Mariner Nine
Mariner Nine came together in January of 1991 at The Hill School, a small boarding school in southeastern PA. The story of their meeting starts when David and Brian began to play in a cover band at dances, and similarly embarrassing-to-talk-about school functions. After Dave was graduated, and headed off for the Grasham's School in England, Brian met Jason (through an acquaintance for whom he had very little respect). Dave returned from a miserable time in England, introducing Matt to the band to play drums. They called themselves Mother's Garden, with Brian taking the helm as the bands singer. Now, with all the members intact, they made the big move to West Chester, PA, to attend the State University.
Funded by some gracious personal friends, and months and months of personal savings the band recorded a Five song EP in January 1993 at Inner Ear Recording Studios with Don Zientara. However, insufficient funds and the inability to tour made it very difficult to press and promote their record without months of delay.
By the time "Sentimental Dog Poems" came out, the band had already made such drastic changes in their music (by incorporating more lead vocals from Jason, and now, again, full time guitar from Brian) that the music on the CD no longer represented them accurately at all.
In March 1995, the band released its first recording under the new name Mariner Nine. It was a 7" recorded in January at WGNS in Washington, DC by Geoff Turner and Nick Pellicciotto. It was a refreshing experience, and although certainly loud at times, it was not for purposes of being the loudest. They've been through hard times, but Mariner Nine is NOT an angry band.
In April of 1995, Shallow End of the Genepool, was recorded, again at WGNS. The album includes 10 songs recorded by Geoff Turner as well as several four track home recordings. The band signed with LA indie label Meltdown Records. To keep themselves tone and in shape the band has been playing shows in and around the East Coast with bands such as the Archers of Loaf, Small, Lenola, and a host of other local acts.
David Boyd - bass.
Jason Knight-guitar, vocals
Brian McTear -guitar, vocals
Matthew Neal - drums.
Tyler Harold, band manager, is the ambassador of Mariner nine. He is trained in matters of army intelligence, and skilled in the powers of persuasion (neither is a lie).