The Marshes

The Marshes

The Marshes are a punk band from Northampton, United States. The group includes Colin Sears on drums, Emil Busi on bass and vocals, and Steven Wardlaw on guitar. Sears, who is best known for playing with Dag Nasty in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, forms the band with his longtime friend Emil Busi.

Recordings and label history

The Marshes release their first self-titled EP on Sike Records in 1995. This leads to a deal with Grass Records, then part of major label BMG. The band is soon dropped, and their 1996 album Fledgling appears with little support. They then move to Dr. Strange Records, where they release Pox on the Tracts in 1997. After a few years away, they return in 2000 with Recluse, which appears to be their final album.

Writing and later activity

Many of the lyrics on Fledgling draw on the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft, with both direct and indirect references to his mythology. After The Marshes, Colin Sears goes on to play in the Portland, Oregon hardcore band Handgun Bravado. Steven Wardlaw, who at one point runs The Misfits newsletter, moves on to a new band called The New Harmful. Emil Busi leaves the music business for a time.