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DIACRITICAL

i miss those days

About Me

Diacritical is a band that existed from about 2004-2007 with a variety of members. It was formed by front man Omar Waqar. There only full length album was recorded by Don Zientara, and released independantly. There songs touched on social issues like Racism, war, and immigration reform. Here is what one person said about them:

"Diacritical revives the idealism and raw-passion of punk using the groove and slap approach from funk, strewn across a wide spectrum of sounds which include Sitar, Tabla and Tanpura, but within the rock context. Their songs touch base on social issues, alienation, and attempting to understand one’s personal and cultural identity in the modern world. It’s a reaction to a hate crime. It’s the by-product of the frustration from feeling like one has no voice."

- An Honest Mistake

album

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/28/2004
Band Website: diacritical.com
Band Members:
Influences:

Handmade Shirts

Sounds Like: Peace-Core
Refreshingly un-whiny
Experimental rock
Taqwacore
Dharma Punx
Bhangra-core
Punkservative
Anarcho-Ambient
Ethno deth funk emo (haha)
PostJazz
Wacktronica
Anti-fratboy music
Sponge rock
Garage-glam
Avant-Peace punk
Abstractica
Fraggle rock
Chuntey core
World Punk
Indie, indie look out!

Get Conscious:DC FOOD NOT BOMBS
Positive-Youth Foundation
DATA
Seeds of peace
OXFAM AMERICA
Dalai Lama foundation
UNICEF
CLAMOR MAGAZINE
CONTROL ARMS
ONE
Wikipedia
ADbusters
INSTITUTE FOR NON VIOLENCE
Sacred texts

Band Links:
Merchandise at Cafepress
Purevolume
Isound
CDBaby
Soundclick
Evilartform - nifty side project
Record Label: Eugo1st/Balsamic Republic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DIACRITICAL CALLS IT QUITS!

This is Omar Waqar:I'm writing this to try to explain why we decided to disband diacritical. The past few months have been a struggle for us, We have tried to hold things together but we couldn't. Whe...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:12:00 PST

Miskut & Omar's response to the newsweek article

I just read the newsweek article and i wanted to talk about some of the stuff that i said that was not included:I think sometimes the other members of my band feel weird about being associated with Is...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:38:00 PST

Lyrics (what the hell is omar saying??)

JUST SO NO ONE GETS IT TWISTED THESE ARE THE LYRICSLyrics by Omar Waqar Wednesday/ThursdayIt’s Wednesday Your guns are all emptyAnd when I cut my self I bleed absolute nothingToday I have the po...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:35:00 PST

Silly Interviews and stuff...

FEATURED IN ONTAPS LOCAL BAND GUIDE 2005 FEATURED IN WASHINGTON CITY PAPER'S POP QUIZ REVIEW BY SUNSHINE THE WEREWOLF ON PUREVOLUME Mention In Sepia Mutiny Article Mention in Washington Post blog 7 Q...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:29:00 PST

History of...

Event TimelineMost of the shows related to diacritical before this consist of sparatic solo acoustic performances by Omar at local spots like The Grog and Tankard and Dr. Dremo's Taphouse and a few sh...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:47:00 PST

MAKING YOUR OWN DIACRITICAL T-SHIRTS

Printing T-shirts This tutorial deals with printing up low cost t-shirts with your existing stencils using paint. There are many ways to print stencils up on shirts, silk screens etc, but this is the ...
Posted by DIACRITICAL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST