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{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Seven Mary Three
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 7 Mary 3, 7M3
| origin              = [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], [[United States]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT A TALK PAGE DISCUSSION -->
| genre               = [[Post-grunge]], [[alternative rock]]<!-- Same as above -->
| years_active        = 1992–2012, 2021-present 
| label               = [[Mammoth Records|Mammoth]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[DRT Entertainment]], Bellum, Settle Up
| website             = 
| past_members        = Jason Ross<br/>Jason Pollock<br/>Casey Daniel<br/>Giti Khalsa<br/>Thomas Juliano<br/>Mike Levesque
}}

'''Seven Mary Three''' (occasionally abbreviated to '''7 Mary 3''' or '''7M3''') is an American rock band. They released seven [[studio album]]s and one live album, and are best known for their hit [[single (music)|single]] "[[Cumbersome]]".

==Career==
===Formation===
Seven Mary Three formed in 1992 when Jason Ross and Jason Pollock met while attending [[The College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Proud Mary – Seven Mary Three play guitar-driven rock without apology|author=Jeffrey Rotter|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=April 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JheoECFjDqMC&q=seven+mary+three+spin+magazine&pg=PA32|access-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> Ross and Pollock split songwriting duties with Ross on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Pollock on lead guitar and backing vocals. Bassist Casey Daniel and drummer Giti Khalsa joined the two, and the band began playing in coffeehouses and clubs.

===Origin of group name===
Guitarist Jason Pollock revealed in ''The Cavalier Daily'' that they came up with the name while watching the 1970s [[television program|TV series]] ''[[CHiPs]]''. '7 Mary 3' was the [[call sign]] for Officer Jon Baker, played by actor [[Larry Wilcox]]. (7M3: police radio call sign; 7 designates the patrol beat, M for Mary designates that he is a motorcycle unit and 3 is his unit number.) Pollock noted, "There's no great significance or anything. We were just tired of trying to think of a cool name."<ref>{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Shawn |date=1995-10-05 |title=7 Mary 3 Mellows Out |url=http://www.rockpark.com/7m3_as/7r_cav.htm |work=The Cavalier Daily |access-date=2022-05-27}}</ref>

===Mainstream success===
In 1994 the band released the album ''[[Churn (Seven Mary Three album)|Churn]]'' independently. The album garnered the band airplay on WJRR 101.1 FM, a rock station in [[Orlando, Florida]], for the future hit single "[[Cumbersome]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>  Given this minor success, the band relocated to the Orlando area where they continued to expand their fan base.<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=394}}</ref>  This regional success soon caught the attention of major-label scouts.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> In May 1995, Ross, Pollock, and Khalsa graduated from William & Mary and moved to Florida.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The band signed with Mammoth and re-recorded the songs on ''Churn'', plus two new ones, to create the commercially successful ''[[American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)|American Standard]]'' in 1995.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> Despite some critics accusing the band of mimicking [[Pearl Jam]] and other [[alternative rock]] acts, only seven months after its release, ''American Standard'' achieved [[Music recording sales certification|platinum status]]. This accomplishment can be attributed to the success of "Cumbersome," which was a Top 40 hit, as well as another  single, "[[Water's Edge]]", which fared well on the rock charts.

After touring throughout 1996, the band returned to the studio for a follow-up to ''American Standard''. During this time, Mammoth and Atlantic split, forcing Seven Mary Three to sign with [[Atlantic Records]],  releasing ''[[RockCrown]]'' in 1997.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The album saw the band de-emphasize hard rock, focusing more on acoustic [[folk rock]] and a "traditional singer/songwriter" style. ''RockCrown'' did not match fan expectations, reaching No.&nbsp;75 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and failing to match the success of its predecessor.

A second effort under Atlantic, ''[[Orange Ave.]]'' debuted the following year and charted considerably lower; although, its single "Over Your Shoulder" performed moderately.

In 1999, Jason Pollock left the band after suffering from burnout and writer's block. Thomas Juliano was chosen as the band's new guitarist. In the summer of 2001, Seven Mary Three returned to Mammoth Records and producer Tom Morris. The resulting effort became ''[[The Economy of Sound]]''. This fifth studio album included the single "[[Wait (Seven Mary Three song)|Wait]]", a track that served as the lead single from the ''[[Crazy/Beautiful#Soundtrack|Crazy/Beautiful film soundtrack]]''.

After ''The Economy of Sound'', the group shifted once again to [[DRT Entertainment]] and, in 2004, released ''[[Dis/Location]]''. Their sixth studio album, it failed entirely to chart as did its only single. Four years later, a seventh album, ''[[Day & Nightdriving]]'', was released under Bellum Records.

Giti Khalsa left the band in 2006 after recording the drum tracks for ''Day & Nightdriving'', and Mike Levesque joined the band on drums.

In December 2008, the group re-released their long out-of-print debut album ''Churn''. On February 9, 2010, Seven Mary Three released the live acoustic album ''Backbooth''.

Seven Mary Three broke up suddenly in December 2012, without any announcements or updates to their website or Facebook page. The following year, Jason Ross became the head of media and strategic partnerships for [[The Bowery Presents]], one of New York's most powerful music production companies.

On December 15, 2021, Seven Mary Three’s Facebook page was updated for the first time since 2012, with a link to a website called High Shelter, where Jason Ross addressed the hiatus, the current status of the band, and the future plans.

