National Velvet (band)

Maria Del Mar worked the coat check at Toronto nightclub The Diamond, while Tim Welch was the lighting technician there.

[2] Original members, Sinclair, Gzowski and Reis had left the band prior to the Capitol deal and Gary Flint was added.

The album was supported by a cross-Canada tour,[7] and gave the band further radio airplay for the singles "Shine On" and "Sex Gorilla".

The band subsequently left Capitol Records, and released their third and final album Wildseed in 1995 on the independent label Iron Music.

In 1996, Maria Del Mar joined the all female band Hassenpfeffer and recorded an album 'Songs of Convenience' (MaGaDa International).

[9] To further confusion, Maria Del Mar (singer) has done some acting, including the 1991 Toronto indie film The Events Leading Up to My Death, directed by Bill Robertson.

Maria continued to work in the Toronto music scene into the early 2000's, including gigs with Classic Albums Live and with the Rolling Stones tribute band Midnight Ramblers.