Music History

Antonio Silvera Plays The Role Of The Learned Musician Throughout Most Of His Day, Beginning On His 15th (February 20th, 2000)Birthday When For A Birthday Gift He Recieved A Yamaha Bass Guitar From His Father, And Continuing Throughout His Lifetime. To This Date Antonio Is Proficient On Both Bass And Six String Treble Guitar, Drums, And Synthesizer. Antonio Has Performed In Several Bands Ranging From His First Half Baked Project(Dead On Holiday), His First Real Band (Optimus Prime: The Jack Tripper 7) Which Gigged Occasionally And Recorded One Demo EP, His Later Post High School Projects (Crooks & Nannies, The Praylords, The Mitzvahs) all Of Which Recorded And Gigged Occasionally, To His Current Band (OrphanMaker) Which Is The Culmination Of All Prior Attempts. Orphan Maker Is A Rock Based Experimental Band That Meanders Through Many Genres From Metal To Speed Metal, And Occasionally To Death Metal. Orphan Maker Is The First Project Of Antonio Silvera's To Be Made Up Exclusively Of Music Written By Antonio Silvera, And Is Performed By Him And His Long Time Collaborator And Drummer Mackie Burgess (C&N, PrayLords, The Mitzvahs). OrphanMaker Has Gigged Extensively (Compared To The Other Projects) And Recorded Two Demo Eps, The First: "Crankstar" Was Recorded In 2005 By John Lesher & Aussie Bridger And Featured Another Longtime Band Mate Grant "Ratly" Peter Travers. Grant Travers Moved To The Mountains Of Yosemite To Avoid Getting His Legs Broken By The Thai Mafia For Outstanding Gambling Debts And It Is Rumored He Has Recently Been Seen Hobbling In And Out Of Seedy Thai Opium Dens With A Desperate Look In His Eyes. A Second Demo Ep (Fun With Numbers) Was Recorded In 2009 Featuring The Updated Ratless Lineup And An All New Catalogue Of Material. After Moderate Local Gigging Throughout The Bay Area, Orphan Maker Is Looking Once More To Team Up With John Lesher And Record A Ratless Feature Length Album (Slated For Release Early 2011). Music From The First Two Demo Eps Is Available On The Orphan Maker Myspace Website: Orphan Maker Myspace.
Although This Is The Extent Of Antonio's Creative Influence In Music, He Has Performed With Many Diverse Bands In The Ten Years That He Has Been Playing Music, Some Good, Some Bad, Some Just Awful. Here Is A Complete List Of All The Devil Wonderful & God Awful Projects That Nearly Didn't Make This Page:
-Method 148
-I Love Your Mom
-Dead On Holiday
-Jack Tripper 7
-Optimus Prime: Jack Tripper 7
-SilverCreek
-Crooks And Nannies
-Seven Deadly Sins
-The Praylords*
-The Mitzvahs*
-Los Maricones*
-Quarantine
-"The Belmonts"
-Tanner Family Suicide Pact
-Orphan Maker
-Toothpick (Tony In Starring Role As Ice Cold Gangster Rapper "Toothpick")
Who Knows Whats To Come? Mayhap Antonio Silvera Will Join Your Dumbass Band And Can Add More Completely Retarded Band Names To This Already Comically Large List Of Sophomoric Aborted Band Names. Hopefully Not.