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In the late 90's, Roman Marisak and Jeff Schartoff - formerly of the L.A. rock act Human Waste Project (Marisak a frequent guitar player for HWP) came together to form something that would inspire emotion in a genre that was long overdue for inspiration of any kind. Schartoff and Marisak soon recruited drummer Justin Bennett and guitarist Brian Harrah (Tura Satana) and adopted the name Professional Murder Music. Within months the bands arrival on the L.A. music scene, PMM had signed with Geffen Records and began recording their self-titled debut. PMM teamed up with renowned rock producer Josh Abraham (Korn, Staind, Velvet Revolver) and invited such guests as Dave Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy) and Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle) to assist with the record. With this major release, PMM went on the road to support their major label release with acts as Marilyn Manson, Staind, Cold, Powerman 5000 and Kid Rock. PMM also played at the Tattoo the Earth Festival with the likes of Slipknot, Sevendust and Slayer. The video for their first single "Slow" went into rotation on MTV, MTV2 and MTVX. MTV began to use the song as a music bed for a behind the scenes bit on Eminem. "Slow", "Fall Again", and The Cure remake, "A Night Like This." The songs themselves were used on several soundtracks also, including Ginger Snaps, Valentine and the platinum selling End of Days. "All Lost Things" and "Start Again" from PMM's 2003 release Looking Through have been featured on several productions including MTVs The Real World. PMM's was also frequently used by The Howard Stern Show in advertising and promotional spots.

After the release of Professional Murder Music in 2001, the bands creators began to feel increasingly dissatisfied with the direction of their career at the hands of management and label personnel who no longer seemed to share the same vision. During the recording process of what was to become Looking Through, the band also saw the departure of guitarist Brian Harrah and (subsequently) drummer Justin Bennett who left the band to pursue other personal interests. Meanwhile, Roman Marisak simply assumed all guitar duties and continued work on the recording. Looking Through features 10 songs, each with a specific message and a carefully mastered sound. Like their debut record, Looking Through features a few good friends such as Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe) on drums on Disconnect, Jason Miller of Godhead doing backing vocals on Don't Stop and Buzz McCoy of Thrill Kill Kult performing remix duties on Something New.

Rather than going down the road of major label disaster again, the band decided to release Looking Through independently, leaving them with more control. PMM created Wormhole Records and acquired national distribution through Underground, Inc./Caroline.

In support of their new release, Professional Murder Music joined 2003s United II Tour featuring Dope and Pigface. In 2004, PMM embarked on its first ever headlining U.S. Tour, This time featuring new guitarist Tom Hatziemanouel (Graves) and temporarily enlisting drummer Josh Memolo of The Union Underground.

Upon returning home from the All Lost Things tour in 2004, the members of PMM were eager to use their downtime wisely. Long-time fans of artists such as Radiohead, U2, The Cure, and Oasis and inspired by the timeless quality of a great song, the band wanted to present a more stripped down interpretation of their material and highlight the melodic nature of their own songs sometimes overlooked by the high production values of the bands recordings and performances. The concept was to record an acoustic EP. Further development led the band to record a dual-sided EP of 5 cover songs and 5 acoustic revisions of previous material, now titled De Profundis.

The closing of 2004 also brought to the band new drummer Chris Olivas (Berlin), a long time friend of Marisak's.

Currently, as of the beginning of 2007 the band are still recording for the as-of-yet untitled album.

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