Pia Mater is, the delicate and highly vascular membrane of connective tissue investing the brain and spinal cord, dipping down between the convolutions of the brain, and sending an ingrowth into the anterior fissure of the spinal cord.

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Pia Mater formed in the fall of 2004 at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The band started as informal weekly jams, but soon songs started forming. They allowed themselves to find their sound through improvisation and hours tweaking and twisting the songs in different ways. The initial result was bits of the hard funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Incubus mixed with the progressive leaning of Rush and King Crimson. On top of those influences, the band also embraced elements of jazz, reggae, electronica, along with a desire to constantly reshape the songs through improvisation.More?