The Marshes
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The Marshes were a punk band that including Colin Sears (drums), Emil Busi (bass, vocals) and Steven Wardlaw (guitar). Colin Sears best known for playing with Dag Nasty in the mid-1980s to early 1990s formed The Marshes with longtime friend Emil Busi. The Marshes released their first self titled EP on Sike Records in 1995, which got the band signed to Grass Records which was part of major label BMG. However, the person running the company didn't know what to do with the band and they were dropped quickly, with little support behind 1996's Fledgling. The band quickly found a home on Dr. Strange Records and released Pox on the Tracts in 1997, before taking a few years off. They returned in 2000 to release Recluse, which looks to be their final album.
Many of their lyrics on the album Fledgling are based on the fiction of HP Lovecraft, with many overt and subtle references to his mythos.
Colin Sears has since moved on to play in Portland, OR hardcore band Handgun Bravado.
Steven Wardlaw who at one point was in charge of The Misfits newsletter moved on to a new band, The New Harmful.
Emil Busi left the music business for the time being.
[edit] The Marshes Discography
The Marshes (1995 Sike Records)
1. I Am Providence
2. Summer Fun
3. Brut Zone
4. Cave
5. Beneath
6. Portcullis
7. Tombstone
Note: Bitzcore released the self titled the album in Europe with bonus tracks Whatever You Want and Drowning Man.
Fledgling (1996 Grass Records/BMG)
1. Offshore
2. Flat out
3. Obnoxious
4. Benefit Street
5. Anniversary
6. Shadow
7. Intelligencia
8. Little Napoleon
9. Cliff
10. The Puppy and the Smoke Stack
11. Slump
12. Goat Song
Note: BMG owns the rights to both Fledgling & The Marshes. They are both out of print, however you can still usually find Fledgling cheap on amazon.com used and find The Marshes via the European pressing. The 7 track US edition is very limited.
Pox on the Tracts (1997 Dr. Strange Records)
1. Girl on the Bus
2. Big Fat I Love You
3. Pox on the Tracts
4. Grandpa
5. Facelift
6. Polly Logies
7. Wahmbulence
8. The Investigator
9. A Better View
10. Speed Whore
Recluse (2000 Dr. Strange Records)
1. Crazy Old Addled Bastard
2. Gardener's Hoe
3. Clarification
4. Pink Ones Pay
5. A Little Nother
6. Wallingford
7. Pool Key
8. Charle's Song
9. Give Me
10. Drunken Baiting
11. Friends
12. The Fool
Ain't She Fun Split 7" with Drowning Man (1996 Helitrope Records)
Split 7" with Feds includes Delinquence/I Touch Myself (Divinyl's cover) (1997 Dr. Strange Records)
Split 7" with Fake Hyppi includes A Little Nother/Pulled Up (1997 Kerosene Records - French Release)
Split 7" with Travis Cut includes Restraint/Into You Like a Train (Psychedelic Furs cover) (1998 Speedowax Records - UK Release)
Split 7" with Burning Heads includes The Lodger/Few Words (Burning Heads cover) (1998 Pandemonium Records - French Release)
