Toronto ska-revival quintet King Apparatus was formed in the late 1980s by singer Chris Murray, guitarists Sam Tallo and Paul Ruston, bassist Mitch Girio and drummer Brian Christopher. The group issued its self-titled debut album on the Raw Energy label, followed a year later by the Hospital Waiting Room EP; in the wake of 1993's Marbles, King Apparatus disbanded, with Murray later releasing a solo album under the name Venice Shoreline Chris. ~ Jason Ankeny