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{{Short description|American alternative rock band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = 10,000 Maniacs
| image             = 10,000 Maniacs.jpg
| caption           = 10,000 Maniacs {{circa|1987}}: Left to right: [[Rob Buck]], [[Steve Gustafson]], [[Natalie Merchant]], [[Dennis Drew]], and [[Jerry Augustyniak]]
| image_size        = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| origin            = [[Jamestown, New York]], U.S.
| genre             = [[Alternative rock]], [[jangle pop]],<ref name= "jangle">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/10000-maniacs-mn0000501081|title=10,000 Maniacs|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|date=2023|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> [[folk rock]]<ref name= "jangle" />
| years_active      = 1981–present
| label             = Christian Burial, [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[Geffen Records|Geffen]], [[Bar/None Records|Bar/None]], [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]], [[Omnivore Recordings|Omnivore]]
| website           = {{URL|maniacs.com}}
| current_members   = * [[Dennis Drew]]
* [[Steve Gustafson]]
* [[Jerry Augustyniak]]
* [[John Lombardo]]
* [[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]]
* Ben Medina
| past_members      = * [[Rob Buck]]
* Jeff Erickson
* Chet Cardinale
* Terri Newhouse
* [[Natalie Merchant]]
* Tim Edborg
* Jim Calavitta
* Shawn Santos
* Debbie Heverly
* Duane Calhoun
* Bob "O'Matic" Wachter
* Jim Foti
* Gerry Rattigan
* [[Oskar Saville]]
* [[Leigh Nash]]
* [[Matt Slocum]]
}}

'''10,000 Maniacs''' is an American [[alternative rock]] band founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that charted in the top 50 in the US: ''[[In My Tribe]]'' (1987), ''[[Blind Man's Zoo]]'' (1989), ''[[Our Time in Eden]]'' (1992), and the live album ''[[MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' (1993). After the recording (but before the release) of ''MTV Unplugged'', original lead singer and songwriter [[Natalie Merchant]] left the band to pursue a solo career, while the remaining members continued the band.

==History==
===Early years===
[[File:Natalie merchant1.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|left|Natalie Merchant as lead singer in 1984]]
The band was formed as Still Life in 1981 in [[Jamestown, New York]],<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2467}}</ref> by [[Dennis Drew]] (keyboards), [[Steven Gustafson]] (bass), Chet Cardinale (drums), [[Rob Buck|Robert Buck]] (guitar), and Buck's ex-wife<ref>{{cite web|last=Margolis|first=Lynne|date=2006-01-06|title=10,000 Maniacs Guitarist Robert Buck Dead at 42|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=111781|website=ABC News|access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> Terri Newhouse (vocals). Gustafson invited [[Natalie Merchant]], who was 17 at the time, to do some vocals. [[John Lombardo]], who was in a band named The Mills (along with brother guitarist/vocalists Mark Liuzzo and Paul Liuzzo and drummer Mike Young) and used to play occasionally with Still Life, was invited to join permanently on guitar and vocals. Newhouse and Cardinale left the band in July, and Merchant became the main singer. Various drummers came and left. The band changed its name to Burn Victims and then to 10,000 Maniacs, inspired by the 1964 low-budget horror movie ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs!]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|title=Natalie Merchant: "When I talk to friends who have creative lives and children, we commiserate about all the time we wasted in our youth"|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/05/12/natalie_merchant_when_i_talk_to_friends_who_have_creative_lives_and_children_we_commiserate_about_all_the_time_we_wasted_in_our_youth/|date=May 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Glendale Star">{{cite web|url=https://www.glendalestar.com/features/article_b501c8aa-e818-11ec-aca3-8f2b53ecf1c4.html|title=10,000 Maniacs are still crazy about the band|last=Fuoco-Karasinski|first=Christina|work=The Glendale Star|date=2022-06-15|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

