Sometimes the greatest of achievements start as a simple whim, a moment of flippant searching for an alternative to spending another Tuesday night in front of the television watching re-runs. Nora was formed in (insert here, I have NO idea) as a product of one of these whims.
     
      Five friends sitting around decided hey, we re going to be sitting around anyway, let s write a couple of songs and have fun. The notion that music should be rooted as an expression of the friendships and common experiences that make us a unit is one that s carried through the band s history to date, remaining the central core of our approach both to music and to life. The original lineup of Nora consisted of Mike Olender, (who took some extra time from singing from Endeavor) to play guitar, Christopher Spliedt (editor and publisher of Crash Position fanzine) on bass, Carl Severson (the infamous Ferret Records mogul) on the microphone, Chris Ross (then-recently departed from Ensign, and doing a stint in Rain on the Parade) on drums, and Murph on guitar.
     
      Soon after the initial songs ca... (More NORA Biography)