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{{Short description|American alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Four Star Mary
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| caption = Publicity photo by the band in 2007
| background = group_or_band
| alias = Dingoes Ate My Baby ''(in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]])''
| origin = [[California]], United States
| genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| years_active = 1997-present
| label = [[Spitfire Records|Spitfire]]
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.fourstarmary.com/ www.fourstarmary.com]
| current_members = Tad Looney,<br />Michael ‘Zu’ Zufelt,<br />Steve Carter,<br />Chris Sobchack,<br />Derrick Tanner
| past_members = "Michael Buddy" Chanda,<br />Falon,<br />Dave McClellan,<br />Doug Granville,<br />Scotty Kormos,<br />Adam Kury
}}
 
'''Four Star Mary''' is an [[alternative rock]] group formed in [[California]] in 1997. The band named themselves after the ''Four Star vs. Mary'' legal case, in which Mary attempted to sue US oil company [[ExxonMobil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fourstarmary.com/about/|title=About|website=www.fourstarmary.com}}</ref>
 
==Band name origin==
 
The band named themselves after the ''Four Star vs. Mary'' legal case, in which Mary attempted to sue [[ExxonMobil]], a large US oil company.
 
==Appearance in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''==
 
Lead singer Tad Looney, guitarist Michael ‘Zu’ Zufelt, bassist Steve Carter, drummer Chris Sobchack (who replaced original drummer Michael "Buddy" Chanda) and rhythm guitarist Derrick Tanner (fourth guitarist after Falon, Dave McClellan and Doug Granville) made up the fictitious band Dingoes Ate My Baby in which Oz ([[Seth Green]]) plays lead guitar in Seasons Two, Three and Four of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. They have also had tracks featured inon the shows ''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Road Rules]] and'', ''[[The Real World (TV series)|The Real World]]'' and ''[[Charmed]]''.
 
According to an interview in ''The Watcher’s Guide'' , music editor John King heard their music at a party givenhosted by Steve Carter’s girlfriend and thought they would be good on the show. [[Joss Whedon]] decided that they had the right sound for the fictitious band he wanted on the show. Zu has also been down to the set to coach Seth Green on how to simulate playing a guitar. In Buffy, they played at several posting board and cast/crew parties.<ref name=watchers>{{cite book|last1=Holder|first1=Nancy|last2=Mariotte|first2=Jeff|last3=Hart|first3=Mary-Elizabeth|title=The Watchers Guide: Volume 2|date=2000|publisher=Pocket Books|pages=457}}</ref>
 
Their 2001 single "Pain" is on the original soundtrack CD for the show. It is also featured in an episode of the American television show ''[[Charmed]]''.
 
Dingoes Ate My Baby ‘play’ Four Star Mary songs during the following Buffy episodes:
 
'''Season Two'''
 
“Inca Mummy Girl”: Oz notices Willow for the first time while playing “Shadows” (Four Star Mary, 1997) at the Bronze during the costume dance. Xander and Ampata dance to “Fate” (Four Star Mary, 1997).
 
“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”: “Pain” (Four Star Mary, 1997) is played at the Valentine’s Day dance where Cordelia breaks up with Xander.
 
'''Season Three'''
 
“Dead Man's Party”: Dingoes play various tracks at Buffy’s homecoming party including “Never Mind” (Thrown to the Wolves, 1999) while Buffy tries to talk to Willow about the distance that seems to have come between them since Buffy went off to L.A. at the end of Season Two; “Sway” (Four Star Mary, 1997) while Buffy tries to talk to Xander and Cordelia but ends up feeling like an outsider, overhears the rumour that this party is for a chick just out of rehab and hears her mother tell Pat how difficult it is to have Buffy home; and “Pain” while Giles trys to warn Buffy over the phone about the zombie mask but gets stuck talking to a stoner.
 
“Homecoming”: Willow tells Xander and Faith that Oz wrote “She Knows” (Thrown to the Wolves, 1999) for her while it is played at the Homecoming Dance.
 
“Band Candy”: Dingoes are playing “Violent” (Thrown to the Wolves, 1999) at the Bronze when the adults besiege the stage.
 