They performed as 10,000 Maniacs for the first time on Labor Day, September 7, 1981, with a line-up of Merchant, Lombardo, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, and Tim Edborg on drums. Edborg left and Bob "Bob O Matic" Wachter was on drums for most of the 1981 gigs. Tired of playing cover songs—though their first notable American hit was a cover of the [[Cat Stevens]] hit "[[Peace Train]]"—the band started to write their own music, usually with Merchant handling the lyrics and Lombardo the music. In March 1982, with Jim Foti on drums, the band recorded an [[Extended play|EP album]] titled ''[[Human Conflict Number Five]]'', financed by Drew's mother.<ref name="tlobf">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/natalie-merchant-looking-at-love-from-all-sides-now |title=Natalie Merchant: &quot;When I say keep your courage, I'm talking to myself as much as anyone&quot; |last=Pedder |first=Alan |date=2023-04-21 |access-date=2023-04-22 |language=en-US |website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]}}</ref> More gigs followed in 1982. During this time, they lived in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], for a short period at the encouragement of friends who said that many gigs were available there. Discouraged by the lack of actual gigs, and by having to sell plasma and rake leaves to buy food, the band moved back to Jamestown in November 1982 to regroup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c86show.org/e/10000-maniacs-special-with-steve-gustafson/|title=10,000 Maniacs special with Steve Gustafson|website=c86show.org|date=2019-07-22|publisher=PodBean Development|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

[[File:JohnLombardo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|John Lombardo]]
At the beginning of 1983, [[Jerry Augustyniak]] joined the band as their permanent drummer. The Maniacs met Augustyniak when they played in [[Buffalo, New York]], where he was in a punk band named the Stains. Between March and July, the band recorded songs for a second record, ''[[Secrets of the I Ching]]'', their debut album, which was pressed by Mark Records for the band's own label Christian Burial Music. The record was well received by critics and caught the attention of respected [[BBC Radio 1]] DJ [[John Peel]] in London.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> One song, "My Mother the War", turned out to be a minor hit in the United Kingdom and entered the independent singles chart. The band toured extensively during 1983 and 1984, and played gigs in the UK.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Peter Leak, an Englishman living in New York City, became interested in the band, made contact and was made their manager. With the help of Leak and Elektra Records A & R (artists and repertoire) man Howard Thompson, 10,000 Maniacs signed to [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] in November 1984.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In the spring of 1985, they recorded their second album, ''[[The Wishing Chair (album)|The Wishing Chair]]'', in London at Livingston Studios, with [[Joe Boyd]] as producer.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Though the album was not a blockbuster hit, its status as the band's major label debut did win it some notice, and it received significant critical acclaim.

===Breakthrough success===
Frustrated with the lack of success and direction of the band, co-founder Lombardo left 10,000 Maniacs during a rehearsal on July 14, 1986.<ref name="LarkinGE"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1997-06-21-3140862-story.html|title=Spotlight on 10,000 Maniacs Losing Vocalist Hasn't Left Pop Band in Ruins|last=Terlesky|first=John|work=The Morning Call|date=1997-06-21|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> The remaining five members started recording a new album in Los Angeles with [[Peter Asher]] as the producer, who had worked extensively with artists such as [[James Taylor]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]]. ''[[In My Tribe]]'', a more pop-rock oriented record, was released on July 7, 1987.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The album stayed on the charts for 77 weeks, peaking at No.&nbsp;37, and established a large U.S. audience for the group. It was also well received in the UK. The album originally contained the band's recording of "Peace Train", but the song was removed from some subsequent pressings (post-1989) after the song's writer Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) made comments implying he agreed with a death [[fatwa]] against author [[Salman Rushdie]].

10,000 Maniacs' next album, 1989's ''[[Blind Man's Zoo]],''<ref name="LarkinGE"/> hit No.&nbsp;13 and went gold, further increasing the group's following. In May 1989, the British music magazine ''[[NME]]'' reported that 10,000 Maniacs had won the songwriter category prize at the New York Music Awards.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book|title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years|last=Tobler|first=John|date=1992|edition=1st|publisher=Reed International Books Ltd|location=London|page=456|id=CN 5585}}</ref> In 1990, with the help of Lombardo, they remastered their first two records, ''Human Conflict Number Five'' and ''Secrets of the I Ching'', and released them as a compilation titled ''[[Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983]]''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Lombardo and [[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]], who had formed a folk-rock act named [[John & Mary]], opened gigs for the Maniacs on the Hope Chest Tour in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1930833/there-was-no-girl-as-bold-as-you-assessing-the-legacy-of-natalie-merchant-and-10000-maniacs/columns/sounding-board/|title=There Was No Girl As Bold As You: The Overlooked Legacy Of Natalie Merchant And 10,000 Maniacs|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|work=Stereogum|date=2017-03-22|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

