The Black Maria
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| The Black Maria | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Rock Alternative |
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| Years active | 2003-present | |
| Label(s) | Victory Records | |
| Website | theblackmaria.com | |
| Members | ||
| Chris Gray Alan Nacinovic Mike De Eyre Theo McKibbon Scott Swain |
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| Former members | ||
| Kyle Bishop Derek Petrella |
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The Black Maria is a rock band from Toronto, Canada.
The band has been through some turmoil, losing Guitarist Kyle Bishop, ex frontman for Grade, as well as drummer Derek Petrella.
Band members include vocalist Chris Gray, guitarists Alan Nacinovic and Scott Swain, keyboard and bassist Mike De Eyre, and drummer Theo McKibbon. Their debut album Lead Us To Reason was released on January 25, 2005.
The Black Maria is winner of Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next?" at LAUNCHcast. Each member of the band has a long history of music in their lives before forming the band. The band was named after the notorious vans used by police to transport prisoners in the early 20th Century.
Their first show was in Toronto in 2003. The band has played with Queens of the Stone Age, MxPx, The Distillers, Silverstein, The Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and joined Evanescence on their Canadian tour in January 2007 which also included Stone Sour. Their albums were recorded and produced by Victory Records. The cover artwork on Lead Us To Reason was done by Matt Mahurin.
They released their new album, A Shared History of Tragedy was released in the US on September 5, 2006. The release date for Canada was pushed back to September 19, 2006. In January 2007, they did a cross-Canada tour supporting Evanescence and Stone Sour.
[edit] Discography
- Lead Us To Reason (2005) (Victory Records)
- A Shared History Of Tragedy (2006) (Victory Records)
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