Genitorturers
Encyclopedia
The Genitorturers are an industrial metal
/industrial rock
band from the United States
, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk
and electronic music
. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band".
, the band was founded by lead singer
Gen while attending pre-med
. The Genitorturers made their debut and progressed in the 1990s Florida
"hardcore" music scene, with contemporary bands such as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, who would also become a success in later years. According to the band's official biography, "What emerged would be a band that would go beyond shaking up the house that 'Mickey' built and extend to paving the way and breaking ground for performance based music artists thereafter worldwide".
The Genitorturers were initially called The Festering Genitorturers, comprising band members Marisa (vocals), Yvonne (guitar), Gen (bass), Larry (guitar) and Mike (drums). Their first performance was at the Ocean Club in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in late 1986. Also on the bill was Declared Ungovernable, Belching Penguins, and The Rhythm Pigs.
In 1993, IRS Records owner Miles Copeland (who had discovered and nurtured careers for bands such as The Police
, Sting, R.E.M.
, The Go-Go's
, The Bangles
and Concrete Blonde
) sent his assistant Nick Turner (former drummer for Lords of the New Church
) to see the band perform. The quality of the performance, as well as their musical style containing fused elements of hardcore punk, metal and industrial electronics, led them to a record contract. Soon after that, they would record 120 Days of Genitorture
. After recording this album, Morbid Angel
bassist/vocalist David Vincent
(Gen's husband) joined the Genitorturers on bass. He left Morbid Angel in 1995, after the album Domination, to join his wife's band.
The band has extensively toured the United States
, Japan
, and Europe
, and is internationally renowned for its exploits, pornographic show content, and unique style of music.
The Flesh is the Law
EP includes the track "Lecher Bitch", which was also included in the November 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
. Earlier releases included Machine Love
, which contains a cover of Divinyls
' hit "I Touch Myself", which was produced by Dave Ogilvie
and Rob Zombie
producer Scott Humphrey
.
In 2006, they toured Australia with Dead Inside the Chrysalis
.
In the fall of 2007, they released their live DVD Live in Sin, also selling autographed copies on eBay
. They announced on their MySpace and their website that their new album, titled Blackheart Revolution
, would be available in 2009.
Former members
Videos
Movie soundtrack appearances
Video game soundtrack appearances
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
/industrial rock
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 the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band".
History
Originating in Orlando, FloridaOrlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, the band was founded by lead singer
Singing
Singing 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...
Gen while attending pre-med
Pre-medical
Pre-medical is a term used to describe a track an undergraduate student in the United States pursues prior to becoming a medical student...
. The Genitorturers made their debut and progressed in the 1990s Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
"hardcore" music scene, with contemporary bands such as Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, who would also become a success in later years. According to the band's official biography, "What emerged would be a band that would go beyond shaking up the house that 'Mickey' built and extend to paving the way and breaking ground for performance based music artists thereafter worldwide".
The Genitorturers were initially called The Festering Genitorturers, comprising band members Marisa (vocals), Yvonne (guitar), Gen (bass), Larry (guitar) and Mike (drums). Their first performance was at the Ocean Club in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in late 1986. Also on the bill was Declared Ungovernable, Belching Penguins, and The Rhythm Pigs.
In 1993, IRS Records owner Miles Copeland (who had discovered and nurtured careers for bands such as The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
, Sting, R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
, The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....
, The Bangles
The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.-Formation and early years :...
and Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2004, and once again in 2010.-Biography:...
) sent his assistant Nick Turner (former drummer for Lords of the New Church
Lords of the New Church
Lords of the New Church may refer to:*The Lords of the New Church, a 1980s post-punk band*"Lords of the New Church" , a 1993 song by Tasmin Archer...
) to see the band perform. The quality of the performance, as well as their musical style containing fused elements of hardcore punk, metal and industrial electronics, led them to a record contract. Soon after that, they would record 120 Days of Genitorture
120 Days of Genitorture
- Personnel :* Gen – vocals* Jerry Outlaw – guitars* Sean Colpoys – bass guitar* AW Reckart – drumsRecorded at Wolfhead Studio – Altamonte Springs, FLMixed at Parc Studio – Altamonte Springs, FL...
. After recording this album, Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
bassist/vocalist David Vincent
David Vincent
David Alexander Vincent , also known as Evil D, is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and bassist for the death metal band Morbid Angel as well as the bassist for Genitorturers...
(Gen's husband) joined the Genitorturers on bass. He left Morbid Angel in 1995, after the album Domination, to join his wife's band.
The band has extensively toured the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and is internationally renowned for its exploits, pornographic show content, and unique style of music.
The Flesh is the Law
Flesh is the Law
Flesh is the Law is an album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers. It was Self-produced and later re-issued with new art & extra live tracks-Track listing:# "Lecher Bitch" – 4:13# "Public Enemy" – 4:22# "Flesh Is The Law" – 3:58...
EP includes the track "Lecher Bitch", which was also included in the November 2004 video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a computer role-playing game for Windows developed by Troika Games in 2004...
