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Merry Go Drown was formed in the summer of 2000 consisting of members Donn Lacoste and Mike Anglin of System Red with Jeremy Young and Phill Breazeale of Abuse. Added to this strong quartet was singer/songwriter Brandon Magnon
who tied in aggressive writing with
melodic attenuations. The band is
based in New Orleans, Louisiana and
has found a home at local venues
such as The Howlin' Wolf and House
of Blues The Parish. How do you describe the sound? Merry Go Drown writes and performs on a rock base with metallic and industrial influences. Overall they creatively balance drive and hooks to catch the listener's ear.
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How is the the show? Energy, Accuracy, and more energy. The band has performed with such artists as From Zero, 12 Stones, Twiztid, Nothingface,
Battle for Ozzfest bands CYN, Mantis, &
A Dozen Furies. Next,
Merry-Go-Drown worked hard with
David Maraldo, Beaver Productions and
QPrime to be named as the opening
slot for Def Leppard at
U.N.O. Lakefront Arena.
Most recently
Merry-Go-Drown has been picked up by
Jagermeister as a JagerBand. The
First show on the list was opening for
Disturbed at Pensacola Civic Center
where they won thousands of fans.
Merry-Go-Drown recorded
their latest album 'As She Screams' at
their own studio, Merry-Go-Lounge, and
worked with NoiseLab engineers Rob
Granniss and Jimmy Agustin for mix and
master. As She Screams features
the cover artwork of Lateefa Wright; a
scupture that sets the tone of the
album.
COMING SOON 2 MORE SONGS
from MGD that will be recorded and
released separately from the
album.
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MUSIC - Merry-Go-Drown
from: Gambit Weekly 11/22/05
by Alex Rawls
bestofneworleans.com
There has been a number of
changes in clubland since Hurricane Katrina, but the
Howlin' Wolf moving down the street has nothing to
do with wind or water. The Warehouse District club
wasn't looted when crowds gathered around the
Convention Center, but owner Howie Kaplan had been
looking for a larger space, and he found it in the
building that most recently housed the Praline
Connection and before that, the New Orleans Music
Hall. His first show in the new Wolf featured Amanda
Shaw, but he's going to continue to make hard rock a
central part of the club's booking. Merry-Go-Drown
has been performing since 2000, and the band's
recent release, As She Screams (Merry-Go-Drown),
showcases its strengths. Where many of the band's
national peers write chord progressions that sound
unified by geometric hand movements, Donn Lacoste's
riffs are surprisingly melodic for industrial metal.
Singer Brandon Magnon can drift into the
gargling-battery-acid voice, but more often than not
he has the mammoth vocals to match the epic scale of
the songs' emotions. . . .— Rawls
Jagermeister Music Tour gets fans ?Disturbed?
Rebecca Ross
@PensacolaNewsJournal.com
02/09/06
. . . . It was quite a night for the hard rock fans
who packed the Civic Center on Wednesday for the
Jagermeister Music Tour, headlined by Disturbed.
The Chicago-based rockers are touring in support of
their latest album, Ten Thousand Fists. Most fans,
especially those with general admission floor
tickets, had to wait in long lines to pass through
security checkpoints to get into the Civic Center,
but most seemed to endure the process peaceably.
They had plenty of time to anticipate the show,
since Disturbed didn't take the stage until 9:30
p.m., but the wait time was filled by thrash-worthy
opening acts Merry-Go-Drown and Bloodsimple,
both of which inspired plenty of head-banging and
moshing among the predominantly young, male crowd..
. . . . . . .
Yes, there was moshing, crowd surfing, screaming,
head banging, fist waving and a small, but intense
scuffle over who caught a guitar pick, but overall,
the night was one of crunchy, unadulterated,
entertainment.
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