Tampa outfit Mr. Bella draws influence from every corner of the modern rock landscape to create their own genre-obliterating melodic style: an engaging, guitar-driven sound as ready for Contemporary Alternative radio as it is for the Hard Music format. Equal parts hook and pummel, Mr. Bella stands apart with their hypnotic rhythms, pop-inspired songwriting smarts, and a knack for the catchy stuff.
The band came together with the idea of blending their various favorite sonics, from bouncy, infectious Old Wave through jagged, energetic rock, into their own new and unique identity. The dynamic results immediately struck a chord with music fans. Mr. Bella's self-produced CD, Ka-Boom!, quickly sold out, and the group's mesmerizing live sets earned them a reputation as one of Florida's most buzzworthy new acts.
The 2002 release of ".premise" showed that the band had matured since the Ka-Boom! days & their command of compelling melody and the heavy groove had only grown stronger with experience and ever-increasing attention. They followed that with the darker and heavier "Too Far" album in 2006, which was signed to an online digital distribution deal and continues to receive great reviews. Their shows have become consistently among the Bay area's most talked-about live-music spectacles. Aggro-diva Erin Marie alternately snarls and soars over Noah Thompson's meaty, textured guitar work, anchored and deftly complemented by Amir DaBiri's throbbing, energetic basslines and the locked-in rhythms.
Mr. Bella are currently performing showcases in support of their recent CD release, titled "Cross My Heart", which is produced & engineered by Brett Hestla (of the Warner Bros. band Dark New Day, Creed, producer for Tantric and Framing Hanley). They have supported such disparate recording artists as Sevendust, Taproot, My Darkest Days, Buckcherry, Hinder, Bush, Tantric, Hoobastank, Lit, The Exies, The Toadies, Oleander, Marcy's Playground, Plumb, Hollywood Undead, Sumack, 10 Years, The Almost, The Safety Suit, Medina Lake, Full Devil Jacket, and others.
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