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There are numerous bands with the name Marathon:

1. Marathon was a melodic punk band from various parts of upstate New York, formed from the ashes of bands such as Standfast, De La Hoya, and Building On Fire. They toured the US and won fans with their sincere political lyrics and catchy melodies.

In May of 2006 Marathon played their final two shows in New Brunswick, NJ and Syracuse, NY. Members of Marathon continue to write music and tour the world in bands like Attica! Attica! and Polar Bear Club.

2. Marathon is a band from Brisbane, Australia. They play a mixture of ’90s influenced metal/hardcore, abrasive noise-rock (Albini, Denison, etc) and modern American and Canadian crust.

3. Marathon is an indie rock band from South East England. They released their debut single “300 Miles” in March 2010.

4. Marathon is a Dutch neo-prog band that was formed in Enschede in the early 90’s. They recorded two albums and then followed up with a live CD just before continuing their musical journey as ENorm. They recently started their ENorm´s Marathon Revival playing songs from the Marathon era.
As far as influences go, SAGA definitely comes to mind; add a few touches of RUSH for the muscle and some AOR-like ballads à la WINGS OF STEEL, and you’ll have a good idea of what they sound like.

Guitarist Ronald Ten Bos clearly dominates the first album with his Ian Crichton-like power chords, ringing arpeggios and jerky riffs; on slow numbers, he can get pretty emotional with some melodic solos à la Steve Rothery.

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  • randomhero323

    fuck this i'm going dancing

    19 Apr 2012 Reply
  • aksmith1983

    First band I ever went to see where the singer was pushing through us in the crowd and people were singing in to the mic along with him. I didn't know what to make of it at the time, but I liked it. Changed my life in a pretty significant way.

    17 Apr 2012 Reply
  • pasha_death

    ээээээ чувачеч с района подменили какие-то зоофилы!куда мир катиться!?

    18 Mar 2012 Reply
  • Before_I_Die_

    белорусы хорошие

    13 Mar 2012 Reply
  • AssD

    The Norwegian Marathon is awesome!

    11 Feb 2012 Reply
  • bixcreep

    самое время переписать теги белорусской группы на Марафон

    6 Feb 2012 Reply
  • optimuslynch

    The Australian Marathon is where it's at, m8's.

    4 Feb 2012 Reply
  • sukapapshew

    Бля, какого хуя с "marathon" (через маленькую букву) сюда перенаправляет? белорусский марафон самы заебись

    16 Jan 2012 Reply
  • davedeath

    Lol last.fm they aren't on tour you lie. [2]

    7 Aug 2011 Reply
  • enormohead

    self titled cd may be my favourite cd of all time.

    21 May 2011 Reply
  • GruunldFuulk

    Lol last.fm they aren't on tour you lie.

    30 Mar 2011 Reply
  • Namb

    Terrible description. Top tracks, related artists, all are for the NY punk band

    16 Mar 2011 Reply
  • yJURAy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdcHg0i1ICA <3

    17 Feb 2011 Reply
  • iamtomw

    most underrated punk band of all time

    2 Nov 2010 Reply
  • xcanibalx

    great \m/

    2 Aug 2010 Reply
  • ssarkis

    yeah best fucking band of all time

    28 Jul 2010 Reply
  • icettx

    T.T why is it all the best bands I know broke up or changed before i knew them. At least Aaron Scott is still making music I love his vocals!

    14 Dec 2009 Reply
  • FAskies

    Marathon is epic, atleast we have Attica! Attica! to fill the void

    2 Sep 2009 Reply
  • dyingstart

    I miss them so much

    11 Aug 2009 Reply
  • iamtomw

    best band ever no shit

    10 Aug 2009 Reply
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