Usurp Synapse

Usurp Synapse Were A Screamo Band From Lafayette Indiana. Through Numerous Line-Ups They Continued To Push The Envelope Of The Then-Bugeoning "screamo" Sub-Sub-Genre Of Punk Rock. Their Music Was Available On Several Compilations And 7" Records Including A Split Release With Jeromes Dream With Whom They Toured The United States On Clean Plate Records. All Their Releases Have Been Compiled And Released On A Discography CD Disinformation Fix On Alone Records. The Band Utilized Unconventional Marketing Methods Such As A Die-Cut Album Cover Folded Into The Shape Of A Penis Entering A Vagina And The Inclusion Of A Razor With A Record That Promoted Suicide On Electric Human Project. They Reformed As A 4-Piece In The Year 2004 Recorded A Full Length Album Then Unfortunately Had To Cancel A Uk Tour In 2005 Which Was Supposed To Be With Phoenix Bodies. They Have Been Inactive Since. On August 25th 2008 Usurp Synapse Final Release "A Vile Contamina" Was Finally Made Available Through The Bands Official Myspace Page. "It's The Whole Shebang All The Tracks Listed Into A Part One And Two - Don't Ask For Lyrics Don't Ask For Song Titles. Enjoy. Your Discography Is Now Incomplete." In 2019 There Were Talks Of Another Reunion And A New EP Titled "Adult Adoption" Was Released Being A Solo Release By The Band's Guitarist Don Kirkland. It Was Released Under The Name Of The Usurp Synapse As That Was The Name Used By The Band For Their Unofficial Extra Releases. This Event Didn't Mark A New Reunion Of The Band. However In 2023 The Band Reunited Officially Under A New Incarnation Made Up Of Antonio Don John And Travis. They Re-Released Their Formerly 'final' EP "A Vile Contamina" But With Newly Recorded Vocals And Released An Entirely New Single Titled "Guitargoyles Just Wanna Have Fun" While Going On Tours And Playing Shows With Bands Such As See You Next Tuesday Meth OLTH And Frail Body. Antonio Leiriao - Lead Vocals 1999-2001 2023-Present Don Kirkland - Guitar 1999-2001 2004 2023-Present John Scott - Lead Vocals Keyboards 1998-2001 2004 Bass Backing Vocals 2023-Present Travis Chance - Drums 1998-2001 2004 2023-Present Tony Dryer - Bass 1999-2001 2004 Brandon Harris - Guitar 1998-2001 Mike Dixion - Keyboards 2001 Dustin Redington - Bass 1998-1999 Dean Duval - Guitar 1998-1999 • Split W/ Index For Potential Suicide 7" Witching Hour Records. 1999 • Split W/ Emotion Zero 7" Happy Couples Never Last Records. 1999 • Just Do It! 7" EP Split W/ Hassan I Sabbah The Electric Human Project Records. 2000 • The Main Ingredient 7" EP Self-Released. 2000 • Split W/ Rep Seki 5" Magister Ludi Records. 2000 • Split W/ Neil Perry 7" Level Plane Records. 2000 • In Examination Of 6/7" EP Level Plane Records / Witching Hour Records. 2000 • Split W/ Jeromes Dream 7" Clean Plate Records / Level Plane Records. 2000 • V/A "Antipodes" 7" Level Plane Records. 2000 • V/A "Songs Of The Dead 2 Idle Hands" CD And Here My Troubles Began... Records. 2001 • "Disinformation Fix" Compilation 2xCD Alone Records. 2004 • "A Vile Contamina" EP Self-Released. 2008 Http //www.Myspace.Com/usurpsynapse read less