1) Makara was a 5 piece screamo band from Cupertino, CA (Northern California) active in the late 90s. They played an extremely brutal style of emo with female vocals and highly distorted/noisy guitars (including bass). It featured James and from Mohinder. Other members later went on to Yaphet Kotto (Chris), Dosage & Usage/Dmonstrations (Nick), and other bands in the vein of Makara: Ruhaeda (Matt and Nick), Jenny Piccolo/The Anasazi (James and Chris), Welcome The Plague Year (Kerry Jo). Read more on Last.fm