Line #13 Music/Dope


1	->''"Let's go back to the start like it used to be / Before you fell apart and you blamed it on me / Back when you were my friend - do you remember back then? / All the plans that we made - can we get back to those days?"''
2	[[center:~"Always"]]
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4	'''Dope''' are a NuMetal / HardRock band with {{industrial}} influences who exploded onto the New York City club scene in the late '90s and have enjoyed a relative degree of popularity ever since. Headed by their enigmatic frontman [[StageName Edsel Dope]], they have toured the globe relentlessly, and, as of the time of this writing, they have six studio albums to their name with a seventh due out this year.
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6	!!'''Members:'''
7	!!!Current:
8	* Edsel Dope - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming
9	* Virus - lead guitar, backing vocals
10	* Acey Slade - bass
11	* Daniel Fox - drums
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13	!!!Former:
14	* Simon Dope - keyboards
15	* Tripp Eisen - lead guitar, bass
16	* Sloane Gentry - lead guitar, bass
17	* Racci Shay - drums
18	* Nikk Dibs - lead guitar, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
19	* Jerms Genske - bass, backing vocals
20	* Chris Warner - drums
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23	!!Dope provides examples of:
24	* BandOfRelatives: Edsel's brother, going by the name Simon Dope, used to be in the band.
25	* BreakupSong: "With or Without You" and "Always" are both good examples of the "teetering on the brink..." variety.
26	* CallAndResponseSong:
27	** The live performances of "Die MF Die".
28	** "Say 'I'! Say 'I'!"''
29	** "''Burn, burn, burn motherfucker!'' Say it!"''
30	* CoverVersion: They have covered Billy Idol, Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode and N.W.A.
31	* DarkerAndEdgier: Their album ''No Regrets'' takes on a more traditional, modern heavy metal approach, with guitar solos and more aggressive drumming.
32	* IAmSong: One of their songs off ''Group Therapy'' is entitled just that.
33	* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Fuck", "Addiction", and "Sex Machine".
34	* LighterAndSofter: To many fans, their 2003 album ''Group Therapy''.
35	* LoveIsADrug: "Addiction".
36	-->''She's like cocaine, heroin, alcohol and vicodin...''
37	* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Always", lyrics from which can be seen on the top of this very page, although it is implied that Edsel is still in the relationship as he wrote the song.
38	* {{Medley}}: "Die, Boom, Bang, Burn, Fuck", off ''No Regrets''.
39	* MisattributedSong: Their cover of "You Spin Me Round" is commonly thought to be done by Music/MarilynManson.
40	* PepTalkSong: In a way, "Take Your Best Shot".
41	* RepurposedPopSong: Dead or Alive's hit '80s single "You Spin Me 'round" was covered by them for the ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' soundtrack.
42	* RockstarSong: Inverted, with "Debonaire".
43	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: "Bllod Money (part 1)" was released in 2016 after several years of recording.
44	* StageName: Edsel Dope's birth name is Brian Charles Ebejer.
45	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Sing", and "Another Day Goes By", both off ''Group Therapy''
46	* TitleOnlyChorus:
47	** "Let's Fuck", off ''American Apathy''
48	** "Die MF Die".

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