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Benmark

...because most of us need the eggs.

About Me



I heard "How Soon Is Now?" on the radio when I was four, sitting on the rug in the front room of my parents house in Horfield, Bristol. They used to let me sing along to the radio using a green plastic toy screwdriver. That's probably why I'm here.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/17/2005
Influences: Costello, Elliot Smith, Joe Strummer, Evan Dando, Billy Bragg, Woody Allen, Morrissey, Graham Greene, Fugazi, Prince, Haruki Murakami, Pixies etc.
Sounds Like: Just found this on youtube filmed from the audience of a recent gig. Technology...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Recording recording

Been in the studio starting work on some of my new songs. At the controls is Mr Cam Blackwood, a marvellous producer, in his very nice studio in Clapham, Saff London. There's a big Sainsbury's nearby ...
Posted by Benmark on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:56:00 PST

Radio Session

There's a live version of Fixer Upper on here from Monday 22nd January, me and the Tzuke ladies went in to play a few tunes on Bristol legend Keith Warmington's show. My performance is a bit ropey, bu...
Posted by Benmark on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:00 PST

Last minute extravaganza down the Troubadour.

So we decided to do a little show at what is pretty much our "home gig", The Troubadour, and I'm probably going to tape it and sell it as a live EP to go along with the Febuary tour. If you fancy comi...
Posted by Benmark on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:00:00 PST

February Tour with Judie Tzuke

I'll be pulling on my specially adapted Snow-proof Converse to go out on a winter tour supporting the amazing Judie Tzuke, and her also amazing offspring, Bailey. It should be a really good fun travel...
Posted by Benmark on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:13:00 PST

Podcasts...

For all those that are itunes literate, the video on here has now inspired a series called Songs From The Shed, in which I will play a new song live every week or so, in the luxurious surroundings of ...
Posted by Benmark on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:24:00 PST

Sorry, I've pissed everyone off.

Well, I've not been keeping up with my myspace duties, and sorry to everyone I haven't managed to e-mail back, or add comments to pages thanking for adds, and stuff like that. Let me just take this op...
Posted by Benmark on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:53:00 PST

I'm back!!!

Sorry I've been off the radar for a while, it was like that bit in Superman 3 when Superman goes bad for a little while, then has a fight with himself in that scrapyard, but now I'm back on form and w...
Posted by Benmark on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:36:00 PST

First album now on itunes...

As of this week, the first album Places We'll Never Go is now available on itunes across the US and Europe. itunes
Posted by Benmark on Sat, 13 May 2006 10:45:00 PST

New string video!

There's a video of me playing A New String To Pull in the Videos section of this thing now.
Posted by Benmark on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:14:00 PST

First gig in ages.

Well, some of you lovely people have asked how my first gig in AGES went this week. So... It was a really nice relaxed kind of evening, good crowd in the house and the other guys on the bill were grea...
Posted by Benmark on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:55:00 PST