New Killer America by Skrape

New Killer America, Skrape's debut album, hit shelves through RCA on March 20, 2001, and it was a debut built backwards. The Orlando, Florida five-piece started out in 1997 under the name Jojo and had barely played any gigs when RCA signed them in October 1999; then they disappeared from stages for the better part of a year to make the record. Drummer Will Hunt, a Stuck Mojo alumnus, had caught the itch watching European crowds go wild for Life of Agony, and he and singer Billy Keeton set out with Deftones ringing in their ears.

Ulrich Wild came to Orlando to produce, and the band cut it in the same local studio teen-pop acts like Britney Spears and NSYNC were using, which makes the nu metal onslaught all the funnier: grinding riffs, stomping drums, a vocal attack that won't quit. "Waste" was one of several songs rerecorded from the 1999 demo that caught RCA's ear, and it's the track that reached the countdowns.

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