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Marianas Trench
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Member Since1/28/2005
Band Websitewww.marianastrench.net
Band MembersManagement & Press: info@simkinartistmanagement.com

Booking: ralphjames@theagencygroup.com

Josh Ramsay - Guitar and Vocals
Ian Casselman - Drums and Vocals
Matt Webb - Guitar and Vocals
Michael Ayley - Bass and Vocals


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104.5 CHUM FM (Toronto ON)
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Mix 99.9 (Toronto ON)
Website: www.mix999.com
Request Link: http://www.mix999.com/requests/create

Z103.5 (Toronto ON)
http://www.z1035.com
Request phone: 416-798-1035 or Pound()HITS(4487)
Request link: http://www.z1035.com/zclub/requestasong/

The Wolf 101.5 FM (Peterborough, ON)
Website: www.thewolf.ca
Request E-Mail: nooner@thewolf.ca
Request Phone Number: 705-740-9653

Hot 89.9 (Ottawa ON)
Website: www.hot899.com
Request E-Mail: heydeejay@hot899.com
Request Phone Number: 750-8990

105.3 Kiss FM (Ottawa ON)
http://www.1053kissfm.com/
Request Line: (613) 750-1053

91.5 The Beat (Kitchener ON)
Website: http://www.915thebeat.com
Request E-Mail: mocha@915thebeat.com or mfarwell@915thebeat.com
Request Line: (519) 571-2328 (BEAT)

Kool Fm (Kitchener ON)
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Request either to Pete Travers ptravers@koolfm.com
or go to http://www.koolfm.com/staff/view/index.php to view all email addys incl the DJ's

Z101 (Niagara Falls ON)
http://www.z101.fm/
905-371-9453

B101 (barrie ON)
http://www.b101fm.com/
http://b101fm.com/station/request_song.cfm
Phone: 705-726-1011

Kool fm (barrie ON)
http://www.1075koolfm.com/
Request: http://www.1075koolfm.com/contact.php
Phone: +1 705 725-7304

Mix 106 (owen Sound ON)
http://www.mix106.ca
phone: 519-376-2030 x311
e-mail: bayshore@radioowensound.com

Mix 97 (Belleville ON)
http://www.mix97.com/
http://www.mix97.com/contact.html
Phone: 613-969-5555

Magic 106 (Guelph ON)
http://www.magic106.com
Telephone (519) 824-7000
Email - studio@magic106.com

Fly fm (Kingston ON)
http://www.flyfmkingston.com/
number: (613) 544-1380

103.1 Fresh FM (London ON)
http://www.1031freshfm.com/
http://www.1031freshfm.com/station/request_song.cfm
519-643-1031

The Beat 94.5 (Vancouver BC)
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Request E-Mail: heydj@thebeat.com

95 Crave (Vancouver BC)
http://www.95crave.com
request email: input@95crave.com
Phone: 604-280-9595

The River (Kamloops BC)
http://ckrv.com/
Song Requests: (250) 372-7197
river@ckrv.com

Sun fm (Penticton BC)
http://www.penticton.thesun.net/
http://www.penticton.thesun.net/requests/create
250.492.2800

105.7 Sun FM (Vernon BC)
http://www.vernon.thesun.net/
http://www.vernon.thesun.net/requests/create
Phone: 250.545.9222

99.9 Sun FM (Kelowna BC)
Website: http://www.kelowna.thesun.net/
Request Link: http://www.kelowna.thesun.net/requests/create

92.5 Joe FM (Edmonton, AB)
Website: http://www.joefm.ca/
http://www.joefm.ca/station/request_song.cfm
Phone: (780) 451-8888

91.7 The Bounce (Edmonton AB)
Website: www.thebounce.ca
Request Link: http://www.thebounce.ca/main.htm
(click on the person who is on air then click "request song")

The Vibe (Calgary AB)
http://www.vibe985.com/
Request email: trv@vibe985.com
Main Number: (403.240.5850)

Mix 96 (Montreal QB)
Website: www.themix.com
http://www.themix.com/requests/create
Request Line: 514-7900-MIX (790-0649)

97.3 The Wave (Saint John NB)
Website: www.thewave.ca
Request Link: http://www.thewave.ca/wave/tunes.jsp

K94.5 FM (Moncton NB)
website : http://www.k945.ca
phone: (506) 858-1234
Request Phone Number: 604-280-0945

Capital FM (Fredericton NB)
http://www.capitalfm.ca/
Request Line:
506-450-7677

99.1 Hits FM (St. John's Nfld.)
Website: http://www.991hitsfm.com
Request E-Mail: hitsmail@991hitsfm.com
Request Phone Number: 724-4487

OZ FM (Newfoundland)
http://www.ozfm.com/
requests@ozfm.com
Avalon Request Line
273-2255
Island Request Line
273-2000
Main Switchboard (also birthday line)
726-2922

C100 (Halifax NS)
www.c100fm.com
Top 9@9 http://www.c100fm.com/index.asp?ObjID=2659
Request Email: c100fm@chumhalifax.com
Request Phone Number: (902) 451 – 1313

