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STREET BEAT: Regional Artist Spotlight… LIFETIME FRIENDSHIP BONDS THE BAND TIGHTLY… EMISIS by Ernie Thomas
Emisis is a fast rising, mostly original heavy rock group, based in Northwest Indiana.
“Our music is definitely aggressive, so when people hear how heavy the music is, they expect to hear growling or screaming,” admitted drummer Brian Giacomin. Surprise! Emisis’ Bryan Robinson actually sings rather that go the “cookie monster” route of so many other heavy rock vocalists.
The band write as a group with Robinson composing his own lyrics. “We have four songs on the demo CD and four others we are currently working on,” said Giacomin.
Though technically a new band, their first official club gig was less than a year ago, Emisis actually has a lengthy history.
Giacomin first jammed with bassist Russ St. Meyers, lead guitarist Brian Price and rhythm guitarist Patrick Nolan, while attending Solan Robinson Elementary School in Crown Point.
“Our music teacher put on a talent show when we were in sixth grade. We got together for the first time for that. We covered ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica,” he recalled. “That talent show started it all and we’ve been friends ever since.”
The four continued to jam together and while in high school, spent a short time covering pop/rock tunes as members of region party band, Same Difference. “We needed cash to buy guitars and gear,” explained Giacomin, of how that situation came about.
During that time, the boys forged a special chemistry while rehearsing together in basements to keep their hard rock edge while searching for a singer. After two years, they found Robinson living in Chicago.
“Bryan’s work just relocated him to Ohio, so he has been flying out to do gigs here with us,” said Giacomin, noting that the entire band plan to chase their dream to Ohio with Robinson, once the drummer graduates from college in June.
Last month, Emisis won the second round of the Emergenza Festival band battle, a nationwide competition that will pay off with the winning bands from each city playing the annual festival in Germany, followed by a U.S. tour sponsored by Ernie Ball Guitar Strings.
“We won the second round at The Note in Chicago. In May, we play round three at the Double Door,” said Giacomin. “Those [preliminary] rounds are done by audience votes. If we win Double Door, we play at The Metro in front a a panel of judges. If we take that one, it’s off to Germany.”
It seems fitting that a band which came together as the result of a talent show, should now battle for global recognition in another talent show.
“We are so pumped up from winning the second round, that we are not even allowing our selves to think any negative thoughts,” concluded Giacomin, revealing that last magical element of deep rooted self-belief. |
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