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(lead singer, guitarist, songwriter,
producer)
(Born on January 19th, 1971, St. Paul, MN)
Born to a developmental psychologist
dad and a free spirited Bohemian mother, John started
his fascination with music while growing up listening
to artists like Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon,
Van Morrison and many others to say the least. He learned
how to play guitar at age 14 writing "Rebel Sodville" at
age 15. John played in many local bands after moving
to the Philadelphia area after his dad was offered
a job at Bryn Mawr College.
Before all this, the whole story begins
with John's times at the Minneapolis based grade school,
Marcy Open, where he was picked on daily resulting
in his turn against the norm so to speak and be more
to himself. In 1990 when making the bedroom recorded
Zog Bogbean, John wrote the song "From the Marcy Playground" based
on these memories later naming the band after the school's
playground.
(Bassist)
(Born, April 11th, 1970 in Minneapolis, MN)
The talented, funny, quiet, shy guy of
Marcy Playground who adds to the playground. Dylan
also attended an Open Minneapolis school just as John
did, the Harriet Open School, across town from John's.
The two never met until 16 years later after both moving
to NY and meeting through mutual friend Kurt Rosenwinkel
(guitarist who appeared on the Shapeshifter album).
Before his days in Marcy, he attended
the Berklee Music College of Boston with the old drummer
Dan Rieser and became fast friends playing in various
jazz projects together for many years.
(Drummer, backing vocals)
(Born July 13, 1962, Miami, Fl)
Gonzalo, (Gonz), the son of Cuban Exiles, grew up
in a household filled with (ironically) Rock and Roll.
He began teaching himself to play drums at the age
of 10. His natural talent won him many music awards
through out his academic years and he was playing professionally
by the age of 16. Gonz played with many great local
Miami rock bands where he eventually got his first
recording contract. Not too soon after, he moved to
NYC where he began playing in a much more diverse music
scene.
As fate would have it, He met Woz and Dylan
while playing drums in an opening band for a Marcy
Playground tour in the late 90's.
photographs by: Daniel
Liss
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