Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band currently consisting of lead singer and guitarist John Wozniak, bassist Dylan Keefe and drummer Shlomi Lavie. After attending Evergreen State College for two years, Wozniak moved east to New York, in order to work with multi-instrumentalist/producer Jared Kotler who Wozniak had known from suburban Philadelphia. After hearing the two records worth of material Wozniak and Wozniak had recorded of Wozniak’s songs, Capitol Records became interested in the music. Kurt Rosenwinkel, a mutual friend, introduced bassist Dylan Keefe to John Wozniak and Marcy Playground began performing in NYC. The band was signed to capitol in 1995 and they performed a series of NYC club dates that would be the first incarnation of Marcy Playground as a band.

Personal problems between John and Jared reached a peak after a year of playing the New York music scene and drummer Dan Rieser was brought in to replace Jared. Their self-titled album was released in 1997, with the first single, "Poppies," released soon after. Marcy Playground emerged into the mainstream with the success of the single "Sex and Candy." The song spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album went platinum and managed to spawn two other singles, "Saint Joe on the School Bus" and "Sherry Fraser."

Marcy Playground's next album was 1999's “Shapeshifter.” The artwork for this release was originally to be used on the unreleased Butthole Surfers album “After the Astronaut.” Because of complications, that album was not released, and Marcy Playground found the artwork by Mark Ryden and used it for “Shapeshifter.” “It's Saturday” the album's lead single, managed to hit #23 on the Modern Rock chart, and was followed by a second single, “Bye Bye.”

After “Shapeshifter,” drummer Dan Rieser left the band to pursue other interests. The position was eventually filled on his recommendation by Gonzalo "Gonz" Martinez De La Cotera, a friend whose previous band Lincoln had opened for Marcy Playground.

After a considerable hiatus, Marcy Playground recorded a follow-up to “Shapeshifter,”

tilted “MP3,” which was released in 2004. The album's first single, "Deadly Handsome Man" was featured on the “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” movie soundtrack a few years earlier under its original title, "The Devil's Song." The second single, "Punk Rock Superstar" was featured on the XBox 360's playlist upon its re-release in 2006. Other singles from the album included "Blood In Alphabet Soup" and "No One's Boy.”

Marcy Playground's fourth album, “Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage,” was released in July 2009. Originally conceived as a solo record by John Wozniak, he later brought Dylan Keefe into the project and the record was released under the band’s name. “Leaving Wonderland” featured the singles, "Good Times" and "Blackbird." Also included on the record is a version of "Memphis," a Marcy Playground b-side that Wozniak's wife felt deserved a second breath of life.

Marcy Playground's fifth album, “Indaba remixes from Wonderland,” was released in September 2010. "Indaba remixes from Wonderland" was a collection of remixes from their album "Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage." The band partnered with Indaba Music to offer fans the opportunity to remix songs from their album. Marcy Playground then selected their favorite mixes, from hundreds submitted, to be included on "Indaba."

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