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Biography

Lisa M. Bello has always loved music. She discovered her love of rock music upon first hearing Pearl Jam, Mazzy Star, and Smashing Pumpkins in 1994.Having written poetry and prose from a very young age, she began to construct poetry in song form. She searched out other like minded souls and began to get interested in forming a musical project.

During this time Lisa discovered the band Hole and a musician named Juliana Hatfield. These two women inspired Lisa to pick up a guitar and start playing. Soon she was constructing her own songs and started to persue a band of her own. The first of her music projects was fronting a band called Table 57. This band was Lisa's brain child for five years. Through its many lineup changes Table 57 remained a growing, well-liked, and enriching experience before Lisa decided to disband it in 2001.

After the disbandment of Table 57, Lisa began to think about going solo and proceeded to record an ill-fated album, where she played all bass and guitars. Unfortunately, it was ill-fated because the computer it was recorded on was infiltrated and corrupted by a virus and most songs were completely lost. Although that record went by the wasteside, the songs did not. Lisa kept most of these songs on the back burner while she co-founded a band called Mercury to Hell.

Mercury to Hell proved to be a learning experience for Lisa. There were several songwriters and Lisa focused more on her guitar playing, which in turn made her a better guitar player and songwriter. Sadly, Mercury to Hell ended after about a year and a half because of irreconcilable differences. A short lived band called the Black Clouds developed from the ashes of Mercury to Hell (three of the same members) but that also ended after about a year because of internal struggles.

Wasting little time, Lisa decided the time was right to go solo. She asked some of her friends, including some ex-band members to help her record her first solo album. Happily, they obliged. The album called Me and My Heart on My Sleeve was recorded January 2006 to June 2006 taking most of May off. Lisa M. Bello played all guitars and sang on all songs, played the majority of the bass, and Rob Simmons, Jay Curcio, and Martin Espaillat shared the drumming duties.

Me and My Heart on My Sleeve is independently released on September 26th 2006.

Lisa M. Bello played a few acoustic shows following Me and My Heart on My Sleeve's release. She then began playing again with a 3-piece band which consisted of Lisa on guitar/vocals, John DiGrazia on bass, and Jay Curcio on drums. The band played 3 shows out and then decided to become an official band an not merely a back-up band for Lisa M. Bello.

This band is now named Synthetic Sympathies so check them out at myspace.com or their personal info page here.

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