finetune artist: Marcy Playground

The creation of singer John Wozniak (b. 19 January 1971, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA), this US post-grunge outfit was signed by EMI Records in the mid-90s on the strength of Wozniak's demo album From The Marcy Playground, recorded under the name Zog BogBean. Shortly after the release of Marcy Playground's self-titled debut album, EMI America closed its offices and Wozniak was forced to move to a new home at Capitol Records. Luckily, a single culled from the debut, "Sex And Candy', was beginning to pick up radio and press attention, eventually reaching number 1 on Billboard"s Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 8 on the Hot 100 singles chart. Capitol repressed the debut album under its own imprint. However, Wozniak was keen that the single's success should not distract listeners from the other material on the album and considered leaving it off. Other stand-out tracks on the record included "Poppies", which dealt with the opium wars, and "Saint Joe On The School Bus", an endearing tale about school misfits. Other contributors to the project included drummer Dan Rieser, bass player Dylan Keefe (b. 11 April 1970, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) and cellist Jen Handler, though Marcy Playground remains very much Wozniak's creation.

Listen to Marcy Playground at Finetune.

(2000) Marcy Playground
(1999) Shapeshifter

Sex and Candy
It's Saturday
Saint Joe On The School Bus
Poppies
Comin' Up From Behind

juicecann on 2008-11-28 13:08:51.347:
and i'd like to see marcy playground's mp3 on here that would be nice
juicecann on 2008-11-28 13:08:23.207:
its just a different version and its not like its horrible its still good
calipnostics on 2007-05-31 00:38:45.187:
HEY! don't get the sex and candy from the top list, go to album called "marcy playground" and get it from there! On the top list its some other song... trust me...