Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!)

About Me

Bio's are gully, & I don't like talking about myself, but here goes.
DR has been around since the end of 2003. Formed between Mike Sereno & Dave Gross. We put out an EP called 'the subway demos' in 2004, appropriately titled, since we played weekends in the NYC Subway, & the Jones Beach boardwalk. it featured a cover of the Patti Smith & Don Henley song, 'sometimes love just ain't enough'. We recruited our long time friend Dave Bauer to play bass, & Roger Eisenhardt would later join on drums. We released a full length cd, entitled '...the lost years' in mid 2005. 'The lost years' is a term Dave & I used to refer to the years during high school where we had lost touch.
We all had some creative differences, & currently DR is a solo project, with live members. Since becoming solo Mike has put out an acoustic EP, entitled 'open chords for closed hearts', a split cd with Dave's new band, Right as Rain, & there is a new full length due out July 1, 2008. The working title has been 'Regression,' but that will surely change.
The current released are available on iTunes, amazon.com, & other such digital retailers. The band has played countless shows, opening for many national acts along the way, with no end in sight.
"With such emotion in their music, the road is wide open for Diminishing Returns. Look for good things to happen to them in 2008."
-AbsolutePunk
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Member Since: 9/25/2004
Band Website: diminishing-returns.com
Band Members: Mike Sereno - Songs/Vocals/Guitars/Keys/Whatever else you hear.
Live Members: Dave Gross - Guitars/Vocals, Matt Sereno - Bass, Mike Napoli - Keyboards/Programming, Roger Eisenhardt - Drums, Jeanette Velsmid - Bass/Cello, Grace Appelt - Cello/Violin, Danielle Penzone - Keyboards

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Influences: 30 seconds to mars, acid bath, bayside. the beatles, david bowie, brand new, bright eyes, coheed & cambria, cursive, dashboard confessional, the deftones, desaparecidos, dredg, dream theater, eisley, elliot smith, emery, faith no more, ben folds, from autumn to ashes, funeral for a friend, further seems forever, gin blossoms, the good life, glassjaw, HIM, the honorary title, johnny cash, the juliana theory, life of agony, live, matchbook romance, midtown, the movielife, muse, murder by death, nirvana, nothingface, opeth, our lady peace, ozma, pantera, phantom planet, senses fail, sentenced, the smiths, the spill canvas, staind, straylight run, thrice, thursday, veruca salt, vision of disorder, butch walker, weezer
& of course our fan's:
Video :Thanks Sarah for the 2 new vids.
Keeping up Appearances - 6/08:

7:19 - 10/07:

Death Bed - 6/08:

March 08 Tour Blog - Part 1 of 3:

More Vids Here::
& Here

Sounds Like: Â¼ Nirvana, Â¼ Thrice, Â¼ Bright Eyes, Â¼ Veruca Salt
Record Label: ATC Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Info for the New CD - & YOU Pick The Title

so here's the deal. it doesn't have a titlechoices are:1. away message worthy2. keeping up appearances3. how's your heart?4. the injured partysongs are:1. within the hour2. keeping up appearances3. br...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:21:00 PST

FAQ

i’ve always felt band faq’s were pretentious. but..its time..mike, zomg, are you single? yesso you’re like..a solo artist? ..sorta. kinda. yeah.meow? ..its what i say, deal with itoh...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:06:00 PST

iPod Nano Giveaway Contest Details

here's the deal, i realize some of you may need more inscentive to vote for the warped tour contest than just your love for me, & my appreciation.so. you may vote once a day. & each time you v...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:43:00 PST

Live Webcast Shows

due to the success of the leap day party/webcast show, we're going to make this an ongoing thing..furthermore, the set's will be chosen by you guys. so feel free to reply here/comment/message with req...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:29:00 PST

Info for the Split CD with RAR

we are doing a split EP with our friends in Right as Rain. each of us are going to put a brand new song on it. we are also each going to cover a song by the other band. i am doing bikini, they are doi...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:22:00 PST

DR top 25 of 2007

this was quite hard, & the order may change often in my head, so i'm just gonna settle on this:1. the dear hunter - act II2. the good life - help wanted nights3. silverstein - arivals & depart...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:45:00 PST

the first "real" blog

Heyyy everybody, I'm mike from diminishing returns. Well, its not really 'from' since I'm a solo artist. But still, It sounds better that way. Anyway, just have a few updates for you. I ...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:01:00 PST

New Buttons!

we have a deal with districtlines for an upcoming merch store. better than cafepress. not as diverse, but thats ok.here's a sample of the pin's we just got in: the...
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:37:00 PST

Acoustic EP just about complete

Open Chords for Closed Hearts tracking is done, this should be demo'd soon, & new songs can be heard at the acoustic show Nov 17th.
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:50:00 PST

Regression EP Pre-Production is Done

Guitar Tracking Tonite!
Posted by Diminishing Returns (UK Tour This July!) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:36:00 PST