Dink (band)

Dink Green Mind 12" Single

Dink (styled DINK), was an alternative/industrial rock band formed in Kent, Ohio in 1992. The band combined elements of industrial, Hip Hop (rapped vocals and extensive use of samples), hard rock, and electronic dance. Dink's members included Sean Carlin (guitar, vocals, programming), Rob Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Jer Herring (guitar, vocals), Jeff Finn (bass), and Jan Eddy Van Der Kuil (drums).

History

Dink released one self-titled album, also mostly self-produced, in 1994 on Capitol Records. The album featured one song produced by Skinny Puppy's Dave "Rave" Ogilvie. The song "Green Mind" was a hit, featuring some play on MTV and in the films Fear and Double Dragon, and was also remixed by Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM on the promo single. "Green Mind" also peaked on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart at 35 in October 1995.[1]

The band's next two singles, "Angels" (which was featured in the film Bad Boys during the Club Hell scene) and "Get on It" also were released. Dink toured briefly with bands such as Pop Will Eat Itself, KMFDM, and Lords of Acid to further promote their debut. The band toured with Pop Will Eat Itself and Compulsion from November 17 to December 17, 1994.[2] The band also contributed the song "USA Sex" to the mid-1990s compilation It Was Made in Northeast Ohio.[3]

Dink recorded a follow up album, also on Capitol in 1995, and some of the songs would be released on the limited edition EP Blame It on Tito, which was released in 1996. The band then recorded additional songs for a second album to be released in late 1997 or early 1998, but was dropped by Capitol due to the changing musical climate. This led to the band's break up in 1998.

In 2014, film director Jorge Delarosa released a Dink documentary both on DVD and online, titled Gangrene: The Dink Documentary. 4 out of the 5 band members were interviewed for the documentary. Also around this time, the full length version of the scrapped album Blame It on Tito was leaked/released online, consisting of 13 songs.[4] Sean Carlin, Jan Eddy Van Der Kuil, and Jeff Finn created a new band named K.I.N.D., along with long time friend Steve Gang. Although the band occasionally plays live shows, it is mostly dormant as of 2018. A few songs were released on the band's official ReverbNation page.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "billboard". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Borzillo, Carrie (26 November 1994). "Popular Uprisings". Billboard Magazine: 14. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "discogs". Dink Discography. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "akron". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "reverbnation". Official K.I.N.D. Page. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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