Meet the MMVA Nominees: Marianas Trench
To be honest, I didn't know much about Marianas Trench when I learned they were the MuchMusic Video Awards' most-nominated artist (with a whopping eight nods, which is one more than Drake). But when I caught the Canadian pop-punk outfit tearing up the Jersey Shore at Bamboozle 2012 for a devoted East Coast fan base, I was knocked out. Usually I don't go for punk of the "woah-oh!" sing-along variety, but the immediately arresting craftsmanship behind their songs won me over, even as a newcomer. (For example, check out "Fallout" below). Lead singer Josh Ramsay's full-throttled onstage presence was equally impressive, despite an April hospitalization.
Even if you don't know Marianas Trench, you're definitely familiar with what Ramsay can do with a good hook: The punk frontman wrote Carly Rae Jepsen's ubiquitous hit "Call Me Maybe." Jepsen and her melody-making benefactors will both perform at the MMVAs this Sunday, June 17, which Fuse is live broadcasting at 9p/8c. So to find out if Marianas Trench take home any (or all) of the eight awards they're nominated for, tune in. It should be a killer night: Last time Trench played the MMVAs, Ramsay parodied Lady Gaga's exploding bra with his own sparkling chest piece.
48m
21m
2m
2m
2m
2m
2m
2m
3m
3m
1m
1m
1m
1m
1m
21m
1m
21m
1m
1m
1m
2m
1m
1m
56s
1m
1m
1m
1m
1m
54s
1h 2m
1h 45m
1m
2m
1h 20m
1h 27m
23m
1h 34m
45m
44m
21m
20m
1h 21m
21m
1m
2m
20m
21m
21m
20m
20m
20m
1h 7m
57m
20m
1h 22m
1h 17m
1h 30m
22m
22m
1h 15m
20m
21m
20m
57s
9m
59s
44m
23m
21m
1h 22m
1h 36m
22m
1h 3m
24m
46m
1h 23m
1m
20m
2m
12m
1h 27m
2m
3m
1m
45m
22m
44m
22m
2m
44m
1h 25m
21m
1m
46m