Mark Bosley - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a singer-songwriter, a native of South Oxfordshire, an underweight skinhead and a Doctor Who obssessive. I sometimes play solo and I sometimes play as part of a band with New Moon bassist Jules and former Sexy Breakfast drummer Darren. I released an album, 'Songs from Number 18', in 2002. I used to play bass and sing in Passion Play (now relocated to Germany) and sang and played with many local bands (Nomen Luni, Jab, Southern Sky, The Dodz, The New Moon and for one song only, Redox).I regularly play bass guitar for celebrated musical maverick Twizz Twangle and occasionally for the Gs, an eclectic musical collective. I'm also delighted to be playing with the divine Su Jordan (Inflatable Buddha, The Cliffhangers, Anton Barbeau). I sometimes play lead guitar in a duo with local blues maestro Steve Morris. I promote the occasional gig in Oxford.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/05/2006
Band Website: bosley.uuuq.com
Band Members: Mark - vocals, guitar, twelve-bass accordion, mandolin, glockenspiel, additonal bass, additional percussion, programming;Julian - bass guitar;Darren - drums
Influences: The Beatles (together and solo), David Bowie (especially Hunky Dory, The Man Who Sold the World & Diamond Dogs), The Sisters of Mercy, Richard Thompson, John Martyn, Loudon Wainwright III, Motorhead, The Cure, Fairport Convention, Sonic Youth, The March Violets, Madness, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, The Boo Radleys, Black Sabbath, Leonard Cohen, The Sex Pistols, Bauhaus, Joel Plaskett, Velvet Underground, Mark Mulcahy, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, The Buzzcocks, The Birthday Party, Bob Dylan, The Dead Kennedys, The Doors, The Smiths, Bert Jansch/Pentangle, Nick Drake, Blur, Joy Division, Pulp, Pink Floyd, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Wedding Present, The Fall, Neil Young, Jah Wobble and many, many cool Oxford bands past and present.
Sounds Like: A tall, thin man with a soft, lugubrious baritone and an acoustic guitar/a noisy band, depending which night you catch me.
Record Label: own
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

John Martyn

I was greatly saddened to hear of the recent passing of John Martyn. John's music had a big impact on me and my attitude to music in general.As a teenager, before I actually convinced my parents to bu...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Skittle Alley Assortment: King's Head & Bell, Abingdon 4.8.07

This could be the nearest thing that I, a habitual non drinker, have to a local. The music is run, through a haze of alcohol and general hedonism, by the shadowy collective that is known as the Skittl...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Retrospective Blog Confession/Our Man in 2007: Clerkenwell School/The New Moon/Anton & Su

Those of you reading this might have asked yourself 'What's with this Bosley fellow? Why do all his blogs emnate from more than a year ago? Is he operating from a hole in the time/space continuum?' S...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:27:00 GMT

Avant Garde Pub Rock: Twizz Twangle/Nameless at the General Elliott 29.6.07

The General Elliott is a bit out of the way. It's a gig where we've felt short changed before but under a previous regime it actually had a Twizz Twangle fan club. There used to be Twizz Twangle T-sh...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:55:00 GMT

Charlbury Riverside Festival, Sunday 17.6.07

Arrived on my own in a more melancholic state of mind. Again I mostly patronised the Beard Museum Stage. MaybiJay I don't remember anything about this act. My notes say: six-piece, bland AOR, magic m...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Charlbury Riverside Festival 16/6/07

Charlbury Riverside Festival is like a secret society; the chaps who run it idealistically believe that festivals should be free and their festival is. They hardly publicise it as too many punters wo...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:56:00 GMT

A Bit Like Klub Kakoffany Without Drums: Lagrima/Twizz Twangle/Mark Bosley, Port Mahon 12.6.07

This was one of the many regular Tuesday night gigs I promoted at the Port Mahon. I get stressed about them because I can never tell if there'll be an audience and any money to pay the bands at the e...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Goodbye Bermuda Hello Blighty/Jericho Street Fair/Skittle Alley Blues (Steve Morris) 5-9.6.07

So there it was, a curious non-meeting with Stella, a last sentimental bike ride round Devonshire Bay and Ariel Sands, a final visit from the faithful Dennis bearing a CD of songs and sketches, and i...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Bermudian Short Story8: More recording with Dennis/jamming at Rock Island/Mutual Beatles Love

Monday 4/6/07..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Up 9.50. I cycled to Bermuda School of Music where I hoped to find Dennis, ready to record me. ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:38:00 GMT

Bermudian Short Story7: More Island Life/Chewstick (Slight Return)

One day I took a bus to Gibb's Hill Lighthouse. Up on the top the view was terrific as was the relief from Bermuda's incredible humidity. I befriended a cat and had a cup of rosehip and hi...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:12:00 GMT