Ego Likeness

Ego Likeness
Ego Likeness pose for their album Breedless
Background information
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland
Genres	Industrial rock
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Metropolis Records
Website	http://www.egolikeness.com
Members	Donna Lynch – vocals, piano, words and music Steven Archer – guitar, programming, vocals, music and words Mindcage Rick – Live drumming Mike K Johnson – Live drumming
Past members	Justin "Dingo" Sabe – keytar, synths, noise Adam Goode- bass Tim McCracken- keyboards Dave O'Donnell- drums Jenny Mettee- guitar, cello Stephanie Kim- violin Jerome Lintz- drums Nick "Konchog Nyima" vonZoll -drums Dan Mullen- guitar Amanda Mason- keyboards, backing vocals Shaun Mason- guitar Magpie Killjoy- drums

Ego Likeness is an American darkwave/industrial rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. They were formed in 1999 by artist Steven Archer and writer Donna Lynch.

Ego Likeness began as an experimental/ dark trip hop project. A demo called Songs from a Dead City, recorded on a four track and self-produced by Archer and Lynch, was released in 1999.

In 2000, Archer and Lynch took the project in a darker electronic/ dance direction, resulting in a self-released full-length album entitled Dragonfly under EL's own label, Angelfall.

After a short hiatus from recording, a lengthy period of trial, error, revision, and many live performances, Ego Likeness signed with Dancing Ferret Discs for the 2004 release of Water to the Dead. This album featured the band’s electronic roots while exploring a bit of a heavier rock sound.

In 2005, Ego Likeness toured Germany, Luxembourg, and the continental US with Dancing Ferret label mates The Crüxshadows, as well as performing at several festivals on the east and west coast, including Convergence 11 (San Diego CA), Dracula’s Ball (Philadelphia PA), Blacksun Festival I (New Haven CT), Freaks United (DC), Eccentrik Festival I (Raleigh NC), Dragon Con (Atlanta GA), Ring Con (Fulda, Germany) and others.

Their first album, Dragonfly, was also re-released on Dancing Ferret Discs in 2005.

In 2006, Ego Likeness released their third full-length album, The Order of the Reptile, which ventured back into the realms of heavy electronica, a bit of trip hop, some goth rock, and darkwave.