AEG PRESENTS
End Of Silence 20th Anniversary Tour
RED
w/ Special Guests: RA and Twist It
FRI, 5 JUN 2026 at 07:00PM CDT
Ages: All Ages
Doors Open: 06:00PM
OnSale: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 at 10:00AM CST
Announcement: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 at 10:00AM CST
Musicality is the connective tissue binding and bridging Ra’s past to its present. It is also
responsible for a sound so enigmatic it continues transcending time, resonating with a fan base
that has yet to allow Ra to release its melodic grip on them.
That
grip is a culmination of years
fraught with trial
s and triumphs and many lessons learned
; however, perseverance and a
passionate resolve pushed Ra far past its genesis
to become
a band still relevant in today’s
ever
-
changing musical landscape.
Ra
was
con
ceptualized in 1996
under its first name “Cross Of Snow”. It was the vision of Sahaj
Ticotin, who was born in NYC into an entertainment family in which his brother David would
become highly regarded feature film assistant director, his sister Nancy would s
tar on
Broadway, TV and film and his sister Rachel make her name as a well known movie actress.
Sahaj’s brother,
Marcus
,
who created several entertainment properties, was one of the first to
believe and invest in the band
.
The band went through a few lineu
p changes before settling on
Skoota Warner, Ben Carroll and ultimately Pj Farley
but
those early years were spent
chasing
the identity of a sound they couldn’t quite catch.
In 1998
the song
Crazy Little Voices
was
chosen
as the end title track for the mov
i
e “Carrie 2
-
The Rage”
, becoming its first commercially
-
released track.
By the end of 1998, the band recorded the demo for what would
later
become
its
most impactful
introduction to the masses,
Do You Call My Name
.
By 1999, the band was signed to Edel
A
merica
and
aggressively
work
ing
to record several tracks
of which
Do You Call My Name
,
Rectifier,
Fallen Rock Zone, The Only One
, and
Sky
were a few.
On the surface, things were coming together; however, unbeknownst to Sahaj, Edel
was
restructuring and the American subsidiary was
to be
closed. The album and the songs were
shelved.
Several months later,
the terrorist attacks of 9/11 would put a stop
to the world
.
The
magnitude of loss and devastation had a profound impact on Sahaj,
stoking
his passion for what
he knew
to be
his destiny
..
.
music.
With songs the band could believe in and at the suggestion of
Ben, the band focused on the more vibrant rock scene of New England.
Within months, the band was playing in Boston convinced they
could build a strong base in
what was believed to be a haven for hard rock.
T
he fledgling Ra
played
at the 2002 Nemo Fest
for an abysmal crowd of 18.
As luck would have it, one of the 18 was a firefighter
and friend of
Ben’s
named Jimmy Garrity,
who belie
ved so strongly in the band, he took a copy of their demo
to well
-
known radio personality Mistress Carrie of WAAF. One spin on the air was all it took
—
the phones started ringing and people started showing interest. Ra’s EP “One”, was then
released at the i
nsistence of t
heir manager, selling nearly 20,000
CDs
in 2
month
s
.
People were clearly listening
and record labels were watching. In a surpr
ising move,
Universal/Republic R
ecords
, who had passed on the band only a few months before,
signed the
band to a
two
-
record deal having never seen them liv
e, but there was a catch
—
they had 30
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days to record an album.
The band
completed the album in the otherwise daunting
t
ime
frame.
With an additional six songs recorded
, co
-
produced
and mixed by Paul Logus at Puff D
addy’s
Sound on Sound studios,
“One” was retitled “From One” becoming the band’s fres
hman release
selling over 20
0,000 copies
, while Do You Call My Name reached #10 on the active rock chart
.
From the delicate vulnerability delivered in
Walking and Thinking
to the melodic anarchy
achieved in
Fallen Rock Zone
and Sky
—
"
From One
”
showcased
the band’s
versatility
in a
manner that would secure their place in rock music.
Ra began touring
and sharing the stage
with industry titans such as
Disturbed,
Seether
, Stone
Sour, Korn,
Shinedown, Sevendust, Breaking Benjamin
and Staind to further promote the
album.
They would play over 200 shows that first year
.
In 2004
, once touring had come to an end, Sahaj
returned home
to prepare writing the band’s
second album
w
ith co
-
producer Dave Schiffman
. Unfortunately, due to
personal hardships,
he
was
forc
ed
to record a majority of the
second
album from his home, thus forfeiting the
collaboration with Dave.
