Eyestrings

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 This four-piece band from
Detroit, Michigan, is headed by composer, keyboardist and vocalist Ryan
Parmenter (DISCIPLINE). Fellow DISCIPLINE members Mathew Kennedy (bass)
and Bob Young (drums) as well as guitarist Alan Rutter from RCA PROJECT
complete the roster.

No. Ryan Parmenter was never in Discipline, his uncle Matthew Parmenter was in Discipline.

 Despite the strong DISCIPLINE connexion, however, EYESTRINGS are only a
distant cousin, their style being closer to that of SPOCK'S BEARD both
musically and lyrically (Parmenter's vocals come quite close to Neil
Morse's).

Eystrings sound nothing like SB when it comes to melodic/harmonic style
and Parmenter isn't even close to Morse's forced Bryan Adams-style
smokiness - and he certainly doesn't slide out of notes with a little
quaver, extending line-ending words by three syllables (where "way"
inevitably becomes "way-yay-hay-hay", for instance). 

I'd say there are many touchstones with Discipline, even down to some
melody lines that veer very close to the elder Parmenter's. There's a
bit of Echolyn in there and maybe some elements of Power Pop as well.
Definitely American, but refreshingly free of the
Styx/Journey/Foreigner influence that pollutes so much modern Prog.