SAINT FRANCIS

RAISED BY A FAMILY OF NATIVE NEW YORKERS,ST.FRANCIS GREW UP IN GREENSBORO NC WHERE HE WAS FACED WITH DISTURBING SITUATIONS AT AN EARLY AGE. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE DISCOVERED AN OUTLET FOR THE TURMOIL AND CONFUSION IN HIS LIFE. FRANCIS USED A PENCIL TO CHANNEL HIS EMOTIONS. HE STARTED OUT WRITING POETRY WHICH LED TO MERGING IT WITH MUSIC. SOON HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A HARD DRIVING BAND THAT CHALLENGED THE STANDARD IDEA OF HOW A SONG SHOULD BE STRUCTURED. THE BAND HAD A MAGNETIC STAGE PRESENCE THAT LEFT THE AUDIENCE WITH AN EXPERIENCE THEY WOULD SOON NEVER FORGET AND WITH EVERY PERFORMANCE, A VERY LOYAL FAN BASE GREW. AS WITH MOST BANDS, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT THE CREATIVE MINDS WOULD PART AND FRANCIS TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE WORLD OF MUSIC ON HIS OWN. AFTER AN OVERSEAS BUISNESS RELATIONSHIPWAS ESTABLISHED, ST.FRANCIS TOOK HIS TALENTS TO LONDON,ENGLAND WHERE HE TOOK PART IN RADIO INTERVIEWS AND RECORDED NEW MATERIAL. FRANCIS IS BACK IN THE STATES AND HAS A NEW PASSION THAT FUELS HIS FIRE. THAT PASSION IS SPEADING THE WORD ABOUT ALS (AKA LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE). A TERRIBLE DISEASE THAT HIS OLDER BROTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 7 YEARS AGO. HIS PROGNOSIS WAS 3-5 YEARS. AMAZINGLY HE IS STILL ALIVE AND FIGHTING. HERO, A SONG FRANCIS WROTE CONCERNING ALS, HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES, ESPECIALLY IN THE ALS COMMUNITY. HERO HAS BEEN USED ON AIR DURING COMMERCIAL SPOTS FOR VARIOUS ALS FUNCTIONS. HE'S PERFORMED HERO FOR ALS FOUNDATION HELD EVENTS AND IT HAS BECOME AN ANTHEM IN THE MYSPACE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE. HIS MUSIC IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF EVOLUTION. AN EXPLORATION IN SOUND AND EMOTION-NEVER TO BE TIED DOWN TO ONE PARTICULAR GENRE, YET ALWAYS CHANNELING HIS LIFE'S PASSIONS.