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Del Mar was born in Spain, where she lived until 18 months of age.<ref name=MAYES/> As a child she danced in Spanish cultural shows and enjoyed holding public singing performances in her neighbourhood.<ref name=METELLA>{{cite news |last=Metella |first=Helen |date=April 20, 1990 |title=Dark and emphatic, National Velvet brings rock to Whyte |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/251594931/ |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |page=C7 |access-date=May 9, 2023 |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |quote=She launched her career, dancing in Spanish cultural shows when she was 5. As a child she often held impromptu performances in neighborhood garages and also remembers finding, "a public place with good acoustics," where she'd launch into song. At 15 she quit school and moved to Vancouver with a progressive rock band. . . She was working as a cigarette girl in several Toronto nightclubs, an idea she, "got from The Flinstones," when she met bass player Mark Storm, who with Mark Crossley, Gary Flint and Tim Welch form National Velvet. . . Storm and she decided to collaborate after an unpleasant argument about music that occurred when they were introduced.}}</ref> At the age of 15 she dropped-out of [[high school]] and moved to [[Vancouver]].<ref name=METELLA/> She later worked as a [[cigarette girl]] at Toronto nightclubs, such as [[The Guvernment|RPM]] and The Copa |
Del Mar was born in Spain, where she lived until 18 months of age.<ref name=MAYES/> As a child she danced in Spanish cultural shows and enjoyed holding public singing performances in her neighbourhood.<ref name=METELLA>{{cite news |last=Metella |first=Helen |date=April 20, 1990 |title=Dark and emphatic, National Velvet brings rock to Whyte |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/251594931/ |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |page=C7 |access-date=May 9, 2023 |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |quote=She launched her career, dancing in Spanish cultural shows when she was 5. As a child she often held impromptu performances in neighborhood garages and also remembers finding, "a public place with good acoustics," where she'd launch into song. At 15 she quit school and moved to Vancouver with a progressive rock band. . . She was working as a cigarette girl in several Toronto nightclubs, an idea she, "got from The Flinstones," when she met bass player Mark Storm, who with Mark Crossley, Gary Flint and Tim Welch form National Velvet. . . Storm and she decided to collaborate after an unpleasant argument about music that occurred when they were introduced.}}</ref> At the age of 15 she dropped-out of [[high school]] and moved to [[Vancouver]].<ref name=METELLA/> She later worked as a [[cigarette girl]] at Toronto nightclubs, such as [[The Guvernment|RPM]] and The Copa.<ref name=METELLA/><ref>{{cite news |last=Potter |first=Mitch |date=May 4, 1990 |title=They called this bash Maria |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/436181031/ |work=[[Toronto Star]] |page=D12 |access-date=May 9, 2023 |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Del Mar, who brings the group to RPM for a headline (all-ages) concert Sunday night, says the Queen's Quay club was very much the springboard for the group's success to date. "I sold cigarettes there for several years, and made more record contacts that way that through the regular channels.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barr |first=Greg |date=March 30, 1990 |title=A voice that sets fire to music |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/239419985 |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |page=D3 |access-date=May 9, 2023 |via=[[ProQuest]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Maria Del Mar's first meeting with Mark Storm was rather brief. "I was an outright bitch," the towering vocalist with National Velvet said in a phone interview. "I bumped into him after I left this party and we started talking about bands and music, but I was in this real argumentative mode. I was really rude." But a week later, Storm came to see her at Toronto's Copa club, where Del Mar sold cigarettes. She liked the fact that he still wanted to talk about putting a band together despite her outburst.}}</ref> She also worked as a [[coat-check]] girl at [[Phoenix Concert Theatre#The_Diamond|The Diamond]], where fellow National Velvet band member, Tim Welch, once worked as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/10/then-now-the-diamond-club/ |title=Then & Now: The Diamond Club |last=Benson |first=Denise |date=October 21, 2014 |website=Then & Now Toronto |access-date=May 9, 2023}}</ref> |
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Maria Del Mar | |
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| Birth name | Maria Morales |
| Born | 1965 or 1966 (age 58–59) Spain |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1985 to 1996 |
| Labels | Capitol Records, EMI |
| Formerly of | National Velvet, Hassenpfeffer |
Maria Morales[1] (born c. 1966),[2] known professionally as Maria Del Mar, is a Canadian rock singer.
She was the lead vocalist of the 1980s and 1990s rock band National Velvet.
Early life
Del Mar was born in Spain, where she lived until 18 months of age.[2] As a child she danced in Spanish cultural shows and enjoyed holding public singing performances in her neighbourhood.[3] At the age of 15 she dropped-out of high school and moved to Vancouver.[3] She later worked as a cigarette girl at Toronto nightclubs, such as RPM and The Copa.[3][4][5] She also worked as a coat-check girl at The Diamond, where fellow National Velvet band member, Tim Welch, once worked as well.[6]
Career
Del Mar met bassist Mark Storm in 1984 in a Toronto alleyway outside of party, where the two had a heated discussion about music.[2][3] Storm asked Del Mar to be a backing vocalist in the band that he was part of at the time.[7]
The following year Del Mar and storm formed National Velvet along with drummer Gary Flint, and guitarists Mark Crossley and Tim Welch.[3]
a gothic-inspired rock band
After the band's break-up, Del Mar joined the all-female indie rock band, Hässenpfeffer.[8][9] In 1996 they released the album, "Songs of Convenience" on the label MaGaDa Int'l.[8][10]
Del Mar also provided backing vocals on the track "Blonde In The Bleachers", a Joni Mitchell cover song featuring the musician, Squiddly, from the 1992 tribute album Back to the Garden.[11]
She is sometimes confused with Canadian television and film actress Maria del Mar who was in the cast of the Canadian television series Street Legal whose original run coincided with National Velvet's tenure >>> NEED BETTER WORDING. Del Mar (the vocalist) also played a role in the 1991 film The Events Leading Up to My Death, furthering the confusion.