. Earlier releases included Machine Love
Machine Love
Machine Love is an album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers, consisting mainly of new mixes of songs from the previous album, Sin City.-Track listing:# "Stitch in Time" 3:37...
, which contains a cover of Divinyls
Divinyls
Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying...
' hit "I Touch Myself", which was produced by Dave Ogilvie
Dave Ogilvie
Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
and Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
producer Scott Humphrey
Scott Humphrey
Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up until 2007's Zombie Live...
.
In 2006, they toured Australia with Dead Inside the Chrysalis
Dead Inside the Chrysalis
Dead Inside The Chrysalis or DiTC are an Australian Electropunk/Synth Rock band based in Sydney. They have supported Deadsy, Wednesday 13, The Follow, Zombie Ghost Train, Nitzer Ebb, The Red Paintings, USA's Genitorturers, Mindless Self Indulgence and most recently the German industrial band...
.
In the fall of 2007, they released their live DVD Live in Sin, also selling autographed copies on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
. They announced on their MySpace and their website that their new album, titled Blackheart Revolution
Blackheart Revolution
- Personnel :* Gen - vocals* Evil D - bass, guitar, vocals, keys, programming* Bizz - guitar, vocals* Mark Prator - drums On "Louder", Take It", & "Vampire Lover"* Joey Letz - drums on "Devil In a Bottle", "Falling Stars", & "Tell Me"...
, would be available in 2009.
Members
- Gen - vocals
- Eric Griffin - 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...
- Filip "Abbey Nex" - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Kriz DK - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Former members
- Sean Davidson - drums (2009-2011)
- Nate Manor - bass
- Chuck Lenihan - guitar (1995–2003)
- Racci ShayRacci ShayRacci Shay is an American rock drummer. He is most famous for his involvement with the Genitorturers, Dope, Wednesday 13 and is currently the touring drummer for Murderdolls...
- drums (1997–2001) - Angel Bartolotta (DopeDopeDope may refer to:* Illegal drugs * An idiot...
, Team Cybergeist) - drums (2001–2009) - Joe LetzJoe LetzLives in New York City; Joe Letz is the drummer for Combichrist and has in the past played drums for Amen, Mortiis, Wednesday 13, Genitorturers, Hanzel und Gretyl, Imperative Reaction and Emigrate . Joe is well known for his very expressive and engaging style of drumming that has earned him...
- drums (2005–2006) - Vinnie Saletto - keyboards (1995–1998)
- Sean Colpoys (Sentdown) - bass (1992–1994)
- Jerry Ôutlaw (Bogus Pomp, Neo Trio) - guitar (1991–1994)
- AW Reckart - drums (1991–1993)
- Scott Beckey - guitarist (1989–91)
- David VincentDavid VincentDavid Alexander Vincent , also known as Evil D, is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and bassist for the death metal band Morbid Angel as well as the bassist for Genitorturers...
- bass - H-Bomb (Evans BlueEvans BlueEvans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005.- Origins :Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board...
)- drums (1993–1997)
Discography
Albums- 120 Days of Genitorture120 Days of Genitorture- Personnel :* Gen – vocals* Jerry Outlaw – guitars* Sean Colpoys – bass guitar* AW Reckart – drumsRecorded at Wolfhead Studio – Altamonte Springs, FLMixed at Parc Studio – Altamonte Springs, FL...
(1993) - Sin CitySin City (album)Sin City is the second full-length album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers.-Track listing:# "Sin City" - 3:39# "Terrorvision" - 4:37# "Liar's Lair" - 3:53# "One Who Feeds" - 5:22# "Squealer" - 4:37# "4 Walls Black" - 3:26...
(1998) - Machine LoveMachine LoveMachine Love is an album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers, consisting mainly of new mixes of songs from the previous album, Sin City.-Track listing:# "Stitch in Time" 3:37...
(2000) - Flesh is the LawFlesh is the LawFlesh is the Law is an album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers. It was Self-produced and later re-issued with new art & extra live tracks-Track listing:# "Lecher Bitch" – 4:13# "Public Enemy" – 4:22# "Flesh Is The Law" – 3:58...
[EP] (2002) - Blackheart RevolutionBlackheart Revolution- Personnel :* Gen - vocals* Evil D - bass, guitar, vocals, keys, programming* Bizz - guitar, vocals* Mark Prator - drums On "Louder", Take It", & "Vampire Lover"* Joey Letz - drums on "Devil In a Bottle", "Falling Stars", & "Tell Me"...
(2009)
Videos
- Society of Genitorture (VHS) (1997)
- The Society of Genitorture (DVD) (2001)
- Live in Sin (DVD) (2007)
Movie soundtrack appearances
- The Society of Genitorture (1997)
- Raging Hormones (1999)
- Bike Week Exposed (2003)
- Vampire Clan (2003)
Video game soundtrack appearances
- True Crime: Streets of LATrue Crime: Streets of LATrue Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series...
(2004) - Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesVampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a computer role-playing game for Windows developed by Troika Games in 2004...
(2004)