Slaves On Dope
Slaves On Dope — Concert Photography by Wayne Dennon
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About Slaves On Dope
Slaves On Dope formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993, when a group of friends on the city's West Island began writing music together in a basement. The band was formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1993 by vocalist Jason Rockman, Avrum Nadigel, and Kevin Jardine in a basement setup on the city's West Island , with the original lineup rounded out by bassist Patrick Francis and drummer Lenny Vartanian. Their local following grew quickly, and they booked over 60 shows by 1993 and released their debut EP Sober that year, which sold more than 3,000 copies independently. Heavily indebted to the grunge sound of the era, the band's music soon hardened considerably, especially after 1995 when bass guitarist Francis and drummer Vartanian were replaced by Frank Salvaggio and Robert Urbani respectively, beginning a new, heavier metal direction for the band. The band's breakthrough came after a bold gamble: at that time, the Canadian music scene had not embraced Nu metal, so Salvaggio and Urbani decided to make a six-day trip by Greyhound bus from Montreal to Los Angeles, the center of Nu metal, to begin the process of making in-roads, contacts and securing showcases for the band. The persistence paid off, and after a year filled with showcases the band secured a record deal through Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's Divine Recordings which released their full length album, Inches from the Mainline, in 2000. The record became their commercial peak, with the band touring Ozzfest in 2000, and making an appearance on the SnoCore Tour, while the album sold approximately 70,000 copies in the US. This lineup, featuring Rockman, Jardine, Salvaggio and Urbani, remains the group's most celebrated incarnation.
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