User:Suchrecords/Diacritical (band)

Diacritical was an American rock band that formed in Washington DC around 2004 by Omar Waqar and Chris Clover with Jason Bomani joining shortly after. What originated as a free session recording quickly evolved into much more. After booking several shows and getting a strong local following, drummer Chris Clover left due to commitments as vocalist for death metal band *erFiq*. Waqar and Bomani continued to book shows and printed the band, as Chris Clover agreed to perform in all scheduled shows until a replacement was found. Finally in mid 2005 drummer Dan Rosenthal became Clovers permanent replacement and following a tour, the group set out to record there first album with local legend Don Zontera at Inner Ear Studios. In 2006 after recording most of his drum tracks, Rosenthal abruptly moved out of the US to Canada and was no longer able to perform with the group. With an album near completion and a long lineup of shows scheduled, Chris Clover returned to assist with the completion and production of the album and to sit in on scheduled performances. Late 2006, Clover was again a permanent member along with the addition of Miskut Wiggins on rhythm guitar. The band played several venues in surrounding cities along with a headlining act in Times Square where they were featured in an article for Newsweek Magazine, as well as several publications, documentaries and a feature film about the Taqwacore movement but late 2007 took a dark turn. They disbanded in late 2007 after canceling a handful of shows with Waqar playing solo acoustic sets to fill in when possible. The last official performance of the groin was at TT Reynolds in Fairfax, VA and Waqars final acoustic solo act as Diacritical was a movie opening at Old Town Theater. Though the band was short lived their high energy live shows, powerful lyrics, and genre-bending sound was a huge influence on many other bands, and left a lasting impression on fans. Diacritical's song lyrics dealt with political and social topics of the time like immigration reform, war, islamaphobia, racism, islamic radicalism, human rights, governmental corruption, as well as more personal topics like non-conformity, alienation and disillusionment. They are credited as being one of the founding bands of the taqwacore movement.

Members

 * Omar Waqar - Guitar, Vocals, Sitar
 * Jason Bomani - Bass
 * Chris Clover - Drums

Former Members

 * Dan Rosenthal - Drums
 * Miskut Wiggins - Guitar

{Studio Musicians}


 * Enayet Hossain - Tabla

Discography

 * Diacritical, Self Titled 2007 Eugo1st/Such Records Produced by Omar Waqar, Chris Clover and Don Zientara of Inner Ear Studios


 * ''Diacritical, Live' 2007 Eugo1st/Such Records Engineer: Rob Curtis


 * ''Diacritical, Demo' 2005 Eugo1st/Such Records Producer/Engineer: Manoj Aldasani


 * ''Diacritical, WTFW' 2004 Eugo1st/Such Records Producer/Engineer: Chris Clover

Eugo1st/Such Records Producer/Engineer: Chris Clover
 * 'Diacritical, Rock For John Doe' 2004