Marianas Trench

Lead singer and lyricist Josh Ramsay grew up in a musical family, with his mother being a singing teacher and his father owning a recording studio. Ramsay also shared the love of music and started a solo career at the age of 14. He later needed a supporting band and recruited high school friend Matt Webb and local musicians Morgan Hempsted and Steve Marshall. Josh Ramsay attended high school at Magee Secondary School. Together they formed a band named Ramsay Fiction.

After disbanding Ramsay Fiction, Ramsay and Webb searched for new band mates. Ramsay found drummer Ian Casselman's wanted ad in the Georgia Straight. Through Casselman, they found Mike Ayley as bassist. Casselman and Ayley had previously played in a band together. The foursome chose the name Marianas Trench for their band. After much perseverance they were signed under 604 Records, owned by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, and Jonathan Simkin. The band recorded and released a self-titled EP in 2002. In 2006, the band released their first full-length album entitled Fix Me. It included the singles "Say Anything", "Decided to Break It", and the hit single "Shake Tramp".

Masterpiece Theatre, the band's follow-up album, was released on February 24, 2009. The album debuted at #4 on the Canadian Albums Chart. "Cross My Heart" became the band's second song to peak at #1 on both the Much Music Countdown and iTunes Canada Digital Download. The single was nominated for four MMVAs in 2009 and was certified platinum in Canada. Recently after, Marianas Trench reached the #1 spot with the song "All To Myself" on Much Music's MOD.

The band's third studio album Ever After¸ was recently released on November 21st. The first single released from the album is "Haven't Had Enough". "Haven't Had Enough" reached the #1 spot on iTunes Canada Top of the Charts and Pop Downloads and was named "Song of the Week" by The Tune. The single is currently impacting US Top 40 Radio now.

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