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MARK FRANCO / JOINED FORCES... ’GIMI SHELTER’
MARK FRANCO / JIMI BELL / JOAN JETT...’LIGHT OF DAY’
i come from a family of professional musicians, artist and addicts.. on both sides of my family.so i didnt stand a chance.. of even remotely coming out normal or whatever societys version of what normal is! my father was a professional stand up jazz basist during the 50’s and earlys 60’s. there was always music i’n my home form my fathers jazz to my sisters beatles.... and eveything in between. my first music lessons were on the piano at the age of 8.. at the age of 10 i was taking stand up bass lessons at my elementary school.. by the middle of my first year i was studying classical bass with Bert Tererski of the Hartford symphany orchestra and attending Hartt School of Music on a full music scholarship. at the age of 11 i was playing with high school and college students in the Greater Hartford Youth Orchestra i loved the way the sounds of the classical greats moved my soul what i didn’t love (still don’t) was practicing, especialy on a saturday afternoon my weekend away from jail (err school) so at the age of 13 the call of rock and everything that goes along with it finaly won out ... bu by classical hello rock n roll insanity!!
so yeah this is my fuckin’ life !!
my teenage years were filled with inner turmoil, anger, depression, and a deep hatred for authority, fueled by massive amounts of drugs and alcohol to kill the pain and confusion i felt inside. .school, home work and studying held absolutly no interest to me, i would of been a drop out at 17 but i got arrested and thrown in jail for fighting the with police from the next town over (not good)!...they beat my ass down bad! so my lawyer suggested i cut my hair and stay in school, because the judge wanted to put me a way for a while..so off came the hair and into the special ed class i went... all my friends where there .. i loved it ! 3 hours a day in one class room with all my crazy friends....wired, fucked up, smokin cigarettes in class and doing 6th grade math.
i didn’t fit in with society.. nor did i want to.! but for some reason the girls loved me n’ my friends! i really was a complete mess
..but damn i could play fuckin rock n roll!.. electric bass was my primary instrument and by the time i was 19 i was playing professionally.. finally i found my calling..
by 21 i was gigin out 6 nights a week.. i absolutly loved the rock lifestyle.. it fit like a glove! no rules, no athourity .. no responsibilty.. only sex, drugs and rock n roll.! still in my 20’s myself and high school friend jimi bell ( house of lords) started Joined Forces an all original band with marc diamond (vocals) later livio gravini ,and joe apparo(drums) who i luv like brothers.
we quickly became the no 1 rock band in the state..big hair ,, hot women, free drugs n drink 24/7!. we landed a part in the movie ’Light of Day’ with Micheal j Fox and Joan Jett .. i had an extra part so i got to stay in chicago and... well.... i don’t remember much more... trust me when i say i was out of control..! .
still, the creative juices were flowin.. joined force’s toured with Joan Jett.. played all across the united states, did various namm .conventions opened up for countless major acts, (most of which i cant remember).. during that time 89-91 we met up with rock legend producer/musician Paul Sabu who became our producer. we came close to getting a deal but fell short of our goal i’m not sure if it was because of the over the top partying, excessive drug use and the sex and circus atmosphere that followed us around, but i’m pretty sure that played a role !!! by the early 90’s the music scene changed and the nirvana era began just as my life was falling apart from all the years of drug abuse in.1993 i entered my first rehab my life style finally catching up to me.
fast forward to 1999 i joined german based band Thunderhead with ted bullet (vocals/ guitar)..bj zampa and jimi bell .
while touring over in europe with metal church to support our cd ugly side
the r & r drug bug kicked in again. i tell ya when this addict pics up i’m hit!
i dont have a stop button! sooo in 2003
playing in a ct. rock band and once again out of control, i was set up at a gig by an undercover narcotic agent posing as a groupie..dayum’ she was fine! yup busted again.! this time for possession and sale of narcotics. i got an 18 month sentence suspended after 5 years with 3 year probation..my bail was set at 250.000 dollars.. i lost everything!. we finally got the sentence reduced to a year which i did bout 8 months of it in jail .which actually was the best thing that could of happened to me.
(gettin clean) my creativity exploded ..finally free of addiction and the hell it brings, with all this music inside me i began to write songs about my life in rock ,, all the ups and downs that we all go through with bj zampa ( house of lords)as my writing partner..after 15 months we parted ways...it was the lowest point in my life, once again i turned to drugs.
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i became totally depressed not knowing what to do or who to turn to. deep down in side me i knew the new material i had written was the truth, my truth!.no bullshit just real music and was something ppl would want to hear... i just had to get into the right hands. kinda hard when u have no connections. ! as hard as i tried i was stuck.. stuck in the depression of my life. u know..,the kind where u cant get out a bed depression!. every door seemed closed.! all my life all i wanted was a chance, just one chance to have people in the music biz and people on the streets (the ones who matter the most) hear my music, the expression of my soul. and if nobody liked my songs, i would be fine with that. but nothing, nothing was coming my way, i was done , cooked..my spirit seemed brokin’
i was just about ready to give it all up... my dreams.. my passion.. when the name paul sabu popped into my head, as clear as day! so i said ’hey why didnt i think of that’ .. so i made a call to paul and sent him some of my demo work... i hooked up once again with paul and in may of 2006 we started recording together .. the three song cd. girl cop is our first collaboration..
.....what i write and sing about is my truth, life as i see it..i am the proverbial ’ what u see is what u get’! i love passionetly and i can hate with equal passion.. i been loved and and hated as well.! i’ really am just another human being trying to find his way on this fuckin planet, bleeding, falling down, and making all kinds of fucked up mistakes along the way. hurting the ppl who love me and who used to loved me. ): to many times, so its time to stop that shit!! am i gonna fuck up again?. lol.. of course i am, we all do !!!...
what i can say tho’ is that i am a surviver,.AND SO R YOU !!
if i can give to u anything, from what i have learn so far on my journey, is to follow your truth !!
STOP believing the bullshit lie that your not good enough, not smart enough, get a real fuckin job! FUCK THAT SHIT!! the power that we’ve all been looking is waiting inside of u to explode.!!
THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE (love) LIES WITHIN US.. EVERY FUCKIN ONE OF US!! ’NEVER’.. . I SAID ’NEVER’ .. LET GO OF YOUR DREAMS .!!
IF SOMONE DISAGREES WITH YOUR PASSION..
TE’LL UM’ TO GO FUCK THEMSELFS !!
BE THE SHINING STAR THAT U ARE!!!
so sit back, enjoy, and soak it in ,, ...might wanna fasten your seat belt for the roller coaster called ...LIFE.....
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF U FOR VISITING MY PAGE, SUPPORTING MY MUSIC, AND FOR ALL YOUR GREAT COMMENTS !!..
I’LL TRY MY BEST TO ANSWER AND RETURN EACH ONE!
THANKS...AND DONT FORGET TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT SHIT ROCK HARD !!!
PEACE... MARK
(keep commin back)
"Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again"
"If you help only one soul to find itself, if you comfort only one mourner, if you heal only one sick person, then the whole of your earthly life is justified"
*Heal the past*
"What you bring forth out of yourself from the inside will save you. What you do not bring forth out of yourself from the inside will destroy you."
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