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Manitario

WELCOME TO MANITARIO!

About Me


WHO ARE MANITARIO?
In the past Year Manitario has managed to open for national touring act’s like Dick Dale, The Beautiful Girls, La Severa Matacera, play countless other shows, receive college radio airplay, appear in local press, ink sponsorship deals, place songs on a compilation CD, in pod casts, in ring tones and in a radio commercial. And all of this, from a band who’s only released recorded material is a demo CD the result of one of the band’s early weekend jam sessions.
Manitario has drawn comparisons to Sublime, The Police and Bob Marley with five members: Adam Shilton, Damon Bell, Jason Bell, Ron Bell, Patrick Sullivan with influences from Reggae, Rock, Punk, Soul and Dub they have found their own style of music, which is infectious, fun loving and danceable.
Their live show appeals to audiences of all ages as their sound has a “classic” quality, combined with the fact they are great friends who love to play music together: Adam says “It’s Family at this point. There’s nobody I can see playing music with outside of them anymore.” Their camaraderie on and off stage has become it’s own show endearing them to audiences making them on of the hottest new acts from Victoria.
THE NAME: MANITARIO?
The name is a one-word definition of the dynamic within the group; 3 of its members hail from Manitoba and the other 2 from Ontario. The band saw it self constantly getting split by opinion about: politics, music, hockey, beer, and just life in general along the lines of where they grew up.
They liked that the name was undeniable “Canadian” and that when it was coined other people just didn’t get it thoughts that it was to “local” or “regional” prevailed. The name has become like the nickname someone gives you that you hate but everyone continues to call you buy, but in this case it was the band’s light hearted nature that led them to do it to themselves.
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Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Website: WWW.MANITARIO.COM
Band Members:
Adam Shilton ~ Guitar/vocals

Damon Bell ~ Drums

Jason Bell ~ Bass

Patrick Sullivan ~ Lead Guitar

Ron Bell ~ Keys

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Record Label: Degrado Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MANITARIO WITH DICK DALE

This was are biggest show ever, bigger than the end of our set for The Beautiful Girls, bigger than their set even. Element was crazy busy, we expected busy, but wow. We were all so nervous ...
Posted by Manitario on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:49:00 PST

MANITARIO SPONSORED BY OSIRIS SHOES

After putting out some feelers out locally and not being able to put something together we are suprised and excited that this plan came together. We are all excited about this business relationship so...
Posted by Manitario on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:24:00 PST

MANITARIO WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

The spring gig schedule is really heating up, Hugo's, Steamer's, Sugar, Lucky Bar look for more dates to come. We are stoked to be apart of our first Atomique Productions show especially because it in...
Posted by Manitario on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:48:00 PST

MANITARIO IN FOCUS MAGAZINE

WITH IT'S "UNDENIABLY CANADIAN" name, ska/reggae group Manitario has taken Victoria by storm. The group already has one album under its belt, and is currently in production with another. All this afte...
Posted by Manitario on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST