March 30, 2012 – After $4,000 worth of gear was stolen from them a few weeks before “the biggest show of our lives,” Marina City did what any modern Chicago band would do – they logged onto social media websites and pleaded for help.

On March 26, with a show at House of Blues just five days away, the band announced on its Facebook page that it had raised more than $3,000.

“We can not thank everyone enough for all the donations, support and love,” wrote Marina City. “We have only been a band for such a short time and what we have already accomplished is absolutely amazing.”

The good news kept coming. On Thursday, the band learned that the HOB show at Marina City – the mixed-use complex – was officially sold out. They are scheduled to appear with three other bands at a show called “The Action Blast.”

“This has been a dream of ours since we picked up an instrument and can’t believe we will be living it on Saturday.”

On March 7, a car owned by band member Brian Johnson was broken into as it sat in a parking garage at 600 South Clark Street. The band had just auditioned for a music competition at nearby Columbia College, where two members are students. When they returned to the car, they found the rear passenger side window smashed. Gone were two guitars, two synthesizers, and other gear.

Calling the loss “the worst thing that could happen to a musician,” the band made a video and took to social networking sites to try to raise money or at least put people on alert for the stolen gear.

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