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Biography
Zera
Marvel: vocals, guitar, bass, keys, etc. (founding member)
Graig Markel: guitar, vocals, keys, cello, drums, etc. (founding member)
Jeff Hazel: drums (Shooting Down The Airwaves)
Shea Bliss: drums, percussion (Risk Of Flight, One Night Falls)
Jeffrey McCallum: bass, vocals (Risk Of Flight, One Night Falls)
Erin McBride: keys, vocals (live shows)
Tagging Satellites began in 1997 after a chance meeting in a small town
bar. Zera Marvel was convinced she’d never meet anyone she could
relate to in her newly adopted home of Charleston, South Carolina, when
she looked up from her drink to see destiny smiling at her from the
end of the bar. It was Graig Markel, singer for standout Seattle-based
band New Sweet Breath, who happened to be playing in town. A chance
encounter that changed both of their lives. Two months later Zera got
on a Greyhound bus with her clothes and a guitar, and moved out to Seattle.
Together Zera and Graig formed the band Tagging Satellites.
Tagging Satellites went through a few line-up changes over the years, including the original drummer for New Sweet Breath, Jeff Hazel. As well as the electronic genius, Plastiq Phantom, filling in for a few live shows.
Their first full-length, Shooting Down the Airwaves, was released on Mag Wheel Records in 1999. Later that year they released a two-song ep, Cherry Blue, a limited-edition, enhanced cd with a video, on Recovery Records. In 2000 their next endeavor was a full-length called Abstract Confessions, with just Graig and Zera writing, recording and playing everything on the 10-song disc.
After the release of Abstract Confessions, Graig and Zera enlisted the talent of Shea Bliss on drums, and Jeffrey McCallum on bass. The five-song ep, Risk of Flight, released in 2001, was an exercise of sorts, created as the four of them got to know each other. Soon after, One Night Falls was put out as a split release from local Seattle labels, Recovery Records and Roam Records.
One Night Falls scaled the college radio charts in the US, garnering rave reviews along the way. The need for a keyboard player became apparent to round out the bands live sound, so they asked Erin McBride to join them. Then upon purchasing a van they took the show on the road across the US.
In 2003, Graig and Zera came to the difficult decision to end Tagging Satellites so Graig could pursue his solo project full time. In 2004 Graig released Tall Tails On Tape on Sonic Boom Recordings. In 2006 Graig and Zera are joining forces again, as Graig produces and records material for Zera's first solo release. Stay tuned!
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Tagging Satellites cds are available through CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com
The fifth release
from Tagging Satellites, "One Night Falls", is out of print.
It is available for download on over 50 sites, including these:
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