Disvisioned
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5/29 Charlotte NC
Tremont Music Hall www.tremontmusichall.com
with: Astrid Haven
5 L's
7 Method

6/12 Charlotte NC
Tremont Music Hall
national MS society benefeit with: Mindspill
Shiver
Mortufairy
Juggernaut
and a dozen other bands

7/30 Spartanburg SC
ground zero www.groundzerorocks.com
with: Southpaw
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The foundation of what is now Disvisioned was formed in the fall of 2000 when Steve joined in on what Mike and David had been working on for some time with Jake Eidson, the band's first singer. The band went through several bass players (including Patrick Meredith) and made little progress until early 2002 when they decided part ways with Jake and bring Nick in as his replacement. Nick had the fire and charisma the rest of the band needed to really get motivated. Patrick came back on bass for the better part of a year, and then stepped down as Justin joined the crew. The band spent many painstaking months going over and rewriting old material with new band members, things progressed slowly but they were getting somewhere. Having to change their old material to accommodate new ideas taught them a lot about the limitless composing/arranging possibilities that exist in even the most simplistic pieces of music. A few months after Justin joined the band and the lineup really became complete they started working hard on new material, at which point they really began to discover and define their own sound. With the five members having totally different musical influences and listening backgrounds they drilled their way into very raw yet somewhat melodic blend of hard-core and metal, striving to put out music that could make people move without forcing the band to sacrifice their musical integrity. In the early summer of 2003 Disvisioned dove into the upstate's live scene head first, quickly seeing both the ups and downs of the real world of music, and gaining an understanding of where they fit into that. During the fall of that year they recorded their first CD, The 23rd Hour at modern music studios in Columbia, SC. They had made the trip down there with the intention of doing a 4 song demo and ended up recording 8 tracks total in a grueling 23 hours. The CD featured mainly older material with a few new ideas thrown into the mix as well, and for the band that CD was the much needed final word to a statement that had taken 3 long years to utter. It made for the perfect end of one era, and dawn of another. They were truly ready to focus on writing material that they feel is light-years beyond their previous efforts. With each song they're pushing themselves to become better, to explore new aspects of their craft, to create something that is truly their own. Although they're still doing shows quite often, the band has shifted their focus from live shows to the music itself. They're currently working on material for the 2nd album (for which they're undecided whether they're ready to seek support from a label) and is expected to be finished sometime early in 2005.

Why this name?
Steve originally thought it up back in 2001, the name is pretty self-interpretive. It essnetially means to see things not the way the are.
Do you play live?
First live gig was in may of 2003. The band is currenly doing shows around SC, NC, and GA (generally within a few hours of homebase) It took a solid year to really get a buzz going around here, but now people really seem to hear the noise being made. Each show continues to be better than the last.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Music downloading has definitely changed the music industry in many ways. It's hurting the major labels, and in a sense greatly benefiting smaller indie labels and artists. we now have a tool that can expose our music to millions of people without corporate sponsorship. It's a double edged sword in a sense though, because there's so much incredible music out there that competition is heavy. I believe that it's ultimately causing musicians of today the push the envelope that much harder. It's getting more and more to the point that lazy musicians can't move out of their garages.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Unsure at this point. We really plan to handle business ourselves untill we reach a point that we have a decent amount of leverage to strike a respectable deal...and even then it'd still be a maybe.
Band History:
Nick Schmitt: vocals
Mike Baehser: lead guitar
Steve Kazimer: drums
David Griffin: rhythm guitar
Justin Davis: bass
Your influences?
Metallica, Pantera, Slipknot, Ill Nino`, Nothingface, Chimaira, Misfits, Mudvayne, Pink Floyd, Hatebreed, Black Sabbath, White Zombie, God Forbid, Slayer, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Devil Dryver...
Favorite spot?
greenville/spartanburg sc
Equipment used:
gibson guitars, ibanez guitars, mackie sound gear, peavey amplifiers, warwick basses, esp guitars, carvin guitars, gretsch drums, genz benz amplifiers, boss equipment, morley pedals, fender guitars, line 6 amplifiers, dod pedals, digitech processing gear, shure microphones, dw drum accessories, zildian cymbals, paiste cymbals, dr strings, dunlop picks...
Anything else...?
normality is a disease
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