Z103 (Halifax NS)
http://www.z103halifax.com/
Request Link: http://www.z103halifax.com/request_song.php

Hot 103 (Winnipeg MB)
Website: http://www.hot103live.com
Request Link: http://www.hot103live.com/requests/create

CURVE 94.3 (Winnipeg MB)
http://www.curve943.com/
phone: 204-780-9436

Z99 (Regina SK)
Website: http://www.z99.com
Request Link: http://www.z99.com/equest.htm
Request Phone Number: 306-936-9999

C95 (Saskatoon SK)
Website: http://www.c95.com
Request Link: http://www.c95.com/request.php
Request Number: 306-938-9595





Record Label604 Records
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It takes some real cojones to include the word 'Masterpiece' in your album title, but Josh Ramsay isn't too worried. "I suppose I could be digging myself into a hole calling the record Masterpiece Theatre," he chuckles, "but it's tongue-in-cheek. And I'm not the kind of person that people would assume as being an egomaniac. I hope not, anyway."

Given his feverish imagination and comprehensive musical gifts, Ramsay could probably get away with a little egomania. And with the release of Masterpiece Theatre, the frontman of Vancouver's Marianas Trench makes a iron-clad case for a prodigious set of talents - both his own and those of his bandmates, guitarist Matt Webb, bassist Mike Ayley, and drummer Ian Casselman.

Marianas Trench had already elevated itself above the rest of the pack with a 2006 debut, Fix Me, that showcased a knack for colouring outside the lines of factory-issue millenial punk, shrewdly-built pop, and super-adrenalized modern rock. The single and in particular the video "Shake Tramp" was enough to demonstrate these qualities, coupled with Ramsay's uninhibited urge to be the complete song-and-dance man.

But with both the industry and the fans beating down the door for a quick second album, the Trench decided to put on the brakes. "All of a sudden you have six months to do your next record," Ramsay sighs. "So I really had to just put my foot down and say, 'No, I need the time to do this.' I was not interested in putting something out for the sake of putting something out."

Two years later, Marianas Trench has re-emerged with Masterpiece Theatre. And not surprisingly, it's a work of soaring ambition and decisive technical prowess – that easily might not have happened. "It's one thing when you're Chad Kroeger and you just finished writing 'How You Remind Me'," Ramsay states. "I didn't have some mega-platinum song to back up my argument with, so I was lucky that the band and the label trusted me enough to do it."

By "it", Ramsay means he was allowed to indulge a high-concept fantasy for the band's sophomore album, which is built, for starters, around a song called "Masterpiece Theatre". Adopting Brian Wilson's notion of the 'pocket symphony' and then running with it, the three distinct versions of “Masterpiece Theatre” dotted across the record feature an almost perfect balance between the vocal theatrics of Queen and the more hymnal qualities of the Beach Boys.

By the time “Masterpiece Theatre” is reprised for a final, climactic time, every other song on the album is quoted and incorporated into an intricately constructed dramatic revue that swings from pristine pop, to propulsive riff rock, to quasi-doo wop, to robotic new wave, and finally into a wholly satisfying thematic payoff.

"You know in the climax of a musical, there's always that medley at the end, and I thought that would be cool on a rock record," explains Ramsay, "but it turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I wrote it in the studio as we recorded it, and it took about three weeks."

After a beat, he adds, "But really it took me two years because it draws from all the songs on the whole album."

Bassist Mike Ayley readily admits, "I don't think any of the three ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ songs could have gone on Fix Me had they been written at the time. ‘Masterpiece’ 2 and 3 in particular are amazing songs that really explore the potential of Josh's writing. You really have to hear them to get it. It's like trying to explain ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to somebody who has only heard Kanye West and Katy Perry."

Ramsay agrees. "I really wanted to have a 'Good Vibrations'/'Bohemian Rhapsody’ style song on the first record,” he says, “but I don't think I was a mature enough writer to have written it yet, and I still feel like I was in over-my-head when we did this one, and I just barely made it."

Ramsay is unnecessarily modest; the whole of Masterpiece Theatre demonstrates a startling compositional maturity compared to the Marianas Trench of two years ago.

"Beside You" is a panoramic exercise in big emotions, with a dash of the Dream Academy's "Life In a Northern Town”. "Acadia" begins with a clipped, bright acoustic guitar, and blossoms into something like the Who reconsidered by U2, reimagined for the net generation. In the crunchy "All to Myself", the power ballad "Lover Dearest", and the strident "Good to You" (in which he duets with Kate Voegele), Ramsay pulls out the kind of honeyed vocals more attuned to modern RnB than white, adolescent rock.

"I always had that aspect in my voice but the first record just didn't have songs that were conducive to me singing that way," he states. "I think it's from growing up listening to a lot of Michael Jackson. With these songs, it made sense to stretch out a little more."

On "Cross My Heart" and "Celebrity Status", the band conjures up a kind of perfect pop crossover. Producer Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie was responsible for the latter track, which cops a move he used on Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People" with three drummers (Casselman, Ramsay and Shane Wilson) playing at once - much to Ramsay's delight. "He's just worked with so many great artists which makes his well of tricks and ideas so vast," he says.

