10,000 MANIACS
From Jamestown, New York. Led by Dennis Drew (keyboards) with Steve Gustafson (bass), Jerome Augustyniak (drums), Jeff Erikson (guitar) and Oskar Saville (vocals). A band with a long history. Original frontwoman Natalie Merchant joined the already formed band as singer in the classic tradition, groupie hangs out at shows, makes friends with band and eventually joins. The addition of Merchant, and her strangely accented vocals led to success for the band. After a few records, former frontperson John Lombardo was feeling a bit displaced and quit the group, eventually forming the duo John & Mary with Mary Ramsey (vocals/violin). When Merchant left the group for a solo career in 1993, John & Mary were absorbed into the band. In December of 2000, guitarist Robert Buck died suddenly of liver disease leaving the group's future in question. John & Mary also left the band. As of 2004, the band is alive and active and now has welcomed new members Saville and Erikson. 1982-present.
see NATALIE MERCHANT.
DISCOGRAPHY:
FULL RELEASES SINGLES
| Secrets Of The I-Ching | Tension/My Mother The War (version one) |
| Hope Chest | compilation |
| Evening In Torpor | demos |
| The Wishing Chair | Scorpio Rising/My Mother The War (version two)/Can't Ignore The Train |
| In My Tribe | Like The Weather/What's The Matter Here?/Don't Talk/Peace Train |
| Blind Man's Zoo | Eat For Two/Trouble Me/You Happy Puppet/Poison In The Well |
| Our Time In Eden | Candy Everybody Wants/These Are Days/Few And Far Between |
| M-TV Unplugged | live performance/Because The Night (live) |
| Love Among The Ruins | More Than This |
| The Earth Pressed Flat | title track |
| Campfire Songs | compilation/rarities |
OFFICIAL WEB PAGES: http://www.maniacs.com/ - http://www.johnandmary.net/ - http://www.nataliemerchant.com/
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| Candy Everybody Wants |
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| Can't Ignore The Train |
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| Don't Talk |
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| Eat For Two |
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| Few And Far Between |
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| Like The Weather |
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| More Than This |
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| My Mother The War (version one) |
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| My Mother The War (version two) |
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| Poison In The Well |
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| Scorpio Rising |
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| Tension |
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| The Earth Pressed Flat |
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| These Are Days |
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| Trouble Me |
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| What's The Matter Here |
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| You Happy Puppet |
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