16Volt is the one-man studio project of Eric Powell with other members added mostly for live shows. Members have mostly included Mike Peoples (bass), Kraig Tyler (guitar), and John "Servo" DeSalvo (drums).
Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who agreed to release the recordings on his newly formed Re-constriction label. A...
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16Volt is the one-man studio project of Eric Powell with other members added mostly for live shows. Members have mostly included Mike Peoples (bass), Kraig Tyler (guitar), and John "Servo" DeSalvo (drums).
Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who agreed to release the recordings on his newly formed Re-constriction label. After working with Skinny Puppy's Dave Ogilvie on production, 16Volt released debut album, Wisdom, in 1993. Skin followed in 1994, after which the project met Hate Dept. on the Remix Wars EP. 16Volt's third album, LetDownCrush, signaled the end of Powell's relationship with Re-Constriction; SuperCoolNothing, issued in 1998, appeared on the Slipdisc imprint of Mercury/PolyGram. Demography appeared in fall 2000. They also provided the combat soundtrack for the game Primal which, despite positive reviews, failed to sell as expected. A sample CD...
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