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Athanasios Demetrios Maroulis (born September 22, 1964) is an actor, vocalist and record producer born in

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, New York. He is the older brother of singer

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and also has a sister, Anastasia. Athan Maroulis formed the New York-based group

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(1984–1986), with whom he recorded his first commercially available album. Over the ensuing years, Maroulis established himself in a number of alternative musical genres including gothic, industrial and

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. Stints with the Philadelphia-based

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(1987–1990), as well as Tubalcain (1991–1993), followed. After moving to

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he fronted

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(1993–2000). A diverse and fairly eclectic vocalist, Maroulis recorded a number of albums with a 1940s styled vocal/

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combo named The Blue Dahlia (1999–2000). Maroulis remains active both behind and in front of the scenes, runs Sepiatone Records, a vintage vocal and jazz record label while continuing to lend his voice to various studio and film projects. Maroulis has also completed over 250 compact disc reissues, and has produced and written liner notes on collections such as

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and ''

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'', as well as compilations from

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, Marvin Gaye and

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Vocalist discography

Fahrenheit 451

*''The House of Morals'' (1986) *''The Gothic Years and After'' (2000)

Tubalcain

*''25 Assorted Needles'' (1992) *''Left'' (1994)

Spahn Ranch

*''

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'' (1993) *'' The Blackmail Starters Kit'' (1994) *'' Breath and Taxes'' (1994) *'' The Coiled One (1995) *'' In Parts Assembled Solely'' (1996) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Retrofit EP'' (1998) *'' Beat Noir'' (1998) *'' Anthology 1992-1994'' (2000) *'' Closure'' (2001)

Vampire Rodents

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'' (1996)

The Blue Dahlia

*''The Blue Dahlia'' (2000) *''A Tribute to Frank Sinatra'' (2001)

Black Tape for a Blue Girl

* The Scavenger Bride (2002) * 10 Neurotics (2009)

NOIR

*NOIR: ''My Dear'' (2012) *''Darkly Near'' (2013) *''RE:MIT:TENT'' (2014) *''The Burning Bridge'' (2016) *''Reburning'' (2017) *''A Pleasure'' (2019) *''Just Fascination'' (2021)

Producer/Liner Notes Discography

Highlights include: *Various Artists: ''The Black Bible'' (1998) *Billie Holiday: ''Anthology 1944-1959'' (2000) *Artie Shaw: ''The Best of the War Years'' (2001) *Orson Welles: ''The Very Best of'' (2001) *Jo Stafford: ''The Best of the War Years'' (2001) *Shuggie Otis: ''In Session'' (2002) *Miles Davis: ''From Cool to Bop/The Anthology'' (2002) *Django Reinhardt: ''Anthology 1934-1937'' (2002) *The King Cole Trio: ''The MacGregor Anthology'' (2002) *Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: ''The Best of the War Years'' (2003) *''Gypsy 83'': Soundtrack (2003) *Leadbelly: ''The Best of'' (2003) *Charlie Parker: ''The New York Anthology 1950-1954'' (2003) *Louis Prima and His Orchestra: ''The Best of the War Years'' (2003) *Marlene Dietrich: ''The Anthology 1930-1949'' (2003) *Marilyn Monroe: ''Anthology'' (2003) *Gary Numan: ''Here in My Car/The Best of'' (2004) *Marvin Gaye: ''The Concert Anthology'' (2004) *Ray Charles: ''The Genius Anthology'' (2005) *Sarah Vaughan: ''Anthology'' (2005) *Various Artists: ''The Christmas Anthology'' (2005) *Ina Ray Hutton: ''The Definitive Collection 1934-1944'' (2011) *Julie London: ''Silk And Satin - The Rare Songbook'' (2013) *Ministry: ''Trax! Box'' (2015) *Ike & Tina Turner: ''The Complete Pompeii Recordings 1968-1969'' (2016) *Leæther Strip: ''The Zoth Ommog Years 1989 - 1999'' (2020)

References

External links

*https://www.facebook.com/athan.maroulis *http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist/noir
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maroulis, Athan Living people 1964 births People from Brooklyn Record producers from New York (state) American people of Greek descent