Damiera biography

Damiera was a four piece indie math rock band from Buffalo, New York that formed in 2005.
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Upon closure of their previous project, League, David Raymond (vocals, guitar) and Matthew Kipp (guitar, vocals) were motivated to write more organically, and lifelike. February, 2005, Damiera began in Buffalo, NY with two guitars, and guitar driven basslines that ultimately moved into a direction that could not fit a singer/songwriter scheme. Meanwhile, Orlando, FL based friends/tourmates, Sleeping Girl Drowning, were approaching closure. Bradley McRae (Drums) endured a 30+ hour bus ride, and joined Matthew and David in Buffalo. Damiera asked friend Mark Henry (bass, vocals), frontman for Buffalo based band Queen City Knights to rehearse, and refine the basslines to aid the arrangement of the existing songs. By late May, the band had played a handful of shows, self-produced/engineered their debut 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. After a very extensive search, Rock Whittington, guitarist of New Orleans, LA based Punch People, flew to meet Damiera in Buff

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located in	Erie County, New York, United States
related artists	Hidden Hospitals League Given Names Their / They’re / There Stay Ahead of the Weather Into It. Over It. Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start The Progress Map the Growth Pet Symmetry The Alaya Conscious Queen City Nights Sleeping Girl Drowning Spirit of the Stairway
members	David Raymond: Rock Whittington: ( – ) Bradley McRae: ( – ) Mark Henry: ( – ) Matthew Kipp: ( – ) Steve Downs: ( – ) Josh Sparks: ( – ) Jayson Dezuzio: ( – ) Evan Weiss: ( – ) David Robinson: ( – )
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Damiera was a math pop/post-hardcore band from Buffalo, New York that formed in . The band formed out of the dissolution of Fredonia, New York outfit League; ist and ist David Raymond and ist Matthew Kipp, both of League, formed the band with Bradley McRae and ist Mark Henry. The band

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If bands, like countries and colleges, had mottos, Damiera's would be "You have to sacrifice to gain." While some bands embark on a road scattered with obstacles after their inception, it was that creation itself that marked the greatest challenge Buffalo's Damiera will ever face.

The tribulation began at the dawning of 2005, when singer and guitarist Dave Raymond broke up his former band League to "write the music I wanted to write and have everybody in the same mindset." Pulling guitarist Matthew Kipp with him out of the wreckage of League, Raymond set about to design a line-up that both befit the musical sensibilities he hoped to foster and which championed a sense of internal camaraderie. Now comes the first sacrifice: Brad McRae, former drummer of Sleeping Girl Drowning, hopped on a bus from Orlando to Buffalo, a 30-plus hour ride, to join Raymond's vision as drummer.

So with a line-up of a three, Damiera began writing songs that they used to audition bassists. When luck did not proffer up a musician who fit the band's mold, Damiera