BIOGRAPHY: MARTY RUDNICK

BIOGRAPHY: MARTY RUDNICK

MARTY RUDNICK was born in San Jose, California on July 20, 1954. His earliest musical memory was sitting in church. During the hymns, he curiously observed that his mother (a classically trained musician) would always sing different notes than everybody else. This was his first exposure to a vocal harmony. Then, on February 9, 1964, when The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, a musical obsession was realized. His other musical influences are The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers, The Hollies, The Rubinoos and Kirsty MacColl.

A self-taught musician, he and high school pal John Barone would spend most days after school trying to figure out songs on guitar. But it wasn't until 10 years later that Marty joined his first band. Marty joined The Kinzy Mudd Band as their bass player. Later, he joined a band that played pop originals - Beyond Oz, with Brian Buel and Joe Leal. Marty later joined The Tony Galvan Band, along with Marvin Roberts, Gary Reinartz and Don Bott.

In 1993, Marty became the bass player for MerseyBeach, along with Rubinoos Tommy Dunbar, Al Chan and Donn Spindt. Marty replaced original bassist John Seabury for approximately a year while he was unavailable due to another project.

Next stop was a band called Plain Shame, with Ken Carmassi, Jim Ballard and John Hernan. Marty, Ken and John would go on to found Plan 9, and Ken & Marty also performed as a duo. In 2002, Ken & Marty were recruited to join the legendary Beau Brummels for the 35th Anniversary Summer of Love concert in San Francisco.

Marty had been interested in recording at a very early age, which led to a seven-year stint as a Mastering Engineer at GRT/Janus Records, and a brief internship with Different Fur Recording in San Francisco. He further honed his studio experience producing Joel Crawford's Befriender album, two Ken & Marty CDs, and many other independent projects.

MerseyBeach -- what's in a name??

With his first recordings, Marty recorded under the moniker "MerseyBeach", Mersey referring to the Liverpool sound, and Beach recalling the surf music of the 60's. So, the name was meant to imply a strong Beatles-Beach Boys influence.

A few years later, former members of The Rubinoos formed a casual band to play clubs and weddings without confusing or diluting the brand equity of The Rubinoos. So they asked Marty if they could borrow the MerseyBeach name, and being a fan, he felt it was a thrill and honor to let them use the name. Marty later played in the MerseyBeach band, therefore permanently confusing the issue.

To simplify things, if you're referring to a recording, MerseyBeach refers to Marty. Otherwise, it refers to a live band that still exisits that Marty played in for about a year. If you're not confused yet, you're simply paying too much attention...

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