Formed in 2005 after a much needed rest at the betty ford and after a new hip for tom after years of punkin it up wiv the anoraks, Jim and phil finally made it out of the pub after a six month binge on cider and crisps (meat free for phil).julian stood in for his bruv and dave was released from his community service after good behaviour and a slight suspicion of recent arson attacks and they never looked back. long live punk and oi!long live the black maria's

THE NEXT CHAPTER

After taking the states by force the black marias are now deep in recession,dave and jim have resigned themselves to relying on handouts from the state and anyone who has the misfortune to know them.tom is awaiting hisfate ,to be decided by one of the biggest profit making companies in the world that still NEEDS to send people to the state for handouts,julian now has a double life somewhere up north digging for coal on the slag heaps and phil has given up cheese and just eats the grass to cut out the middle men in economic protest.Even rehearsal have been hit with us having to rehearse on a yearly basis (no change there then).The black marias will however continue to be as noisy and obnoxious as they can be(well jimbo anyway)long live The black marias