True to Ramsay's quest for "more diversity on this album" - not to mention the indulgence of his record label - Rave was just one of four prominent guest producers eventually roped into Masterpiece Theatre. Their collective resume includes Nine Inch Nails, Sum 41, Iggy Pop, Avril Lavigne, and Hedley among others.

"I feel really fortunate to have worked with all those guys," Ramsay says, "coz they all bring really unique things. Dave Genn and I have a really good working relationship with each other, and he has such a unique style with arrangement and stuff. Greig Nori was a really pleasant surprise. As far as I can tell, he wanted to work with us because he liked our video. The whole time he was just trying to get me to dance around like an idiot. And Raine Maida, man? Raine's a trip!"

Bassist Ayley also credits Maida for encouraging the band to “find a personality-identity that wasn't as evident when we started the production process," while also praising Ramsay for his production efforts. Ramsay took charge of four songs on the finished record. “Josh is really about capturing the emotion and power which isn't surprising considering all the feeling in the writing,” he says.

Oddly enough, Ramsay also wanted Disney's in-house genius Alan (Little Mermaid) Mencken to twiddle the knobs for the climactic version of "Masterpiece Theatre", but admits, "it's a pretty tall order to get an Academy Award winner to come and work on your record."

Still, the album is certainly not diminished by the few things Ramsay didn't get. And once the world gets a load of this Masterpiece, Mencken, Pharrell Williams, Phil Spector... you name it. They'll probably be lining up.


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corygillis♥

corygillis♥



 Nov 23 2009 2:34 AM

Heeey party people! I cant just get enough of you guys Marianas Trench!
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Much love! :)
Tatyana Sherman

Tatyana Sherman



 Nov 22 2009 2:49 PM

Have a great Sunday!

All the best to you....

Life-Music-Love
;; <3 megs-xo

Megan Steen



 Nov 22 2009 2:19 PM

come back to saint john soon <3333333.
you're always loved here :D, xo.
MikaColleen ; ♥

Mika Henry



 Nov 20 2009 11:56 AM

hey guys :]
think you could PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wish me a happy birthday !?
it would mean so much, i'm a really big fan. :)
it would probably be .. the best present ever ;)
hah ,
please :) ?

.. love you .
-- Mika.
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 Nov 20 2009 1:00 AM



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 Nov 18 2009 8:36 PM

You know what makes me very sad? Seeing only one more date on that Tour Dates list. 

Yep.
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Nov 18 2009 8:22 PM

THANKS FOR ADDING ME .....Looking forward talking with you ASAP :)
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 Nov 18 2009 10:58 AM

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 Nov 18 2009 9:27 AM

Hey how come im not in ur top friends list? I was the one who first started playing u guys even though u never put Primetime on ur album. That will always be my fave! So proud of the new songs guys! Beside is my fave, so I hope u dont mind I have it on my player?
 I am alittle disappointed I never hear from Ian or Mike anymore Hope u still remember me!LOL XO Miss ya guys!
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 Nov 18 2009 3:47 AM

hey!
i just found out about you guys a few days ago and ever since, i've had "beside you" on repeat. haha i can't stop listening to it! <3
~*~SEN10R! Mrs.Black to you~*~

Shelby Welch



 Nov 18 2009 3:02 AM

I love you guys so much.. when ever i listen to you guys i feel sooo much better!
i REALLY wish you would come down to Seattle. my friend also loves you.. Beside you is "our sing" lol
keep going guys!!!!
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 Nov 17 2009 9:53 PM

You guys are awesome,
I just bought your latest album.

I listen to you guys everyday.
Mr. Tequila

Mr. Tequila



 Nov 17 2009 8:31 PM

Go Canucks go !!! Listen to "Tequila Talk" with Mr Tequila on the Todd & Karen show only on 99.3 cfox or www.cfox.com  The Fox Rocks !!!!!
 
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Nov 17 2009 8:07 PM

Why aren't you coming to Holland :(.
I want to see you guys so badddd.

PATRICIA.

PATRICIA.



 Nov 17 2009 6:06 AM

good to you needs to be added to the playlist!<3
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Nov 17 2009 2:34 AM

Hey Guys

Thanks for checking us out



Cheers!
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 Nov 17 2009 12:43 AM


 
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 Nov 16 2009 7:36 PM

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RAT THE HERO

RAT THE HERO



 Nov 16 2009 1:51 PM

I love your music!!!!!!
YOU ROCK!!!!
And sometimes, I ROCK too!!!!
Please listen to my music!!!!!
RAT THE HERO from Tokyo Japan
Lights on

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 Nov 16 2009 6:46 AM

Hey Check Out Our Myspace, Please Leave A Comment Have A Nice Day:)
PATRICIA.

PATRICIA.



 Nov 16 2009 5:12 AM

good to you<33333
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 Nov 16 2009 1:16 AM

heyy thxz 4 add i luv ya music tour around australia plz!!!!!!!!!! <3
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