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Bionic Jive

Hard-hitting seminal rapcore quintet Bionic Jivewas founded in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1996. The grouphas recorded and touredextensively, weatheringtheusual music-biz pitfalls and personnel changesto emerge by spring 2008 with a harder soundandits strongest lineup to date— vocalistsAsayanda“Ako” Mack and Mark “Emerg McVay”Moore, guitarist Michael McGregor,bassist RichardGartner and drummer George Robbins. McGregor and Elyea founded the band in early1996 by recruiting Gartner and Robbins, vocalistDerrick Burrows and multi-instrumentalist ChrisElsnor“TG1”. This o ...read more

Hard-hitting seminal rapcore quintet Bionic Jivewas founded in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1996. The grouphas recorded and touredextensively, weatheringtheusual music-biz pitfalls and personnel changesto emerge by spring 2008 with a harder soundandits strongest lineup to date— vocalistsAsayanda“Ako” Mack and Mark “Emerg McVay”Moore, guitarist Michael McGregor,bassist RichardGartner and drummer George Robbins. McGregor and Elyea founded the band in early1996 by recruiting Gartner and Robbins, vocalistDerrick Burrows and multi-instrumentalist ChrisElsnor“TG1”. This original “funk metal” incarnationof Bionic Jive gigged heavily on the Phoenix-areascene before disbanding shortly after the 1999release ofindependent debut disc "The Six- BillionDollar Band". A second Bionic Jive lineup soon coalesced in2000 around Elyea, Gartner and Elsnor (who hadmoved to drums), with theaddition of vocalistsMackand McVay. This lineup caught the attentionof Jimmy Iovine, chairman ofInterscope/Geffen/A&MRecords (U2, Sheryl Crow,Eminem, Gwen Stefani)and famous recordproducer (U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers,DireStraits, Patti Smith). Iovine signed Bionic Jiveto Interscope; major-label debutArmageddonThrough Your Speaker wasreleased in October2001. The band subsequently hit the road, including shortouting with Kottenmouth Kings and several weeksin 2001 supporting D12.Bionic Jive landedaprestigious spot in 2002 on Eminem’s nationwideAnger Management Tour, and the group organizedself-financed national club tours in 2002 and2003. Single “Ricochet” from Armageddon Through YourSpeaker appeared in commercials for hit 2002 filmThe Transporter, althoughthe song did not appearinthe film itself. Bionic Jive music was also heard inmovie hits Resident Evil (2002) and The ItalianJob(2003). Also during this period, the bandachievedsome airplay, shot music videos for ATYS songs“Pump” and “I ShotLucifer,” and had music featuredin video games Postal2 and ATV 2004. Success notwithstanding, however, Bionic Jive wasweakened by internal struggles and externalpressures, and Elyea andElsnor left the band in2003.Little happened in the ensuing period,although Armageddon Unrealeased—a collection ofearlydemos, remixes and material that didn’t makeit ontoATYS—saw limited release in 2004. While rumors of the group’s demise circulated,Bionic Jive struggled to replace Elyea and Elsnor.Gartner contacted originalguitarist McGregorandoriginal drummer Robbins in 2004 aboutmaterial for a new Bionic Jive album, originallyintending towrite with them but to actually performwith adifferent lineup. The writing team’s renewedchemistry and strong material,however, resulted inMcGregor and Robbins officially rejoiningGartner,Mack and McCay in yet another Bionic Jivelineup. On its own website, Bionic Jive reassured fans in2005 that the group was indeed alive and well andannounced that workwas under way on anewalbum. Recording at former guitarist Elyea’sMinds Eye Digital Recording Studio in Scottsdale,Ariz.,the group achieved a muchheavier/focusedrapcore sound than any previousincarnation of the band. The resulting disc,PassionOver Politics, was released in 2008. « hide

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Passion Over Politics
2008

3.5
4 Votes
Armageddon Through Your Speakers
2001

3.8
25 Votes
The Six-Billion Dollar Band
1999

3
1 Votes

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