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Marah Is An American Rock Band Formed By Singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Bielanko From Conshohocken Pennsylvania Bass Guitarist Danny Metz And Drummer Ronnie Vance In 1993. Singer/songwriter/guitarist And Harmonica Player Serge Bielanko Dave's Older Brother Joined The Band In 1995. The Group Featured Mummers Parade Influenced Banjos Combined With Standard Rock Music Instruments To Create A Highly Eclectic Roots Rock Sound. The Quartet Recorded Two Albums Together Let's Cut The Crap & Hook Up Later On Tonight Released On Black Dog Records In 1998 And Kids In Philly Released On Steve Earle's Now-Defunct E-Squared Records In 2000. Both Critically Acclaimed CD's Were Recorded And Produced By The Band And Recording Engineer Paul Smith Above An Auto Repair Garage In South Philadelphia. Metz And Vance Left The Band In 2000 And Were Replaced By Mick Bader On Drums And Joe Hooven On Bass. Augmented By Mike "Slo-Mo" Brenner On Lap Steel This Version Of The Group Toured Extensively To Support Kids In Philly. Marah Performed The Song "Point Breeze" From Kids In Philly On The Late Show With Conan O'Brien In 2000. Bader And Hooven Left Marah In 2001 And Were Replaced By Jon Kois Drums And Jamie Mahon Bass Of Philadelphia Psychedelic Rock Band The Three For Tens. The Bielankos With Kois And Mahon Left For Wales In Late 2001 To Record Their Third CD Float Away With The Friday Night Gods With Former Oasis Producer Owen Morris. It Was Released On Artemis Records In 2002. In 2003 Marah Returned To The Auto Garage And Recorded Their Fourth Record 20 000 Streets Under The Sky. The CD Was Released On Yep Rock Records In 2004. The Band Toured This Album With John Wurster Of Indie Rock-Stalwarts Superchunk On Drums Mike Brenner On Lap Steel And Kirk Henderson On Bass And Keyboards. In 2005 The Band Entered The Magic Shop Recording Studio In New York City To Record Their Fifth Album With The Help Of Henderson And Two New Members Adam Garbinski And Dave Peterson. The Result If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry IYDLYC Was Hailed By Critics As A Return To Form For The Band. The Release Of IYDLYC Was Complemented By The Recording And Release Of A Christmas Album A Christmas Kind Of Town On October 18 2005. The Band Solidified As A Three-Guitar Quintet Embarked On A Year-Long Tour Of The US And Europe To Support The Two Albums. Highlights Of The Tour Included Serge Bielanko's Intense Renditions Of "Dishwasher's Dream" Off Of IYDLYC As Well As Occasional Performances Of "Reservation Girl " An Original Song That Has Never Been Officially Released By The Band. Dave Bielanko Serge Bielanko And Adam Garbinski At ACL 2006.The Band Played At The Bonnaroo Music Festival On June 16 2006 Which Was Highlighted By A Rousing Introduction By St. Louis Scenester/character Beatle Bob And A Cover Of The Who's "Baba O'Riley." Marah Later Played The Austin City Limits Music Festival On September 15th 2006 Featuring A Spirited Performance From The Band With Dave And Serge Bielanko Jumping Over The Crowd Barriers Into The Audience. The Audio Of This Performance Was Released On ITunes On November 7th 2006. On September 21 2006 The Band's Website Announced The Release Of A Live DVD Of The IYDLYC Tour Entitled Sooner Or Later In Spain. The DVD Which Was Originally Recorded And Released As A Fan Bootleg Was Released On November 17th 2006. Marah With Christine Smith Now A Full Time Member Entered Nashville's 16 Ton Recording Studios In August 2006 To Record Songs For A New Record. In April 2007 The Group Recorded And Mixed Additional Songs At Brooklyn New York's Excello Recording. In June Marah Announced That The New Record Angels Of Destruction Would Be Released On January 8 2008 And Previewed The Album At A Concert/listening Party In Philadelphia On September 8th 2007. Angels Of Destruction Was Preceded By A 6-Song 10" EP Entitled Can't Take It With You Which Was Released In October 2007. A Christmas EP Called Counting The Days Was Released In November 2007. The New Album Was Released In Early January 2008 To Widespread Acclaim. Almost Immediately Afterwards However Plans For An Extensive US Tour Were Cancelled Following The Departure Of Garbinski Peterson And Henderson. A Statement From Dave Bielenko Stated That The Current Line-Up Could Not Agree On Tour Plans And That To Acquiesce To Rhythm Section Would Have Represented A "musical Regression." Bassist Johnny Pisano And Drummer Joe Gorelick Were Hired As Replacements And In Late February The Band Embarked On A European Tour To Promote The Album. In August 2008 Dave Bielanko Smith And Pisano Started Recording New Material At 16 Ton Studios In Nashville. Bielanko Has Stated His Intentions Of Recording "a Lilting Beautiful Folky Record Of Acoustic Guitars Tack Pianos And The Stand-Up Bass".

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