On October 4, 2023, Seven Mary Three released the song “Settle Up” as single for the re-issue of their 2004 album ''[[Dis/Location]]''. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/21-90s-one-hit-wonders-where-are-they-now |title='90s One-Hit Wonders: Where Are They Now? |website=Buzzfeed.com |date=2013-02-13 |access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref>

==Band members==
* Jason Ross – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1992–2012, 2021-present)
* Jason Pollock – lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–1999)
* Casey Daniel – bass (1992–2012)
* Giti Khalsa – drums (1992–2006)
* Thomas Juliano – lead guitar, backing vocals (1999–2012)
* Mike Levesque – drums (2006–2012)

Note: Paul Smith of Megaphone contributed guitar tracks to Seven Mary Three's second and third studio albums (Rockcrown, and Orange Ave.), and toured as an additional guitarist with the band in support of both albums.

===Timeline===
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==Discography==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Release date
![[Record label]]
!U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] peak position
![[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]] peak position<br><ref name=nz>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Seven+Mary+Three|title=charts.nz > Seven Mary Three in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>
!Certification
|-
|''[[Churn (Seven Mary Three album)|Churn]]''
|1994
|5 Spot Records
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|''[[American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)|American Standard]]''
|September 5, 1995
|Mammoth
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|title=American Standard|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=American+Standard|website=riaa.com|access-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref>
[[Music Canada|MC]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=Canada|artist=Seven Mary Three|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
|''[[RockCrown]]''
|June 3, 1997
|rowspan="2"|Atlantic
| style="text-align:center;"|75
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|''[[Orange Ave.]]''
|July 14, 1998
| style="text-align:center;"|121
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|''[[The Economy of Sound]]''
|June 5, 2001
|Mammoth
| style="text-align:center;"|178
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|''[[Dis/Location]]''
|May 11, 2004
|DRT
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|''[[Day & Nightdriving]]''
|February 19, 2008
|Bellum
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Release date
![[Record label]]
!U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] peak position
|-
|''Backbooth'' (live album)
|February 9, 2010
|Settle Up
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|}

<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 861
| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref>

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Song
!width="60"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
!width="60"|<small>[[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Main]]</small>
!width="60"|<small>[[Alternative Songs|US Alt]]</small>
!width="60"|<small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br><ref>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
*Top 100 peaks 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}}
*"Cumbersome": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/Jw5uxR4.jpg|title=The Australian ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 02 Jun 1996|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|access-date=December 11, 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref>
!width="60"|<small>[[Canadian Rock/Alternative chart|CAN Alt]]</small>
!width="60"|<small>[[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]</small><br><ref name=nz/>
!Album
|-
|rowspan="3"|1996
|"[[Cumbersome]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|39
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|80
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|rowspan="3"|''[[American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)|American Standard]]''
|-
|"[[Water's Edge]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|37
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|"My, My"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|1997
|"RockCrown"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|rowspan="3"|''[[RockCrown]]''
|-
|"Make Up Your Mind"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|"Lucky"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|35
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|1998
|"Over Your Shoulder"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[Orange Ave.]]''
|-
|"Each Little Mystery"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2001
|"[[Wait (Seven Mary Three song)|Wait]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|rowspan="2"|''[[The Economy of Sound]]''
|-
|"Sleepwalking"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|39
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|-
|2004
|"Without You Feels"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|''[[Dis/Location]]''
|-
|2008
|"Last Kiss"
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|''[[day&nightdriving]]''
|-
|2023
|”Settle Up”
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|''[[Dis/Location]]''
|-
|2023
|”Bark No Bite”
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|-
|''[[Dis/Location]]''
|}

===EPs===
* ''B-Sides & Rarities'' (1997) Seven-cut promo EP issued by Atlantic Recording Corp. and Mammoth Records. PRCD 8339-2
* ''Weed, CA'' (2002)
* ''Welcome Race Fans'' (2003)

===Compilation and soundtrack contributions===
* "Cumbersome" & "Water's Edge" – ''Edgefest 96 Live CD (Dayton, Ohio) WXEGFM (https://www.discogs.com/release/2454087-Various-Edgefest-96<nowiki/>)''
* "Shelf Life" – ''[[The Crow: City of Angels (album)|The Crow: City of Angels]]'' (1996 soundtrack)
* "Blackwing" – ''[[MOM: Music for Our Mother Ocean]]'' (1996 [[Surfrider Foundation]] benefit album)
* "My, My" – ''Milk It for All It's Worth'' (1996 compilation)
* "My, My" – ''ESPN Presents X Games Volume 1: Music from the Edge'' (1996 compilation)
* "Blackwing" – ''[[Hurricane Streets]]'' (1998 soundtrack)
* "Lucky" – ''Pepsi Pop Culture'' (1998 compilation)
* "Lucky" – ''101.5 [[KALV-FM|KZON]] The Zone Collectibles: Volume Six'' (1998 compilation)
* "Wait" – ''[[Crazy/Beautiful#Soundtrack|Crazy/Beautiful]]'' (2001 soundtrack)
* "Cumbersome" – ''[[Live in the X Lounge|Live in the X Lounge IV]]'' (2001 charity album)
* "Sleepwalking" – ''8 Ways to Rock: A Mammoth Records Thriller'' (compilation)
* "Laughing Out Loud" – ''Paste Magazine Issue 40 CD Sampler'' (2008 compilation)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|1=http://www.7M3.com}}

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