The Black Maria

Toronto’s the Dark Maria formed in 2002, made up of Chris Grey (vocals), Kyle Bishop (electric guitar/vocals), Mike de Eyre (bass/keyboards), Alan Nacinovic (electric guitar), and Derek Petrella (drums). Acquiring their name from law enforcement vans of the first 20th hundred years, the melodic rock and roll group boasted ex-members of Quality, Zyon, and New Time Rising. They agreed upon to Victory Information in 2004, after mind honcho Tony Brummel was asked to start to see the men by Bishop (whose previous band, Grade, got spent time using the label). Documenting for the band’s debut started in the summertime of 2004 with maker Mike Green (Yellowcard, the Fits). The ensuing recording, Lead Us to Cause, made an appearance in January 2005, as well as the Dark Maria spent period touring THE UNITED STATES and the uk alongside rings like Amount 41, Rise Against, Chevelle, and Atreyu. Several member changes happened aswell; drummer Petrella was changed in August 2005 with Theo McKibbon (ex-Far from Heroes), and after Kyle Bishop parted methods with the people that Dec, Scott Swain (also previously of Definately not Heroes) eventually changed him on acoustic guitar. They moved into the studio room in early 2006, once again with Green, to begin with focus on their follow-up recording. Titling the record following a range pulled through the HBO tv series Six Ft Under, that they experienced aptly described their very own band encounters, the darkly explosive A Distributed Background of Tragedy surfaced that Sept.