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10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is a United States-based alternative rock band, which formed in 1981 and continues to be active with various line-ups. The band was formed as Still Life in 1981 in Jamestown, New York, by Dennis Drew (keyboards), Steve Gustafson (bass), Chet Cardinale (drums), Robert Buck (guitar), and Teri Newhouse (vocalist and Buck's ex-wife). Gustafson invited Natalie Merchant, who was 17 at the time, to do some vocals. John Lombardo, who was ... in a band called The Mills (along with brother guitarist/vocalists Mark Liuzzo and Paul Liuzzo and drummer Mike Young) and used to play occasionally with Still Life, was invited to join permanently on guitar and vocals. Newhouse and Cardinale left the band in July, and Merchant became the main singer. Various drummers came and left. The band changed its name to Burn Victims and then to 10,000 Maniacs after the low-budget horror movie Two Thousand Maniacs!. In late 1993/early 1994, the remaining members of 10,000 Maniacs (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, and Gustafson) asked John & Mary to join the band and continue. The revamped band began performing new material almost immediately, initially calling themselves 'John & Mary, Rob, Steve, Dennis, & Jerry,' before they were to legally regain control of the 10,000 Maniacs name. 10,000 Maniacs released two albums with Ramsey on vocals. In 1997 they released Love Among the Ruins on Geffen Records and followed up in 1999 with The Earth Pressed Flat on Bar/None. In December 1998, Buck took some time off from the band, moving to Texas to focus on a new project called League of Blind Women. The band recruited Buffalo-based Michael Lee Jackson of the band Animal Planet to step into the lead guitar role. Buck returned to the band in the summer of 1999. On November 3, 2000, 10,000 Maniacs played with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, in Buffalo, NY. It was the last concert they performed with Buck. On December 19, 2000, Buck died of liver failure at the age of 42. He was buried in Mission Cemetery in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania. The band took a break. Gustafson and Drew, with Jeff Erickson started a band called The Mighty Wallop!. Augustyniak joined a band called Only Humen. On December 5, 2001, a 10,000 Maniacs line-up comprising Gustafson, Drew, Augustyniak, Lombardo, and Ramsey played on a benefit concert in Toronto, with Buck's former guitar technician, Erickson, on lead guitar. In 2002, Gustafson, Drew, and Augustyniak decided that they wished to continue with a new lead singer. Lombardo showed up at the first band practice, found out that the band had hired Erickson to play lead guitar and Oskar Saville of the Chicago-based band Rubygrass to sing, and quit the band. This lineup toured sporadically between 2002 and 2006, playing at various festivals. Ramsey rejoined the current edition of 10,000 Maniacs for several dates in 2006, playing viola and singing backing vocals. In 2006, John & Mary formed a folk-rock band called the Valkyries. John & Mary & the Valkyries are composed of several longtime Buffalo music scene stalwarts. On January 27, 2004, Elektra/Asylum/Rhino Records released Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings, a two CD set compilation, with 31 digitally remastered songs, four of them demos and one unreleased. The second disc contained B-sides and outtakes throughout the band's career up to that point, including many covers. Jackson Browne's "These Days" and Tom Waits's "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" were among those included. Saville left in 2007 and Mary Ramsey regained the lead vocalist spot. 2008–present: The current edition of the band (Augustyniak, Drew, Erickson, Gustafson and Ramsey) remains active. On October 24, 2009, they performed at a benefit in Buffalo for the Griffis Sculpture Park in Ashford Hollow, New York. The band recorded an "Unkempt" acoustic show in Jamestown on January 16, 2010. Other recent shows include concerts in Chicago, IL; Keystone, CO; Rochester, NY and Clarence, NY. They also played a powerful performance at the popular Mohegan Sun Wolf Den in Uncasville, CT on August 4, 2010. Then later in 2010 played at the famous Oyster Festival in Norwalk, Connecticut. A short tour down the East coast included two sold out shows at City Winery in NYC, Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD and The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. John Lombardo has joined his former band mates on numerous occasions. Buffalo-based singer/songwriter Maria Sebastian has also accompanied the band in 2011 and has been replaced in 2012 by Jamestown-based singer/songwriter Melanie Luciano on acoustic guitar and harmonies. In June 2011 the band released the EP "Triangles" on their own label, Ruby Wristwatch Records. The band celebrated its 30th anniversary in October 2011 with two sold out concerts at the Scharmann Theater on the campus of Jamestown Community College. In 2012 the band has focused on recording a new full length album at their studio in Jamestown, NY. Release date is scheduled for February 2013. See more [+]

Because The Night |||||

Take me now, baby, here as I am. Hold me close try and under...

A Campfire Song |||||

A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig....

These Are Days |||||

These are days you'll remember. Never before and never since...

Like The Weather |||||

The color of the sky as far as I can see, its coal gray lift...

Whats The Matter Here |||||

That young boy without a name anywhere, I'd know his face. G...

Trouble Me |||||

Trouble Trouble me, disturb me With all your cares and you...

Among The Americans |||||

Dance to the sun A kiss to the earth Embrace a stone Come th...

Verdi Cries |||||

The man in 119 takes his tea all alone. Mornings we all ris...

Dont Talk |||||

Don't talk, I will listen don't talk, you keep your distance...

Jezebel |||||

To think of my task is chilling To know i was carefully buil...

Gold Rush Brides |||||

Follow the typical signs, the hand painted lines down prairi...

Dust Bowl |||||

I should know to leave them home They follow me through the ...

Let The Mystery Be |||||

Everybody's wondering what and where they all came from Ever...

Back To The Moon |||||

Jenny Jenny you don't know the nights I hide below a second ...

Candy Everybody Wants |||||

Chorus: ======= == x3 Intro Verse: Chorus Verse: Chorus Vers...

Hey Jack Kerouac |||||

Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother and the tears she c...

Gun Shy |||||

I always knew that you would take yourself far from home As ...

Stockton Gala Days |||||

That summer fields grew high with foxglove stalks and ivy Wi...

How You've Grown |||||

"My, how you've grown." I remember that phrase from my child...

You Happy Puppet |||||

How did they teach you to be Just a happy puppet dancing on...

Eat For Two |||||

O, Baby blankets and baby shoes, baby slippers, baby spoons,...

Dont Call Us |||||

with heavy chorus effect Guitar chords Keys does other stuff...

Please Forgive Us |||||

"Mercy, mercy", why didn't we hear it? "Mercy, mercy", why ...

The Painted Desert |||||

The painted desert Can wait till summer We've played this ga...

Tension |||||

As Frail hinges pivot on a case's door commemorative ...

Everyone A Puzzle Lover |||||

e -----------12-----12----------------------12-----12 B--13-...

Eden |||||

We are the roses in the garden, beauty with thorns among our...

The Big Parade |||||

Detroit to D.C., Night train, capitol, parts east Lone youn...

City Of Angels |||||

Heaven is this heaven? Heaven is this heaven? Heaven is this...

Headstrong |||||

To your common sense firm arguments I won't listen to your v...

Poison In The Well |||||

Tell me what's gone wrong. I tilt my head there, under the f...

Sin robar, sin copiar, sin mentir, sin fingir |||||

Gracias a dios, otro tema nuevo con mi voz sigo mi rumbo con...

To Sir With Love |||||

Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are ...

Lions Share |||||

Can I be unhappy? Look at what I see a beast in furs and cro...

Katrinas Fair |||||

Greta's cedar hope chest Is full of pamphlets Glass shelves...

El Tiempo Pasa |||||

Niña linda,, como andarás? después de t...

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