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Trial Kennedy are an Australian rock band, since forming in 1997 they have released 2 studio EPs, 3 singles and will release their debut album, New Manic Art, on the 31st of May, 2008.

The four members, Stacey Gray, Tim Morrison, Shaun Gionis and Aaron Malcomson all shared the same guitar teacher, Mark Kennedy, whom they named the band after because at times they felt like they were being 'trialed' by him.

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Gray, Morrison and Malcomson all went to the same shool, Mark Kennedy was a regular instrumental teacher at the shool, he encouraged Morrison to start singing, Malcomson to play bass and Gray was considered one of his best students. Even though he went to a different school, Gionis was getting lessons from Kennedy outside of school for a short time, Gionis decided to start drums after Kennedy simply told him, "Dude, find something else."
When he was in year 11, Gray approached Malcomson after seeing one of his performances and suggested that they start a band, shorlty after, they asked Morrison to join the band. They then practiced every week on a Tuesday night at Jam Tin studios, in room 7, from which their first band name came, they called themselves "Room Seven". Room Seven recorded their first collection of songs in late 1999 and started playing gigs at local pubs.

After three years, they decided to change their name to "Trial Kennedy" as a way of "rebirth and letting go of old ways".

In 2003 Helltrack Records asked Trial Kennedy to provide a song for the Action Against Cruelty 2CD compilation. The 2CD set featured Austalian and international hardcore, metal and rock bands such as; I Killed the Prom Queen, Horsell Common, Daysend and Zombie Apocalypse. The song Trial Kennedy provided for the compilation was "Song for Sense".

In 2004, Annmarie McGrath, owner of Helltrack Records, convinced Trial Kennedy to release an EP. She later became the band's manager. Trial Kennedy's debut EP, Present for a Day, was released in September that year. "Song for Sense" can also be found on this EP.

Shortly after the release of Present for a Day, Trial Kennedy were offered a booking deal from TPA, one of Australia's largest booking agency. Also with TPA are bands Shihad, Silverchair, The Living End and Grinspoon.^[1][2][3]

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