Jay Gordon (singer)
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Jay Gordon | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Killowatt |
Born | January 30, 1967 |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Website | orgymusic |
Jay Gordon (born January 30, 1967) is an American singer. He is best known as the lead singer and original member of the rock band Orgy, which he founded in 1994.
Career
1994–2000
Orgy's first release, 1998's Candyass, would prove to be a huge success and earned a platinum certification in sales, which was primarily fueled by the popularity of their cover of New Order's "Blue Monday", as well as that of their first single, "Stitches". The band would release singles of both during this period, which would contain numerous remixes of the songs, some of which were created by Gordon himself, a trend which would continue to occur throughout all of Orgy's subsequent single releases.
In 2000, Orgy released their second full-length album, Vapor Transmission, which, despite gaining a quite respectable sales performance, did not repeat the wild success of its predecessor.
2000–present
The period following the release of Vapor Transmission proved to be a tumultuous period for the band. Orgy left Elementree and
In 2002, Gordon performed the song "Slept So Long" for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack, due to contractual limitations which restricted composer Jonathan Davis from performing the vocals to his composed songs as they appeared upon the actual soundtrack (although Davis did, in fact, perform all musical tracks within the movie itself). Gordon has also appeared with his band Orgy on other soundtracks such as Zoolander, which featured the previously unreleased song "Faces".
Gordon remixed "Points of Authority", a song by
In 2004, he voiced several characters for the video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.[2]
Around 2004, Gordon would collaborate with Kinya Sawaguchi and members of TEAM Entertainment from Japan to work on an American rock and metal styled image album for the
In October 2010, members of Orgy collectively brought accusations against Gordon of having "fired the band". In response, Gordon released a public statement denying the claims.[3] Orgy released a new single titled "Wide Awake and Dead" on March 18, 2014, and shot a video for "Wide Awake and Dead" on April 22. Orgy released the first of two EPs in 2015, titled Talk Sick, and an unnamed EP that was released in 2016.
Discography
Orgy
- Candyass
- Vapor Transmission
- Punk Statik Paranoia
- Talk Sick (EP)
References
- ^ "Killowatt". Facebook.com. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Troika Games. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. Activision. Scene: Ending credits, 2:14 in, Voice Over Actors.
- ^ "ORGY Frontman Says He Terminated Partnership For 'Legal Reasons'". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2012.