The band played a handful of local concerts in 1991, but largely took a break from touring and Merchant spent most of the year working with homeless youth in [[Harlem]]. Merchant then revealed to the other members that she would be leaving 10,000 Maniacs for a solo career in two years' time, allowing for additional 10,000 Maniacs albums, while also acknowledging the financial implications of her departure.<ref name="Gazette Review">{{cite web|url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/11/happened-natalie-merchant-news-updates/|title=What Happened to Natalie Merchant - News & Updates|last=Sennhauser|first=Morgan|work=Gazette Review|date=2016-11-22|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/10000-maniacs-bd6b9f6.html?year=1991|title=10,000 Maniacs Concert Map by year: 1991|website=setlist.fm}}</ref> A new album, ''[[Our Time in Eden]]'', was released on September 29, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/our-time-in-eden-mw0000085508|author=10,000 Maniacs|title=Our Time in Eden|website=AllMusic|access-date=2013-05-08}}</ref> In 1993, the band performed at the [[MTV]] Inaugural Ball for [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] in January and on ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' on April 21. Merchant made her departure from the band public in an interview on [[MTV]] on August 5, 1993, saying she "didn't want art by committee anymore."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/07/21/natalie-merchant-launches-solo-career/|title=Naturally Merchant|last=Hajari|first=Nisid|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=1995-07-21|access-date=2011-10-02}}</ref> The ''[[MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' album was released on October 26, 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mtv-unplugged-mw0000621200|author=10,000 Maniacs|title=MTV Unplugged|work=AllMusic|access-date=2013-05-08}}</ref> "The last 10,000 Maniacs gig (July 28, 1993) was the first time I'd got drunk in nearly two years," Merchant later recalled. "I laughed a lot and threw lots of flowers out of the hotel window."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Q Questionnaire|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|date=January 1994|page=154}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/after-the-split-9-999-maniacs-go-their-separate-ways/article_3bb31c62-f5b2-518d-a19b-ffdb0665f757.html|title=After the Split, 9,999 Maniacs Go Their Separate Ways|last=Violanti|first=Anthony|website=Buffalo News|date=1993-08-09|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/06/21/a-maniac-no-more/|title=A Maniac no more|last=Deggans|first=Eric|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=1996-06-21|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

===1994–2001===
[[File:Steve Gustafson.jpg|thumb|Steve Gustafson]]
After Merchant's departure, Elektra Records dropped the band while signing Merchant as a solo artist.<ref name="Gazette Review" /> The remaining members of 10,000 Maniacs (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew and Gustafson) asked John & Mary to join the band. The revamped band began performing new material almost immediately, initially calling themselves John & Mary, Rob, Steve, Dennis, & Jerry; then they were able to legally regain control of the 10,000 Maniacs name. 10,000 Maniacs released two albums with Ramsey on vocals. In 1997, they released ''[[Love Among the Ruins (album)|Love Among the Ruins]]'' with the band on a new label, [[Geffen Records]], from which their cover of the [[Roxy Music]] song "[[More Than This (Roxy Music song)|More Than This]]" became a moderate hit, and followed up in 1999 with ''[[The Earth Pressed Flat]]'' on [[Bar/None]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelantern.com/1998/08/10000-maniacs-return-with-new-sound/|title=10,000 Maniacs return with new sound|website=The Lantern|date=1998-08-02|author-last1=Ham|author-first1=Dorian S. }}</ref>

In December 1998, Buck took some time off from the band, moving to Texas to focus on a new project named [[League of Blind Women]]. 10,000 Maniacs recruited Buffalo-based [[Michael Lee Jackson]] of the band Animal Planet to step into the lead guitar role. Buck returned to the band in the summer of 1999. On November 3, 2000, 10,000 Maniacs played with the [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]] in Buffalo, New York. It was the last concert they performed with Buck. On December 19, 2000, Buck died of [[liver failure]] at the age of 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1435370/10000-maniacs-guitarist-rob-buck-dies-liver-failure.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925170915/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1435370/10000-maniacs-guitarist-rob-buck-dies-liver-failure.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=10,000 Maniacs Guitarist Rob Buck Dies Of Liver Failure – Music, Celebrity, Artist News|last=Basham|first=David|publisher=MTV.com|date=2000-12-20|access-date=2013-02-27}}</ref> He was buried in the Mission Covenant Church Cemetery in [[Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania]].

