Sexart

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Name = Sex Art


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Origin = Bakersfield, California, USA
Genre = Hard rock
Years_active = 1989 – 1994, 1996
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Associated_acts = Korn Juice Adema Orgy The Drug Videodrone Supermodel Cradle of Thorns L.A.P.D.
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Current_members = Jonathan Davis Ray "Chaka" Solis Dave DeRoo Denis Shinn Ryan Shuck Brian Armer Richard Morril
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Sexart was an American hard rock band that formed c. 1989. They are best known for being the band that Jonathan Davis was in, before being found by Korn's guitarists while Sexart was performing in a bar in Bakersfield, California. David DeRoo played bass, Ray "Chaka" Solis, Ryan Shuck played guitar and Denis Shinn was on drums. Ty Elam joined to jam and shared vocal duties on the only released Sexart track, "Inside", which featured on the local compilation "Cultivation '92" on the indie label "a kick produkt". After Jonathan Davis left the band in early 1993, the band reunited in October 1993 with new singer Brian Armer of Brother From Another Mother. But the band again broke up in February 1994 due to inner band conflict. The band reunited again after relocating to Huntington Beach in 1996 under the name Supermodel with new singer, ex-L.A.P.D. member, Richard Morrill. This was short lived however, due to conflicts of interest within the band.

Post-Sexart

Elam went on to form the band Videodrone, who were signed to Korn's vanity label Elementree Records. Brian Armer went on to form the goth metal group Glass Cut Eternity in 1995. Shuck also retained old ties, joining the band Orgy, who are signed to D1 Music. Ray Solis and David Deroo got together with an ex-L.A.P.D. singer Richard Moral to form Supermodel. Supermodel played Orange County until an inner band conflict caused them to separate. In 1996, Deroo and Solis returned to Bakersfield and reunited with Brian Armer for Juice. Juice disbanded in 1999 due to creative differences. David DeRoo along with fellow bandmate Tim Fluckey joined Mark Chavez (Jonathan Davis' half brother) in Adema.

Sexart guitarist Ryan Shuck attempted to sue Jonathan Davis when Korn's self-titled debut album featured "Blind". Neither Shuck nor drummer Dennis Shinn were credited for their initial contributions to the song. The parts written by Deroo and Solis were not featured in Korn's version.

Band members

* Jonathan Davis - vocals (1990-1993)
* Brian Armer - vocals (1993-1994)
* Richard Morril - vocals (1996)
* Ray "Chaka" Solis - guitar
* Ryan Shuck - guitar
* Dave DeRoo - bass
* Dennis Shinn - drums

Discography

Sexart were never signed to a record label, although recorded around 20 songs that were never released. The only released song by the band was entitled "Inside", which featured Ty Elam from Videodrone on vocals. The song was released on the Cultivation '92 compilation CD, from the label "a kick produkt".

The song "Blind" by Korn was originally written by Sexart, but was reworked and recorded by Korn for their self-titled 1994 debut.

External links

*MySpace-music|sexartofficialprofile|Sexart
*MySpace-music|juicebako |Juice (feat. Armer, Solis and Deroo)
*MySpace-music|korn|Korn (feat. Jonathan Davis
*MySpace-music|orgy|Orgy (feat. Ryan Shuck)
*MySpace-music|adema|Adema (feat. David Deroo)
*MySpace-music|thedrug|The Drug (feat. Dennis Shinn)