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For the album, see Marcy Playground (album). Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. New York City, New York, U.S. Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit " Sex and Candy ".
Shlomi Lavie (born November 26, 1978) is an Israeli-born American-based musician, best known as the drummer for Marcy Playground.He has also played with various other bands, including Nanuchka and Electro Morocco in New York City, and formerly with The Magical Mystery Tour, a Beatles tribute group, and Habiluim in Tel Aviv.
Shlomi was referred to lead singer John Wozniak by bassist Dylan Keefe's wife, who is one of Shlomi's best friends. Wozniak was impressed with Lavie's talent, and Shlomi Lavie was soon after an official member of the band. Lavie joined Marcy Playground for the band's Carnival Cruise show (s) in the Bahamas, their concert in Scottsdale, Arizona ...
Shlomi Lavie is an Israeli-born American-based drummer, best known as the drummer for Marcy Playground. He had also been playing with various other bands, including Nanuchka and Electro Morocco in New York City, and formerly with The Magical Mystery Tour, a Beatles tribute group, and Habiluim in Tel Aviv.
Lavie's main creative outlet is Van Goose, however, a solo project that might as well be a full-bodied band. While its dance-rock debut, 2019's Habitual Eater, leaned into mirror ball melodies and high beam hooks like a lo-fi LCD Soundsystem, its long-awaited sequel (this fall's Post-Truth and Bird Feeders LP) embraces a slightly more alien sound of paranoid android pop.
Marcy Playground is a three-piece Alternative Rock band, consisting of John Wozniak on guitar and vocals, Dylan Keefe on bass, and Shlomi Lavie behind the kit. Since 1997, the band has released four full-length albums and one remix album. They are best known as the One-Hit Wonder band behind the song "Sex & Candy," which has frequently appeared ...
Van Goose (the project of Marcy Playground’s drummer Shlomi Lavie) has shared his debut solo album, Habitual Eater, and we are pleased to premiere its stream ahead of its official release this Friday. The album is equal parts post-punk derived electro-pop and wryly deadpan bedroom-pop.
