Roberto and
Nathaniel were born in Washington D.C. and raised in Damascus, Maryland.
Coming from a short line of musicians in their family along with growing
up in such a small town forced them to seek out their own inspirations
that led to their unique rustic style. After highschool, being in and
out of garage bands and jazz ensembles, they began their formal music
training at Stetson University in Florida. The brothers moved to West
Palm Beach Florida with longtime friends and band mates David Bayles and
Patrick Rufner. The goal was to start a record label and finish an album
with their band, Sine, a rock band with Nathaniel on drums, Roberto on
guitars, Patrick on bass and songwriter David on guitars and vocals. As
fate would have it both friends ended up moving back to Maryland,
leaving Roberto and Nathaniel to put together the material they had and
Dish was formed. With a drum set made from a bucket, pots, pans, a sad
excuse for a cymbal stand, and an acoustic guitar, they began to flesh
out songs Roberto had been writing since high school.
A year later,
they were discovered by longtime promoter and manager Michael Lopez, who
began Fantasma Productions and has promoted artists ranging from The
Police, to Santana to AC/DC. Lopez got the boys out to LA and introduced
them to legendary Bassist Jen Condos (Don Henley, Stevie Nicks) and
drummer Jay Bellerose (Paula Cole, Joe Henry, Ryan Adams, Beck). Both
Jay and Jennifer took them under their wings and helped birth the six
song EP "Los Angeles" (released May 6, 2008) with engineer Ryan Freeland
(Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Rolling Stones).
In 2008 the band
went back in
the studio and finished their first full length album titled "Ma Raison
de Vivre Ton Amour" (released March 3, 2009) which received rave reviews
from critics in the US, Canada and the UK. Currently selected tracks
such as "Cold is", This Ain't Livin'", "Zombie Love Song", "Death and
Romance" and more are being heard on radio stations and podcasts
throughout the US and Canada.
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more information, photos and booking information, go to
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facebook page
or their
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press kit.