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Mark Mathews

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About Me

At the age of eleven Mark found two things in his Mums cupboard. An original copy of The Beatles Sgt Peppers L.P and the Clint Eastwood classic, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. He listened to the album everyday and watched the film almost just as much and vowed to become one of two things; a Songwriter or a Cowboy. In case you hadn’t gathered, Mark currently has a guitar but he is yet to own a Stetson.

Mark went solo at the start of 2006. Leaving behind the small town of Maidstone in Kent, he headed for the bright lights of London to secure his musical future…he settled in Camden Town and took a day job working in the porn industry. However, with nothing but his guitar and the ethos of writing decent pop tunes in the same ilk as The Beatles, Small Faces, Smokey Robinson and Oasis, Mark managed to play literally hundreds of gigs and festivals across the U.K, played on the same bill as BABYSHAMBLES, LUKE TOMS and FRANK TURNER, was nominated for an Indy Music Award, played at THE CAMDEN CRAWL and gained exposure on TV/Radio and Print as well as coming second, in being nominated as "Artist of the Year 2007" on XND Radio.

Now already Mark is set for another hectic 12 months playing to audiences everywhere both on his own and with his band, he has managed to beat 10,000 applicants and made it into the semi finals of the UK Live and Unsigned competition, been nominated for an Indy Music award for the second year running, played the Camden Crawl again this year and was featured as one of the top three artists in the London Metro newspaper...its safe to say this is going to be an exciting year ahead!

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Member Since: 2/6/2006
Band Members: Mark Mathews - Singer/Songwriter/Musician

AND COMING REAL SOON TO LIVE SHOWS NEAR YOU:

Danny Murphy - Drums

Richard Reinhardt - Lead Guitar

Will Howard - Bass Guitar

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Influences: The Beatles, Oasis, Doves,The Cure,Paul Weller, The Jam,Madness,Ian Brown, Coldplay, BRMC, Blur,Tunng, Smokey Robinson, Pulp,The Stone Roses, The Streets, The Dillemas, Kasabian, Kings of Leon,The Holloways, Radiohead, The Kooks, The Bees, The Small Faces, Gomez, The La's, The Prisoners, Jurasic Five, The Stones, The Band....this could go on for a while...
Sounds Like: A melodic, Indy Pop flavoured antidote to all the spikey, skinny jeaned, pointy shoed bands that haunt our venues at the moment.....



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My Blog

REDFAN REVIEW

29/4/08 - Spotlight: Mark Mathews Bonjourno and welcome to The RedFan Spotlight! This is basically a little article that I'm going to put up every now and then on an independent artist who really catc...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:00:00 PST

THE BUSK-KING!!!!

As some of you may or may not know, I am a licenced Busker and so I can be found playing my tunes and singing my little heart out at various tube stations across the capital. This runs in conjunction ...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:44:00 PST

No Drink, No Fun!

Last year I spent the majority of my time travelling from gig to gig across the country, playing my tunes to different crowds and geting off my face with these same people. It was a quality ...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:45:00 PST

ACT OF THE YEAR 2007!

Ok, I am close to being nominated "Act of the Year 2007" on XND Radio so I really need your help. There are three acts left including me and every vote counts! All you need to do is this (It look...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:20:00 PST

LYRIC LA CEILE AND AMY VAUGHAN OF UK ARTISTS, "LIVE"  PRESENT MARK MATHEWS SEPT. 28-OCT

". They are full-time journalists , publicists, and press agents. Not a label! They prep artists for approaching labels by creating professional and polished bios however. Additionally their site prov...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:25:00 PST

Pigeon Police

So, I'm walking to get some lunch in Westminster and wonder past some Police folk with their machine guns doing what seems to be ABSOLUTELY FUCK ALL, and one of them gives me a look as if he is c...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:45:00 PST

Watch all the acts

This in a way links on from the last blog about watching unsigned bands but I felt it deserved it's very own space. I understand that sometimes when bands/acts play a gig they cannot al...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:10:00 PST

UNSIGNED RANT

I just don't get it. There are thousands of live venues across the U.K. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales have done and continue to make the best music in the world (according to the gospel of Mark...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:29:00 PST

Live Review - Dirty South 08/06/07

Mark Mathews was just amazing. He even managed to keep 'AlvinA' Rob quiet throughout his set as he sat there open-mouthed & clapping like a loon at the end. I love his stuff, his EP is top notch, ...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:45:00 PST

Review 4

With an apparent Beatles influence evident, Mark Mathew's music is beautifully interpreted & re-crafted, without sounding like a tacky cover. Acoustic Artists are always in danger of sounding the ...
Posted by Mark Mathews on Fri, 18 May 2007 06:01:00 PST