Following Buck's death, 10,000 Maniacs took a break. Gustafson and Drew, with Jeff Erickson, started a band named [[The Mighty Wallop!]]. Augustyniak joined a band named Only Humen. On December 5, 2001, a 10,000 Maniacs line-up comprising Gustafson, Drew, Augustyniak, Lombardo and Ramsey played a benefit concert in Toronto, with Buck's former guitar technician, Erickson, on lead guitar.

===2002–2007===
[[File:Dennis Drew 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Dennis Drew]]
In 2002, Gustafson, Drew, and Augustyniak decided that they wished to continue 10,000 Maniacs with a new lead singer. Lombardo showed up at the first band practice, found out that the band had hired Erickson to play lead guitar and [[Oskar Saville]] of the Chicago-based band [[Rubygrass]] to sing, and quit the band. This lineup toured sporadically between 2002 and 2006, playing at various festivals.

On January 27, 2004, Elektra/Asylum/Rhino Records released ''[[Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings]]'', a two-CD set compilation, with 31 digitally remastered songs, four of them demos and one unreleased. The second disc contained B-sides and outtakes throughout the band's career up to that point, including many covers. [[Jackson Browne]]'s "[[These Days (Jackson Browne song)|These Days]]" and [[Tom Waits]]' "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" were among those included.

In 2006, John & Mary formed a folk-rock band named the Valkyries. John & Mary & the Valkyries are composed of several longtime Buffalo music scene stalwarts. Ramsey rejoined the current edition of the band for several dates in 2006, playing viola and singing backing vocals. Saville left in 2007, and Ramsey regained the lead vocalist spot.

===2008–2022===
[[File:10kManiacs.jpg|thumb|10,000 Maniacs in 2019 in Rochester, Minnesota]]
The band—consisting of Augustyniak, Drew, Erickson, Gustafson and Ramsey—remains active, playing shows throughout the United States. In June 2011, the band released the EP ''Triangles'' on its own label, Ruby Wristwatch Records. The band celebrated its 30th anniversary in October 2011 with two sold-out concerts at the Scharmann Theater on the campus of [[Jamestown Community College]]. The band spent most of 2012 recording a new album at their studio in Jamestown, New York. In February 2013, they released the album, titled ''[[Music from the Motion Picture (10,000 Maniacs album)|Music from the Motion Picture]]''.

Former drummer Robert Wachter died on March 26, 2013, at the age of 49 due to a long illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oleantimesherald/obituary.aspx?pid=163897611|title=Robert J. Wachter (1963–2013) Obituary|website=Legacy.com|access-date=2015-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/biography|title=10000 Maniacs Biography|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2015-06-25}}</ref>

''[[Twice Told Tales (album)|Twice Told Tales]]'', an album of traditional British Isles covers, was released on April 28, 2015, on [[Cleopatra Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cleorecs.com/home/10000-maniacs-announce-official-release-date-of-their-new-album-and-offer-a-sneak-peek/|title=10,000 Maniacs Announce Official Release Date Of Their New Album And Offer A Sneak Peek!|website=Cleopatra Records|date=2015-02-12|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142114/http://cleorecs.com/home/10000-maniacs-announce-official-release-date-of-their-new-album-and-offer-a-sneak-peek/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Founding member [[John Lombardo]] was brought back into the fold as creative director and to play guitar on the album and following tour. 10,000 Maniacs released its live album ''[[Playing Favorites (10,000 Maniacs album)|Playing Favorites]]'' on June 3, 2016, their first live album with [[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]] on lead vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1995-08-06-3051201-story.html|title=10,000 Maniacs: A Lead Singer is Not a Terrible Thing to Lose|last=Dubrovsky|first=Anna|work=The Morning Call|date=1995-08-06|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref><ref name="Boston Herald">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/04/23/10000-maniacs-still-quirky-after-all-these-years/|title=10,000 Maniacs still quirky after all these years|last=Milano|first=Brett|work=Boston Herald|date=2022-04-23|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref>

