NoMara began as a collaboration between singer/songwriter Kelly “Fierce” Burdge and the musical talents of Grammy nominated guitarist John LeCompt (WE ARE THE FALLEN/EVANESCENCE/MACHINA) and Phil Taylor (FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD/MACHINA) In 2008, NoMara self released a 12 song CD and put a touring band together playing a few select shows across the country well into 2009. Opening for amazing bands such as POP EVIL, NoMara was able to get the music in front of new fans for the first time. The response was tremendous and fueled Kelly even more to complete the debut NoMara record.

NoMara's music is about love, hate, relationships, and rock & roll. “In Buddhism Mara is the lord of misfortune, sin, destruction and death. Mara is the ruler of desire and death, the two evils that chain man to the wheel of ceaseless rebirth. Mara reviles man, blinds him, guides him toward sensuous desires; once man is in his bondage, Mara is free to destroy him”. Mara can be defined as the evil in all of us. In relationships, especially with people close to us, many of our actions including words can be used like darts to hurt and inflict pain. Over time, those words and actions wear and tear down others to the point that we lose them from our lives. The theme behind the music of NoMara is that our partners are not Mara, they are not the fight. The fight lies internally and should not be taken out on other people. NoMara means, “she is not Mara, she is not your fight.”