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Mark Frederick

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I never thought I would be a singer. I have spent most of my life learning how to play all sorts of instruments, invented a few on the way, all to indulge my attention deficit tendencies. Over the years I put together an albums worth of songs, so I decided to put a band together to record them and get them out of my head, play out once or twice, and put it to bed. An argument turned everything around and changed the way I listen to and write music.
Putting this band together started a chain reaction of new music, it is impossible to resist when you are working with such great musicians and people. Mike Fronk was the singer in my first band, and we have been in all sorts of bands together for the last 15 years, he is one of the most talented musicians I have ever worked with and when you get a moment check out the Thrill Villians, Mike's project band. Travis Crocker is absolutely the most intense musician I have ever worked with. I have never seen someone so dedicated to music, watch out for this guy, he is going to make an impact around here. Nathan Brewster is one of the greatest drummers I have ever worked with, finding a drummer of such talent and feel is next to impossible. He also lacks the lame sense of self importance that often accompanies musicians of his ability. Luc Schallen started off as a banjo student, but is now our awesome bass player, and he rocks. We are lucky to have such a talent on bored and can't wait to see how far he takes it. He has quickly become an important foundation to our sound.
We have cool gigs on the horizon and more tunes than we know what to do with, and shortly will have our first professional recording completed. Keep checking back for tunes and gig info, it just keeps getting better. -Mark

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Member Since: 31/03/2008
Band Members: Mark Frederick-Melodic Guitar/Cello/Vocals
Mike Fronk-Lead Guitar/Vocals
Travis Crocker-Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Nathan Brewster-Drums/Percussion/Vocals
Lucian Schallen-Bass/Banjo/Vocals
Influences: The Beatles, Radiohead, The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, Pink Floyd, Chuck Berry, Jimi, Debussy, Django Reinhardt, and 90’s Grunge
Record Label: who cares?

My Blog

Savannah’s 10/25

To anyone who was able to make it out to Savannah's tonight, we apologize and wish we could have gotten word out. We unfortunately found out that we were not going to be playing as we walked through t...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:06:00 GMT

Never Put Salt In Your Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6FSphbpUY
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:15:00 GMT

A Word On Recording

Hey folks, by now you probably have been marveling at the awesome and moving music we at the Mark Frederick Band routinely put out, and that is to be expected. However, I do want to assure you that th...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 15:29:00 GMT

World’s Greatest Rock Deathmatches

Great hypothetical rock battles! Make one up and tell us what happens! BeeGee's vs 1984 Michael Jackson! The Dave Clark 5 vs Air! The Who vs The Doors! Make sure you know what you are talking about, t...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:10:00 GMT

Pirates or Ninjas?

Well?
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Why my band members are so awesome?

Mike Fronk is awesome because he has a mustache most of the time, and he invented a really neat game called "kick the puppy", which is exactly what it sounds like. He INVENTED that!Travis Crocker is a...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:48:00 GMT