BIOGRAPHY
The Rapture was formed in the spring of 1998 by Vito Roccoforte and Luke Jenner. With a keen ear focused toward visionaries such as PIL, Televison, and Chrome, the band quickly formed a reputation across the country, among "those who know" for its energetic, often chaotic live sets; Jenner jumping about like a stilted prat on steroids, while the rhythm section pushed out its patented brand of "sonic deathfuck groove."
Two records were recorded that fall: an 8-song LP released on the seminal San Diego art punk label, Gravity Records, and a single released on Sonny Kaye's Gold Standard Laboratories (complete with a cover of the Psychedelic Furs' "Dumb Waiters").
Following these two releases, the band took its make-it-fucked-up philosophy ...... More>>
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The Rapture
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