The Black Maria was a Canadian rock band from

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History

The Black Maria was formed in November 2002 and, in 2003, independently released the EP ''The Black Maria''. At the time, Band members included vocalist Chris Gray, guitarists Alan Nacinovic and Kyle Bishop, keyboard and bassist Mike De Eyre, and drummer Derek Petrella. Their first show was in Toronto in

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. They signed with

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in 2004 and recorded their debut album, ''Lead Us To Reason'', at Signal To Noise Studios with producer Mike Green. '' Lead Us to Reason'' was released on January 25, 2005 and did well, selling upwards of 50,000 copies and opening the door to tours with several successful bands, including

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. By the end of the ''Lead Us To Reason'' tour, Bishop and the other members were not getting along and he left the band. Ex-Damn 13 guitarist Mike Charette filled in, until Bishop was replaced by Scott Swain. The Black Maria was a winner of Yahoo! Music's "Who's Next?" at

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. Adam Veselisin played drums on the ''Who's Next'' video and, through April 2005, filled in on drums when Petrella broke his arm and the band played shows with Zao,

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and Alexisonfire. Petrella then left the band and was replaced by Theo McKibbon. In September 2006, The Black Maria released the album '' A Shared History of Tragedy'', which was written and produced by Swain and McKibbon. The CD artwork was done by Oliver Nacinovic. It sold slightly less than ''Lead Us To Reason'' but was received warmly by critics. The band also played with

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Discography

Albums * '' Lead Us to Reason'' (2005), (

) * '' A Shared History of Tragedy'' (2006), (

) EPs *''The Black Maria'' (2003), Independent * ''Waking Up With Wolves'' (2006, split with

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), Victory Records

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