Marx's Bio: The short-ass version:
Hailing from all over Connecticut and Massachusetts, Marx Revolution was seven fine gentlemen playing "whatever we want" from 2004 to 2008.
Marx's Bio: The long-ass version:
Marx Revolution formed in early 2004 when Gary met Guido in Principles of Economics II the
first semester of their freshman year at the University of New Haven. One day Gary asked
Guido if he wanted to start a punk band and Guido responded "Yea, sure." Guido knew some
people at home that he had previously worked with and asked them if they wanted to play.
Josh was very excited to join and couldn't wait to start. Brett, however, only responded
"Whatever." He did not want to be in the band, he was just helping out Guido and Josh until
they found a replacement. Oddly enough Brett is now a core part of Marx Revolution and Josh
had to go to Afghanistan and is sadly no longer a part of the band.
The band started off as just a four piece punk band. The first rough mixes and ideas for
songs came from leftover lyrics and parts from both Staplesore and Go By Bus, Gary and
Guido's former bands respectively. There was a song about a guy named james who bought so
many drugs that he helped the economy, and a mandatory song for the time bashing president
Bush. These two, with an early attempt at ska-metal called metalliska, a super punk rock
anti-establishment song called tape song(because it was recorded on a tape.yeah. no
seriously), and covers of pennywise, NOFX, and a cover of an old Staplesore tune called
'Kingdom Come' rounded off Marx's early sets.
Once the band had these songs down and was ready to book shows, they needed a name. Many
names, some good, some terrible(who is shteven?), were thrown around. One day,Gary got a
instant message saying that the band name would be Marx Revolution. Under a decent amount of
protest because of the connotation of the name, it eventually stuck and followed them to
their first show in a kid named Jay's basement in Agawam, MA, Gary's home town.
In order to enter into the battle of the bands at the University of New Haven, a demo was
neccesary. Having none, we decided to record a five-song demo named 'box'. This had shotty
recordings of'james', 'G.W.B.', 'Tape Song', 'Metalliska', and a new version of 'kingdom
come', which became a mainstay in marx's sets for many years. At the end of 2004, before the
last show of the year, Gary's high school friend Justin was added as the trombone player.
The band felt that they were ridiculous so in early 2005 they decided to kick it up a notch
and added Gary and Guido's friend from college, Forgy. Forgy played flute and had a wireless
mini-guitar. It was quite the act to see.
In Spring 2006, the band was holding on by a thread. The band was without a drummer because
he had just left for Afghanistan. Their friend Anthony tried to help the band by playing
drums but it just wasn't his style. Then an few awesome things happened that spring. The
band added 2 new members. Fillmore was an old friend of Brett and Guido from high school who
could shred at guitar. Clamps was a friend from a band that Marx had played with many times.
Things quickly came together and better than ever.
In fall 2006, the band slowly started to record their first full length album. And in January of 2007, Marx Revolution went on their first east coast tour with
their friends the Attractive Gentlemen. And in the following spring, the band picked up sax
player, Hibbs.
Summer 2007 brought a slew of ridiculous shows, which came to a peak in November with the long-awaited release of Spaceship Knifefight. And at the end of December, the band ventured once again down the east coast in support of the new album. Upon their return to beloved Connecticut, Marx bid a fond adieu to the ever-popular song, "Kingdom Come."
Immediately after tour, Marx Revolution locked themselves away in the studio for about four months, writing and recording a whole new set of songs, leading up to a mini-tour of New England with their friends Detonate, and the release of the Hookers & Blow EP in June 2008.
Unfortunately, with the end of the summer, came the rest of their lives. The gentlemen parted ways and so was the end of Marx.
or was it?