===40th anniversary===
The band celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2022 with an extensive tour, billed as 10,000 Maniacs featuring Mary Ramsey, to avoid any confusion as to the status of Natalie Merchant in the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2022/03/celebrating-10000-maniacs-40th-anniversary-in-jamestown/|title=Celebrating 10,000 Maniacs 40th anniversary in Jamestown|last=Sitler|first=Doug|work=Buffalo Rising|date=2022-03-10|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> Ramsey acknowledged the legacy of the band, and the band with Merchant, stating "There are still times when I get mistaken for her, and I feel like it's just part of the story. In the beginning it was different, because people obviously wanted to see her — that's an understandable situation. But time has healed things up a bit, the wounds and the expectations."<ref name="Boston Herald" /> In 2014, Merchant looked back to her time with the band, "I learned so much with 10,000 Maniacs and have great memories being with that band. I'll never forget 1987 when it became so crazy. It was exciting and insane in terms of the schedule. It was so intense I was hospitalized. I look back fondly on that period. But I don't think the world is craving Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/hc-xpm-2014-07-01-hc-natalie-merchant-20140704-story.html|title=Natalie Merchant Headed to Ridgefield with Songs from New Album and a Few Oldies|last=Condran|first=Ed|work=Hartford Courant|date=2014-07-01|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> In 2002, when Merchant was asked if she would ever get back together with the band for a tour, she stated that due to Buck's death they could never again play together as a band.<ref>{{citation|title=Natalie Merchant Live on The Rosie O'Donnell Show + Interview - May 1, 2002 (Wonder)| date=March 31, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7S843kCpg|language=en|access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref>

Keyboardist Dennis Drew reflected on the 40-year history of the band, "You don't grow up thinking you're going to do anything for 40 years. To get to this point, it's amazing. It doesn't feel like 40 years. It's been as natural as everything else. We have families, kids and grand-kids on the way. It's just been our life. You don't retire from this, I don't think. They'll have to take us off the stage on stretchers."<ref name="Glendale Star" />

===2023–present===
In July 2023, 10,000 Maniacs announced that Mary Ramsey and Jeff Erickson would be leaving the band to pursue other interests, and [[Leigh Nash]] would be joining the band as their new lead singer. 10,000 Maniacs also announced that [[Matt Slocum]] would be joining the band as their new guitarist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maniacs.com/home|title=10,000 Maniacs|website=maniacs.com|access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> Both Nash and Slocum are founding members of the band [[Sixpence None the Richer]].

In January 2024, 10,000 Maniacs announced on their Facebook page that Nash and Slocum had left to devote time to Sixpence None the Richer, and that Ramsey had returned as lead singer, with guitarist Joe Rozler also joining the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/10KManiacs/|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> In April 2024 it was announced that Illinois-based musician, Ben Medina, will be joining on lead guitar.<ref name="wifr_apr2024">{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Forrest |last2=Neuzil |first2=Laura |title=From stalker to maniac: Rockford guitarist joins 10,000 Maniacs on tour |url=https://www.wifr.com/2024/04/16/stalker-maniac-rockford-guitarist-joins-10000-maniacs-tour/ |access-date=31 December 2025 |work=wifr.com |publisher=Gray Local Media |date=15 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Band members==
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; Current
*[[Dennis Drew]]&nbsp;– keyboards, backing and rare occasional lead vocals (1981–present)
*[[Steve Gustafson]]&nbsp;– bass, guitar, backing and rare occasional lead vocals (1981–present)
*[[John Lombardo]]&nbsp;– guitar, bass, backing and lead vocals (1981–1986, 1994–2002, 2015–present, touring member other years)
*[[Jerry Augustyniak]]&nbsp;– drums, backing vocals (1983–present)
*[[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, violin, viola (1993–2001, 2007–2023, 2024–present)
*Ben Medina - lead guitar (2024-present)


; Former
*[[Rob Buck]]&nbsp;– guitar, synthesizers, mandolin, pedal steel, sitar, banjo, mandocello (1981–1998, 1999–2000; his death)
*Chet Cardinale&nbsp;– drums (1981)
*Teri Newhouse&nbsp;- vocals (1981)
*[[Natalie Merchant]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, piano (1981–1993)
*Tim Edborg&nbsp;– drums (1981)
*James Rocky Calavitta&nbsp;– saxophone (1981)
*Debbie Heverly&nbsp;– piano (1981)
*Duane Calhoun&nbsp;– lead guitar (1981)
*Bob "O'Matic" Wachter&nbsp;– drums (1982; died 2013)
*Jim Foti&nbsp;– drums (1982–1983)
*Jeff Erickson&nbsp;– guitar, backing and occasional lead vocals (2001–2023, guest appearance in 1998)
*[[Oskar Saville]]&nbsp;– lead vocals (2002–2007)
*[[Leigh Nash]]&nbsp;– lead vocals (2023)
*[[Matt Slocum]]&nbsp;– guitar (2023)

