Crazy Mary

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Eyes Above The Clouds

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Eyes Above The Clouds
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Black Candles
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Gravity
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Genre: Garage / Psychedelic / Rock
Location New York, New York, US
Profile Views: 40707
Last Login: 3/19/2013
Member Since 12/26/2006
Website www.crazymary.com
Record Label Humsting Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .. ........ .......... .. .. .......... .......... .......... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..Crazy Mary carries the flame for a time when downtown Manhattan was at its post-punk apex – gritty, smart, artful, edgy and sexy, before its soul was taken over by corporate developers. But true to the ideals of the era from which they emerged, the band remains fully engaged with the modern, eschewing sentimentality and nostalgia. Their new album, Water On The Moon (Humsting Records 2010), carries their music forward (with special guest keyboardist, Parker Reilly) and keeps their mélange of psychedelia, tribal music and Velvet Underground inspired no wave very much alive and well... ..Crazy Mary began in 1998, founded by guitarist and songwriter Charles Kibel, a veteran of the Lower East Side rock scene, and drummer Nick Raisz. With seven studio albums to their credit (and two remix albums), the band has enjoyed extensive college radio play, favorable reviews in the New Yorker, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice, and by NBC Nightly News anchor, Brian Williams. In addition, they’ve played several festivals, including CMJ, the Howl Festival, the Nemo, Midpoint and others... ..With their second album as full time members under their belt, Em Z on lead vocals and especially Walter Steding on fiddle, Bring their unique impact on Crazy Mary’s sound. The Australian native Em Z’s intense and driving vocals have brought a new dimension to the band. And Steding, who has been contributing to the band since 2002, has now become a full time member, bringing the full depth of his talent, experience and pedigree to the band... ..Introduced to the band by Blondie founder Chris Stein, Steding was a pioneer of the No-Wave movement in the late 70’s, the leader of the TV Party Orchestra, Glenn O’Brien’s TV-show house band, in addition to recording with luminaries such as Robert Fripp and Jim Carroll. A solo artist in his own right, Steding was managed by Andy Warhol, for whom he worked as a painting assistant from 1980 up until Warhol’s death in 1987. Warhol produced Steding’s solo album, thereby earning Steding the distinction of being one of the two artists Warhol ever produced – the other one being the Velvet Underground... ..Steding brings an incredibly emotional style to the band, and his term for the way his style of playing is “hand diatonic glissando,” a way of sliding into the notes on his fretless violin. As he explains, “I use every note in the scale and I hit every vibration – so I can cover the spectrum of both western and world music. I try to play something that you’re familiar with but is also beyond the familiar.” where Steding’s fiddle runs run the gamut from the melodic to the atonal, reminiscent of John Cale’s viola work in the Velvet Underground. .. ..Produced again by Kibel, Water On The Moon spans the gamut from full out rock to contemplative. With the luxury of having played together with the same linup for three years Crazy Mary has tightened and honed their current sound as begun on their previous record, Nuclear Lipstick. Legendary photographer Marcia Resnick captured the band for the cover photo... ..The band is eager for people to hear the new directions their music has gone. As Charles Kibel declares, “We want to get the new album to as many people as we can. We’re eager to perform it live. On Water On The Moon, Crazy Mary has found the right people to play the right songs at the right time, taking the band to a new level, with a spirit reminiscent of the times when art and music create something seminal. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... Photo by Marcia Resnick .... .... Photo by Marcia Resnick .... .... Photo by Marcia Resnick .... .... Painting by Walter Steding
Members
.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .................... .. .... Walter Steding, The Wizard, Charles, Nick and Em Z.. .. ...... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ....
Influences
.. .. Here's some of the people who've made music we like: Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, The Clash, The Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Grateful Dead, Cream, The Allman Brothers, Neil Young, Al Green, Antietam, Apples in Stereo, Aretha Franklin, The Band, The Beach Boys, Beck, Blind Faith, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Blondie, Bo Didley,Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bukka White, Buffalo Springfield, Charlie Patton, Cornershop, Cowboy Junkies, Curtis Mayfield, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Desmond Dekker and the Aces, Doc Watson, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Elmore James, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Folk Implosion, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Galaxie 500, The Grip Weeds, Hank Williams, The Heptones, The Hives, Hot Tuna, Howlin' Wolf, Iggy and the Stooges, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Johnny Cash, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Joy Division, Junior Murvin, Kings of Leon, The Kinks, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Loretta Lynn, Mad Professor, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Mekons, The Melodians, Merle Haggard, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Moby, Bill Monroe, The Mooney Suzuki, Muddy Waters, My Bloody Valentine, The New York Dolls, Nirvana, Norman Blake, The Patti Smith Group, Portishead, Price, R.E.M., The Raconteurs, Rage Against The Machine, The Ramones, Rev. Robert Wilkins, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Roots Radics, Santana, Scientist, The Seldom Scene, The Skatilites, Skip James, Sleepy John Estes, Sly and the Family Stone, Son House, Sonic Youth, Sonny Boy Williamson (both of them), Soul Coughing, The Stanley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Tampa Red, Television, The Temptations, Toots and the Maytalls, Traffic, The White Stripes, Woodie Guthrie, X, Yo La Tengo, and of course, WALTER STEDING
Sounds Like
...... ..Walter playing Woke Up Mixed Up with David Byrne and Chris Stein. For a current non synth version check out our CD, Nuclear Lipstick.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..A video by Steve Oppel.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..