YMI

What we know is YMI is a hard-edged alt-rock band comprised of these key elements: harmony, melody, rhythm and energy. Citing Hendrix to Morrissey to Van Halen as influences, YMI strives to create a sound that screams originality.

The band started to take shape in an early-90s voc-tech high school in Baltimore, where Baris became tight with guitarist Johnnie Page. The two were YMI, determined to build a following without bending to the cover-band demand local club owners swore by. By mid-90, they had released YMIs first studio EP, Uninvited Welcome, marking the start of a strong local fan base. But, a year later, Johnnie and Baris bitterly parted ways. I had always envisioned me and Johnnie as musical soul mates, and this tore me apart, Baris admits. Four years passed before they met up again. Johnnie approached me at a bar. I had told myself I would never play with him again, but I was missing something in my life. And so they resumed fulfilling their high-school rock-band dream.

But this time around, they were different. They were focused. They were centered. They had matured. And they meticulously weeded through the hundreds of songs theyd written together. "This was a drawn-out process. We had to find our niche again," Baris explains. Johnnie and Baris briefly collaborated with Delaware-based Krome before meeting up with Tony Koch, a drummer who shared YMIs no-covers philosophy. YMI has been kickin off a buzz that is snowballing on the music scene. The band is currently looking for their missing link.

Releases:
1995 - Demo EP "Univited Welcome"
2005 - Debut Album "The Otherside"

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