Chokt

Chokt
Genres	Industrial rock, alternative metal
Years active	2006–2009 (hiatus)
Associated acts	Lo-Pro, Ghost Machine, Ultraspank, White Noise Owl
Website	http://www.myspace.com/chokeoff
Members	Pete Murray Walter Flakus John Stevens

Chokt is an American industrial rock band featuring Pete Murray of Lo-Pro and Ultraspank, Walter Flakus of Stabbing Westward, and John Stevens of Ghost Machine and The Clay People. The trio recorded an album's worth of material together, releasing songs one by one over the course of 2006 to 2009. It served as an outlet for Murray for songs that didn't quite fit the hard rock sound of Lo-Pro, during the six year gap in between Lo-Pro releases.

Pete Murray released two albums as the frontman of nu metal band Ultraspank, and when the band broke up, he eventually formed the hard rock band Lo-Pro with guitarist Neil Godfrey. They released one self-titled album in 2003. However, after touring in support of the album, they were dropped from the Geffen record label. The band went through a six-year period before releasing music as a band again, with the band spending searching for a new label while continually writing new material and reworking unsatisfactory material. During this time, Murray worked with Ivan Moody, who afterward formed Five Finger Death Punch, and Jon Stevens, past guitarist of The Clay People, in their band Ghost Machine. Murray produced their albums Ghost Machine and Hypersensitive. After the sessions, Murray and Stevens continued to work together outside of Ghost Machine, eventually deciding to form a new band, called Chokt, with Walter Flakus of Stabbing Westward.

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