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Studio Report: Gravity Kills record at Martin Atkins' gaff
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author not given
Metal Hammer, Jan 2002
transcribed by James Hadley



Gravity Kills know all about paying their dues.  Since the early success of
their '96 self-titled debut and the single 'Guilty', the St. Louis-based
industrial/electronic quartet have endured a less enthusiastic reception for
their second album 'Perversion' and three years of poverty as they tried to
sort a new label deal and management.  At times, they were on the brink of
splitting up and in fact, drummer Kurt Kerns did leave, finding the pressure
too much.  All those experiences are reflected in their new album,
appropriately titled 'Superstarved'.

Although the four tracks that were previewed to Metal Hammer - 'Take It All
Away', 'Breakdown', 'One Thing' and 'Forget Your Name' - sound more 'live'
and guitar-oriented than their previous output, the band claim that none of
the writing was pre-meditated.

"From start to finish, we don't really even think stylistically, we just do
what we do, and that's what you get," says frontman Jeff Scheel.  "When we
were working on the record, we found out as we went along that we were
writing about what we were going through: relationships that were disastrous,
the potential ending of the career and our want for more time in the
spotlight."

'Superstarved' was recorded at Pigface/Killing Joke producer Martin Atkins'
studio in Chicago, a process which involved the band living at his family
home for three months, in a house so crowded that at one point, new drummer
Brad Booker (Stir) was sleeping on the floor with the dog!  "I wouldn't say
that we had overstayed our welcome by the time the album was finished," grins
keyboard player Doug Dudenhoeffer [sic], "but it was definitley time to go!"

However, Atkins obviously bears no grudge, as he's taken them out as his
opening act on his North American tour and Gravity Kills are hoping to visit
Europe again once 'Superstarved is' released on March 18.

Now that the album is finished, Doug says, "It's interesting to look back
at it and go, 'This is where we've been.'  All these songs describe this
three year process and it's a celebration at the end."

[Yes, the article actually says "Doug Dudenhoeffer", combining the first name 
of Doug Firley the keyboardist and the last name of Matt Dudenhoeffer the
guitarist.]

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