Brandon Rike
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Brandon Travis Rike is a full-time designer. He currently resides in Columbus, Ohio.
for several years. The band was formed at a local church in 1997. Rike has designed all of the band's t-shirts. Dead Poetic has released three albums and one Best of album. In 2006, the band released their final record, Vices. Since releasing the album, they have not toured or played a live show, and since November 20, 2007, no news regarding Dead Poetic has been publicly issued.
Rike has confirmed that Dead Poetic will release the final album on their contract, but will not continue thereafter. "We plan to record another album. We love making music. We do not plan to tour."
. 90% of the work out of Dark Collar has been band T-shirts
, logo
s, or merchandise. In 2010 Brandon has dropped the company name of Dark Collar and is now working under his name.
Dead Poetic
Brandon Rike has been in the band Dead PoeticDead Poetic
Dead Poetic was a post-hardcore band from Dayton, Ohio. They were signed to Tooth & Nail until 2008 when the band went on hiatus and the label dropped them. Their third album, Vices was released Halloween of 2006. It features vocal contributions by Chino Moreno of the band Deftones...
for several years. The band was formed at a local church in 1997. Rike has designed all of the band's t-shirts. Dead Poetic has released three albums and one Best of album. In 2006, the band released their final record, Vices. Since releasing the album, they have not toured or played a live show, and since November 20, 2007, no news regarding Dead Poetic has been publicly issued.
Rike has confirmed that Dead Poetic will release the final album on their contract, but will not continue thereafter. "We plan to record another album. We love making music. We do not plan to tour."
Dark Collar
Since 1999, Rike has been a self employed graphic designerGraphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
. 90% of the work out of Dark Collar has been band T-shirts
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
, logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
s, or merchandise. In 2010 Brandon has dropped the company name of Dark Collar and is now working under his name.
External links
- http://www.darkcollar.com/
- http://brandonrike.com/
- http://brandonrike.blogspot.com/
- http://virb.com/brandonrike