The Music

Unlike a lot of punkers who join forces because they just want to rage at the world, the superhero origin story of Bad Mary has elements of fun and academia. David is a professor in the drama department at Hofstra University. Every semester, he puts together a band with students who play a bunch of covers. The group started with David and his two students, Mike and Amanda. After some turnover, Amanda’s dad, veteran drummer Bill Mac, joined and they started off by playing covers of their favorite new wave and punk artists from several eras: Blondie, Ramones, Joan Jett, Green Day, Paramore and The Offspring.

They also covered popsters like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus with punk edges. After a name change from Madame X, Bad Mary officially launched in 2012.

“Our sound grew out of the bands we liked to cover,” David says, “plus Mike grew up listening to a lot of 90s punk and I grew up in the U.K. (late 70s/early 80s) listening to bands like Blondie, The Sex Pistols, Motorhead and The Tom Robinson Band. Amanda’s favorite band is The Police.

So Bad Mary is really a combination of all of the stuff we love - but I think really reaching back to early 70s punk more than more contemporary stuff - especially the rawness of it. Writing wise, we’re all about ‘simpler,’ trying to think less and write just what comes out raw and immediate. There’s maybe a total of two guitar overdubs on Killing Dinosaurs. Everything else was pretty much played live in the studio, the same way we play on stage.”

Equal is a Southern gentleman and NYC based producer/dj originally hailing from Asheville, NC who has played top tier music and fashion events such as Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Awards, Art Basel at The Versace Mansion, private parties for Marc Jacobs and Y’ves St Laurent, and is a regular headliner at top nightclubs worldwide. A life long drummer, the transition into production was an easy one, which kicked off with his 2013 single "Lost In The Evening." His brand of leisurely funk music easily translates from day to night and capable of inciting a dance party in any situation.

Devin Franklyn Morillo (born February 18, 1996), better known as Devin More, is a producer, recording artist, and songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts.

Raised just north of Boston, Devin has been studying music for as long as he can remember. Classically trained on the piano, Devin is much more than just a hip hop artist. He began uploading original songs and videos on YouTube with his friends in 2009, gaining what started as a modest fan base that simply continued to grow.

Refocusing his efforts on music production, Devin began creating tracks shortly after starting his sophomore year of high school.

Devin takes his music very seriously, keeping his songs fresh and original while not being afraid to try different styles. He's versatile enough to switch between spitting rap verses and singing modern-day hip hop hooks.

In Summer of 2015, Devin announced his debut album "Sin City" releasing Fall of 2015.

With their official motto "The Future of The Future" The Fantastic Plastics blend bouncy dance beats, thick analog synths, gritty electric guitar and whip smart lyrics to produce catchy foot stomping anthems. A duo made up of Miranda Plastic and Tyson Plastic they have taken NYC by storm blending influences like DEVO, David Bowie, The B-52s and The White Stripes, to name a few, they have come up with their own unique sound they dub "FutureWave". The band is a full force artistic collective incorporating video, costumes, and technology into their electrifying live performances.

The band has come to represent a philosophy known as Retro Futurism which is an idolization of the future we were promised during the space age 1950s and 60s but never came to fruition. Their debut album, DEVOLVER, out now on Altercation Records, explores this philosophy dance inducing synth punk anthems like "Overtime!" and "We Are Obsolete".

Orlando based Electro dream pop girl band.

Jessica grew up on Long Island, New York, where she played a ton of sports and was fortunate enough to participate in the many musical activities her school district offered. This passion eventually led to further training and opportunities, some of which include, NBC's "The Sing-Off", PBS Television and EMI Manhattan/Blue Note's "Bell'Aria" and a string of experiences with artists, directors, producers, composers and creators.

"Nightfall" (the EP), was released independently on December 16th, 2014.

Jodii was born near London’s most vibrant neighbourhood, Brixton. Raised in a musical family on a rich diet of Soul, Gospel and Reggae, Jodii soon developed a hunger for new, exotic sounds. With “K-Pop” in Chinatown, “Grunge” at community college, “Bhangra” in Tooting, Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” at classes with Ballet Rambert and “Jungle”, “Garage” and "Grime" all pumping from passing cars, Jodii feasted on the sonic flavours of London’s musical melting pot.

At 16, Jodii formed female fronted punk / synth band “The Floodliners” whose hyperactive performances featuring Jodii’s soaring vocals soon made waves. After just two years together they performed at London's O2 and beat 36,000 rivals to win the PRS “Next Brit Thing" Award.

Jodii collaborates with producer George Wilkins whose diverse CV includes sessions for Reggae legend "The Mad Professor"; writing for Tamla Motown; scoring for TV and commercials; directing ceremonies (with 100's of Arabic drummers & dancers) for FIFA’s Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Jodii and George’s tracks intentionally ‘mash’ epic vocals and ear- grabbing hooks with Rock, Dance, Electronica, vintage Soul, movie scores and ‘world’ music – a style known as “Drama Pop”.

Kaitlin Christine Burke (Katie Burke) is an actor, musician, and filmmaker hailing from a small town outside of Boston, MA. Having written music since she was a teenager, Katie kept it a hobby as she found acting throughout college and attended NYU's Tisch Graduate Acting program in Fall of 2009.

