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Marcy Playground is an United States|American alternative rock and post-grunge band.
History
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Named for the formative location in lead singer John Wozniak's childhood, the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis, Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s. They had been influenced heavily by Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana (band)|Nirvana. The influence is quite clear on Marcy Playground's self-titled album, with songs like ''Shadow of Seattle'' and ''Saint Joe On A School Bus''. Wozniak's first effort, Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground, was self-produced, recorded in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend Sherry Fraser and her brother Scott in the early nineties. A small run of CDs were self-released by Wozniak, and to this day they remain extremely difficult to find.
After attending the Evergreen State College for two years, Wozniak moved east to New York City, New York|New York, where Marcy Playground began to coalesce around the songs that would become the self-titled album. Bassist Dylan Keefe and drummer Dan Rieser filled out the band's sound, and complemented Wozniak's songwriting. The self-titled album was released in 1997, and Marcy Playgroun... read all
My Brush With Psuedorockstardom
