Maserati (band)
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- This is an article about the Athens post-rock band. For the 1980s R&B group of a similar name, see Mazarati. For the Italian car manufacturer, see Maserati.
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Origin | Athens, Georgia, United States |
Genres | Post-rock, space rock, psychedelic rock |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Temporary Residence Limited |
Members | Coley Dennis Matt Cherry Chris McNeal Mike Albanese |
Past members | Jerry Fuchs A.E. Paterra Phil Horan Josh McCauley Tristan Wraight Steve Scarborough |
Maserati is a band formed in 2000 in Athens, Georgia. They are currently signed to Temporary Residence Limited.
History
Coley Dennis, Matt Cherry, Steve Scarborough and Phil Horan began making music together in January 2000 and in June played their first show at the now-defunct Above Bookstore in Athens, Georgia. That October they recorded and self-released their debut album,
In 2005, the band reconvened with
On November 8, 2009, Fuchs died suddenly after falling down an elevator shaft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[2][3] ABC reported that he "was trying to jump out of a broken elevator when a piece of his clothing caught on something".[4] He was 34 years old.
Throughout the following year, Dennis, Cherry and McNeal worked to finish the album they had started recording with Fuchs (his drum tracks were recorded just three months before his death). On November 8, 2010 (exactly a year after Fuchs' death) Temporary Residence released the band's fourth full-length album Pyramid of the Sun along with the limited-run Pyramid of the Moon 12" containing an additional dance track as well as a remix by The Field. The band toured the US and Europe throughout 2010 and 2011 with A.E. Paterra filling-in on drums.
The band wrote most of the songs on 2012's Maserati VII initially with an Oberheim DMX drum machine but recruited Mike Albanese (Cinemechanica, Shannon Wright, Bit Brigade) to play many of the drum parts in the studio. The album features Steve Moore who both mixed the record and played synthesizers. The band toured Europe in 2013 and Asia in 2014 to support VII's release.
The band wrote, recorded and mixed its next album entirely at Albanese's studio in Athens, GA. Rehumanizer[5] was subsequently released in November 2015 followed by a handful of live shows in the US and Europe. In 2016 Dennis moved permanently to Lausanne, Switzerland.
Throughout 2017 and 2019, the band continued to write new material, trading files and demos remotely and occasionally playing together weeks at a time in both the US and in Switzerland.
Their next album Enter the Mirror, recorded in Athens and mixed by John Congleton, was released in Spring 2020 in tandem with the band's twenty-year anniversary.
In April 2022, it was announced that Mason Brown was joining as a writing member in the band.[6]
Band members
Current
- Coley Dennis – guitars (2000–present)
- Matt Cherry – guitars (2000–present)
- Chris McNeal – bass (2008–present)
- Mike Albanese – drums (2012–present)
Former
- Phil Horan – drums (2000–2004)
- Jerry Fuchs – drums (2005–2009; died 2009)
- Steve Scarborough – bass (2000–2008)
Touring
- A.E. Paterra – drums (2010–2011)
- Josh McCauley – guitars (2008–2009)
- Tristan Wraight – guitars (2006–2007)
Timeline
Discography
- 37:29:24 (2000, self-released)
- Kindercore)
- The Language of Cities + 2 - Japan release (2003, Human Highway)
- Maserati / The Mercury Program - Confines Of Heat EP+DVD (2003, Kindercore)
- Maserati / The Mercury Program - Confines of Heat LP (2003, Hello Sir)
- Towers Were Wires/Asymmetrical Threats 7" (2004, Hello Sir)
- Maserati / Cinemechanica / We Versus the Shark - Split EP (2004, Hello Sir)
- Temporary Residence)
- Inventions Remixes 12" ( Temporary Residence, 2008)
- Split with Zombi (Temporary Residence, 2009)
- Passages (Temporary Residence, 2009)
- Pyramid of the Moon 12" (Temporary Residence, 2010)
- Pyramid of the Sun LP (Temporary Residence, 2010)
- Maserati VII (Temporary Residence, 2012)
- Rehumanizer (Temporary Residence, 2015)
- Enter the Mirror (Temporary Residence, 2020)
References
- Allmusic
- ^ "Brooklyn Drummer Dies After Fall Down Elevator Shaft in Williamsburg". gothamist.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Jerry Fuchs. RIP". chunklet.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Deadly elevator accident". abclocal.go.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ Lore, Mark (November 23, 2015). "Maserati: Rehumanizer Review". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "MASERATI (The band) on Instagram: "We are beyond thrilled to announce the addition of our new writing member of Maserati, Mason Brown! He has been an invaluable asset for the band for many years and we are excited to officially welcome him into the fold! 📷: @matthieu_padaone @tempresltd @hiwattofficial @masoncbrown"".