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Persona (R.I.P.)

About Me

Had some laughs. Killed some time.
Persona was a band from roughly 2003 - November 2008. Now they are gone, but new projects are happening.
...something about god closing a door and opening a window.
Goodbye friends.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/personahespeler
Band Members: ShawnLukeScottMatt
Influences: CHOKE, The Dillenger Escape plan, THE MARS VOLTA, At the Drive IN, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Radiohead, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Primus/Les Claypool, Propagandhi, The Locust, Yes, John Zorn, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Tool, A Perfect Circle, HELLA, Mr. Bungle/Mike Patton, Simon & Garfunkel, TUGNUT (RIP), Krhaemer (R.i.P), Cream, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Melt Banana, Karate, Nirvana, Sigur Ros, Pig destroyer, Dying Fetus, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, tre'bendle, Gene Krupa, Mum, Fugazi, Minor threat, NOFX, Nine Inch Nails, Pinback, Stars, Arcade Fire, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Jon Bonham, Blind Melon, Modest Mouse, Jon Theodore, Personal Helicopter, Red TrakPants, Oysterhead, Parliament, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Silverchair, Gogol Bordello, David Wilcox, Steven Elliot, Rush, Ween, Raft of Dead Monkeys, Cinematic Orchestra, Adhesive, Sparta, Jeff Beck, Phish, Herbie Hancock, The Doors, 12 Girls Band, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Rage Against the Machine, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Sergei Rachmaninov, Igor Stravinsky, Antonin Dvorak, Gustav Holst, Cake, THOMAS PRIDGEN, Daft Punk, Cloud Cult, Akron Family
Sounds Like: A breath of fresh air!!!!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

THE MUSE EP FINISHED

Whatd you think weve been doing these past two years, sitting around with our thumbs up our asses? Well youre only half right; theres no time for Persona to be just sitting around. So since the Ja...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:06:00 GMT

Recording Records and Rocking Mills

So the new 5 song EP, "The Muse" was practically ALL recorded in about 10 hours a few Saturdays ago by Justin Koop at the prestigious B-Town Sound studio in Burlington, ON. We're heading ba...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:35:00 GMT

NEW PERSONA EP TO BE RECORDED

Well, we're checking out some studios for a new EP we'll be recording soon. It'll be released in September 2008 just in time for our West coast tour. The EP will be titled 'The Muse'. The title track...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:53:00 GMT

lack of update

Sorry to all for the lack of updates my computer crashed and so we have to find alternate arrangements for the internet. So here I sit in Winnipeg on the internet beside some perv who is probably look...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:26:00 GMT

Van City

So we are in Vancouver right now and all is well. We are a little bored from all the driving and we really don't have a show until friday due to a cancelation. But we are alive and well. There will be...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:56:00 GMT

Cross into manitoba

So we picked up a few unexpected shows. One was at a KOA camp site we got to stay free as long as we played a quiet set that night. Then last night we played in THunder bay and made some awesome frien...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:44:00 GMT

Oh so tired

So it is Sunday Morning and we are stealing an internet connection from the dirtest Frat house I have ever seen. Luke just ran back from taking a piss saying bee's. hahahaha. But yeah last nights show...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:17:00 GMT

CD

So we are releasing a Disc before the new year is up and we will be having a cd release party soon. So we will keep you posted on all details. Thanks Persona
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:30:00 GMT

Great Show last night

Hello all, we would like to thank Pax Productions, Here and there, and Rocker Dunn For a great show we had a blast... Thanks to the Hespeler crew for making a huge apperance we represented hard... Tha...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:22:00 GMT