Marvelous 3

All Music Guide:

An Atlanta-based trio comprising several members of the pop-metal band SouthGang, Marvelous 3 became a critic's darling in 1999 with the smash single "Freak of the Week." The band had formed two years prior, releasing the albums Math and Other Problems and Hey! Album before joining the ranks of Everclear, Foo Fighters, and Buckcherry as another energetic yet rollicking pop band. Marvelous 3 also became MTV mainstays and landed touring spots with groups like Collective Soul and blink-182. Not entirely distracted by quick-winded success, frontman Butch Walker honed his songwriting skills and co-wrote "Right Now" with Maryland's SR-71, a move that foreshadowed his future success as a producer and songwriter for other artists. Slug and Jayce Fincher completed Marvelous 3's lineup, which donned fashion spreads for Calvin Klein and Abercrombie & Fitch before returning to the home front in 2000 with ReadySexGo! The following year, however, the band voluntarily left the roster of Elektra Records and disbanded soon after. Walker went on to pursue a solo career while producing material for such top-tier artists as Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry.

Wikipedia:

Marvelous 3 was an Atlanta-based rock band.

History

Marvelous 3 was formed by lead singer/guitarist Butch Walker, bass guitarist Jayce Fincher, and drummer Doug Mitchell (a.k.a. Mitch "Slug" McLee.) All three band members had played together previously in glam outfit SouthGang, Floyds Funk Revival and The Floyds, before reemerging as Marvelous 3 in 1997 when they released their first album, Math and Other Problems.

The band's most successful album - Hey! Album - was released in fall 1998 with the lead single "Freak of the Week" reaching #5 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and #23 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The band toured with bands such as Collective Soul, SR-71, Dynamite Hack and Train and appeared on the WB television show Charmed.

The band acrimoniously separated from label Elektra Records in spring 2001, as Walker documented on the band's official web site in April 2001:

Following a final tour, in which the band headlined the Atlanta Music Midtown festival in May 2001, they ended with a final farewell show at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in August 2001.

Butch Walker went on to become a successful solo artist, songwriter and record producer, creating hit records for Avril Lavigne, Bowling for Soup, Pink, Fall out Boy, Lit and SR-71.

Guest appearances

Marvelous 3 have had multiple single-night reunions in Atlanta since the band's 2001 split. Most often, Fincher and McLee have joined Butch Walker during encores of his solo shows, resurrecting material from the band's three releases and prior tours.

Walker and Fincher lent background vocals to "Over Tokyo", a track from Collective Soul's 2000 album Blender.