Douglas Arthur Scharin is an American drummer and percussionist. He has served as a member of a multitude of bands, including

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, Rex, HiM, Enablers,

June of 44 June of 44 is an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover. The band's name refers to the period during which writers Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin corresponded. The band toured extensivel ...

, Loftus and

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. He currently resides in

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Biography

Douglas Arthur Scharin was born and grew up in

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. As a teenager, he became interested in music while listening to his mother's boyfriend perform drums in his band Son. Bassist and composer

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was also a member of the band and taught Scharin to play drums and bass. In 1994, Scharin received attention for his drumming after he joined the

slowcore Slowcore, also known as sadcore, is a subgenre of indie rock characterised by its subdued tempos, minimalist instrumentation, and sombre vocal performances. Slowcore's influences are diverse, involving varying other genres, including folk rock ...

group

for their second album '' The White Birch''. After Codeine disbanded, Scharin founded Rex and HiM in 1995. In 2006, Scharin started an

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project named Activities of Dust. The idea for the project came after Scharin had accumulated hours' worth of

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recordings, which he had recorded over the course of 2006. He decided to enlist Jeff Parker,

and

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to help him experiment and build off these recordings. The finished compositions were compiled and released as '' A New Mind'' in 2008.

Discography

*'' A New Mind'' (Adluna, 2008)

References

External links

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