# List of Dope band members

Dope is an American nu metal, founded in New York City by brothers Edsel (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Simon Dope (keyboards, samples) in 1997. The pair then recruited Sloane Jentry as lead guitarist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Tripp Eisen as bassist. The band currently consists of vocalist, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Edsel, alongside guitarist and bassist Acey Slade (who first joined in 1998), lead guitarist and keyboardist Virus (who first joined in 2000), bassist and drummer Daniel Fox (who first joined in 2004), and drummer Chris Warner (who first joined in 2017).

## History

Sloane Jentry soon left the band in early 1999. In his absence, Tripp Eisen moved onto guitar, while Acey Slade was brought in on bass. In November 2000, Eisen was fired from the band, Nash also left at the same time. Producer/guitarist Virus joined on lead guitar, while Slade moved to rhythm guitar, Jentry rejoined on bass, and Adrian Ost joined on drums, although he was soon replaced by Racci Shay. After releasing Life in 2001, Slade left the band to join Murderdolls in mid-2002.
In late 2002, Simon Dope left the group to pursue a career as a video game producer. Shortly before a tour in early 2004, Jentry again left the band, Shay moved onto bass, and Adrian Ost briefly rejoined on drums. Brix Milner joined as permanent bassist in May and Shay moved back to drums. Drum tech briefly Daniel Fox took over drums in September 2005 when Shay left due to family issues. Ben Graves joined as new drummer in October.
By 2006, Angel Bartolotta joined on drums. Milner departed by 2007, he was replaced by Derrick "Tripp" Tribbett.
A new line-up appeared in 2013, consisting of one time drummer Daniel Fox (who had gone on to play with Mushroomhead), new guitarist Nikk Dibs and new bassist Jerms Genske. In 2015, Slade and Shay returned, touring alongside Dibs and Dope. Virus returned for a classic line-up reunion in late 2015.
Fox and Dibs (this time on bass) returned to replace Shay and Slade in 2017. Fox was soon replaced by Chris Warner in October 2017, Slade replaced Dibs in late 2018. Fox returned in May 2019.
Since 2023, the band has had a fluid line-up with Virus and Acey Slade alternating lead guitar duties, due to their commitments to teaching and Misfits respectively. Daniel Fox alternates between drums and bass, and Chris Warner plays drums when needed.

## Members
### Current

| Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Edsel Dope (Brian Ebejer) | 1997–present | lead vocalsprogrammingrhythm guitar (1997–2000, 2002–present)keyboards (2002–present) | all releases |
| Acey Slade (Emil Schmidt) | 1999–20022015–20172018–present | rhythm guitar (2000–2002, 2024–present)lead guitar (2023–present)backing vocalsbass (1999–2000, 2015–2017, 2018–2023, 2024–present) | Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) Life (2001) Live from Moscow, Russia (2016) Live & Rare (2019) Blood Money Part Zer0 (2023) |
| Virus (Andre Karkos) | 2000–20132015–present | lead guitarbacking vocalskeyboards (2002–2013, 2015–present) | all releases from Life (2001) onwards |
| Daniel Fox | 2005–20062013–201520172019–present | bass (2023–present)drums | Blood Money Part Zer0 (2023) |
| Chris Warner | 2017–20192023–present | drums | none to date |

