Electric Mary is a rock and classic rock band from
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, Australia. Their debut single "Sail On" reached #76 on the
ARIA Singles chart.
Synopsis
The band formed in 2003 and named themselves after Rusty Brown met Mary Campbell, the manager of
Jimi Hendrix's
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios is a recording studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. It was commissioned by rock musician Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and designed by architect John Storyk and audio engineer Eddie Kramer by 1970. Hendrix spent only ten we ...
in New York City. In 2008 they were finalists at the MusicOz Awards, nominated for Best Rock Band. They were also selected to support
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own en ...
and
Judas Priest. 2009 saw them tour with
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...
and
Glenn Hughes, as well as showcasing at Experience PRS for
PRS Guitars
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Products manufactured by PRS inc ...
in
Stevensville, Maryland
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alongside the likes of
Carlos Santana,
Dweezil Zappa
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and
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaugh ...
. In 2010 they supported
Deep Purple. Whilst in the States, Electric Mary collaborated with engineer/producer Jason Corsaro on a live recording.
The latter part of 2011 saw the band perform at the World Cup in South Africa and then embark on an extensive concert tour of mainland Europe including Hell Fest in France.
In 2012 the band returned to Europe for an extensive tour taking in France, Spain and Belgium and then over to the UK and then went on to perform at the Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales. The same year, the band's drummer Stephen (Venom) Brown decided to leave and was replaced by Davey Porter, who Rusty had played with on and off for the previous 20 years.
In 2014 the band released the EP ''
The Last Great Hope'' and embarked on a European tour, selling out shows in Spain and France. Upon returning home, Davey fell from a roof and broke his ankle, which kept the band off the road for more than a year.
In 2016 the band discovered the lost tapes of Hell Dorado from the previous tour, it was a revelation and they quickly snapped up the services of
The Machine to mix the album. The band were hellbent on using The Machine after falling in love with his work on records by the band
Clutch.
A tour of Europe in October 2016 started the Straight Out of Hell Dorado tour. At the end of the 2016 Straight Out of Hell Dorado tour, Davey decided to depart from the band and after extensive searching Paul (Spyda) Marrett was signed up for drumming duties.
In 2017 the band started writing for the next album and by the end of 2017 recording had begun. The album, ''Mother'', was released in February 2019.
2021 sees the latest single released "The King Of Rock'n'Roll" the first Production of Rusty's company
www.beinsidethecircle
2022 electric Mary released the single "3 Days Gone" produced by Alex Raunjak who also made the video clip https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha437abv0qY
Discography
Albums
EPs
*''The Definition of Insanity'' (2006)
[''All Access Magazine']
Electric Mary :: The Definition Of Insanity
by The Atomic Chaser
*''The Venom Principle'' (2008)
*''Long Time Coming'' (2011)
*''From the Vault'' (2012)
*''The Last Great Hope'' (2014)
Singles
References
External links
*
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Victoria (state) musical groups
Australian rock music groups
Australian hard rock musical groups