Murder Mystery (band)

Murder Mystery
Origin	Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States
Genres	Indie rock, College rock, Lo-fi
Years active	1999-present
Labels	DetroitSounds Records Workerbee Records
Members
Dennis O'Malley Adam LeRoy Ken Kochajda

Murder Mystery is an American indie rock band from Detroit, Michigan. The group started in the college town of Mount Pleasant, Michigan in 1999 ^[1] but moved to Detroit in 2003, attracted by the burgeoning music scene of that city [4]. The group earned notoriety in a scene that was still largely dominated by garage rock and garnered airplay on college stations like WMUC and WDET.

Also denoted as college-rock,^[2] the group signed with DetroitSounds Records^[3] and released a self-titled EP in 2005.^[4] Largely influenced by indie-rock bands Sleater-Kinney, Butterglory, and Built to Spill, the EP was released to positive reviews at home ^[5] and mixed reviews abroad.^[6] Shortly after the release of the record the group split with DetroitSounds and recorded material for a documentary on Detroit pianist Bob Seeley while touring parts of the Midwest and the East Coast and recording material for a follow-up EP.^[7]

The follow-up EP entitled, "Big Rocket Go Now" was released in 2007 at the Royal Oak Music Theater ^[8] in Royal Oak, MI. In 2009 the group signed to Workerbee Records [5], based in Ames, Iowa.

Band members

• Dennis O'Malley - Drums
• Ken Kochajda - Bass/Vocals
• Adam LeRoy - Guitar/Vocals

Discography

• 2006 - "Murder Mystery"
• 2007 - "Big Rockets Go Now!"
• 2008 - "Live on WDET"
• 2008 - "Shrine of the Little Flower" (EP)
• 2009 - "Owl"

See also

• Indie rock
• Lo-fi music
• List of Lo-fi bands

References

1. ^ - "Murder Mystery", ubl.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
2. ^ - [1], realdetroitweekly.com. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
3. ^ - "Murder Mystery", allrecordlabels.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
4. ^ - "Murder Mystery", allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
5. ^ - [2], inflamemedia.com. Retrieved 11 July 2007.
6. ^ - "Murder Mystery", amplitude-phonography.blogspot.com, June 5, 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
7. ^ - Belardes, N.L. "Detroit Music Scene's Murder Mystery Band Sends E.P., Photos, and Love", nlbelardes.com, October 9, 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
8. ^ - [3], royaloakmusictheatre.com. Retrieved 9 June 2007.

External links

• Official Murder Mystery webpage
• Murder Mystery on Ultimate Band List
• Murder Mystery posting on AllMusic
• Murder Mystery's myspace