Parasite (band)

In December 1998, Parasite was formed by Adam Scanlon and Deok-jin Joo, who had previously been in a band called Rapid Fire at school.

Not discouraged, he successfully recorded the first Parasite demo, the dark and bizarre Seismic Activity EP, which consisted of songs and ideas accumulated over the previous few years, and soon he had a new bandmate in the form of bassist Iain Ballantine.

Saunders departed for Cambodia until early 2006, and Scanlon began studying for a four-year Chemistry degree at the University of East Anglia.

In the Summer of 2007, the band made their first foray into the world of commercially available downloadable music with the download-only single Master Yoga, available on iTunes around June.

The three singles from the album were Deja Vu, for which a video was made, and which received a positive review in Artrocker magazine, My Reunion and the live favourite Machine.

By the Spring of 2010, Scanlon had asked his No Superhero bandmate Dan Banks to join on guitar and the duo was able to put together a much more polished live show.

Due to Banks' enthusiasm for music production, the band began work on brand new material, including studio recordings of the latest additions to the live sets.

Although a third album was recorded and artwork completed the band dissolved late into the mixing process due to growing musical differences and a big clash of personalities.