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The Marionettes
12+ albums
Gothic Rockpost-punkGothic80sgoth
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This is a Gothic band from the 80's consisting of three members. They have not been in the public eye for about 11 years or so. Their most popular song was "Ave Dementia", released in 1990. There is a fanpage on Myspace, with the URL "thescreamingmarionettes". The Marionettes:A Biography February 1986:"The Marionettes" start life as the "Screaming Marionettes" when 20 year old singer/songwriter,Sean Cronin,gathers together novice drummer John Downey,bassist Boo Levard and singer/keyboard player David Izen.The band's original direction is towards a fusion of theatre and rock,but turns out more of a comedy. June 1986:The band do a few of the London "toilets" with both Izen and Cronin fronting,inevitably egos clash and Izen is out. July 1986:The band continue as a trio until they play "The Rock Garden" and Nev Gold a "real" guitarist is in the audience and laughs so much he has to get involved.Gold joins officially and The Marionettes actually begin playing music,although still lacking songs the improvement is obvious. September 1986:The band plays London's "Dingwalls" and are "discovered" by producer Steve James,son of Sid,who had worked with artists such as "The Sex Pistols", "Toyah","Anthrax" etc.James was taken with Gold's playing and the strong image and personality of Cronin,but thought the rhythm section a joke,Cronin and Gold had suspected this for some time and the quest was on. January 1987:Paul Newton,their first pro drummer,and Baz Downes,their current bass pla
