kerns' cousin) 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 most requested song at the station. The band continued to write and record songs throughout 1995. Although nearly an entire year had passed since "Guilty" was first released, Gravity Kills finally played their first live show in November 1995 at a soldout venue in St. Louis. Later that month, the band officially signed a record deal with TVT Records. The band's first self-titled album was released in March 1996, and peaked at No. 89 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. "Guilty", the first single, found heavy airplay upon its release. It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, No. 39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and at No. 86 on the Billboard 100 chart. Videos were made for "Guilty", "Enough", and "Down". "Enough" in particular had peaked at No. 98 on the UK Singles Chart. Hollywood also embraced the band's music as they landed songs on three high profile soundtracks: Se7en, Mortal Kombat, and Escape From L.A.. The band had re-recorded the song "Blame" for the Escape From L.A. soundtrack, and it was released as an individual single. Gravity Kills toured in the summer of 1996 with the Sex Pistols and embarked on a solo tour that fall.[9] 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' album was also released worldwide with chart success in England, Germany, and France
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