Dust for Life
| Dust For Life | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Genres |
Post-grunge Hard rock |
| Years active | 1999–2008 |
| Labels |
Wind-Up Records Reach Out |
| Associated acts | Course of Nature, Vonray, Evanescence, Third Harmonic Distortion, Southbound, Bacchanal, Driving Eternity, White Noise Theory, Spaceman, Kings Trio, Hi-Fi All Stars, Memphis Sound, Dark Things |
| Past members | Jason Hughes Chris Gavin John Anderson David Rhea Josh Weil Rick Shelton Mike McSorley Steve McClenaghan Marc Gurley Chris Bangs Tim Fowler |
Dust for Life was a post-grunge band from Memphis, Tennessee formed in 1999.
After the dissolution of the Memphis grunge band Bacchanal, Jason Hughes recruited three members from the local Memphis rock band Spaceman to form DFL. Chris Gavin of the band Burning Blue was added and became the second main songwriter of the group.
In late 1999, DFL self-released a nine-track eponymous album. Then in April 2000, DFL recorded four songs ("Step into the Light," "Dirt into Dust," "Dragonfly," " and "Where the Freaks Go") at Ardent Studios. This demo was overnighted to Jeff Hanson, manager of the band Creed, and they were subsequently signed to Wind-Up Records.
In October 2000, DFL released a second eponymous album containing all new songs with the exception of two re-recorded songs from their 1999 album. The album reached No. 26 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Two singles from the album also charted. In 2001, drummer Rick Shelton left DFL to join Course of Nature.
For much of 2001, DFL toured with Creed, 3 Doors Down, The Cult, Tantric, Disturbed, Orgy, Cold and Saliva.
In May 2001, DFL discovered its publishing money had been spent frivolously by their management and subsequently released the company. In July, they parted ways with Wind-Up Records due to contractual elements not being honored. At the end of the year, Jason Hughes also released an album with the band Third Harmonic Distortion. In early 2002, DFL embarked upon a headlining national tour with Tantric. The song "Poison" was used in the movie Dragonball Z Cooler's Revenge.
After taking a break, the band's two primary songwriters (Hughes and Gavin) began work on the band's next release in July 2003. Later that year, DFL self-released an eight-song EP titled Degrees of Black.
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