Disvisioned

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.

Nick Schmitt: vocals Mike Baehser: lead guitar Steve Kazimer: drums David Griffin: rhythm guitar Justin Davis: bass

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.

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