Skrape was an American nu metal band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1997. History Formed in 1997 under the name "Jojo", they later renamed to "Skrape" two years later. Prior to their formation in 1997, members had been involved in notable acts such as Stuck Mojo and Genitorturers. The band managed to build up a sizeable following in their local area, despite rarely playing live shows. After shopping around a 7 song demo to various labels, they eventually signed to RCA Records in 1999. In a 2001 interview, guitarist/keyboardist Brian Milner stated, "Part of that whole story about us being elusive in the beginning was because once we got our deal and started working on our album, we really didn’t play (live) for a long time. We did a few shows, then we were gone recording the record and came back in nine or 10 months and played again." He also added that, "The first couple of gigs that we did, I wasn’t even in the band yet, and from what I hear, it was pretty awful. Nobody liked it and there were actually people who said, ‘Give it up,’ stuff like that. They didn’t understand the sound yet; it was a few years ago, so there wasn’t all this nu-metal that’s out now." Skrape were noted for being one of the only major label metal acts from Orlando, an area known at the time for teen pop artists such as Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. Milner recalled "We go to play somewhere in Michigan and people come up to us and say, `Orlando? That's the home of the Backstreet Boys and Disney! It doesn't really have anything to do with what we do." Their 2001 debut New Killer America (produced by Ulrich Wild) spawned two singles in "Waste" and "Isolated". Tours with popular metal bands such as Pantera, Slayer and Morbid Angel saw the album sell in excess of 100,000 copies in the US, a relatively low number for a major label group at the time. The album experienced more success in Japan, where it was the twelfth highest selling album of 2001. Their second album Up the Dose was released in 2004 with little support from their label, who had recently been taken over by J Records. Beforehand, the band toured with Soil, Static-X, and Twisted Method. The album had been finished since mid-2003, and the band was set