Nural

Nural

Nural is an altertanive/punk rock band from La Crescent, California. The band consists of 5 members Ryan Davis, Kyle Stephen Castellani, Kyle Black, Charley Hoy, and Aaron Breding. The band formed in the fall of 2000. It did not take them long to develop their signature sound. A unique blend of various influences including Silverchair, Incubus, Strung Out, A Perfect Circle, and Blindside.

History

In Early 2003, Nural signed with Hopeless Records in their first deal with a major record company. They then released their first major, full-length album titled The Weight Of The World. The Album was released August 9, 2005, gaining immediate attention. In the beginning of the summer, they began touring as one of the invited bands on the Warped Tour, a summer long rock tour of the United States. The single, "Tension", off The Weight Of The World album, appeared as one the songs on the Warped Tour 2-disc compilation that was released through Side One Dummy records.

Discography

• Title: Weight Of The World
• Year: 2005
• Label: Hopeless Records
• Tracks:

*1. Tension 
*2. Chasing You 
*3. Curse, The 
*4. Lukewarm 
*5. Not Guilty 
*6. Root Of All Evil, The 
*7. Sign Of Life 
*8. Enlighten Me 
*9. I Told You So 
*10. Years To Come 
*11. Forgive Me 
*12. How Do You Sleep At Night 

Band Members

The band consists of 4 members Kyle Stephen Castellani, Kyle Black, Charley Hoy, and Aaron Breding.

Kyle Stephen Castellani

Position in Nural: Vox

Musical Influences: Mad Caddies, Thrice, Silverchair, The Used, incubus, Blindside, Normal like you, deftones, maroon 5, Vertical Horizon, Dream Theatre, and a lot more probably. Non Musical Influences: God, family and freinds

Interests outside of Nural: hanging with my friends, scoping out chicks, lifting weights... what? and all types of ill crap.

Favorite show so far: the ice station show in valencia when the riot went down and kids got maced and stuff... that sucked the kids got maced but it was a narly show!

Quote: if human evolution and music evolution went hand in hand, evolution would be proven wrong because of the crappy music coming out these past couple years!

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Kyle Black

Instrument: 1962 Fender P-Bass Re-issue

Equipment: Ampeg 8x10 cabinet w/Ampeg SVT-2 Pro

Date of Birth: February 27, 1986

Hobbies: Recording bands, booking tours for Nural, touring. Influences: Strung Out, Diffuser, Millencolin and all my favorite bands.

Musical Influences: Strung Out, Diffuser, Homegrown, Underoath, Anberlin, Normal Like You, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Thrice, Whippersnapper, Nural, The Used, Finch, Glass Jaw, Open Hand, Over It, He is Legend, Lost Prophets, Dogwood.

Goals: Tour the World with Nural. Becoming the best sound engineer/producer.

Quote: "I just comb hair and wash my face, I keep straight ahead and keep my pace and don't think about nothing, except that it will be alright. I've got my band, i got my friends, i got a million distractions to keep me warm, and I know that i'll be alright, and i'll be alright!" -Jason Cruz (Strung Out)

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Charley Hoy

Nickname:Chach

Position in Nural: Guitar

Equipment: 03' Paul Reed Smith Hollowbody w/ Piezo, Gibson SG standard, and a 73' Gibson Les Paul. i play a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, Boss and Line 6 Effects.

Musical Influences: Thrice, Normal like You, Rage Against the Machine, Less than Jake, RX Bandits, The Juliana Theory, Jeremy Camp, DC, Face to Face, Incubus, Over it, The Better Half, John Mayer, Goldfinger, the Used, Dave Mathews, and kelly clarkson of course.

Interests outside of Nural: pretty much just do a bunch of nothing. go to church as often as i can.. hang out with all my friends, working out every once in a while, play video games, going to the beach. i lead an exciting life.

Quote: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3:5

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Aaron Breding

Position in Nural: Drums

Equipment: DW custom red sparkle, Zildian A and Z Custom Cymbals

Musical Influences: Silverchair, Incubus, Glassjaw, The Used, Normal like you, The Disociatives, Underoath, Coheed, Kaddisfly, Muse, Norma Jean, Rise Against, Soilwork, Sting, Thrice, Eve 6, Abandoned Pools, Bone Thugs, Nas, A Perfect Circle, Difuser, The Mars Volta, Diminished

Interests outside of Nural: writing music, studying my favorite bands, going to shows, nag champa

Anything important you want to tell us?: Go buy Silverchair's latest release "Diorama"....trust me!

Quote: "the radio was made for the music and now the music is made for the radio"

Source: nuralmusic.com