16 Volt is the one-man studio project of Eric Powell with other members added mostly for live shows. 16 Volt recorded several industrial metal albums for Re-Constriction Records. The son of a record executive, Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16 Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who agreed to release the recordings on his newly formed Re-constriction label. After working with Skinny Puppy's Dave Ogilvie on production, 16 Volt released debut album, Wisdom, in 1993. Skin followed in 1994, after which the project met Hate Dept. on the Remix Wars EP. 16 Volt's third album, LetDownCrush, signaled the end of Powell's relationship with Re-Constriction; SuperCoolNothing, issued in 1998, appeared on the Slipdisc imprint of Mercury/PolyGram. Demography appeared in fall 2000. They also provided the combat soundtrack for the game Primal which, despite positive reviews, failed to sell as expected. A sample CD was provided with the limited edition version of the game, along with a commercial soundtrack sold later which both boosted interest in the band (especially in countries outside america where they were not well known). Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Skinny Puppy (left to right, cEvin Key, Nivek Ogre, Dwayne R. Goettel), Circa 1992 Skinny Puppy is an influential industrial band, which formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada during the early 1980s. ... Dave Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Diagram of the layers of human skin In zootomy and dermatology, skin is an organ of the integumentary system made up of a layer of tissues that protect underlying muscles and organs. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Squigg, Seibold and Marc Greco of Hate Dept. ... The Kinks: vinyl EP, 1965 An example of an EP, Soft Science from Canadas Sproll released in 2006. ... SuperCoolNothing is the fourth album by 16 Volt. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Discography

Albums

• Wisdom (1993)
• Skin (1994)
• LetDownCrush (1996)
• SuperCoolNothing (1998)
• Demography (2000)
  • This is a collection of early (pre-'Wisdom') demo work, including the entire 'Imitation' cassette (1991).
• SuperCoolNothing V2.0 (2002)
• The Best of Sixteen Volt (2005)

SuperCoolNothing is the fourth album by 16 Volt. ... The Best of Sixteen Volt â„¢ is a compilation featuring tracks from the first four 16 Volt albums as selected by fans through the bands website. ...

Singles/EPs

• "The Dreams That Rot In Your Heart" (1996)
• "The Remix Wars: Strike 3 - 16 Volt vs. Hate Dept." (1996)

External links

• 16volt.com - Official site
• Eric-Powell.com - 16 Volt Founder Information Page