This article is about the band. For other uses, see Audra (disambiguation).

Audra is an Arizona-based band formed in 1991 in Mesa, Arizona

Mesa, Arizona

According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

 by brothers Bret and Bart Helm.

Audra broke out onto the national scene in 2000 when they signed with indie label, Projekt Records. After two well-received albums and well-over 300 live performances, the band decided to leave Projekt and go back to the ‘do-it-yourself’ approach that started their career in the 90s.

The band gained the attention of Davey Havok

Davey Havok

David Paden Marchand , more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI and the electronic music band Blaqk Audio....

, lead singer of AFI

AFI (band)

AFI is an American alternative rock band from Ukiah, California that formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998: lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute...

, who chose Audra’s 2002 album Going To The Theatre as one of his top 10 CDs of the year. The next year, AP Magazine selected Audra as one of the top ten bands on the scene. 11 songs from their first two albums were featured throughout three seasons of MTV’s The Real World and several independent films.

On May 19, 2009, Audra released Everything Changes, their first album in 7 years. It was recorded in Tempe, AZ at Uranus Recording (owned by Robin Wilson, lead singer of Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms is an American pop rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona. They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption "W.C. Fields with gin blossoms", referring to what appeared to be the actor's gin-ravaged nose, but was actually a skin condition known as rosacea...

, and produced by Robb Vallier (Dave Stewart, Paul McCartney, Wailing Souls, Peter Murphy).

Audra was added to a couple of dates on the Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday .-Band name:...

 tour at the end of 2009 and opened for AFI

AFI (band)

AFI is an American alternative rock band from Ukiah, California that formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998: lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute...

 on January 30, 2010. The band is currently working on songs for the next album.

Singles

• "Let The Reindeer Live On My Roof" Digital Single (2010)
• Midnight Moon Swing (2002)

Compilations

• Orphee - Projekt Records (2000)
• Within This Infinite Ocean - Projekt Records (2001)
• Excelsis 3: A Prelude - Projekt Records (2001)
• Excelsis Box Set - Projekt Records (2001)
• Kiss The Night - Cleopatra Records (2002)
• A Dark Noel - Projekt Records (2002)
• Projekt: Gothic - Projekt Records (2002)
• Romantic Sounds 4 - Zillo Magazine (2002)
• Unquiet Grave Vol. 4 - Cleopatra Records (2003)
• Dark Awakening Vol. 3 - Cop International (2003)
• The Tongue Achieves The Dialect: Tribute to Rozz Williams - Dark Vinyl (2003)
• The New Face Of Goth
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  - Projekt Records (2003))
• Love’s Shattered Pride: Tribute to Joy Division - Failure to Communicate Records (2005)
• A Dark Cabaret – Cabaret Fortune Teller - Projekt Records (2005)