DRIVE-IN: Music Video by John Mars
"I Gotta" by John Mars and the Star Maidens
BIO:
- Los Angeles Based GLAM-PUNK Influenced Solo Artist.
- Originally from NYC, Relocated to LA in 2009.
- Recent LA Venues: The TRiP, Good Hurt, Cozy's, 14 Below.
- CMJ WEEKLY REPORT Debut CD 16th Most Added (9/18/2000).
- Featured artist at the NXNE MUSIC FESTIVAL in 2001
- Live guest on WFMU (NJ), WSIA (NY), KGNU (Denver).
- Opened for the legendary DANIEL JOHNSTON in 2001.
- TIME-OUT NY Magazine Recommended Weekly Pick.
- Past NYC venues: Maxwells, CBGB's, and Lakeside Lounge.
PRESS:
"Brutally Honest Folk-Punk" - FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE
"John Mars sings songs from a corner of the human heart that most of us are afraid of to confront... cloaked in catchy, often beautiful melodies... and always, even in his most hostile diatribes, at the core, the subject is his own human frailty." - AMAZON.COM
"Sometimes we're embarrassed to be laughing along with his twisted songs of illegal love and drug and self-abuse, other times... he's poignant." - TIME-OUT NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"He is unquestionably great on the piano, at times creating beautiful compositions that bring to mind vintage Tori Amos." - ALLMUSIC.COM
DISCOGRAPHY:
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Full-Length Releases:
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1. John Mars (debut CD) 1999
2. Excerpts from the Future (2001)
3. John Mars and Me (2003)
4. Kabaret! Live on KGNU (2005)
5. John Mars and the Star Maidens (In-Progress)
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Compilations:
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1. Wrapped in Plastic -100% Grade A Punk Rock Label: Shut-Eye Records, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Featured song: "I Want My Drugs"
2. Never Mind the Belocks: Live on WFMU (2001)
Featured song: "Rock n' Roll Girl"
