Sunk Loto

Sunk Loto
Sunk Loto
Background information
Also known as	Messiah
Origin	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Nu metal, alternative metal, hard rock, rap metal
Years active	1997–2007
Labels	Sony
Website	sunkloto.com
Past members	Dane Brown; Jason Brown; Luke McDonald; Sean Van Gennip; Adam Cox; Rob Kaay;

Sunk Loto were an Australian nu 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 released two studio albums, Big Picture Lies (October 2000) and Between Birth and Death (November 2003), both reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 50. The group disbanded in December 2007.

History

1997-1999: Formation & Society Anxiety

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.[1] 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.[1] 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."[2]

In April 1999 the group signed with Epic Records when Dane was 13 and the band's oldest member, Sean Van Gennip, was 17.[1] In November that year, they released a five-track extended play, Society Anxiety, which was produced by Paul McKercher (You Am I, Sarah Blasko)[3] 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.

2000-2007: Big Picture Lies & Between Birth and Death

For six weeks in 2000 Sunk Loto recorded their debut album, Big Picture Lies, with McKercher again as producer, in Sydney.[1][3] The band travelled to New York studio RPM to mix the album with renowned producer Micael Barbiero (Guns n Roses) It was issued on 13 October and peaked at number 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[4]

The album's lead single, "Make You Feel" (August 2000), peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was followed in December by "Sunken Eyes", which reached the top 100.[4][5] Sunk Loto joined the Big Day Out tour in 2001, and also toured extensively for the following 2 years.

On 17 November 2003 they issued their second album, Between Birth and Death, a significantly darker and heavier effort with Phil McKellar producing this time around.[6] It peaked at number 48 on the ARIA Albums Chart, No. 13 on the ARIA Australasian Artists and No. 4 on the ARIA Heavy Rock & Metal chart.[4][6]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, Phil McKellar was nominated for ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year for his work on Between Birth and Death.

In 2006 Sean Van Gennip departed the band due to creative differences. He was replaced by Rob Kaay. The band finished a short Australian tour at the end of 2006 and planned to finish writing and recording their third studio album. McDonald had wanted to "take their sound down an even darker path."[3] Dane, Jason and Kaay and decided to work on a new project without McDonald due to irreparable creative and personal reasons.[3] Sunk Loto played their final sold out show on the Gold Coast on 14 December 2007.

2008-present: The Flood

The Brown brothers and Kaay wrote songs, five days a week over a six-month period and formed a new band: The Flood.[3] Some of the tracks from this period can be heard on Kaay's Soundcloud page. Jason and Dane Brown later created Electric Horse with ex-members of fellow Gold Coast band, Lump.[3] They issued an EP, Translations (2010), and a studio album, Venomous (2013).[3]

Discography

Albums

List of studio albums, with release date and chart position shown
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS [4]
Big Picture Lies	Released: 13 October 2000 Label: Epic/Sony Music (5006289000) Format: CD	30
Between Birth and Death	Released: 17 November 2003 Label: Sony Music (5139052000) Format: CD	48

Extended plays

List of EP, with release date and chart position shown
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS [4]
Society Anxiety	Released: 29 November 1999 Label: Epic (668400 2) Format: CD	40

Singles

List of singles, with year released and selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	AUS [4]	Album
"Make You Feel"	2000	33	Big Picture Lies
"Sunken Eyes"	2000	76 [5]	Big Picture Lies
"Everything Everyway"	2003	46	Between Birth And Death

Members

Jason Brown — vocals
Dane Brown — drums
Luke McDonald — guitar
Sean Van Gennip — bass
Rob Kaay — bass
Adam Cox — dj / keys / samples

References

Nimmervoll, Ed. "Sunk Loto". Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 January 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
O'Gorman, Ros; Rachel (23 November 2000). "Transcripts: Sunk Loto". radioundercover. Undercover Media (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Archived from the original on 22 March 2001. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
administrator (17 March 2015). "Mixed Media Slang: Sunk Loto – Between Birth & Death (2003)". Beatdust. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
Hung, Steffen. "Sunk Loto Discography". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 1 January 2001. pp. 4, 8, 14, 20, 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 November 2003. pp. 2, 5, 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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[Nimmervoll-1] Nimmervoll, Ed. "Sunk Loto". Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 January 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[O'Gorman-2] O'Gorman, Ros; Rachel (23 November 2000). "Transcripts: Sunk Loto". radioundercover. Undercover Media (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Archived from the original on 22 March 2001. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[Beatdust-3] strator (17 March 2015). "Mixed Media Slang: Sunk Loto – Between Birth & Death (2003)". Beatdust. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[ARIA_Charts-4] Hung, Steffen. "Sunk Loto Discography". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[ARIA_Report_566-5] "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 1 January 2001. pp. 4, 8, 14, 20, 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[ARIA_Report_718-6] "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 November 2003. pp. 2, 5, 10–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2015.