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New Animal

About Me

New Animal is a hard rock/alt. metal band from Cortland, NY. Their sound has been loosely compared to Staind, A Perfect Circle, Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin, but it expands upon the genre by including intricate lead guitar work, and ambient guitar synth flavors. The vocals are powerful, and the lyrics deal beyond the cliche angst ridden themes of the genre. The songs convey episodes of the human experience purely and honestly, both positive and negative. All in all the four members of the band demonstrate mastery over their instruments, and along with a tight set of solid original music, this makes for a killer live show.



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Music:

Member Since: 01/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/newanimalmusic
Band Members: Jonah Dalfonso -
Vocals and Guitar

Joe Heider - Guitar

Loren Leonard - Bass

T-Bone - Drums

Influences:

Jonah's Influences: His Dad, Billy Joel, Dr. Phil - Jimmies Chicken Shack, Switchfoot, Greenday, Incubus, Breaking Benjamin, My Chemical Romance, Chevelle, Blindside, Five Iron Frenzy, The Juliana Theory, Living Sacrifice, Weezer, Nirvana

Joe's Influences: John Petrucci, Porcupine Tree, Deftones, Mike Stern, Pink Floyd, Messhuggah, Ashes Divide, Chevelle, Dream Theater

Loren's Influences: Rammstein, My Chemical Romance, Billy Gould and Faith No More, Flea and RHCP, Dan Roberts and Crash Test Dummies, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, 80s New Wave, Greenday, The Offspring, Hoobastank, Incubus, Korn

T-Bone's Influences: Dave Krusen, Chad Smith, John Bonham - Big Wreck, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Clutch, Incubus



Sounds Like: Chevelle, A Perfect Circle, Breaking Benjamin, Staind

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

About face.

Hey! Add us on facebook and find out what the heck we've been up to!!http://www.facebook.com/NewAnimalMusic-Love,Jonah!
Posted by on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:53:00 GMT

New Song!

Hey people! there's a new song up on our profile!!!Well, actually it's a video of us playing a new song. It's called One Spark in a Sky of Dead Stars. Let us know what you think!Love!
Posted by on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:50:00 GMT

iTunes at last!

We are finally on iTunes. I have been waiting not so patiently for this moment, and it has come at last.I feel like we're a real band. Ha.So, if you like the tunes we have on the page get on iTunes an...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:00 GMT

"Hope" Lyrics

I look up at the night sky,to see you bathed in star-shine, it's beautiful.Oh, silhouette of elegance you shiver ever closer,and I pray, I can comfort you here.Grace has cast its shadow on me.I am ble...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:19:00 GMT

massively huge disappointment

OK.I went to see transformers last night and I really enjoyed it. But one aspect of it left me disappointed. The blond chick from the first movie- with the australian accent wasn't in it.there. now I ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:06:00 GMT

What's been happening?

What have we been doing the last couple of weeks/months? Besides playing some of the best shows we've ever played?We've been writing. Like, crazy.Just thought I would let everyone know that we're not ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Amazing Grace (new song up)

So, We wrote and recorded our own version of the classic hymn "Amazing Grace".We're pretty proud of it, so have a listen and let us know what you think. :)Fun fact:When we were recording the guitar so...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 19:14:00 GMT

My New Bass

Well its finally finished! For the past few months my dad and I have been slowly making progress on building me a new bass. It was a great project and I am really grateful to have been able to spend a...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Edith!

Edith,Thanks for hooking me up with those beers you bought me so I could keep singing. You're the best!-Jonabalogna(thanks for buying a cd and shirt too)
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 23:32:00 GMT

Foot powder goes on your feet.

Ah, body powder. Making life just a little bit better.I am a HUGE fan of powders - baby powder, gold bond, dr. schol's foot power (not a fan of cocaine). This morning I found out which ones go wher...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 19:33:00 GMT