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Rayge DeMarco

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Raymond DeMarco
DeMarco playing hockey in 2015
Background information
Born (1970-01-24) January 24, 1970 (age 54)
OriginAlbany, NY
GenresRock; Alternative; Folk
Years active1985- Present
LabelsSic as Fuck Records, Flaming Grill Records
Associated actsTrunkapeet, Andrew Adair, Nikki Yanofsky,
Websiteraygedemarcomusic.weebly.com

Raymond DeMarco, better known as stage name Rayge DeMarco, is an American alternative rock musician who is from Albany, New York.[1]

Early life[edit]

Raymond DeMarco was born in Albany, NY in 1970 and attended the Albany Academy for Boys until 1988. During high school, Raymond was featured as an extra in the films Ironweed and Heaven Help Us.[2] He was also a model, and featured in the magazines "Fashion Denet," and in the Albany Times Union Newspaper.[2] He then attended the University of Connecticut and played hockey their for four years. There, he played with former NHL player Todd Krygier. DeMarco also raced on the Uconn Cycling Team, and majored in Political science there.

Hockey career[edit]

After his college career, DeMarco then played for the Adirondack Red Wings from 1992–94, and the Atlanta Knights from 1994–96.[3] DeMarco played with Chris Osgood in Addirondack. In Atlanta, he played with Brent Gretzky, Jason Ruff, and was coached by the first African American coach John Paris Jr..

Music Career[edit]

Trunkapeet and Andrew Adair[edit]

After DeMarco's hockey career, he worked on a musical album called "Purge" with Andrew Adair. Him and Andrew later in 1997 formed a band called "Trunkapeet" that only released one song called "Fear" which was featured Scarlet East Studios compilation album "Scallions." DeMarco continued to tour with Adair until 1998, but after didn't resume his music career until 2015.

Friday First and cancelled studio album[edit]

In early 2015 Raymond DeMarco signed with the record label "Flaming Grill Records."[4] On September 24, 2016 under the name Rayge DeMarco he released his first solo single "Friday First."[5] A music video on Vevo later was released for the video on January 7, 2017.[6] Rayge also had been teasing on Instagram for an album to be released in late 2018. Tracks such as "Ratfink Dumbass," and "You Can Suck it" were confirmed to be on the album or on the possible extended play. Rayge also set up a GoFundMe Page for the album because Flaming Grill was not supporting the album fully.[7] He also announced that the album title would be called "Friday First." After complications between Flaming Grill in September of 2017 the album was announced that it would be delayed until December of 2018. On January 2, 2018 it was announced that Rayge had been dropped from Flaming Grill Records and his upcoming album would be cancelled due to the record label not supporting it anymore. Flaming Grill will currently not announce why they dropped Rayge from their label, but did clarify that a "lack of communication was keeping them from making any profit off of his music."[8]

New Record Label and "Fear 18"[edit]

In April of 2018 Rayge signed with Sic as Fuck Records for a single release slated for the late summer of 2018. On June 20, 2018, it was announced on Rayge's Instagram that he would release a song titled "Fear" on July 7, 2018.[9] He later tweeted that the song would be called "Fear 18" and would be a re-released remix of the song "Fear" when he played with Trunkapeet.[10] He also announced that a lyric video would accompany the song and released a trailer for the song on his Vevo channel.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Raymond is married and has a son. DeMarco is currently principal of a lawn sprinkler company. DeMarco raced for the cycling team Rock Racing from 2011–15, and raced for R5 Ciclismo in 2016. He annually raced the 90 mile Air Force Cycling Classic Professional Cycling Race race every year in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia for Rock Racing until 2015.

Hockey Career Statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988-89 University of Connecticut Atlantic Hockey 24 4 3 7 48
1989-90 University of Connecticut Atlantic Hockey 31 13 4 17 55
1990-91 University of Connecticut Atlantic Hockey 31 11 13 24 39
1991-92 University of Connecticut Atlantic Hockey 32 6 10 16 62
1992-93 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 17 0 2 2 12 4 1 1 2 2
1993-94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 38 9 4 13 6 1 0 0 0 0
1994-95 Atlanta Knights IHL 64 17 14 31 66
1995-96 Atlanta Knights IHL 31 7 4 11 24
Totals 268 67 54 121 312 5 1 1 2 2

[12]

Discography[edit]

With Trunkapeet[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Album
1996 "Fear" Scarlet East Studio Presents:

Scallions

Solo[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
Holl.

100

[13]

US Alt.

Spotify

[14]

UK Alt. Spotify

[15]

2016 "Friday First" 71 54 67 Non-album single
2018 "Fear 18"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References[edit]

  1. "Rayge DeMarco on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Actors - Young Actors Guide 1985-89". Youngactorsguide.weebly.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  3. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000681995.html
  4. FlamingGrillRecords (2016-11-03). "Flaming Grill Music on Strikingly". Fgrecords.strikingly.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. "Friday First - Single by Rayge DeMarco on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  6. "Rayge DeMarco - Friday First (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  7. [1][dead link]
  8. http://fgrecords.strikingly.com/#artists
  9. "Raymond DeMarco on Instagram: "FEAR | 7.13.18"". Instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  10. RaygeDeMarco (2018-07-04). "RaygeDeMarco on Twitter: "FEAT 18 IS MY NEW SONG OUT 7.13.18… "". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  11. "Rayge DeMarco - Fear 18 (Teaser Trailer)". YouTube. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  12. "1989‑90 Connecticut Roster". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  13. Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  14. "Top 100 Alternative Tracks on Spotify on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  15. "The Sound of British Alternative Rock on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.


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