Artist Info: Oryan

ORYAN was formed in 2008 when Ryan Megan and Ryan Schoonmaker began jamming together in New Paltz, NY. Megan, a singer and guitar player with a Tom Waits meets Pink Floyd sound, and Schoonmaker, a drummer with a taste for progressive rhythms were sick of the local music scene. They despised self proclaimed “jam bands” who would gladly forfeit a tight, well written tune for another ten minute keyboard solo. Worse yet were the seemingly endless number of “hardcore” bands whose live sets sounded like a soundtrack for a torture victim [read more...]