Diemonds

Diemonds
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genres	Hard Rock Sleaze Rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Unsigned
Associated acts	Wildstreet, Dirty Penny
Website	Diemonds Official Website.
Members
Priya Panda C.C. Diemond Alan 'The Yeti' Riches Daniel 'Dr. Kock' Dekay Sincade
Past members
Al 'Snack' Biddle

Diemonds is a Hard Rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed back in 2006, the band toured Canada on the Loud n' Nasty tour and in December 2009 took their tour to India. They are the 4th international act to ever have played in Shillong, India as well as the first female fronted act to ever play there.^[1]

Sponsored by Jägermeister, Diemonds headlined the Jägermeister night at the Halifax Pop Explosion. They have also played NXNE and CMW. Their music video "Highway" is currently receiving rotation on MuchMusic and MuchLOUD.^[2]

In The Rough era

Diemonds independently released their debut E.P. "In the Rough" in October '08. It was named by Classic Rock Magazine to be one of the best albums of 2009. They’ve played with bands like L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, John Corabi, Teenage Head (band), Rough Trade (band) and New York’s Semi-Precious Weapons. Now Magazine had a music feature for Diemonds in the NXNE FESTIVAL GUIDE - THURSDAY, JUNE 12 2008.^[3]

2010 Through To The Present

In March 2010 Diemonds toured through Canada once again supporting Santa Cruz, California glam metal band Dirty Penny.^[4]

They have finished recording a new full-length album with Jon Drew (Fucked Up, Tokyo Police Club) set for release in 2011.

The band toured through the eastern United States from May 17 - June 21. They played four sets at the prestigious glam festival Rocklahoma 2011 and spent 11 days in Texas even going so far as the Texican border.

Their video for Take on the Night was released July 15, 2011.

Accolades

Best Album Of 2009

• Classic Rock Magazine - UK
• BlogsnRoses
• Kelv Hellrazer on Los Angeles' 100.1 The Edge Radio Show "London Calling"

Current members

• Priya Panda - Vocals
• C.C. Diemond - Lead Guitar
• Alan 'Yeti' Riches - Guitar
• Daniel Dekay - Bass
• Sincade' - Drums

Former members

• Al 'Snack' Biddle - Drums 2009-2010 (Also of Toxic Holocaust, Rammer, Cauldron)

Discography

Album

• The Bad Pack (TBA: Summer 2011)

EP

• In The Rough (2008)

Cassette

• In The Rough / Cassette Edition (2011) on Muerte Negra Discos

References

1. ^ Diemonds Official Blog posts.
2. ^ SonicBids Diemonds Receive Rotation with Highway.
3. ^ NowToronto NXNE.
4. ^ Diemonds Touring Route.

External links

• Myspace.
• Facebook.