Line #53 Music/Otep


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Screaming & growling: Otep Shamaya's default setting.]]
3	Otep (stylized [=Ot3p=] on their third album cover, [=Ot6p=] on their sixth, and O7ep on their seventh; often stylized OTEP) are a Los Angeles based NuMetal / AlternativeMetal band that was formed in 2000. They are known for their angsty lyrics, downtuned riffs, fierce political commentary, and their lead singer ([[IAmTheBand who is also named Otep]]) being a woman who screams but also raps and occasionally sings cleanly. She alone is the sole original member.
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5	Otep were discovered by Sharon Osbourne (yes, THAT Sharon Osbourne!) who saw one of their shows and asked them to play Ozzfest before they were even signed. A record deal soon followed as they were signed to Capitol Records in 2001, where they would stay until being signed to Victory in 2009.
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7	Otep Shamaya is an out lesbian and political activist who champions causes such as gay rights, equal treatment for women, animal rights and environmentalism. She also runs the Web sites allshapesallsizes.org, girlsoutnow.org and imnotamonster.org, as well as having her own account on pretty much every social network on the Web. She has also appeared on {{Creator/HBO}}'s ''Def Poetry''.
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9	Not to be confused with Music/{{Opeth}} (as they often are).
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11	!!!Their lineup consists of:
12	* Otep Shamaya - vocals, lyrics
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14	!!!Former Members
15	* Tarver Marsh - guitars
16	* Dave "Spooky" Aguilera - guitars
17	* Rob Patterson - guitars
18	* Karma Singh Cheema - guitars
19	* Markus Estrada - guitar
20	* Ari Mihalopoulos - guitars
21	* AJ Bartholomew - guitars
22	* Mark "Moke" Bistany - drums
23	* Brian "Haggis" Wolff - drums
24	* Gil Sharone - drums
25	* Justin Kier - drums
26	* Lamar Little - drums
27	* Jay "eViL j" [=McGuire=] - bass
28	* Rani Sharone - bass
29	* Collyn [=McCoy=] - bass
30	* Andrew Barnes - bass
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32	!!!Main Discography
33	* ''Sevas Tra'' (2002)
34	* ''House of Secrets'' (2004)
35	* ''The Ascension'' (2007)
36	* ''Smash the Control Machine'' (2009)
37	* ''Atavist'' (2011)
38	* ''Hydra'' (2013)
39	* ''Generation Doom'' (2016)
40	* ''Kult 45'' (2018)
41	* ''The God Slayer'' (2023)
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43	!!! Otep contain examples of:
44	* AlbumTitleDrop: Every album.
45	* AuthorAvatar: ''Hydra'' is just Otep by another name.
46	* BadassBoast: "He called me a dyke/I called him an ambulance" from "Equal Rights, Equal Lefts" on ''Generation Doom''
47	* CallingTheOldManOut: Seems to be an underlying theme with most of their songs, but "Jonestown Tea" and "Home Grown" are probably the best examples.
48	* CarefulWithThatAxe
49	* ChewingTheScenery: Otep really, ''really'' likes to engage in this
50	** YOU WILL KNOW ME BY THE SCAAAAAAARRRRRRRSSSS IIIIII BEEEEEEEAAAAARRRR!!!!
51	** INFIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLL!!!!
52	** and so on...
53	* CoverVersion: Of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Breed", Music/TheDoors' "Not to Touch the Earth", and--seriously--Music/{{Lorde}}'s "Royals".
54	* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Otep Shamaya has stated in an interview that piracy is a cancer to the music industry.
55	** Later, she would state this as the reason that she's quitting the music industry.
56	** Or [[http://www.theprp.com/2014/01/20/news/otep-calls-off-retirement-new-album-side-project-with-slipknots-sid-wilson-in-the-works/ not...]]
57	* DelusionsOfEloquence: In "Adrenochrome Dreams", she describes rows of executioners like seventeenth century guillotine henchmen. Not only does she pronounce the word wrong (like gil-oh-teen, not gee-oh-teen) but guillotines were not invented until the eighteenth century. Also, in one interview, she described herself as "The agog of the alchemist" which makes no grammatical sense whatsoever. Agog is an adjective that means "Full of interest or excitement; eager".
58	* EgocentricTeamNaming: The band is named after lead vocalist Otep Shamaya.
59	* HarshVocals
60	* IAmTheBand: Well, it ''is'' called Otep...
61	* LipstickLesbian: Otep is more of a Chapstick lesbian, but there are pictures of her wearing dresses and nice hairstyles.
62	* MetalScream: One of the most popular female examples.
63	* MisandrySong: "Menocide" from ''Sevas Tra''.
64	* NewSoundAlbum: ''The Ascension'' was intended to be a full-fledged step away from nu/rap metal, though the seeds were planted on ''House of Secrets''. Subsequent albums would return to the genre.
65	** ''Hydra'' is noticeably softer than the material that came before '''and''' after. It is the only non-poetry album that has a higher number of spoken word tracks than actual songs.
66	* ProtestSong: Lots. "Warhead" is probably the most popular.
67	* PurpleProse: Not just in her songs, but in her interviews and blog posts as well.
68	* RapMetal: Many of their songs featured rapping up until ''Atavist''. There is also some rapping on ''Smash the Control Machine'' and a lot of it on ''Generation Doom''.
69	* RevolvingDoorBand: See the lineup in the main description. And that's not including all the session and touring musicians that have contributed. Otep has had more musicians come and go than [=McDonald's=] has hamburger patties.
70	* SeriesFauxnale: ''Hydra'' was stated by Shamaya to be the last album Otep would do, partially thanks to [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil piracy]] and a desire to focus on poetry/art more. And then came ''Generation Doom'' in April 2016.
71	* SopranoAndGravel: Both done by Shamaya, although she usually sings in a more alto range.
72	* StageNames: eViL j and Moke.
73	** Subverted with Otep, as she claims it's her real name, inspired by her mother's interest in Egyptian history.
74	*** But if the rumors about her birth name being Shanelle Baty are true, then the trope applies.
75	* XtremeKoolLetterz: The band name is sometimes stylized [=OT3P=] or, in the case of ''Hydra'', [=OT6P=], and many of their songs like "Blood Pigs" and "UR A WMN NOW" have them in their lyrics.

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