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Braid (Band)Braid was formed in 1993 in Ilinois during a search to find others interested in trading videos of live shows. Bob Nanna, drummer/singer of Friction and a freshman at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, placed a classified ad in Maximum Rock 'n Roll and met drummer Roy Ewing, a member of Lowercase N. Pete Havranek, Bob's friend and the guitarist of 42 Loads and Inkadink wanted to play with someone new, so Roy volunteered him. Bob became their singer, and guitarist Jay Ryan joined them on bass. Jay left the band shortly afterwards and went on to play with Hubcap and Dianogah. Todd Bell, who had played with Roy in Lowercase N, replaced Jay on bass. Kate Reuss was recruited to sing and shortly thereafter Braid played their first show on December 10, 1993, in Danville, IL. Kate left the band after the second show. Braid went through some drastic changes after all of this. Friction, Bob's other band, broke up for good which meant that Braid was no longer a side project. Chris Broach joined as singer, but Pete Havranek left the band in August 1994, and so Chris took over on guitar. Braid recorded the Rainsnowmatch 7-inch a week later and was released on Enclave Records on December 1994. Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, Braid's debut album, was released in June 1995 on Divot Records. Roy Ewing left the band in March of 1997. Damon Atkinson, of Figurehead, joined Braid's spring tour and became the band's drummer. Two years later, in August 1999, Braid disbanded; the posthumous Lucky to Be Alive followed in the spring of 2000.
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