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Michael D'Orazio

About Me

Influenced by early eighties post punk music, Michael D'Orazio emerged from the late eighties goth/punk industrial club scene only to find himself lost with a guitar in his hand, and didn't how to play it. He started singing in class in high school in the mid eighties, and found himself in a band called "Feedback", from there he landed in a goth/punk band called "The Burning". This was a very exciting time in his life, and it is no wonder he found himself wondering what to do when it was all over. He went to art school to learn how to create kick ass illustrations, and between classes he practiced his guitar. It was a rocky road leaving friends behind only to find social disasters awaiting him. Stuck in suburbia, in pennsylvania during 2000-2008, all he did was attend local open mics creating music he felt would be comparable to what he experienced in his early years, which is gloom and doom. "There is nothing sure in this world" so says Billie Idol, and Michael agrees that too much too soon can ruin ones personality to such an extent that it may interupt the natural development of ones personality. He was spoiled with dark, and interesting music, and now that he is stuck in suburban hell, his ego won't allow himself to support some of the acts around him, cause he wen't through so much in the past. He should have been coddled like every other american child, and follow the sheep herd aspect of american society. but oh well he is spoiled what can he say.MichaelDOraziosGallery.com

"Street Sounds"

"The Gate"

"So Far Away", with Intro

"Eclipse".

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/29/2006
Band Website: MichaelDOraziosGallery.com
Band Members: Michael D'Orazio sings, and plays the Cuatro, Aria concert guitar, and the electric guitar.
Influences: I am influenced by early eighties post-punk music. Including the Chameleons, Nick Cave, the Birthday party, The Misfits, Samhain, Danzig, Bauhaus, etc. I also like world music. Willie and Lobo, and anything eastern.
Sounds Like: Sounds like nothing you ever heard.
Record Label: Sunrise Records
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

My new cd, "Sign of the Times"

This cd is probably my best effort yet. Not that I don't like my earlier stuff, it is just that it is darker, and more peculiar than my other stuff. The first song called "I see you tonight" is very ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:50:00 GMT

Art books

This book contains the art school work of Michael D'Orazio from 1989,in high school to the community college from 1991-1993, to the University of the Art from 1995-1998. This is all the miscellaneous ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:13:00 GMT

"just one more kiss", lyrics and why I wrote it.

I was going through a rough time with my girlfriend, and I wanted to make it up to her so I wrote her a poem, and I sent it to her at work in email.  I think that she liked it.  I wrote extra lyrics, ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:57:00 GMT

"The Gate", from 1989 to the present.

"The Gate's music was written in the late eighties.  It was the one of the last songs to be written before the break up of the band "The Burning".  I thought this piece was well written, and...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:49:00 GMT