Del Mar's strong, deep, vocal style has been compared to artists such as Carole Pope, Siouxsie Sioux and Nina Hagen.
References
- ^ Kennedy, John R. (February 26, 2018). "Singer Maria Del Mar Lashes Out At Actress Maria Del Mar". iHeartRadio Canada. Bell Media. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ a b c Mayes, Alison (April 19, 1990). "National Velvet". Calgary Herald. p. H1. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via ProQuest.
Lead singer Maria Del Mar, a raven-haired vamp with a black wardrobe and a wickedly aggressive stage manner, is the focal point of National Velvet's post-punk frontal attack. . . The 25-year-old Del Mar has been working toward that goal since 1984, when she and bassist Mark Storm founded the band after meeting in a alleyway outside a Toronto party. . . When the London recording session for Courage concluded, Del Mar visited relatives in Spain, where she was born and lived until the age of 18 months.
- ^ a b c d e Metella, Helen (April 20, 1990). "Dark and emphatic, National Velvet brings rock to Whyte". Edmonton Journal. p. C7. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via ProQuest.
She launched her career, dancing in Spanish cultural shows when she was 5. As a child she often held impromptu performances in neighborhood garages and also remembers finding, "a public place with good acoustics," where she'd launch into song. At 15 she quit school and moved to Vancouver with a progressive rock band. . . She was working as a cigarette girl in several Toronto nightclubs, an idea she, "got from The Flinstones," when she met bass player Mark Storm, who with Mark Crossley, Gary Flint and Tim Welch form National Velvet. . . Storm and she decided to collaborate after an unpleasant argument about music that occurred when they were introduced.
- ^ Potter, Mitch (May 4, 1990). "They called this bash Maria". Toronto Star. p. D12. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via ProQuest.
Del Mar, who brings the group to RPM for a headline (all-ages) concert Sunday night, says the Queen's Quay club was very much the springboard for the group's success to date. "I sold cigarettes there for several years, and made more record contacts that way that through the regular channels.
- ^ Barr, Greg (March 30, 1990). "A voice that sets fire to music". Ottawa Citizen. p. D3. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via ProQuest.
Maria Del Mar's first meeting with Mark Storm was rather brief. "I was an outright bitch," the towering vocalist with National Velvet said in a phone interview. "I bumped into him after I left this party and we started talking about bands and music, but I was in this real argumentative mode. I was really rude." But a week later, Storm came to see her at Toronto's Copa club, where Del Mar sold cigarettes. She liked the fact that he still wanted to talk about putting a band together despite her outburst.
- ^ Benson, Denise (October 21, 2014). "Then & Now: The Diamond Club". Then & Now Toronto. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ O'Connor, James (September 1, 1989). "Velvet in shades of grey". Winnipeg Sun. p. F9. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
National Velvet's origins match the band's dark moods. A chance back alley meeting in 1984 led to Storm asking Del Mar to work as a backing vocalist in a band he was operating at the time. Soon after the pair decided to form Velvet, with the intention of not overworking the Toronto scene, relying more on word of mouth. . . In 1987, the band's aggressive stage show and gothic-based, post punk sound landed it a deal with Capitol Records-distributed Intrepid Records label.
- ^ a b "Hassenpfeffer - Songs Of Convenience (MaGaDa Int'l)". The Medium. Vol. 22, no. 20. Erindale College, University of Toronto. February 12, 1996. p. 10. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lepage, Mark (January 13, 1995). "Post-goth vampirella is ideal gig for 13th". Montreal Gazette. p. C9. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
It isn't every day this place plugs a Toronto act above the local kids, but not every day is Friday the 13th and not every Torontonian is Maria Del Mar. The not unimpressive woman once fronted National Velvet, and front is most certainly what we mean in connection with the imposing post-goth vampirella of a singer. Her new act is Hass En Pfeffer and if it isn't exactly the same bat-time, it's probably the same bat-channel, making it a perfect gig for the 13th in the Cathouse (328 Mayor St.)
- ^ Songs Of Convenience (Album). Hässenpfeffer. Magada International. 1996. 7 76715-0028-2 9. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Discogs.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Davitt, Patrick (December 14, 1992). "What's On Albums: Back to the Garden; A Tribute to Joni Mitchell". Regina Leader-Post. p. C13. Retrieved May 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Halifax band Sloan gives "A Case Of You" a solid grunge reading, and Squiddly does a great heavy rock take on "Blonde In The Bleachers," with dense sound, heavy riffing by guitarist Rod Black and a fine backing and harmony vocal by National Velvet's Maria Del Mar.