Artist · chart history
Sky Cries Mary
Band Seattle
Sky Cries Mary formed in Seattle. Sky Cries Mary has 3 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Shipwrecked”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #393. The station that charted Sky Cries Mary most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 3 appearances.
Seattle's Sky Cries Mary never sounded like the flannel-and-feedback crowd around them. Roderick Wolgamott started the group, and they built a hazy blend of psychedelic rock and trance out of some unlikely raw material: the clang of European industrial acts like Einstürzende Neubauten, Coil and Test Department, and the glam and punk swagger of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Anisa Romero's vocals float over the top like incense smoke.
The Exit at the Axis EP arrived in 1991 with "Moon Dream Meadow Allegory", This Timeless Turning in 1994 gave the countdowns "Shipwrecked", and Fresh Fruits for the Liberation followed in 1998 with "Every Iceberg Is Afire". The alumni list is a formidable one, including Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of the Posies, Michael Cozzi of Shriekback, Kurt Danielson of TAD, Ron Nine of Love Battery, Jon Davison, later of Yes and Glass Hammer, and Gordon Raphael, later a producer for the Strokes.
In 2018 Jack Endino, Kevin Whitworth, Curt Eckman and Debra Reese joined the fold, and the group played Seattle Hempfest in 2019 before releasing Wandering in the Vastness, Secrets of a Red Planet and Everything Goes Somewhere on Trail Records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sky Cries Mary on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shipwrecked | 1 | #393 | – | – | |
| 2 | Moon Dream Meadow Allegory | 1 | #604 | – | – | |
| 3 | Every Iceberg Is Afire | 1 | #835 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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