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Marianas Trench is a Canadian pop rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band consists of members Josh Ramsay (lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, pianist, occasional drummer and song writer) Matt Webb (lead guitarist and backing vocals), Mike Ayley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Ian Casselman (drums, percussion, and backing vocals). The band has released four full-length studio albums, the most recent titled ''Astoria'', released on October 23, 2015, along with 2011's ''Ever After'' 2009's ''Masterpiece Theatre'' and 2006's ''Fix Me''. Their third album ''Ever After'' was nominated for a Juno Award. ==Early years of Josh Ramsay and formation of the group== Singer, guitarist, producer, and lyricist Josh Ramsay was born June 11, 1985, grew up in a musical family, with his mother being a vocal coach and his father owning a recording studio. Ramsay also shared the love of music and started singing at the age of 13. He later formed a band named ''Ramsay Fiction'' with friends Steve Marshall, Morgan Hempsted, Trevor Spilchen, and Erik Scott (currently the lead vocalist of the band "The Post War"), as well as his sister, Sara. It was said that current Marianas Trench lead guitarist, Matt Webb, was also a member of "Ramsay Fiction", but it was confirmed by Sara via Twitter that he joined after "Ramsay Fiction" was disbanded. Ramsay attended high school at Maple Ridge Secondary School. Later on toward the end of high school Ramsay developed an addiction to heroin, causing him to be kicked out of school and be late for band practices and shows. He later went on to go to rehab where he wrote a letter about his drug addiction in which he later turned into a song called "Lover Dearest". Ramsay also has written songs about previous personal issues such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa; he sings about this in multiple songs such as "Skin & Bones" and "Feeling Small". After disbanding ''Ramsay Fiction'', Ramsay searched for new band mates. He recruited high-school friend Matt Webb, and found drummer Ian Casselman's wanted ad in the Georgia Straight. (Casselman was also a member of Ramsay Fiction, though the band was in the process of becoming Marianas Trench during the time he joined). Through Casselman, they found Mike Ayley as bassist. The three guys found Mike because at the time he was Ian's roommate. The foursome chose the name Marianas Trench for their band simply because all the good band names were taken. After much perseverance, they were signed under 604 Records, owned by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, and Jonathan Simkin of Simkin Management. The discography of Marianas Trench consists of three studio albums, three extended plays, twelve singles and twelve music videos. The band recorded and released their EP in 2002 entitled Marianas Trench containing 8 tracks. On October 3, 2006, the band released their debut album "Fix Me". It contained the singles "Say Anything" as well as "Decided to Break It" and the hit single "Shake Tramp". The album was engineered and mixed by Mike Fraser. On February 24, 2009 they released their second studio album, Masterpiece Theatre. The album debuted at number four on the Canadian Albums Chart."Cross My Heart" became the band's second song to peak at No. 1 on both the Much Music Countdown and iTunes Canada Digital Download. "Cross My Heart" was nominated for four MMVAs in 2009 and was certified platinum in Canada.〔 The band's third studio album, Ever After, was released on November 21, 2011 and went gold in the first week. Much of Ramsay’s inspiration〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/iimp/docview/1673037972/2FB3D2D6694B40F7PQ/1?accountid=8360 )〕 for the band’s more upbeat, pop songs comes greatly from The Jackson 5. Ramsay was a fan of the Motown sound ever since his childhood, and after the great success of “Call Me Maybe”, the song which he co-wrote, he wrote “Pop 101” in order to comically explain the process of writing pop music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marianas Trench (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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