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Marc from Freak Circus

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About Me

I am the lead singer in the Dorset based alternative/indie/punk band Freak Circus. See the link below.... We tend to play in Dorset and surrounding area, so often pop up in Weymouth, Bournemouth, Dorchester, Lulworth, Blandford, Swanage, Wincanton, Yeovil. And more. Click here for the Freak Circus website
or here for our Myspace page
We have a new album out on Pink Hedgehog records, called "Freak Shall Inherit the Earth"!
It is available for download from Itunes , Napster , E-Music, Rhapsody , Audiocandy , Netmusic , Ballyhoo Music , Audio Lunchbox , Linternaute and M-Tracks , and probably others!
You can also buy the Album in hardcopy from Amazon , Play , HMV , Virgin Megastore , Pink Hedgehog Records, Woolworths, Tesco, Tower Records, WH Smiths in the UK. Or for America, you can try KoolKat Records .
Here is a video that my good friend Simon Moss made for our track Post Mortem. The track didn't end up on Freak Shall Inherit the Earth (although I have heard that it somehow managed to get onto an unofficial Sum41 DVD - and we never received a penny grrrrrrrrr).
Anyway, Simon made some weird references to UK family entertainer Les Dennis within the video, but hopefully that won't detract from your entertainment!
FREAK CIRCUS - "POST MORTEM"
I also have a spin off lofi side project - Ghee, which is basically songs that do not fit into the Freak Circus style, and are generally pretty rough recordings (think Guided by Voices, Sebadoh etc). Click here for the Ghee page on Myspace
There is also a Group set up for my various music ventures, called Freakzine. I'll try and use this as a method for updating people when there are new releases due etc Click here for Freakzine
A page has also been developed in respect of my now deceased venture Dead Joe, which was a sort of pop punk thing. It dates back a fair few years, predating the current wave of pop punk in the charts. Click here to look at the Dead Joe page
Aside from that, I have a perverse love for Spaghetti / Euro Westerns - I own a fair few, and even have my own website dedicated to them - Click here to look at the Marco Leone Eurowestern pages and with pictures from my own Spaghetti Western - under the guise of The Leone Brothers here.
WILD MUTATION - Lycanthropic in nature
DATE OF BIRTH - 05 December 1971
INSTRUMENT - Larynx (Vocals)
FAVOURITE FOOD - Lamb Rogan Josh
FAVOURITE FOOD (IN FREAK FORM) - The blood of innocent virgins
FAVOURITE DRINK - Wine (or the blood of innocent virgins)
FAVOURITE BAND - Guided by Voices / Iggy Pop
FAVOURITE SONG - 'The Bed' - Lou Reed
FAVOURITE MOVIE - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
FAVOURITE ACTOR / ACTRESS - Clint Eastwood
FAVOURITE BOOK - Lord of the Rings
FAVOURITE POSSESSION - My collection of band songs & photos
FOOTBALL TEAM - AFC Wimbledon
PET HATES - I hate all pets
WHAT WOULD BE WRITTEN ON YOUR TOMB STONE? - I'm not in here
WHICH 2 CELEBRITIES WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO SEE HAVING A FIGHT? - Anthea Turner -v- Mike Tyson
AND WHO SHOULD WIN? - Tyson celebrates with Turner's ears in shreds
Things to provoke discussion... if you fancy chatting, feel free to ask about any of the following 1) the band; 2) when I saw a ghost; 3) the poodle story; 4) my imaginary friend Choco; 5) spaghetti westerns; 6) what you would like to do to me lol (hey, nothing violent!!); 7) why was I on the Men and Motors channel.
A few of my fellow Freak's are here too :
AQUAFIBIO
THE NON BEARDED ADY
Well you can ask me about anything really!
Your Superhero Profile
Your Superhero Name is The Future Bug
Your Superpower is Divine intervention
Your Weakness is Fish
Your Weapon is Your Particle Torpedoes
Your Mode of Transportation is Zebra What's your Superhero Name?

My Interests

Writing songs, singing / playing live / recording with Freak Circus, drinking, chatting, drinking, cooking, walking, writing books, Spaghetti Westerns. Did I mention drinking?

FREAK CIRCUS UPCOMING GIGS

Saturday 19th
April 2008
Golden Lion
Weymouth

Friday 9th
May 2008
The Lord Nelson
Poole

Saturday 17th
May 2008
The Crown Inn
Bridport

Sunday 25th
May 2008
International Pop Overthrow Festival
The Cavern Pub (4:00pm) Liverpool

Sunday 25th
May 2008
International Pop Overthrow Festival
The Cavern Club (11:45pm) Liverpool

Friday 30th
May 2008
British Legion
Lulworth

Friday 13th
June 2008
Black Dog
Weymouth

Saturday 14th
June 2008
Ropemakers
Bridport

Saturday 21st
June 2008
The Grove Festival
Portland

Saturday 21st
June 2008
The White Horse
Swanage

Saturday 27th
June 2008
The Railway
Blandford

Friday 4th
July 2008
British Legion
Lulworth

Saturday 11th
July 2008
The Kings Arms
Bath

Friday 8th
August 2008
The Lord Nelson
Poole

Saturday 6th
September 2008
The White Horse
Swanage

Friday 12th
September 2008
British Legion
Lulworth

Saturday 20th
September 2008
The Kings Arms
Bath

Friday 3rd
October 2008
Black Dog
Weymouth

Friday 31st
October 2008
Excise House
Weymouth

Friday 14th
November 2008
British Legion
Lulworth

Saturday 15th
November 2008
The White Horse
Swanage

Friday 28th
November 2008
The Lord Nelson
Poole

I'd like to meet:

