The Black Maria

The Black Maria is a rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band has been through some turmoil, losing guitarist Kyle Bishop, ex frontman for Grade, as well as drummer Derek Petrella. Band members include vocalist Chris Gray, guitarists Alan Nacinovic and Scott Swain, keyboard and bassist Mike De Eyre, and drummer Theo McKibbon. Their debut album Lead Us To Reason was released on January 25, 2005. The Black Maria is winner of Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next?" at LAUNCHcast. Adam Veselisin played drums on the "Who's Next" video. Veselisin or "Vez" was asked to fill in for Derek Petrella for the Zao/Juliana Theory & Rise Against/Alexisonfire tour after he had suffered a broken arm. Petrella soon returned after just four weeks in April of 2005. Each member of the band has a long history of music in their lives before forming the band. The band was named after the notorious vans used by police to transport prisoners in the early 20th Century (most often referred to as a paddywagon). Their first show was in Toronto in 2003. The band has played with Queens of the Stone Age, MxPx, The Distillers, Silverstein, The Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, Chevelle, Taproot, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and joined Evanescence on their Canadian tour in January 2007 which also included Stone Sour. Their albums were recorded and produced by Victory Records. The cover artwork on Lead Us To Reason was done by Matt Mahurin. They released their new album, A Shared History of Tragedy, was released in the US on September 5, 2006. The release date for Canada was pushed back to September 19, 2006. In January 2007, they did a cross-Canada tour supporting Evanescence and Stone Sour.

Discography

• Lead Us To Reason (2005) (Victory Records)
• A Shared History Of Tragedy (2006) (Victory Records)

See also

• List of bands from Canada

External links

• The Black Maria Official Website
• Feature(s) of the band available here
• The Black Maria MySpace Page