Damiera

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Damiera
Left to right: Rock Whittington, Bradley McRae, David Raymond, Mark Henry
Background information
Origin	Buffalo, New York
Genre(s)	Prog-rock Experimental Indie
Years active	2005-present
Label(s)	Equal Vision Records
Website	Damiera.com
Members
David Raymond Rock Whittington Bradley McRae Mark Henry
Former members
Matthew Kipp

Damiera is a four piece indie/experimental band based in Buffalo, New York. Members consist of (Vocalist/Guitarist) David Raymond, (Guitarist) Rock Whittington, (Bassist/Vocalist) Mark Henry and (Drummer) Bradley McRae.

1 History
- 1.1 The Beginning
- 1.2 M(US)IC
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
3 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The Beginning

Damiera was born February, 2005, by David Raymond and ex-guitarist/vocalist Matthew Kipp after the dismembering of their former project, League. The band's sound started out with only two guitars and guitar driven basslines that ultimately moved into a direction that could not fit in a singer/songwriter scheme. After only a short while the two invited former friend/tourmate from Orlando, FL based band Sleeping Girl Drowning, Bradley McRae, to the line-up. Former frontman for Buffalo, NY based band Queen City Knights, Mark Henry, was added only a short while after. By late May of 2005, the band had played a handful of shows, self-produced/engineered their debut EP "Damiera EP", and self-booked a two month tour. Matthew Kipp left the band at the conclusion of Damiera's first tour to pursue different interests.

[edit] M(US)IC

After a very extensive search for a guitarist, Rock Whittington, guitarist of New Orleans, LA based Punch People, flew to meet Damiera in Buffalo, NY. Rock's arrival revealed countless musical, and personality parallels, which not only complimented the band, but broadened it. After spending two solid months writing day and night in a rehearsal studio, Damiera spent February of 2006 with Jayson Dezuzio (Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance) recording the debut LP M(US)IC that is set to be re-released on Equal Vision Records in January 2007. The band has been on a self-booked one hundred and ten day long tour, that ended September 10th, 2006. Damiera has been set to tour early 2007 with The Fall of Troy, Portugal The Man and Tera Melos.