Artist description Hard rocking grooves and incredible melodies. Thumping bass, pounding drums, crunching guitars, and soaring solos.

Music Style Elements of radio hard rock, heavy metal, and punk influences.

Musical Influences Metallica, SOAD, Smashing Pumpkins, AIC, Soundgarden

Similar Artists Chevelle, Stone Sour, Sevendust, Creed, Stereomud, Godsmack, Queens of the Stone Age, Systematic, Audioslave, most importantly we sound like SOMA!!!

Artist History Back in September of 2002 Austin Moore and Ricardo Medina met in college and decided what they really wanted to do in life was start a band. They soon added the aid of lead guitar prodigy Rob "Shaggy" McDonald. Needing a bass player Austin added highschool friend Bryan "Turd" to the line-up. The band they started would be known as Trying Sober and they laid the groundwork for future songs. In early December of 2002 the band parted ways with Bryan and added Kyle Austin to the fold. Kyle brought new ideas to the band and gave them what they needed to grow. They formed under the name Soma. They quickly tightened as a band and wrote some 15 songs in a matter of a month or two. The band entered Mixers Studio in late January and cut their first recording. They have played several high profile gigs, including shows at the Evansville Coliseum and the renouned Duck Inn in Evansville. The rest of 2003 promises good things for Soma. One can only sit back and watch. UPDATED! (6/23/03) The band has just recently completed the recording of yet their second EP! It will feature 6 songs and one instrumental track. It is currently being mixed & mastered and should see the light of day by late Summer!

Group Members Rob "Shaggy McDonald/Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals, Kyle Austin/Bass Guitar, Rico Medina/Drums, Austin Moore/Vocals & Guitar

Instruments Bass, drums, guitars, voice

Albums The Sun EP, Elan Vital EP

Location Evansville, Indiana - USA

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