Lucid Fly

Genre: Alternative
Secondary Genre: Rock Los Angeles, California USA Contact

"Lucid Fly’s sound is unerringly progressive...rock solid...with a powerfully feminine punch."

Artist Information

Biography

Loyal fans describe their music as "epic", "dark", or "post-industrial”, “heavy rock with strong and at the same time vulnerable vocals”; some say their sound is “like Evanescence meets A Perfect Circle” …

Lucid Fly founders Nikki Layne and Doug Mecca joined forces in Orlando, Florida in 2001. On the hunt for the perfect name, a friend stumbled over an old newspaper with a headline that read “Lucid Flies Into The Record Book”, featuring an article on astronaut Shannon Lucid, who had broken the record for the longest duration in space by an American, as well as by a female. From that headline, Lucid Fly was born. The band exploded onto the Orlando music scene and quickly gained a large and devoted following. 2005 saw the release of their debut EP, Adapting To Gravity.

After playing venues all over Florida for a couple of years, singer Nikki and guitarist Doug saw it was time to head out to California to win over the West Coast. In L.A., they teamed up with drummer Aaron Ficca, who has toured with acts like Macy Gray, and bassist Go Nakabayashi, who quit a successful, signed band in Japan to pursue his dream of making it in the US. In 2009, the band released a second EP titled “The Escape Stage” which has received stellar feedback and has also continued to grab audiences attention and widen their fan base.

Lucid Fly has spent the last few months working on new material for their upcoming full length album. Their songwriting is stronger than ever, and the band is excited to head into the studio to record in the Winter/Spring2013.

The word is spreading, and their mission has only begun...stay tuned!!

Instrumentation

Nikki Layne - Vocals
Doug Mecca - Guitar
Go Nakabayashi - Bass
Aaron Ficca - Drums

Discography

EP "The Escape Stage" -available February 2009:
o dirgE
o Dramatis Personae
o Alohum
o Back and Forth
o Means To An End

CD "Adapting To Gravity" -available January 2005:
o Para11el
o Splinter
o Blind
o No Sleep
o Center of Your Space
o Collide
o 11th Hour

Previous inclusion of 2 tracks on Garudio's Compilation v2.0
o Frozen
o Fallen

Official Website

http://www.lucidfly.com

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Live @ Key Club - photo by Brendan Dekora

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  • Lucid Fly @ The Mayan - Los Angeles

  • Nikki & Aaron @ The Roxy Theater

  • Doug @ Viper Room

  • Go @ The Roxy Theater

  • Acoustic

  • Nikki @ The Mayan: RAW Artist PROVOCATIONS

  • Band Interview - RAWartist PROVOCATIONS @ The Mayan

  • The Escape Stage - EP

  • "Adapting to Gravity" - CD

Press

  • Show Review! Lucid Fly at the Good Hurt (was bad ass) [+ Show ]

    Alright, I’ll come out and say it, and please don’t hate me, but when it comes to hard rock, my bar ...

  • Lucid Fly @ Good Hurt 5/18/12- Live Show Review [+ Show ]

    "A little post-industrial and a little rock & roll, they have a good combination of powerhouse vocal...

  • The Escape Stage Review - 8/10 [+ Show ]

    Review by Andrew Hawnt – 8/10 This five track EP from Lucid Fly took me by surprise. There is lit...

  • Album Review: The Escape Stage EP (2009) [+ Show ]

    Review by: Jon Wilde The oddly named Lucid Fly is a female-fronted band playing modern rock in th...

  • “The Escape Stage” (EP) [+ Show ]

    Review by: Mike Cavanaugh Every once in a blue moon an EP comes across my desk that leaves me hun...

  • Zippo Hot Tour 2005 Semi Finalists [+ Show ]

    80 BANDS LEFT STANDING TO COMPETE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE CAPITOL RECORDS A&R STAFF Better Than ...

  • CD Review of Lucid Fly Demo [+ Show ]

    Starting a garage band is something that many people do, but few truly excel at. Lucid Fly is a roc...

  • Adapting to Gravity [+ Show ]

    Formed in January 1998 in the Orlando, Florida area by original members Nikki Layne (Vocals) and Dou...

  • Lucid Fly "Adapting to Gravity" [+ Show ]

    Too many female-fronted rock bands get accused of being soft compared to "real" rock ... odd, since...

  • Lucid Fly : Adapting To Gravity [+ Show ]

    I’m quite dubious when it comes to listening to anything described as ‘rock’, because that’s how ope...

  • East Coast Romper Review [+ Show ]

    LUCID FLY To be honest it takes a strong woman to win me over either by singing presence or her pe...

  • Lucid Fly Press Release - 1/19/05 [+ Show ]

    Lucid Fly - Press Release 1/19/05 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Lucid Fly ...

Setlist

1. Blind
2. Splinter
3. All of Her Right
4. Para11el
5. No Sleep
6. Collide
7. dirgE
8. 11th Hour
9. Center Of Your Space
10. In This Ocean
11. Back and Forth
12. Means To An End
13. Ignored & Unfed
14. Alohum

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