{{Short description|Electro-industrial band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Apparatus | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = yes | origin = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], North Carolina, US | genre = [[Electro-industrial]] | years_active = 1993–1996 | label = [[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]] | spinoffs = [[Liquid Sex Decay]] | website = | current_members = | past_members = *Blake Barnes *Scott Morgan *David York }}
'''Apparatus''' was an [[electro-industrial]] band based in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], North Carolina. The trio comprised vocalist Blake Barnes, guitarist Scott Morgan (as Sid) and keyboardist David York (as D. York). They released a sole full-length [[Apparatus (album)|self-titled album]] in 1995 before disbanding.
==History== Apparatus was formed in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], by Blake Barnes, David York, and Scott Morgan. Their melding of guitar, electronics and [[Hip hop (music)|hip hop]] beats earned them comparisons to [[Nine Inch Nails]] and [[KMFDM]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The band caught the attention of [[Re-Constriction Records]] and were signed in 1995.<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000597806/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Apparatus > Biography |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref>
The band released their [[Apparatus (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1995. "Hell's Home" and "Slave Or Prayer" were made in collaboration with industrial rock producer Lee Popa. ''Aiding & Abetting'' praised the band for their aggressive sound, saying the band "has put together a wild ride that massages both the club folks and metal freaks."<ref name="a&areviews">{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archA.html#APPARATUS |title=Apparatus |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=July 31, 1995 |issue=81 |access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> [[Music video]]s were filmed for the songs "Come Alive" and "Hell's Home". The trio disbanded shortly after the release of the album, with D. York and Sid forming the [[dark ambient]] project [[Liquid Sex Decay]] in 1997.<ref name="fabriyka">{{cite journal|first=Marco |last=Gariboldi |url=http://industrialrock.net/php-files_en/articles.php?article_id=262 |title=''Apparatus'' - Re-constriction Records, 1995 |journal=Fabriyka |date=January 1, 2009 |access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref>
== Discography == '''Studio albums''' *''[[Apparatus (album)|Apparatus]]'' ([[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]], 1995)
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== External links == *{{Discogs artist|artist=Apparatus|name=Apparatus}} *{{MusicBrainz artist|id=7a30202f-c415-42db-ac84-38f4c80adda1}}
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1993]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995]] [[Category:1993 establishments in North Carolina]] [[Category:American electro-industrial music groups]] [[Category:Re-Constriction Records artists]]