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Our Mercury

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Also known as
  
Misdemeanor

Labels
  
Smallman

Origin
  
Edmonton, Canada

Record label
  
Smallman

Genres
  
Indie rock

Website
  
ourmercury.com

Genre
  
Indie rock

Albums
  
From Below

Our Mercury smallmanrecordscomimagesbandsmercuryjpg

Years active
  
2000 (2000)–2007 (2007)

Members
  
Ben Stevenson John Watson Daniel Laxer Joseph Lubinski-Mast Eric Budd

Similar
  
Ghosts of Modern Man, Sixty Stories, Greg MacPherson, Daggermouth, Broadway Calls

Profiles

Our Mercury was a Canadian indie rock band. Its members were singer/guitarist Ben Stevenson, drummer John Watson, bassist Daniel Laxer (replaced in 2006 by Joseph Lubinski-Mast), and keyboardist Eric Budd.

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History

Members Ben Stevenson, John Watson, and Daniel Laxer first played together in a punk band called Misdemeanor. They attracted enough attention, from playing shows around town, to be offered tours with Guttermouth, Jughead's Revenge, Straightfaced, Good Riddance, and 88 Fingers Louie. This increased Canadian exposure introduced them to Cecil English (SNFU, d.b.s., The Smalls) who produced their first independently released album by the time they were 15 years old.

Changing their name to Our Mercury, they released their album Your Medicine on Edmonton's Farway Records in 2002. For their second recording, Our Mercury signed to Smallman Records who released From Below in 2005. The addition of Eric Budd, formerly of The Operators brought renewed energy to the albums and live shows. Their signature 70’s tinged punk now had elements of Motown and danceable pop.

From Below achieved local commercial radio success through its heavy rotation on Sonic 102.9, and received reviews both locally and nationally. Laxer departed in August 2006 and was replaced by Joseph Lubinski-Mast.

The band officially played their last show August 18, 2007.

Band members

  • John Watson - drums
  • Ben Stevenson - vocals, guitar
  • Eric Budd - organ
  • Daniel Laxer - bass
  • Joseph Lubinski-Mast - bass
  • Donovan Rambaran - percussion
  • Discography

  • Your Medicine (2002)
  • From Below (2005)
  • Haunted by Your Love (2007)
  • Songs

    The Basement's CallingFrom Below · 2005
    Shawna Don't WannaFrom Below · 2005
    Spirits UpFrom Below · 2005

    References

    Our Mercury Wikipedia


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