The Lamented started when Paul Rijnders (keyboards and guitarist for ANYTHING BOX) decided that one solo project wasn't enough. He put his Goodbye July recordings on hold and recorded the songs that would make up the Lamented's debut album "Are You My Devil".
Along the way, he recruited Omar M (who plays bass on a few of the recordings), Owen Walsh, Braedon Perry Clark, and Brandon for their incredible live shows.
The band imploded in the most Rock & Roll of ways (drugs for one member, an arrest for another, and a personal loss for another), but the music lives on. Paul retreated back to ANYTHING BOX & GOODBYE JULY (writing the electronic mourning album "It Was Dark for So Long We Thought We Were Dead", but maybe Paul will rock again.
Time to quote that line from Sling Blade, "I'm getting the band back together!"