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Dawnraiser

About Me

Dawnraiser was a Bradford based metal band which existed in various guises between 1992 and 1998.
There was a brief reformation in 2002, with the intention of releasing a retrospective CD and doing some gigs to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the formation of the band. However, this idea fizzled out after a small number of rehearsals and the CD remastering was left unfinished.
A lot of the main members went on to form and join other bands in the 90's / early 00's such as Old School Enemy, Reeved, Homesick, Albeit, Purity Cries, Jigsaw Culture, Gypsy, Wild Trash, Chimera (Bradford covers band), Bloodstream, Grain, The Edge and Dark Embrace.
I intend to upload some more pics and stuff onto this page soon. If any of you old members fancy contributing then get in touch for the login details.
If anyone has any old photos, tickets or flyers of the band kicking around, then please send them in so I can put them up here.
[email protected]
Cheers,
Alec.

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Member Since: 17/12/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/dawnraiser
Band Members: Lots of members came and went over the years, hopefully I have remembered to include them all here!

Mk I

Vocals - Dave Ayres/Sean Hartley
Guitar - Paul Gooding
Guitar - Alec Marlow/Hadrian Smith/Craig Dearing
Bass - Dale Goodridge
Drums - Mik Ayres/Karl Sowden

Mk II

Vocals - Carl Brook/Phil Kirk
Vocals / Guitar - Alec Marlow
Guitar - Hamish Kemp/Mick Walsh
Guitar - Paul Gooding
Bass Guitar - Dale Goodridge/Ian Bell
Drums - Stuart Lockwood

Influences: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer
Sounds Like: Mid paced Thrash / Heavy metal
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

One last blast

On Sunday night, the old Dawnraiser machine drew one last breath and blasted out a set of the old numbers live for the first time in 12 years. It has been for a great cause, namely the BRI special car...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:09:00 GMT

Dusting off the cobwebs ....

For the first time in 6 years, a Dawnraiser lineup met in a rehearsal room in Bradford and rattled off some songs. The first rehearsal was on the 18th January, with the second set to take place this S...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:22:00 GMT

And they said it could never happen ...

Well, the stars must be in the right point in the heavens or something, it looks like we are getting the band back together for a special one-off gig - and they said it would never happen!Paul is putt...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:16:00 GMT

10 years ago

1998 was the year that Dawnraiser finally called it a day. I think it was around March time. I had already left and formed Purity Cries, along with Phil Kirk in May 1997 but Paul, Ian and Stuart carri...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:29:00 GMT

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!

Well, I see other folks are posting up pages about their old bands so I thought why not, eh?Its all a bit basic at the moment but I have uploaded some tunes for your listening pleasure. I'll rotate th...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:08:00 GMT