Rock of Ages: Marah
Nick Hornby, New Yorker, 21 May 2004
IT'S JUST BEFORE Christmas last year, and the Philadelphia rock 'n' roll band Marah is halfway through a typically ferocious, chaotic and inspirational set when the doors to the right of the stage burst open and a young man staggers in, carrying most of a drum kit.
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