Killbot
{{Short description|American band}}
{{about|the EDM group|other uses|Kill Bot (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Killbot
| image = Killbot.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Dubstep, electronica, drum and bass, moombahton
| years_active = {{start date|2012}}–2015
| label = Dim Mak
| associated_acts = Korn
| website =
| current_members = JDevil (Jonathan Davis)
Nick Suddarth
Tyler Blue
}}
Killbot was an American electronic dance music trio formed in January 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.dimmak.com/artist/killbot/|title=Killbot|access-date=October 20, 2012|work=Dim Mak Records|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116053641/http://www.dimmak.com/artist/killbot/|archive-date=January 16, 2013}} The lineup includes JDevil (Jonathan Davis of Korn), Sluggo (Nick Suddarth) and Tyler Blue.{{cite web|url=http://dj.beatport.com/tylerblue|title=Tyler Blue|work=beatport.com}} Killbot's music is a fusion of dubstep, electro, drum and bass, and moombahton.
History
The band's first release, "I'll Fuck It", debuted on Spin's official website on September 28, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/09/korn-jonathan-davis-new-edm-project-killbot-premiere/|title= Hear Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis' New EDM Project Killbot|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2012|author=Christopher R. Weingarten|work=Spin|publisher=BUZZMEDIA}} Another track, "Wrecked", was world premiered on Dubstep.net on October 8, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMeJFH-Md6w|title= Wrecked by Killbot (Forthcoming on Dim Mak Records) – Dubstep.NET World-Premiere|date=October 8, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2012|work=dubstep.net}} "Feel Alive" debuted on ARTISTdirect on October 22, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/killbot-debut-feel-alive-on-artistdirect-com/10254658|title= KILLBOT Debut "Feel Alive" on ARTISTdirect.com|date= October 22, 2012|access-date= October 22, 2012|work= ARTISTDirect}} Their debut EP, Sound Surgery, was released via Dim Mak Records on October 22, 2012, peaking at number two on the iTunes dance chart within the first 24 hours of availability.{{cite web|url= http://electronicdancemusic.com/dim-mak-records/killbot-sound-surgery-no-2-on-itunes-dance-dirtyphonics-premiere-of-dirty-w-remixes/|title= Killbot 'Sound Surgery' – No. 2 on iTunes Dance & Dirtyphonics Premiere of 'DIRTY' w/ Remixes!|date= October 23, 2012|access-date= November 4, 2012|work=electronicdancemusic.com}} The "Sound Surgery" EP was named #9 on ARTISTdirect Top 10 Albums of 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/artistdirect-com-albums-of-the-year-2012-including-soundgarden-down-stone-sour-the-smashing-pumpkins-gojira-and-more/10335807|title=ARTISTDirect Top 10 Albums of 2012|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2012|work= ARTISTdirect}}
In April 2014, the trio posted a status update that their next album is currently under production and is nearing completion.{{cite web|title=Album Progress April 2014|url=https://www.facebook.com/KillbotOfficial/posts/794938103852464?stream_ref=9|work=Facebook|publisher=Killbot|access-date=April 23, 2014}} The month after, they posted a comment made by Sluggo quoting; "On my way to Los Angeles to Finish the Killbot album, with iwrestledabearonce's Steven Bradley!".{{cite web|title=Steven Bradley|url=https://www.facebook.com/KillbotOfficial/posts/801957359817205?stream_ref=9|work=Facebook|publisher=Killbot|access-date=May 6, 2014}}
Discography
= Albums =
= Remixes =
References
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External links
{{Korn}}
{{Jonathan Davis Solo Band}}
{{JDevil}}
Category:2012 establishments in the United States
Category:American drum and bass musical groups
Category:American electronic dance music groups
Category:American dub musical groups
Category:American dubstep musicians