Braid

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Braid was an indie rock band from Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on: Bob Nanna on vocals and guitar, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar and vocals and Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by Damon Atkinson. In 1999 Braid disbanded and went on to form Hey Mercedes with all band members minus Chris Broach (who went on to form The Firebird Band) and adding Mark Dawursk. The band reformed for a US tour in 2004 and, now that Hey Mercedes are defunct, apparently intend to tour sporadically. It is not yet known if Braid will be recording any more material.

Braid did a reunion tour in 2004 in the U.S.A., Canada, & Japan.

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Movie Music Vol. One
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Frame and Canvas
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Top Tracks

1	Killing a Camera	203
2	A Dozen Roses	194
3	First Day Back	188
4	Never Will Come for Us	167
4	Ariel	167
6	The New Nathan Detroits	159
7	Urbana's Too Dark	154
8	Collect from Clark Kent	143
9	Milwaukee Sky Rocket	132
10	Breathe In	128
11	I Keep a Diary	124
12	This Charming Man	115
13	Jimmy Go Swimmer	89
14	I'm Afraid of Everything	87
15	My Baby Smokes	86

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senorblanco wrote:
last month

Loved these guys in the late 90s. I'm on a KICK right now!

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missmonicker wrote:
last month

i second the question what is chris broach doing these days? i couldnt find anything anywhere..

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pianistman1337 wrote:
August 2008

i thought that chris broach is still doing his firebird band project...

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hwaldstein wrote:
August 2008

sick

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createdthen wrote:
August 2008

polyvinyl's reissuing Frame and Canvas on 180 gram vinyl!

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NekstBestThing wrote:
July 2008

What is Chris Broach up to nowadays?

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Oakenthrone wrote:
June 2008

The chandelier swing should be higher imo but eitherway braid were great

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iamyates wrote:
June 2008

more reunions plz.

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Charactarantu1a wrote:
June 2008

amazing amazing amazing...

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mpstaton wrote:
June 2008

I almost forgot they were one of my favorite bands as a teenager. Fuck, I'm almost thirty.

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createdthen wrote:
June 2008

haha apparently there's another band called Braid: http://www.braidband.com/braidbio.htm

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insideabox wrote:
June 2008

Hugs from boys is like.....being hugged by boys! AWESOME!!!!

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tetsuomight wrote:
June 2008

I love Braid so much. I wish I had a clue years ago when they were still around.

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s0n-of-sam wrote:
June 2008

i realy love all of their songs... Circus of the Stars is sooo beautiful!

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StuckPig wrote:
May 2008

@sal paradise: good point.

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ScubaSteve45 wrote:
May 2008

BRAID IS THE BEST AGE OF OCTEEN AND FRAME AND CANVAS ROCK

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80sfraud wrote:
April 2008

age of octeen is brilliant

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eulaliaeulalia wrote:
March 2008

Greatest band ever...I'm so glad I got to see them.

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Sapila wrote:
March 2008

katycat is the cutest song ever, period

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EiffelTowerHigh wrote:
March 2008

for those looked for modern Braid-esque tunes check out Algernon Cadwallader (http://www.myspace.com/algernoncadwallader) and Street Smart Cyclist (http://www.myspace.com/streetsmartcyclist)

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