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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 18, 2001 PleasinqMarv 11 -- Invited on Dublin tour B y C a ro l B a ld w in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR F irst Ireland, then the world. That' s what PleasingMary is hoping to do - ulti mately dazzle the world with its music. Even though it all started right here in Oakville, the fourmember band is heading off next week for a two-week tour in Dublin before it settles down to convince the rest o f the world that it is a band to be reckoned with. Founding members Mark Bagley and Karl del Puerto, lead singer and guitarist/vocal ist, respectively, say it's just a matter of time, or is that timing, before they hit it big. In fact, PleasingMary has already been a hit on the club scene in Toron to, and was book for the Irish tour when a promoter heard them during a gig at W.C. Fields Sports Bar. "He was happy with what he saw and invited us to go to Ire land, right there and then," explains del Puerto. "W e're playing six shows at Debase ment. . .and we're playing at the Temple Bar Music Centre." Despite the religious, or pos sibly even sexual, connotation in the band's name, Bagley says its origin is neither. "We all worked at a gas sta tion, except for our drummer Andrew (Florjancic), and our boss's name was Mary. We were looking for a name," he says, noting that most strug gling musicians have jobs that pay the bills while they attempt to scale the musical ladder o f success. "We had called our selves Fluid before, and we just didn't like that name. So, since our m anager's name was Mary, we decided to call it PleasingMary. And we liked it. It's catchy." Another name that seems to have caught on, for Bagley anyway, is Always Injured - a moniker he comes by quite nat urally. "I recently had knee surgery on my left knee. Right now I'm recovering from bronchitis. I'm always either sick or injured before every gig," he says, with a laugh. "I broke my fist before a gig, sprained my wrist, broke an ankle. If you look at our pic tures, Fve always got a brace or a cast or something like that on." Yet, despite his warnings, his fellow band members are still willing to fly with him on the same plane to Ireland. Bagley and del Puerto are also the promoters and com posers for this alternative band. They compose and play every thing from ballads to punk, using no simulated or computer sounds. Influenced by The Bea tles, U2, Radiohead and Pearl Jam, del Puerto pens the notes to accompany Bagley's lyrics lyrics that reflect a maturity not often heard in today's pop cul ture. Subjects such as commu nication in relationships in their song Looking or perception and judgmental behavior in Real Me - cited as a favourite by three of the four band members - are part of their repertoire. ".Certain people in my life don't listen to what I say, but hear what they wanted to h ear.. .That's where that song ( Looking ) came from," Bagley explains. "Everybody sees you as someone different, but nobody really knows you, except those close to you." PleasingM ary's newly released, self-titled CD features Looking and Real Me. along with eight of their 26 other original compositions. A copy of the CD will be included in the $10 admission price of their next gig - a fundraiser for their Ireland trip - at Toronto's W.C. Fields at 50 Cumberland St. on Satur day, July 21, beginning at 8 p.m ... (S e e `Linked' on page C 3) The Oakville band PleasingMary is preparing for a gig in Dublin. They are, clockwise from left, lead singer Mark Bagley, guitarist Karl del Puerto (with Bagley), drum mer Andrew Florjancic, and bass player Jolyon Hess (with Florjancic). The band is holding a fund-raising concert on July 21 at W.C. Fields Sports Bar in Toronto. 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