marky-MALFUNCTION

Hello, no that's not right at all. Hello, how do you do?
Welcome to my little page about errr.... me!

Hmmmm... now what to put? what would you like to know? my name is Mark (sometimes Marcus depending on how pretentious I'm feeling) I'm 28, live in central Croy-toy-town (if you haven't been here consider yourself lucky) residing in quite frankly palatial surroundings (the collapsed ceiling {see fig 1.} is my favorite feature) with local indie hero Scratch, I play a bit of guitar and enjoy abusing synthesizers when i get the chance, I'm currently offending peoples ears with my downbeat-industrial solo effort UN-e.l as well as the synth based speak & spell bothering experi(mental) group jizz-MALFUCTION (with the wonderful, if mysterious ancientskatepunk ) and ambient/foundsound/noise project disrhythmia . I am also involved in the following bands to varying degrees: Post rock brain-child of the criminally talented Tom Janssen thebestrealityshow Mentalist electronica audio mill The Brain Malaise *ZOOM TICK* and finally, Glum metal super-heroes Mundayn . I do most of my musical damage in my home based project studio where unexplainable noises can often be heard wafting into the night perplexing the drunken rabble who shamble past my residence like a bunch of alcoholic zombies.

I've enjoyed a varied career path with employment including power tool repairman, body piercer, selling electricity for the UK arm of Enron (before they got found out ha ha!) guitar shop worker, second hand electrical goods shop manager amongst other countless shit shoveling jobs, i'm currently employed as a backline technician (fancy name for 'roadie') for the Counterfeit Stones where I get to plug stuff in and say "two" into microphones until I'm told to stop. I can also be found behind the sound desk in many a venue doing a spot of engineering including the Green Dragon which hosts the fantastic Freedom of Expression every Tuesday night upstairs and the wonderfully varied Wednesday nights. Or the Brief on George Street which has live music five (count em) nights a week

I am actually a Doctor (I hold a doctorate in tractors {see fig 2.}) thanks to my erstwhile partner in crime and land owner Lord Farr , and when I'm not enjoying a gin and discussing the gold standard with his Lordship I can be usually be found sipping a hoegaarden in the magnificent local watering hole The Green Dragon , usually in the company of the lovely Helen (someone who I have killed for*) or maybe El Presidente (someone who I will kill for, especially come the glorious revolution) when not there I can be found over the road in The Ship listening to some 'banging' tunes courtesy of DJ Matt . So if you see me out and about, don't be shy come and say hello, buy me a drink I'm the friendly sort who doesn't bite*

*Allegedly.