### Former

| Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
| Simon Dope (Erikh Ebejer) | 1997–2002 | keyboardssamplesprogrammingpercussion | all releases from Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) to Felons for Life (2002) The Early Years - New York City 1997/1998 (2017) Live & Rare (2019) |
| Tripp Eisen (Tod Rex Salvador) | 1997–2000 | bass (1997–1999)lead guitar (1999–2000) | Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) The Early Years - New York City 1997/1998 (2017) Live & Rare (2019) |
| Preston Nash | 1997–2000 | drums | Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) The Early Years - New York City 1997/1998 (2017) Live & Rare (2019) |
| Sloane "Mosey" Jentry | 1997–19992000–2004 | lead guitar (1997–1999)bass (2000–2004) | Life (2001) Felons for Life (2002) Group Therapy (2003) |
| Adrian Ost | 2000–20012004 | drums | none |
| Racci "Sketchy" Shay | 2001–20052015–2017 | drumsbass (2004) | all releases from Life (2001) to American Apathy (2005) Live from Moscow Russia (2016) Live & Rare (2019) |
| Brian "Brix" Milner | 2004–2007 | bass | American Apathy (2005) |
| Ben Graves | 2005 | drums | none |
| Andrew "Angel" Bartolotta | 2006–2013 | drums | No Regrets (2009) |
| Derrick "Tripp" Tribbett | 2007–2013 | bassbacking vocals | No Regrets (2009) |
| Nikk Dibs | 2013–20152017–2018 | lead guitar (2013–2015)bass (2017–2018)keyboardsbacking vocals | Blood Money Part 1 (2016) Blood Money Part Zer0 (2023) |
| Jeremy "Jerms" Genske | 2013–2015 | bassbacking vocals | Blood Money Part 1 (2016) backing vocals on one track as Jerms Jude |

## Line-ups

| Period | Members | Releases |
| 1997 – January 1999 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, programming, percussion Sloane Jentry – lead guitar Tripp Eisen – bass Preston Nash – drums | The Early Years - New York City 1997/1998 (2017) Live & Rare (2019) six tracks |
| January 1999 – November 2000 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, programming, percussion Tripp Eisen – lead guitar Preston Nash – drums Acey Slade – bass, backing vocals | Felons and Revolutionaries (1999) |
| November 2000 – early 2001 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, programming Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, programming, percussion Acey Slade – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals Sloane Jentry – bass Adrian Ost – drums | |
| Early 2001 – August 2002 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, programming Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, programming, percussion Acey Slade – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals Sloane Jentry – bass Racci Shay – drums | Life (2001) |
| August – November 2002 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming Simon Dope – keyboards, samples, programming, percussion Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals Sloane Jentry – bass Racci Shay – drums | Felons for Life (2002) |
| November 2002 – January 2004 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Sloane Jentry – bass Racci Shay – drums | Group Therapy (2003) |
| January – May 2004 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Racci Shay – bass Adrian Ost – drums | |
| May 2004 – September 2005 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Racci Shay – drums Brix Milner – bass | American Apathy (2005) |
| September – October 2005 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Brix Milner – bass Daniel Fox – drums | |
| October 2005 – mid 2006 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Brix Milner – bass Ben Graves – drums | |
| mid 2006 – early 2007 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Brix Milner – bass Angel Bartolotta – drums | |
| February 2007 – September 2013 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Angel Bartolotta – drums Derrick Tribbett – bass, backing vocals | No Regrets (2009) |
| September 2013 – May 2015 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Daniel Fox – drums Nikk Dibs – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Jerms Genske – bass, backing vocals | |
| May 2015 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Nikk Dibs – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Acey Slade – bass, backing vocals Racci Shay – drums | Blood Money Part 1 (2016) Edsel and Dibs only |
| mid 2015 – early 2017 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Acey Slade – bass, backing vocals Racci Shay – drums Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards | Blood Money Part 1 (2016) Edsel and Virus only Live from Moscow Russia (2016) Live & Rare (2019) remaining tracks |
| February – October 2017 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Daniel Fox – drums Nikk Dibs – bass, backing vocals, keyboards | Blood Money Part Zer0 (2023) |
| October 2017 – mid 2018 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Nikk Dibs – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Chris Warner – drums | |
| July 2018 – May 2019 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Chris Warner – drums Acey Slade – bass, backing vocals | |
| May 2019 – February 2023 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards Acey Slade – bass, backing vocals Daniel Fox – drums | Blood Money Part Zer0 (2023) |
| February – April 2023 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Acey Slade – lead guitar, backing vocals Daniel Fox – bass Chris Warner – drums | |
| September – November 2023 | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Daniel Fox – bass Chris Warner – drums Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards | |
| February 2024 – present | Edsel Dope – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, programming, keyboards Daniel Fox – bass (select shows), drums (select shows) Chris Warner – drums (select shows) Virus – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (select shows) Acey Slade – rhythm and lead guitar, bass, backing vocals (select shows) | |