Alternative rockers SINDUST has made great progress since being formed several years ago. Some notable career highlights include the following…………… In 2001, their Kiss Of The Napalm CD, and its single Progress Of The Lowly Worm, were nominated as Best Hard Rock Album and Best Hard Rock single of the year at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards. In 2001, lead vocalist Chris Donley was nominated as Best Hard Rock Songwriter of the year at the same event. SINDUST arranged and headlined and event called Explosion 2001, putting together 12 bands and 2 techno DJ's………all sponsored by Pepsi, Guitar Center and Verizon Wireless. The event drew close to 2,000 fans and allowed SINDUST to donate $1500 to Domestic Violence, Special Olympics and Associated Charities. In 2002, SINDUST was chosen as one of 18 bands (out of 260) to compete at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Battle Of The Bands, where they placed 2nd. SINDUST showcased at the 6th Annual Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA and at the 2002 MPMF Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2002, MTV approached SINDUST and used several songs off their Kiss Of The Napalm CD on the MTV hit show Undressed. A bit later, MTV uses SINDUST music again on the Undressed series, this time using tracks from the Sucking The Inspiration disc.· MTV brought in SINDUST to perform for cast & crew of their hit show Jackass during filming at the Snowtrails Ski Resort. Played at the 2003 Lollapalooza event at Blossom Music Center after winning the WMMS 100.7 FM Lollapalooza Contest, beating out over 100 other bands. SINDUST won the Erie, PA Battle Of The Bands contest in 2006. Instrumentation Chris Donley (vocals, guitar) Tom Phillips (drums) Mark Gordon (bass) Aaron Nichols (guitar/vox) Discography Sindust-Self Titled Sindust-"Kiss of the Napalm" 2000 Sindust-"Live Hot Sex" 2000 Sindust-"Sucking the Inspiration" 2001 Sindust-"Back from the Back" 2006 Website http://www.sindust.com http://www.myspace.com/sindust Publicity Representation jamessliman@optonline.net