Edsel Dope is the lead singer of Dope and formed the band with his brother Simon in 1997. He's the main songwriter, he co-produced both albums & on Felons and Revolutionaries he played/programmed most of the instruments. Dope is essentially Edsel's band & although some of his choices haven't always been met with approval from fans he still deserves credit for the hard work he has put into keeping dope a force to be reckoned with even through its many trials and tribulations. Dope, was raised in South Florida by his single mother. Growing up he would practice on his drum set by playing along to to his Kiss albums. As the years passed, Edsel's love for music grew and expanded. He started out listening to a lot of glam punk, then gangsta rap, and then moved onto industrial metal, where most of his musical influence comes from. Edsel ended up in Las Vegas, where he met one of his best friends Ginger Fish. Edsel was staying with Ginger when Ginger joined Marilyn Manson. When Manson recorded Smells Like Children, Edsel joined Ginger in New Orleans and the two shared an apartment with Manson's keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy. In 1995 Edsel moved to New York City with his older brother Simon.
Frontman for Industrial Metal band, "Dope."
Younger brother of Simon Dope.
Dope has released three full length albums: Felons & Revolutionaries (no bonus track) September 21, 1999 (with bonus track) July 18, 2000 Life - November 6, 2001 Group Therapy - October 21, 2003 In October of 2002, they released a sort of "greatest hits" album that could only be purchased at live shows, sort of as a thank you to the fans. The CD sold for $10, included 22 (including a live track and plentyof old demo songs from their past, as well as a demo of the song Bitch), and was called Felons For Life.
(April 2006) Edsel Dope recently announced that the band is taking a break and will come together for a fifth album in the summer to be completed for early 2007. Right now, Edsel and Virus of Dope are playing for Makeshift-Romeo and Brix and Racci Sahy are touring with Wednesday 13.
(September 2004) Preparing to go on a long two-month headlining tour with Motograter and best friends Twisted Method. The tour is called the "American Apathy Tour," named after the upcoming Dope album.
(July 2005) Fourth album entitled "American Apathy" was released. At least 5 versions were released. Single disc, limited edition with two discs, limited edition with DVD, clean version and tour version
(June 2004) Dope has recently finished recording their fourth full length album, while out on the road touring, and are expecting to release it by the end of 2004. Source: http://www.edseldope.com
(August 2003) Preparing to release Dopes new album, "Group Theropy" in October.
(September 2004) Preparing to release album "American" Apathy" in Februrary 2005. It will be their fourth full-length album, and second on Arista Records.
(July 2005) Touring with Mushroomhead to promote the Music For Freedom tour
(December 2005) Currently playing drums with Florida residing band known as "Makeshift Romeo"