Iggy Pop

Robert Pollard

Clint Eastwood

Eli Wallach

The Genie in the Lamp

Sophie from Alan Partridge, because she has a well cute smile

Melissa George

Chan Marshall

because her voice turns me to jelly

Kelli Shirley (who is in Eastenders - a programme I hate, but I like her)

And my girl Emma (or should that be "I'd like to meat"? Hahaha sorry thats very rude).

Luckily, I get to meet (lol and meat) her all the time!..

Music:



Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard
RTX
Cat Power

Ennio Morricone
Iggy Pop
The Ramones

Nick Cave

David Bowie
Royal Trux
Shellac

NOFX
Velvet Underground
Sonic Youth
Pavement
Sebadoh
Neil Young
Freak Circus
Grand Mal
PJ HarveyAt the Drive in, Action Swingers

Movies:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Django, The Great Silence, Repo Man, Big Fish, Groundhog Day, Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Million Dollar Baby
Forgotten Pistolero
Django
The Great Silence

Television:

The Simpsons, Football. Thats about it.

Books:

Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Once Upon a Time in the American West, Amityville Horror

Heroes:

Iggy Pop, Robert Pollard
A to Z Survey
Take This Survey at Quizopolis.com
A - Available No. Well Freak Circus are available for gigs!
B - Best Friend Emma and Tony
C - Crush Emma
D - Dad's Name John
E - Easiest Person To Talk To Emma and Tony again
F - Favorite Band Guided by Voices
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms Gummy Bears
H - Hometown Weymouth
I - Instrument Vocalist and guitarist
J - Job Singer by night, office worker by day
K - Kids Yes, one at the moment
L - Longest Car Ride Weymouth to Sunderland and back in one day
M - Milk Flavor lol milk
N - Number Of Siblings 5
O - One Wish My wish has come true. Thanks Emma x
P - Phobias Spiders
Q - Favorite Quote You..'re going to look pretty stupid with that knife sticking outta your ass
R - Reason To Smile Emma. And my little boy Lewis.
S - Song You Last Heard Game of Pricks by Guided by Voices
T - Time You Woke Up About 9.00am
U - Unknown Fact About Me I was once sick in the cheese department in Harrods
V - Vegetable Potato
W - Worst Habits Drinking too much
X - X-Rays You've Had On my stomach, wrist, foot and eye socket. Mostly football injuries
Y - Your Favorite Food Curry
Z - Zodiac Sign I..'m Saggy
Take This Survey at Quizopolis.com

My Blog

Review of "How to Laugh" by Freak Circus - Radio Solent

Here is a full "manuscript" of the review on Radio Solent.  As you will see, VERY positive.  Great stuff! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:42:00 PST

Freak Circus on the radio!

Check out Radio Solent this Sunday, 7pm - 9pm, and you should hear your favourite freaks!
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

Hey Liverpool people! The Freaks are coming to see you!

Well, people of Liverpool and surrounding areas!  Its is soon coming up to that time of year when Freak Circus thrust themselves upon you.  Thats right, we are again appearing at the Intrena...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:32:00 PST

Marc’s Top 5 Albums of 2007

Aside from the mighty 2008 Freak Circus album "Freak Shall Inherit the Earth" (hehe), there were a few great albums released in 2007.  Here (as every year, albeit this time a bit later than norma...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:01:00 PST

At last in the Shops!

The Freak Circus "Freak Shall Inherit the Earth CD IS now available in the shops - sorry for misleading you earlier, but the release date was put back. Anyway, you can get it from a whole host of plac...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:51:00 PST

Married? Who Would Have Thought it! A Jamaica tale

Well, who would have thought that I would actually one day get married!  Anyway, I am just back from Jamaica following a two week break with my (now) wife Emma - hence my absence from here recent...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:43:00 PST

Most Amount of Red Trousers in Any One Room Ever

A big round of applause is due to those fine people at the Railway pub in Blandford.  As I walked in clad in my usual tight red trousers, imagine my shock that the bar staff were all clad similar...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:06:00 PST

Freak Shall Inherit the Shops

The list of places stocking "Freak Shall Inherit the Earth" grows! You can get it from:Amazon, Play, HMV, Virgin Megastore, Pink Hedgehog Records, Woolworths, Tesco, Tower Records, WH Smiths in the UK...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:06:00 PST

Interview in Mofo magazine... and new pics... and sickness

We thought we would share with you an interview in Brazilian music publication Mofo: Q  How did you get together? Wolfman (Vocals)  Some of it is flesh and blood, in that myself and Moonface (Bass) ...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:11:00 PST

Gigging with the Mexicolas

Great night on Thursday night.  Freak Circus were supporting the Mexicolas at the Powell Theatre in Sherborne.  In truth, it was quite a quiet night in terms of the crowd, but both ourselves...
Posted by Marc from Freak Circus on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:44:00 PST