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; Touring Associate artists
*Ben Medina&nbsp;– lead guitar (2024-Present)
*Joe Rozler&nbsp;– guitar, keyboards, vocals (2024)
*Sally Schaefer&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, backing vocals, violin, mandolin (2023) 
*Maggie Zindle&nbsp;– violin, viola, backing vocals (2018–2023, 2025)
*Morgan Fichter&nbsp;– violin, backing vocals (1992–1993)
*[[Amanda Kramer]]&nbsp;– piano, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (1992–1993) 
*[[Michael Lee Jackson]]&nbsp;– lead guitar (1998–1999)
*[[Max Weinberg]]&nbsp;– drums (1992)
*Kevin Osborne&nbsp;– trombone (1992–1993)
*Tommy LaBella&nbsp;– alto saxophone (1992–1993, 2013–2019)
*Tony White&nbsp;– tenor saxophone, horn arranger (1992–1993, 2002–2003, 2013–2019)
*Scott Burrows&nbsp;– trombone (1993)
*Levi E. Swanson&nbsp;– lead trombone (2003–2008)
*Andrew Ferguson&nbsp;- alto saxophone (2004–2005)
*Maria Sebastian&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, backing vocals (2010–2011)
*Melanie Luciano&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, backing vocals (2012–2014, 2015, 2020)
*Savannah King&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, backing vocals (2014–2015)
*Amanda Barton&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, backing vocals, violin, tambourine (2015–2016)
*Inga Yanoski&nbsp;– viola, violin, backing vocals (2016–2018)
*Noelle Hone&nbsp;– backing vocals (2006, 2018)

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[[File:JeffErickson10kManiacs.jpg|thumb|upright|Jeff Erickson of 10,000 Maniacs in 2019]]
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===Timeline===
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==Discography==

===Albums===

====Studio albums====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Album details
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
! style="width:150px;" rowspan="2"|[[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
|-
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name=billboard200>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/tlp/|title=10,000 Maniacs Chart History > Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
*Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|page=277}}
*All ARIA chart peaks to September 18, 2018: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/84OZ2Fg.jpg|title=10,000 Maniacs chart history, received from ARIA on September 18, 2018|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=2019-06-21}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk>UK chart peaks:
*Top 100 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/gFwdYQo.jpg|title=Official Charts > 10,000 Maniacs (from officialcharts.com)|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by [[Official Charts Company]])|access-date=2019-06-21}}
*Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_NUM.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > !!! – 99th Floor Elevators|publisher=zobbel.de|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref>
|-
|1983
|''[[Secrets of the I Ching]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|1985
|''[[The Wishing Chair (album)|The Wishing Chair]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref name="bpi certs">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|title=Certified Awards Search|work=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=2012-01-23|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801142929/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}} Note: User needs to enter "10000 MANIACS" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.</ref>
|-
|1987
|''[[In My Tribe]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|37
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: 2× Platinum<ref name="riaa certs">{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=Gold & Platinum Search|work=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=2013-01-25}}</ref>
* BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi certs" />
|-
|1989
|''[[Blind Man's Zoo]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|84
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|
* RIAA: Platinum<ref name="riaa certs" />
* BPI: Silver<ref name="bpi certs" />
|-
|1992
|''[[Our Time in Eden]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| style="text-align:center;"|171
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|
* RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="riaa certs" />
|-
|1997
|''[[Love Among the Ruins (album)|Love Among the Ruins]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|104
| style="text-align:center;"|200
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Earth Pressed Flat]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Music from the Motion Picture (10,000 Maniacs album)|Music from the Motion Picture]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Twice Told Tales (album)|Twice Told Tales]]'' 
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|}

====Extended plays====
*''[[Human Conflict Number Five]]'' (1982)
*''You Happy Puppet'' (1989)
*''Candy Everybody Wants'' (1993)
*''Few & Far Between'' (1993)
*''Triangles'' (2011)
*''For Crying Out Loud'' (2016)

