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Max and the Marginalized

About Me


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Member Since: 09/10/2007
Band Website: You're at it.
Band Members: Max Bernstein, Jon Ryggy, Dave Watrous.
Influences: The Jam, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Walter Schriefels, Billy Bragg, Karate, XRaySpex, Crass, M.D.C., Jawbreaker, Minutemen, Husker Du, Michael Franti + Spearhead, The Mekons, Juliana Hatfield, Bruce Springsteen, Guided by Voices, The Posies, The Lawrence Arms, many many writers.
Sounds Like: Righteous indignation!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

First new song in ages!

I wrote My Heart Belongs to Cleveland in response to the throngs of elected officials who claim to support working people but oppose the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill working its way through cong...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 13:33:00 GMT

Going on a short tour

We're getting in the van for a little swing up north in a minute.Tonight (Saturday) the 21st - SF, CA - Bottom of the HillMonday the 23rd - Portland, OR - Kelly's OlympianWednesday the 25th - Boise, I...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:15:00 GMT

NYT Headline Epic Fail

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Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:01:00 GMT

No Kisses, No Cameras -- corrected.

The first Max and the Marginalized song was "No Kisses, No Cameras", about the ban on photographs at Dover Air Force Base when flag draped coffins were returning from the combat zone. The official lin...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:03:00 GMT

Chris Rakestraw = funny guy

Fri. Feb 13, evening:INT. Garage Pizza, Freddy vs. Jason on TV.Max: Who wins, Freddy or Jason?Chris: THE VIEWER.Sat. Feb. 14, eveningINT. StudioMax: It's cool, you know I'm pretty adept at writing lyr...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:53:00 GMT

Recording Update

So, we're making a full-length album. We're keeping a few of the earlier recordings but mostly rerecording songs. We didn't really know going in which ones we were going to do but we had to start some...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:28:00 GMT

We're making an album. What should be on it?

Hi everyone:Just letting you all know that we're hopping into the studio in a week to make a full-length album. We're going to use a few of the original recordings and fix up some stuff, and re-record...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:52:00 GMT

I'm in DC

I'm going to take a lot of pictures in the next couple days... anyways I'm in DC for the inauguration. It's a fucking madhouse here, to say the least. Nite!
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:20:00 GMT

Emptywheel: This Miracle Brought to You By America's Unions

This is the best blog post I've read on the internets in about a year. Written by Emptywheel.This Miracle Brought to You By America's Unionsby EmptywheelThey're calling it a miracle--the successful l...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:09:00 GMT

Song 60 - Date With Dynasty

For our first song of 2009, we are adding our guitars, drums and voices to the chorus of opposition to Caroline Kennedy's possible Senate appointment, which keeps seesawing to and away from inevitabil...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:52:00 GMT