We are excited to announce that Marina Rocks will release her fourth full-length album Austin to Houston on Friday, July 15th, 2022 on Two-Fisted Pixie.
Does size matter? Dynamite comes in small packages and Marina Rocks is a sexy blond that weighs in at a mere 100 lb. + tax. The size that matters here is the size of Marina’s heart. It is as big as Texas! And Texas just happens to be her born-and-raised-in home state. Her super-sized heart beats in the chest of a beautiful, young woman possessed! She is on a mission to open your mind and simultaneously rock your world.
When Marina turned 12 or 13, her mom bought Marina a Marshall stack instead of a party dress. Marina’s semi-autobiographical composition, “Shero“, reflects her deep feelings of love and gratitude for a parent able to appreciate a daughter’s indefatigable pursuit of the “beat of a different drummer”. A young woman in a man’s world (especially the chauvinistic world of rock & roll), could be forgiven for getting discouraged and giving up. Giving up is not something that someone, as determined as Marina, does very often. It is simply not in her make-up to quit, and her persistence and resilience have paid off in a fiercely loyal regional following.
In 2005, hard-rocking Marina fronted a high-energy, power trio based in Houston called “The Guppies “. The band played major venues with the well-known names of rock music royalty, such as Aerosmith, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, and America, to name just a few.
A couple of years ago, Marina’s artist rep at Godin guitars called and asked to come to LA for the NAMM show and play a set in Godin’s showroom? She was on her way to finding the inspiration that restored her faith in music and was the beginning of her next musical journey.
In addition to engineering the recording, Marina sang all the parts and played almost all the instruments. She did enlist the help of some trusted friends on percussion, bass guitar, and pedal steel guitar. Bass tracks were cut by fellow Texans Aden Buebeck and Alex Rodriguez. Percussion by Pat Manske who also mixed and mastered Austin To Houston at his Zone studio in Dripping Springs, Texas. Additional mastering was done by Nick Landis in Austin, Texas. Austin to Houston features Grammy award-winning and Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee Lloyd Maines playing pedal steel on “Shine”.