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Sententia Dementia

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About Me

Booking

To book us, please contact Wil Boykin:
    Email: [email protected] Phone: 325-665-8727 Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sententiadementia

Communis Demonstro

We are a three-person rock ensemble hailing from Denton, TX. We strive to play intelligent music that utilizes highly active drumming methods, melodically progressive bass lines, a thickly distorted core of grunge harmonies, lyrics to twist your mind, and vocals that slice into your skull. We write music to express the anxiety of a society more often than the angst of the individual, satisfying our desire for purpose. Our pieces cross a broad spectrum of sound texture and poetic material to fulfill our goal for a diverse repertoire.
We will demolish your house party, we will flood at your pool party, and we will desecrate Grandma Pammy's funeral. We will rock your club, we will level your bar, and a fine will be given for building occupanacy overload!
"A good song should make you want to tap your feet and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cop cars and set fire to the suburbs." - Tom Morello

Radix Opus:

Our recent work entitled Radix Opus is available for purchase ($5), you can pick up a copy at one of our shows, or by messaging us and asking for one.
All recording and engineering work was done with Sunfire Studios in Denton, TX with engineer Phillip Westbrook. We highly recommend him to anyone looking for a professional to properly capture sound.

What is Sententia? What is Dementia?


Ab Initio:

After years of playing in ragtag cover bands, singer/songwriter Wil Boykin and drummer Jon O'brien decided to team together and recover some sound from the five-year-old wreckage of Wil's stagnant solo project. A powerful chemistry developed after only a few sessions and a full hour set list highlighting their work ethic developed almost immediately. The two went six months auditioning bassists trying to find the perfect match and in early May 2007 recruited Mike Simanonok for an upcoming performance at Bruce Hall's Bruce Jam Music Festival 2007. A cohesive unit was forged exemplifying the importance of a deep musical connection, work ethic, and friendship while tying together varying influences into a single goal. A drummer influenced by Mike Portnoy (Dream Theatre) and Chris Tsagakis (RX Bandits), a songwriter with influences by Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), and a bassist who is musically inspired by Teppei Teranishi (Thrice) and Brandin Lea (Flickerstick), Sententia Dementia is a unique and easy escape from the mundane radio-rock of the present.

Grandis Virtus:

We aren't another walking advertisement for [ storeName ] .


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/13/2007
Band Members:Wil Boykin
Bowed & Picked Guitar / Microphone

Jon O'Brien
Drums / Percussion

Mike Simanonok
Bass / Cello / Microphone

Influences: The Smashing Pumpkins, RX Bandits, Incubus, Radiohead, Led Zepplin, Sigur Ros, Muse, Dream Theatre, The Butthole Surfers, Tool, Thrice
Sounds Like: How it would sound if all the political ideals you respect turned into a scandal. Theoretically, if a Native American tribe wrestled an Icelandic vuluptuosa on top of a piano named Weiland's Addiction.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Booking

We are available for booking whenever our schedule says we are open.  We are looking to fill our schedule to the brim, so please email Wil Boykin at [email protected] or you can call h...
Posted by Sententia Dementia on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:29:00 PST

Success! Our first CD!

We have been working hard for weeks now with Sunfire Studios and the head engineer over there, Phillip Westbrook.  The fruit of which may be heard on our myspace (www.myspace.com/SententiaDe...
Posted by Sententia Dementia on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:18:00 PST

Thank you to DMHDK, Art Six, and Everyone

A great big SD thank you to everyone who came out friday night.  It was a little drizzly but you stuck through it and really gave us the support we need.  Thank you to Denton Music to Help D...
Posted by Sententia Dementia on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:36:00 PST

Equipment

Complete list: Wil: Schecter C-1, POD XT-Live, Fender Dyna-Touch III Stage 1600 Mike: 2004 Fender American Delux P-Bass, Ampeg BA 115 Jon: 5 piece Tama Rockstar - Black maple shells 14" Tama Snare w...
Posted by Sententia Dementia on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:50:00 PST