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Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Quiff Boy
http://www.lipa.ac.uk/songwriters/marx_profile.htm
Mark Pearman has been teaching songwriting at LIPA for the past three years, his background is in what is usually referred to as alternative guitar music although as he says:
' I never really saw what was alternative about connecting it to an amplifer and playing a combination of chords and single note phrases, but I don't make the rules.'
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Guest
bizarre
may have to look up the solo album
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Quiff Boy
Further info:
His last Sisters concert was Brighton Top Rank on 01/04/85 though hisdeparture was pre-announced earlier on in the tour.
He also "came back" for an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test a few days later (04.04.85), where they performed Marian and First and Last and Always (which are commonly available on the 'net as movs).
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There I was, just standing in your shadow
Just suffering in silence loud and clear.
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Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Guest
got a URL for the whistle test movs QB
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by nearmethexperience
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Guest
Wooooooooo Neddy
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Quiff Boy
i've said it before and i'll say it again:
one word:
decaf.
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Guest
or decap
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Guest
or a whack aroond the heid wi' a girrrrderrrr...
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by 6FeetOver
Tsk, tsk, GIFF. We'll have no talk of violence at this forum, thanks! Shame on you!
Posted: 01 Jan 1970, 01:00
by Drsisters
Last seen sight of Mark Pearman aka Gary Marx was in York, Vanbrugh college 16.02.01 in the audience
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 02:52
by vicus
This was posted to dominion by daniel smith a few minutes ago:
Also before the gig someone was handing out flyers saying "Pretty Black Dots. Gary Marx. Debut album out now". That was a surprise as last I heard he was teaching music at some music college somewhere.
I hope, he has not forgotten how to write a good tune. I liked his Sisters- and Ghost Dance-Songs very much
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 03:45
by Quiff Boy
the funny thing is that the flyer for marx's "pretty black dots" whatsit has a silver snake-skin pattern on it, not dissimilar to the anaconda sleeve
:O
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 03:46
by Quiff Boy
and yeah, i agree with vicus - he always did have an ear for a catchy riff
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 10:18
by Dimehart
Quiff Boy wrote:the funny thing is that the flyer for marx's "pretty black dots" whatsit has a silver snake-skin pattern on it, not dissimilar to the anaconda sleeve
:O
Didn't he use to play a guitar with a similar pattern during his time in The Sisters? I remember reading somewhere that he smashed it at his last gig with them...
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 15:20
by Big Si
Hi Dimehart!
Quiff Boy Posted: Thu 01 Jan, 1970 Post subject:
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Further info:
His last Sisters concert was Brighton Top Rank on 01/04/85 though hisdeparture was pre-announced earlier on in the tour.
He also "came back" for an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test a few days later (04.04.85), where they performed Marian and First and Last and Always (which are commonly available on the 'net as movs).
_________________
There I was, just standing in your shadow
Just suffering in silence loud and clear.
[ This Message was edited by: Quiff Boy on Apr 6, 2002 11:46am ]
Either he had an exact replica or managed to repair it for the "whistle test" a few days later. I've got it on video. I'm not sure but didn't he still use it while with Ghostdance? I've got a video of theirs on the bootleg "Kiss the blade" (which also has a clip of W***e H***ey with Dead or Alive
) Give me a coupla minutes and I'll check!
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 15:37
by Dimehart
Hello Big Si,
I read that in the anthology of the Heartland fanzine (page 50 top). I just looked it up and it didn't really say he "smashed" the guitar. It said:
"Marx delivered his final gesture when he climbed the P.A. and threw his famous 'Anaconda' guitar onto the stage during 'Sister Ray'."
Apparently the guitar survived the treatment
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 15:38
by Dan
Although the Whistle Test performance was broadcast on 4th April, it was recorded on 2nd April, the day after Brighton Top Rank.
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 15:39
by Big Si
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 15:52
by Dan
The flyer for "Pretty Black Dots / Gary Marx" also quotes a website
www.garymarx.com, but there's just a holding page there at the moment. The domain was only registered on the 4th April, but you'd have thought they'd have put something there before publicising it.
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 22:46
by vicus
Dan wrote:The flyer for "Pretty Black Dots / Gary Marx" also quotes a website
www.garymarx.com, but there's just a holding page there at the moment. The domain was only registered on the 4th April, but you'd have thought they'd have put something there before publicising it.
Now the site IS online.
And there is an audiofile of "Death Of A Sandwich Board Man" and a small interview.
Posted: 27 Apr 2003, 23:46
by Dan
It doesn't work for me. I get redirected to
http://messages.tv/easilyredirect.net?f ... rymarx.com which is an easily.co.uk holding page.
Posted: 28 Apr 2003, 00:00
by Dan
I managed to see the site by going through a proxy, however all 3 proxies I tried gave me a monged url for the song which doesn't work.
This is what I got. Obviously theres something missing where the /../ is.
www.garymarx.com/../support/Death%20Of% ... 0Man%20.rm
Can someone give me the correct link for the song so I can hear it.
Posted: 28 Apr 2003, 00:15
by Dan
Ah it's ok someone sent me the file. My isp can be s**t sometimes. Dunno why.
Posted: 28 Apr 2003, 09:59
by Quiff Boy
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