Sunk Loto
| Sunk Loto | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Messiah |
| Origin | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Nu metal, alternative metal, hard rock |
| Years active | 1997–2007 |
| Labels | Sony |
| Website | sunkloto |
| Past members |
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Sunk Loto were an Australian alternative metal band from Gold Coast, Queensland formed in 1997. The band's members were vocalist Jason Brown, guitarist Luke McDonald, bass player Sean Van Gennip, and drummer Dane Brown. Sunk Loto signed a recording contract with Sony Music when the average age of their members was 16 years old. They released two studio albums, Big Picture Lies (13 October 2000) and Between Birth and Death (17 November 2003), both reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 50. The group disbanded in December 2007.
Sunk Loto formed as a heavy metal band from Gold Coast, Queensland in March 1997 by Dane Brown on drums, his brother Jason Brown on lead vocals, Luke McDonald on guitar and Sean Van Gennip on bass guitar. Originally named Messiah, brothers Dane and Jason Brown met Luke McDonald at a local music store, Jason brought his younger brother to practice sessions and McDonald's school mate, Sean Van Gennip, completed the line-up. A year later they changed their name due to another band of the same name: Jason explained "we looked up Messiah in the dictionary and the meaning was 'liberator of the oppressed" so we took the first letter of each word to form LOTO and SUNK was added to the name symbolising the sinking of name Messiah."
In April 1999 the group signed with Sony Records when Dane was 13 and the band's oldest member, Sean Van Gennip, was 17. In November that year, they released a five-track extended play, Society Anxiety, which was produced by Paul McKercher (You Am I, Sarah Blasko) It peaked at number 2 in the ARIA Singles Chart. The band performed at a range of festivals including Hombake promoting the highly successful EP and then commenced writing for their debut full length album.
For six weeks in 2000 Sunk Loto recorded their debut album, Big Picture Lies, with McKercher again as producer, in Sydney. The band travelled to New York studio RPM to mix the album with legendary producer Micael Barbiero (Guns n Roses) It was issued on 13 October made a significant impact on the ARIA Albums Chart.
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