Ultraspank was an American nu metal band from Santa Barbara, California. They released two albums, a self-titled album in 1998, and a follow-up, Progress, in 2000. The band disbanded shortly after the release of Progress in 2001 due to being dropped by their label due to poor sales of both albums.
History
Formation (1995–1996)
The band was formed soon after the breakup of the band Indica, which contained three of the five original Ultraspank members; Tyler Clark, Dan Ogden, and Pete Murray, not to be confused with Australian singer Pete Murray. The three of them want to continue making music together, they wanted to change their sound, so they enlisted the help of Neil Godfrey, and eventually Jerry Oliveria, a bandmate of his in a previous band named "Good Mourning". and the band ended up taking his suggestion.
Self-titled (1997–1999)
In 1997, the band signed to Epic Records. The band decided to go with this label due to them being famous at the time for previously breaking other heavy bands such as Korn and Rage Against the Machine into mainstream popularity.
Their debut, self-titled album was released on March 31, 1998. While the president of the company at the time of their signing fully supported the band, he was shortly afterwards fired, and the band received less support from the new president.
The name of the album represented a number of things for the band. Jerry Oliviera expanded on this in an interview, saying it's "...a statement on where we're heading together as a society. The cover is a real photo, from a genetic engineering project, of a mouse with a human ear growing out of its back. It's supposed to be like, 'we're growing ears out of animals' backs. Yeah, that's progress.'".
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- Released: May 30, 2000
- Label: Epic
|US: 20,839
- The songs "Click" and "Crumble" are present in ATV Offroad Fury.
Members
Final lineup
- Pete Murray – vocals, programming (1996–2001)
- Neil Godfrey – lead guitar (1996–2001)
- Jerry Oliviera – rhythm guitar (1996–2001)
- Dan Odgen – bass (1996–2001)
- James "Fed" Carroll – drums (1998–2001)
Former members
- Tyler Clark – drums (1996–1998)