After several months,
Sahaj presented record executives with the fi
rst
cut
of Duality
and t
hough the record was well
-
written and composed, it didn’t satiate the
ir
appetite
for a single
. The label recommended the band work with Bob Marlette in order to
produce songs that might
better align
with radio
.
From t
his collaborati
on
came Tell Me
, an
anthem for the misguided
whose lyrics
are so
deeply
woven
into the fabric of despair
, you
freely surrender yourself to it.
Despite
the colossus that is Tell Me
and
the
valiant effort made
on all accounts, the label chose to abandon the
album.
Simply put, Uni/Republic
had spent
more money than they
thought they could recoup
.
Things looked bleak for the band
—
that w
as until Dave Downey, the recently hired
ambitious
radio promotion director
heard
Fallen Angels
(active rock peak #21)
.
Had it not been for the
insistence of Dave that the label reconsider its investment, Duality may have never seen the
light of day.
Original drummer Skoota Warner left the band and was replaced by a young and
eager Andy Ryan who brought a more “metal” but s
till very funky feel to the band live.
In 2005,
2 years after writing began on the album, it was released to the public. The differences
between
“
From One
”
and
“
Duality
”
are notable.
“
From One
”
was a statement record,
heavy
hitting and in
-
your
-
face.
Conver
sely,
the vulnerable, lyrical reverence
that is
laced throughout
“
Duality
”
was created to re
-
imagine some of the band’s biggest in
f
luences
. Songs like
Undertaken
uncover a delicate balance of sensuality and poeticism reminiscent of artists
outside the genr
e. The ability to make rock both sensual and poetic
, while remaining heavy and
releva
nt
elevate
d
Ra to a league of their own.
In 2006, following the
moderate
success of
“
Duality
”
, the band
and label parted ways amicably
.
Shortly after, Ra recorded its li
ve album “Raw” independent of a label. Dave Downey once again
advocated for the band,
connecting them to Cement Shoe R
ecords which promised the release
of “Raw” as well as another studio album under a Cement Shoes contract. With the agreement
in place, the
band embarked on the Congress of Corruption tour with Ill Nino, Godhead, and
The Dreaming. Th
ough the label agreed to a
n advance
and a studio album, the band saw
neither. Things were a
miss and Sahaj knew it. The label
released “Raw”, featuring the single,
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Don’t Turn Away
(active rock peak #26)
illegally,
without
permission and the band aggressively
left Cement Shoes in the past.
By this time, Ra had amassed a loyal following. Sahaj, determined not to allow the misguided
promises and failures of the label
to cause the band from rele
asing another album, found
independent promoter Elizabeth Hodges to
invest in the next record while Sahaj launched
Sahaja M
usic Records (SMR).
He then
reached out to
Universal to strike a
distribution deal
under which
“
Black Sun
”
was released.
Broken Hearted Soul
spent 18 weeks as a current on the
charts went top 20 at active rock
and the album Soundscanned 28k copies
. The band toured
minimally as Sahaj turned his focus to a career as a producer.
In between albums Ra released “B
lack Sheep” which featured b
-
sides going all the way back to
1994 as well as one brand new song.
Supernova
was featured in many lead in and lead outs for
the Howard Stern Show on Sirius leading to the single getting 77k downloads on Itunes alone.
In 2013,
after a successful Kickstarter,
the band released Critical Mass, a seemingly effortless
evolution of the band’s sound that
didn’t
compromise its identity. It was also a return to the
bands heavier roots as well as the return of Skoota Warner on drums. The
single
Supermegadubstep
was a wild ride that punched you in the gut from start to finish. While wild
l
y
under
-
promoted, many Ra fans
took to the album and it received high marks from critics. The
band played some shows in 2014 but was definitely more of a
passion project for Sahaj at that
point.
In 2016, Sahaj wrote and recorded the song
We Won’t Back Down
for the NHL’s Washington
Capitols. It has gone on to be one of the band’s highest streamed songs.
In the 7 years since Ra’s last studio release, Sahaj has been hard at work replicating the formula
for his success by producing other artists while the rest of the band has pursued independent
projects; however, collectively, they feel now is the time for
a comeback. What makes the
timing so special is that all original members of the band will be together again to not only
create the new album, but tour it as well.
After a very successful re
-
emergence on 2020’s
Shiprocked, the band has again tapped into th
e fan based that sustained them all these years.
Intercorrupted
,
Ra’s brand new album, is in the process of being completed for release
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