At Tisch, Kaitlin's work in performance was growing and progressing rapidly as she fed her natural yearning for perfection. The thirst to be the best finally crippled her mentally and physically when at the end of her first year at Tisch in 2010, she was kicked out for having a questionable mental state. From her perspective, having been on fire with an "early graduation”. Burke took to the streets excited to see the world from a different angle, that of the underdog. While beginning to feel the pulse of the NYC streets, Katie suddenly found a liberation she'd never felt. She became fascinated with NYC street culture and its unwavering camaraderie, she saw the beauty it held and fell in love with the world. Early one morning a homeless musician asked Burke if she played guitar after sharing a cigarette; when she answered yes, nothing was the same. Burke was an instant favorite in Washington Square Park and the NY subway systems playing her soulful tunes for anyone and everyone who wanted to be moved. Today, Kaitlin resides in Nashville, TN writing music and feature films. Currently Kaitlin is in pre- production for her documentary focused on the street musicians of New Orleans.

Lia Mice is an Australia-born London-based multi-disciplinary composer and experimental pop solo-artist recently crowned “one of the pioneers of experimental pop” by Live And Die In Music, with praise for her newest LP I Love You appearing all over including in Entertainment Weekly, MTV Iggy, L’Officiel, and Jay Z’s Life + Times.

Her compositions have appeared in commercially released feature films; advertisements; short films; animations; gallery films and installations in Australia, UK, USA and France.

Lia credits her kaleidoscopic wonderland of cinematic composition to her unique relationship with sound she developed while growing up in near blindness until age nine. ‘I’m always trying to sculpt immersive sonic landscapes like the ones I grew up in.’

Lia draws inspiration from a vast array of composers and artists including the otherwordly arrangements of Angelo Badalamenti; the inventive electronic production of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop; and the gripping emotion of groups from her Australian youth including The Motels and INXS. The result is “a trip down the rabbit hole, a through-the-looking-glass vision achieved with weird, dissonant harmonies and Mice’s naive vocal style” (The Thousands, Australia).

Marinda Anderson is an actress and singer based in New York City.

Formed during the summer of 2015 in London, the electropop duo Reyko has the energy of Chvrches, catchy choruses of Ellie Goulding and vocal subtly of Saint Etienne. With its intricate yet optimistic sounds, the duo's music is bound to take you for a ride.

Samaria is an Oakland based singer/songwriter who's style, voice, and willingness to take chances make her a rarity in today's R & B game! Despite only being 20 yrs old her musical talents have the ability make her a timeless artist. She released her newest mixtape, "The Story of Right Now" on SoundCloud and its seasoned with soulful production, live instruments, outstanding vocals, and excellent story telling. Samaria gives today's songwriters life through her vivd adaptations of relationships, heartache, life lessons, and more! Check out her work of art, "The Story of Right Now".

Brooklyn based garage rock trio Sharkmuffin creates super-heavy, jagged, and exceedingly catchy punk rock, which recently was named by Billboard as being one of the “20 All-Female Bands You Need to Know”. Experienced guitarist Tarra Theissen (vocals/ guitar) and Natalie Kirch (vocals/bass) jammed in punk paradise Asbury Park in 2012 and have continued to play together since. After two powerful EP’s and a self-titled 7”, Sharkmuffin have released their debut LP Chartreuse on Little Dickman/State Capital Records.

The noise-punk-meets-psychedelic power pop group has evolved their sound on the new album working with drummer Patty Schemel (Upset, Death Valley Girls, Hole). The result is a full length filled with ten tracks of commanding hits. “Chartreuse is mine and Natalie’s favorite color, but it’s also a liqueur whose recipe is only known by two monks, and each monk only knows half the recipe and has to keep it a secret,” Thiessen tells Flavorwire. “All the tracks are really bright, in your face, and obvious like the color, but all lyrically deal with relationship dynamics involving things that for better or worse were hidden from each other.”

“The Mac Dad will make you Jump Jump...” chanted an inquisitive four-year-old who flew through his alphabet and ditched Green Eggs and Ham for his favorite Kriss Kross hits that fed his diverse musical seed and distinctive reason to rhyme —harvesting 22 years later into Therealtailz, the boss of Hawaii’s Hip-Hop sound.

A fertile musical soil needs great inspiration for growth. So over the years, Therealtailz fortified his hunger for rap with inspiration from Snoop Dogg, Super Hip-Hop Producer Dr.Dre and The Diplomats aka Dipset. And like Clockwork it was during this season his own entertainment garden created vibrant lyrical life in 2005.

Upnoea is a duo in between electronic alternative and a pop/trip-hop cluster of spoken words.

Vincent Ferguson, VFerg, is an independent artist, producer and songwriter known for jam-session-style artist collaborations and performances. Music sounds like Outkast having a jam session with The Roots and N.E.R.D. on a rooftop in Harlem.

A graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, VFerg currently resides in Harlem, NY. After graduation, VFerg spent 6 years in the corporate banking industry before leaving to purse his creative passion.

VFerg has most recently celebrated the release of his album, “JAM”, which features Ava Raiin (Blood Orange), Kellindo Parker (Janelle Monae), SciryL and many more. The album was mixed and mastered by Andy Baldwin (Bjork, St. Lucia) and was released through Conglo, an independent label managed and co- owned by Richard “MakeOne” Makerson and VFerg.

A self-taught musician on multiple instruments, VFerg quickly found a creative community in Harlem, through his open-mic series, Creative Public Offering (CPO).

Known for a high-energy, audience-involved and live-instrumentation show. There is always space left for the “jam” aspect and improvisation. Special consideration is always made to show the personality of all the musicians on stage. The mission of the music is to spread joy and for the listener to enjoy the Creative Public Offering.