Spineshank

Spineshank is an American nu metal / industrial metal band from Los Angeles. The band have released four studio albums: Strictly Diesel (1998), The Height of Callousness (2000), Self-Destructive Pattern (2003), and Anger Denial Acceptance (2012).

==History== ===Early works, formation and signing with Roadrunner (1996–1997)=== Before Spineshank formed in 1996, bassist and vocalist Jonny Santos, guitarists Marlo Gonzalez and Tim Mankowski, and drummer Tommy Decker were members of a band called Basic Enigma. They released a demo EP in 1994 named Drunk With Power. According to Decker, they learned "everything not to do" in Basic Enigma, and were heavily inspired by Pantera, Slayer, and White Zombie at the time. Upon hearing Fear Factory's Demanufacture, the band took a new approach, writing songs and recording them before actually playing them. This made them realize they needed to change the way they did things. Around the same time, Mike Sarkisyan replaced Mankowski on guitar. Santos initially played guitar in the band, but left the band for a period of time when he became a father, and when asked back, the band already had two guitar players, so he switched to bass, which he wasn't comfortable with; when auditioning singers, he jokingly sang "Seasons in the Abyss" inbetween waiting, prompting the rest of the band to insist him being the permanent singer.