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Paper Dragons

About Me

Paper Dragons are done. Sorry.
Our CD will still be coming out on Firestarter Records in the spring of 2008.
We were a punk rock band from Baltimore. We formed for the following reasons: Dan hadn't been in an active band in a while, and had all of the sudden gotten anxious to write songs and play shows. The Spark was in the process of breaking up, so Mike and Kristin needed something new to do. Alex was back from Iowa and wasn't drumming in any bands, so we snatched him up. So the band was formed, and the songs were written and practiced. What came out is an amalgamation of the influences on our lives standing under the umbrella of punk.
Alex eventually left to focus on Pulling Teeth, and Darick, former Spark drummer, entered the picture. This was our main line up and the one we got to play our best shows with, including Insubordination Fest 2007, and the line up that recorded the CD.
demo review from hanginghex.com:
Members of Bad Business and The Spark have combined forces to create some music that is a little unlikely for all parties involved. It's still punk as fuck, but a bit more refined than their previous efforts. Utilizing cleaner guitar tones they manage to still be pretty crazy without resorting to almost mandatory heaviness for a genre that has grown too accustomed to it. The first and last song go by pretty quick but it's the middle song of the three here, "Pictures Of Drummers", that is the most 'mature' of them... as well as my favorite. It almost has a Hot Snakes-meets- Fucked Up (the main riff is really reminiscent of "David Comes To Life" off the new record) vibe to it, which is unusual, but welcome. I know this is just the start for this band and they're probably just sorting out their sound, but so far it's pretty cool.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/06/2006
Band Members: Kristin Gaviganarchy
Darick "Sub in one hand, fries in the other" Sater
Mike Punx
Bellyflop Bress

Influences: Adolescents. Circle Jerks. Poison Idea. All. Descendents. New Model Army. Minor Threat. The Observers. Black Flag. Agent Orange. The Wipers. The Zero Boys. Bad Brains. Career Suicide. The Ergs. Big Boys. The Fuses. The Marked Men. The Briefs. The Exploding Hearts. Regulations. The Buzzcocks. High Tension Wires. Street Trash. Jawbreaker. Nirvana. Dinosaur Jr.
Sounds Like: A massive fuckpile involving Adolescents, Circle Jerks, Jawbreaker, and the Wipers.
Record Label: Firestarter Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Paper Dragons are done.

I'm sorry to announce that Paper Dragons are done. No more shows. There's no drama or anything, some of us just kind of lost interest or have too much other stuff going on to really put a good amount ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:17:00 GMT

PD on hiatus til the new year...

Just in case you're wondering why we don't have any shows lined up right now, here's the deal...Darick is visiting his sister in CA until Christmas. We talked to a few people about filling in while he...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:47:00 GMT

New drummer

We have a new drummer. Alex decided that he just wanted to concentrate on doing Pulling Teeth and has parted ways, quite amicably, with Paper Dragons. Stepping up to the plate is Darick, who you shoul...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:07:00 GMT

Inside My Head

Last night at practice the Paper Dragons finished the song that was previously known by the working title, "Republicans Bad, Punks Good", and it is now known by its actual title, "Inside My ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:11:00 GMT

Dan Bress is messy and unorganized aka PD are playing with the Ergs!

In recent news, Dan Bress was seen complaining about his lack of organization and his over-abundance of used/flat tennis balls. Dan is making serious efforts to combat this lack of constructive energy...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:08:00 GMT

NEW SONG - REPUBLICANS BAD, PUNKS GOOD

    SOUNDS LIKE THE ANGRY SAMOANSWE NOW HAVE 8 SONGS
Posted by on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:34:00 GMT

DEMO IS DONE

If you want to download hi-quality mp3's go tohttp://www.danbress.com/PaperDragons
Posted by on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:44:00 GMT

Demo Recording - Bass Tracking

    Kristin layed down the bass tracks to the three songs we are recording with no problems.  We pushed the limit for the time we were allotted on sunday, and are going to have to ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:14:00 GMT

Demo Recording - Guitar Tracking

Guitar Tracking is now complete. It's the simple parts that give you the most trouble. Sometimes you forget how hard it is to play simple parts on time. Now i know....No crazy guitar stuff, but for...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:49:00 GMT

Demo Recording - Drum Tracking

We are in the process of recording our demo with Chris right now. As of now drums are mic'd and we are getting ready to lay down the drums and scratch guitar. I think we spent about an hour getting ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:48:00 GMT