====Live====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Album details
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
! style="width:150px;" rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
|-
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name=billboard200/>
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus/>
!style="width:4em;font-size:85%"| [[UK Album Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk/>
|-
|1993
|''[[MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)|MTV Unplugged]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|190
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|
* RIAA: 3× Platinum<ref name="riaa certs" />
|-
|2006
|''[[Live Twenty-Five]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|2009
|''Extended Versions''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Playing Favorites (10,000 Maniacs album)|Playing Favorites]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
|2017
|''Live at the Belly Up''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|}

====Compilations====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Album !! Notes 
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[The Unplugged Collection, Volume One]]'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings]]'' || AUS No. 337,<ref name=aus/> UK No. 192<ref name=uk/>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/hsi/|title=10,000 Maniacs Charts History > Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-11-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127090503/https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/hsi/|archive-date=2022-01-27}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Alternative Songs|US Alt]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/mrt/|title=10,000 Maniacs Charts History > Alternative Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US Main]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/rtt/|title=10,000 Maniacs Charts History > Mainstream Rock Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/10000-maniacs/chart-history/asi/|title=10,000 Maniacs Charts History > Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus/>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]
! style="width:30px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first= David|last= Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition= 19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| "My Mother the War"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Secrets of the I Ching''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| style="text-align:left;"| "Can't Ignore the Train"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''The Wishing Chair''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Scorpio Rising"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Just as the Tide was a Flowing"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1987
| style="text-align:left;"| "Don't Talk"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''In My Tribe''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Peace Train]]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Like the Weather]]"
| 68
| —
| 37
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[What's the Matter Here?]]"
| 80
| 9
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1989
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Trouble Me]]"
| 44
| 3
| 20
| 7
| 102
| 31
| 77
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Blind Man's Zoo''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Eat for Two"
| —
| 12
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 93
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "You Happy Puppet"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Poison in the Well"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1992
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[These Are Days]]"
| 66
| 1
| —
| 34
| 151
| 35
| 58
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Our Time in Eden''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Candy Everybody Wants]]"
| 67
| 5
| —
| —
| 174
| 71
| 47
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Eden"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| "Few and Far Between"
| 95
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Everyday Is Like Sunday]]"
| —
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Candy Everybody Wants''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Because the Night#10,000 Maniacs version|Because the Night]]"
| 11
| 7
| —
| 9
| 190
| 10
| 65
| style="text-align:left;"| ''MTV Unplugged''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[More Than This (Roxy Music song)|More Than This]]"
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| 94
| 11
| 87
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Love Among the Ruins''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Rainy Day"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| "Beyond the Blue"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''The Earth Pressed Flat''
|-
| colspan="11" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

===Other releases===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Notes
|-
| 2000 || "[[(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear]]" || Digital download provided through Reciprocal for $1.50. Studio cover version of a [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] song from around 1995.<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.maniacs.com/maniacs.htm|title=- – - --- – -- --- t e n · t h o u s a n d · m a n i a c s – - --- – - – ---- – - |date=2000-06-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000614143211/http://www.maniacs.com/maniacs.htm|archive-date=2000-06-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2000 || "Rainy Day" (live) || Digital download provided through Reciprocal for $1.50. Live acoustic performance from Fredonia Opera House in 1998.<ref name="archive.org"/>
|-
| 2000 || "Stockton Gala Days" (live) || Digital download provided through Reciprocal for $1.50. Live acoustic performance from Fredonia Opera House in 1998.<ref name="archive.org"/>
|-
| 2000 || "Rainy Day" (live) || Digital download provided through Reciprocal for $1.50. Live acoustic performance from Fredonia Opera House in 1998.<ref name="archive.org"/>
|-
| 2013 || "Sweetest Gift" || Digital download provided through [[PledgeMusic]] to those who supported the pledge for ''Music from the Motion Picture''. The song was recorded for the album but was not included.
|-
| 2013 || ''Music from the Motion Picture Alternate Mixes'' || Digital download provided through [[PledgeMusic]] during the drive to support ''Music from the Motion Picture'' for $45. All songs from the original album provided with alternate mixes.<ref name="pledgemusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/10km|title=10.000 Maniacs: Music From The Motion Picture|access-date=May 10, 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212120/http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/10km|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''Music from the Motion Picture Sing-A-Long Mixes'' || Digital download provided through [[PledgeMusic]] during the drive to support ''Music from the Motion Picture'' for $30. All songs from the original album except for "Chautauqua Moon" provided in a [[karaoke]] format with limited backing vocals.<ref name="pledgemusic.com"/>
|-
| 2015 || ''Twice Told Tales Alt/Early Mixes/Takes'' || Digital download provided through [[PledgeMusic]] during the drive to support ''Twice Told Tales'' exclusively available in the producer package. All songs from the original album except for "Lady Mary Ramsey", "The Song of Wandering Aengus", "Bonny May", "Greenwood Sidey", and "Lady Mary Ramsay II."
|}

