Just a little bit about us...
Jake H. met Casey a few hours after she was born. He was disappointed she was a girl and cried. Eighteen years later, he got over it, and they started a band. A few years after that, they suckered another kid named Jake into playing bass. After shooting down Caseys idea to name the band Casey and the Jakes, they became Donora .
Jake H. plays the drums, triggers samples from his octapad, and sings backup. Casey sings and tries very hard to remember the right guitar chords to play. Jake C. plays bass and reminds Casey which key each song starts in. Together they play melodic, dance-worthy, garage rock.
The band plays frequently in Pittsburgh and occasionally they all pack into an SUV and drive to other places to spread their infectious melodies. Some cities that have been infected include New York; Indianapolis; Morgantown, WV; Dayton, OH; and some places in between.
Every once and a while, things happen that make other people assume Donora is a big deal. The band members of Donora do little to set the record straight. Like one time, two of their songs were picked to be in an MTV mini series called “I remember Chloe.†Oh, and this other time, they were finalists in a national Myspace/Verizon Wireless competition. Sometimes people even write nice things about them like, “They will be a sensation someday†or “[their] garage pop hooks will lodge in your brain and stay there for days.†That kind of stuff makes Donora blush, though, and they don’t really like to talk about it much.
Hey check out this short podcast by Cindy Howes (of WYEP Morning Mix fame) on Donora. Check out more of her podcasts at cindyhowes.net
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