“Revelations”: Oz is playing “Run” (Thrown to the Wolves, 1999) at the Bronze at the beginning of the episode before joining the gang for drinks.
 
'''Season Four'''
 
“The Harsh Light of Day”: “Dilate” (Thrown to the Wolves, 1999) is played in the opening scene at the Bronze before Oz joins Willow and Buffy at their table.
 
“Pain” is also featured as source scoring at the end of the Season Four episode “Living Conditions,” as Willow hangs up her Dingoes Ate My Baby Poster, and “Fate” is featured as source music on a tape played at a party in the Season Four episode “The Initiative”. As Oz has left by this point, the track serves to make Willow depressed.
 
==UK appearances==
 
In 2008 the band made a number of appearances in the UK, finishing in Manchester.
 
==Discography ==
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* "Dilate" (single), 2001 (UK, spitfire records)
* "Pain" (single), 2001 (UK, spitfire records)
* ''Stripped'' (EP), 2001
* ''Welcome Home'' (album), 2002
* ''Live And Unheard Of'' (EP), 2003 (Limited edition)
* "Rio" (single), 2004
* ''Hello It's Me'' (album), 2006
* ''Pieces pt. I'' (EP), 2016
 
==Track listing==
 
===Albums===
 
====''Thrown to the Wolves''====
 
# "Dilate"
# "Thrown To The Wolves"
# "Pain"
# "Never Mind"
# "Say It"
# "Dark Sky"
# "She Knows"
# "Shadows"
# "Violent"
# "Run"
# "Liar" (UK Re-Release only)
# "Fate" (UK Re-Release only)
 
====''Welcome Home''====
 
# "All I See"
# "Train"
# "Strangled"
# "Darker Days"
# "Empty"
# "Welcome Home"
# "Hold Me"
# "Bleed On"
# "Fall"
# "Prison"
# "Drown"
# "Stars Come Down"
 
====''Hello It's Me''====
 
# "Hello It's Me"
# "Hollow"
# "Everything"
# "Wonderful"
# "Long Way Down"
# "Won't Stop"
# "Detergent"
# "I'll Be Here"
# "Bad Rain"
# "Little Too Late"
# "Believe" (Bucky Mix)
 
===EPs and Singles===
 
====''Four Star Mary EP''====
 
# "Pain"
# "Shadows"
# "Sway"
# "Liar"
# "Tied Up"
# "Fate"
 
====''Marlene/Think''====
 
# "Marlene"
# "Think"
# "Pain" (Acoustic)
 
====''Dilate''====
 
# "Dilate"
# "Never Mind"
# "Dilate" (Video)
 
====''Pain''====
 
# "Pain"
# "Surrender"
# "Pain" (Acoustic)
# "Pain" (Video)
 
====''Stripped EP''====
 
# "Too Far Gone" (Acoustic)
# "Dark Sky" (Acoustic)
# "Thrown To The Wolves" (Acoustic)
# "Dilate" (Acoustic)
# "Strangled" (Acoustic/Demo)
 
====''Live And Unheard Of EP''====
 
# "Empty" (Live)
# "Strangled" (Live)
# "Stars Come Down" (Live)
# "Bleed On" (Live)
# "Pain" (Live)
# "Rio" (Live)
# "One Son"
 
====''Rio''====
 
# "Rio"
# "BBC Interview 1"
# "Stars Come Down" (Acoustic)
# "BBC Interview 2"
# "Darker Days" (Acoustic)
 
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Commons category|Four Star Mary}}
*{{Official website|http://www.fourstarmary.com/}}, relaunched on October 1, 2013
*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20091027134620/http://geocities.com/fsmonline/Test.html Fan Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070925104701/http://www.fourstarmary.co.uk/ UK Fan Site]
*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjsDpyJecM Video to "Pain"]
*[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UcryWn-mNs Video to "Dilate"]
 
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[[Category:Alternative rock groups from California]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1997]]
[[Category:American rock music groups]]
[[Category:Buffyverse artists]]
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