==Filmography==

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Performer !! Notes

|-
| 1985 || ''[[The Tube (1982 TV series)|The Tube]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Can't Ignore the Train" and "My Mother the War"
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Music Convoy]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Mimed "Grey Victory"
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "[[Peace Train]]" and "Don't Talk"
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' || Natalie Merchant and Rob Buck || Performed "Don't Talk" with the house band; this version of the song has some alternate lyrics at the end
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Aired February 27, 1988; performed "Peace Train" and "[[Like the Weather|Like The Weather]]"
|-
| 1988 || ''Wired''  || 10,000 Maniacs || 
|-
| 1988 || ''The White Room''  || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Don't Talk" and "Like the Weather"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || First appearance
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Big Al Show]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Headstrong"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Eat For Two" and "Poison in the Well"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' || Natalie Merchant and Rob Buck || Performed "[[Trouble Me]]" with the house band
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Guest Host: [[Jay Leno]]; performed "Trouble Me" and "Eat For Two"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[One Hour With Jonathan Ross]]'' || Natalie Merchant || Performed "Verdi Cries"
|-
| 1990 || ''[[The Word (TV series)|The Word]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "The Latin One"
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Earth Day Rally]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs (minus Dennis Drew) || Performed "[[What's the Matter Here|What's the Matter Here?]]", "Dust Bowl" and "A Campfire Song" (with [[Michael Stipe]]); Merchant later performed "Get Together" with [[The Indigo Girls]], [[Woody Harrelson]] and Stipe
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Aired October 31, 1992; performed "[[These Are Days]]" and "[[Candy Everybody Wants]]"
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' || Natalie Merchant, Rob Buck and Dennis Drew || Aired November 19, 1992; performed "Few and Far Between" with the house band
|-
| 1992 || ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "These Are Days"
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "How You've Grown"
|-
| 1992/1993 || ''[[MTV Drops the Ball]]''  || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "These Are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants"
|-
| 1993 || ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || First artist to make second appearance
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || 
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Candy Everybody Wants" and "How You've Grown"
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Stockton Gala Days"
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" (with [[Michael Stipe]]) and "To Sir With Love" (with Stipe)
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Today Show]] '' || 10,000 Maniacs || 
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' || Natalie Merchant and Rob Buck || Performed "[[Because the Night]]"; introduced as Natalie Merchant as she had already left the band
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Showbiz Today]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Rainy Day", "Even With My Eyes Closed", "Big Star" and "[[More than This (Roxy Music song)|More Than This]]"
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "More Than This"
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| 1997 || ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Rainy Day" on the episode "A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It"
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| 1997 || ''[[The RuPaul Show]]'' || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Rainy Day"
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| 2014 || ''Indy Style TV''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wishtv.com/2014/07/31/10000-maniacs-perform/|title=10000 Maniacs Perform|publisher=Wish-Tv|date=2014-07-31|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302064949/http://wishtv.com/2014/07/31/10000-maniacs-perform/|archive-date=2016-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "More Than This" and "These Are Days"
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| 2015 || ''WGN 9 News'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2015/02/13/music-lounge-10000-maniacs-perform-live/|title=Music Lounge: 10,000 Maniacs perform live|publisher=WGN-TV|date=2015-02-13|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref>|| 10,000 Maniacs || Performed "Canadee-I-O", "Lady Mary Ramsey" and "More Than This"
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| 2015 || ''Talk of the Town'' || Mary Ramsey, Savannah King and Joey Molland || Performed "Sweet Tuesday Morning"
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| 2015 || ''Talk of the Town'' || 10,000 Maniacs || May 7
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| 2015 || ''AM Buffalo''<ref>{{cite web|last=Pacella|first=Frank|url=http://www.wkbw.com/am-buffalo/10000-maniacs|title=10,000 Maniacs – Story|website=Wkbw.com|date=2015-05-04|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190828/http://www.wkbw.com/am-buffalo/10000-maniacs|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> || John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey || Performed "Canadee-I-O"
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