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Mark Read

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About Me


| View | Add Favorite Hi , my names Mark Read , Im an ambitious Singer/Songwriter born and raised in Kingston, Surrey in the UK. Ive played in bands since I was 11, my familys all very musical, from my grandad playing the spoons(!?), my mum playing drums when she was pregnant with me to my dad being singer of a Rock n Roll band called the Wild Angels in the 70s, so it was fairly unavoidable really. After doing my time at the local clubs, pubs and hotels playing every cover imaginable, I caught my first break with the band A1, we had 2 UK number ones and I still cant remember most of it, being caught up in that whirlwind , its hard to keep up with it all, but we had some amazing experiences. We had a great run and a lot of fun but all good things have to come to an end, but looking back Ive made friends for life and I got to see so much of the world that had it not been for the band, I may not have had the chance so Ill always be thankful for those days. Ive since been doing a lot of songwriting and Ive worked with some incredibly talented songwriters and artists from around the world and it helps me to realise that you never stop learning in this business and as soon as you think you have its time to try something new! Its taken me some time but now I really feel like I have something to say with my music and Im looking forward to sharing that with anybody who might want to listen, and at the end of the day , like everybody else, Im just trying to make sense of it all!I look forward to catching up with you sometime!Oh, and by the way , I am in no way associated or affiliated with Mark Chopper Read , the notorious murderer from Australia who was recently portrayed by Eric Bana in the 2000 film , Chopper . Thought I should clear that up , I had enough of that when I was over there in Oz! : )
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My Interests

Live Music , Gigging , Songwriting , Singing , Playing piano , guitar , anything that makes a noise! Films , Art , Comics and collecting!

I'd like to meet:

Paul McCartney

Music:

The Beatles , Paul McCartney , Wings, ELO , The Eels , Queen , Beach Boys , Elvis Presley , Elton John , Billy Joel , Ben Folds , The Divine Comedy , Black Eyed Peas , Beck , Bee Gees , The Kinks , The Hollies , Last Stop China Town , Squeeze , Green Day , Bon Jovi , David Gray , Lionel Richie , Robbie Williams , The Who , Rolling Stones , The Small Faces , Chicago , Toto , Phil Collins , Genesis , Sting , Bad Company , The Jones Gang , David Bowie , A-HA , T-Rex , Oasis , Blur , Madness , Gorillaz , Richard Ashcroft , Scissor Sisters , Stevie Wonder , Brian Mcknight , Eric Benet , Ben Adams , Christian Ingebrigtsen , Bryan Adams , Prince , Freiheit , John Williams , Danny Elfman , Alan Sivestri ,

Movies:

Ghostbusters , Star Wars , Little Shop of Horrors , Three Amigos , Toy Story , Muppet Movie , Hard Days Night , Help , Blues Brothers , Spaceballs , Happy Gilmore , Click / Spiderman 2 , Indiana Jones Trilogy , Kung Fu Hustle , Lion King , Back to the Future , Batman Begins , BIG , Big Trouble in Little China , the Lost Boys , The Jungle Book , Sleepy Hollow , Nightmare Before Christmas , Waynes World 1 & 2 , National Lampoons Vacations , Ace Ventura Pet Detective , Dumb and Dumber (absolutely NOT the sequel!!) The Mask (absolutely NOT the Prequel), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , Clerks 2 / The Goonies , What About Bob , This is Spinal Tap , anything with Steve Martin , Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray , and just about every Tom Hanks film!

Television:

The Simpsons , WWE Smackdown & Raw , The Muppets , Family Guy , My Name Is Earl , Buffy , Saturday Nite Live , 24 , Lost , Doctor Who , Desperate Housewives , Little Britain , Hustle , Everybody Loves Raymond , King Of Queens , Shameless ,

Heroes:

The Beatles , Jeff Lynne , Brian Wilson , Jim Henson , George Martin , Elton John , Billy Joel , my mum and dad , brothers Colin and Gary , my Grandad , Robert Hart , Matt Groening , Homer Simpson , Adam West , Batman , Superman , Spiderman , Tim Burton ,

My Blog

Andy Abraham - Christmas Single

Good morning, Good afternoon & Good evening, depending on when you're reading this of course, I hope you're well & having a great week.   Here in London, the cold and windy weather'...
Posted by Mark Read on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:56:00 PST

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE : Mark Read Showcase

Hi Everyone, hope you're well, I have some news for you.Earlier this week I received a phone call that turned all my plans for my upcoming showcase upside down, without going into too much detail, all...
Posted by Mark Read on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:54:00 PST

MARK READ 'SHOWCASE' 6th July @ Borderline, London

Hey Everyone, Hope you're well and life's treating you good! I'm extremely excited to tell you about my upcoming showcase on the 6th of July 2006, at the Borderline in Soho, London. I know it's quite ...
Posted by Mark Read on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:16:00 PST

THANK YOU!!

Hi Everyone , Just thought i'd take this opportunity to say a big Thank you to everyone who's made the leap over to my new music profile -www.myspace.com/markreadmusicI know it's quite confusing havin...
Posted by Mark Read on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:18:00 PST

Songs FINALLY added to www.myspace.com/markreadmusic

Hey Everyone , Hope you're all well and ready for another week that's no doubt gonna fly by like the last one and the one before that , I can't keep up!!!Just to let you know, i've finally posted some...
Posted by Mark Read on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:57:00 PST

www.myspace.com/markreadmusic

Hi everyone , hope you're all having a great day. Firstly, can I say, thank you so much for the incredible support i've been recieving on here , I really appreciate all your comments and messages, it'...
Posted by Mark Read on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:21:00 PST

Introduction

Hi , my name's Mark Read , I'm an ambitious Singer/Songwriter born and raised in Kingston, Surrey in the UK. I've played in bands since I was 11, my family's all very musical, from my grandad playing ...
Posted by Mark Read on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:32:00 PST