Gary Marx | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mark Frederick Pearman[1] |
| Also known as | Gary Mark |
| Born | 18 June 1958 |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician songwriter record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Merciful Release Karbon Records Chrysalis Records D-Monic |
| Associated acts | Naked Voices The Sisters of Mercy Ghost Dance |
| Website | http://www.garymarx.com |
Gary Marx (born Mark Frederick Pearman) (born 18 June 1959) is a founding member of British rock band The Sisters of Mercy and its lead-guitarist and songwriter from 1980 to 1985.
He left the band in 1985 to form Ghost Dance, which included ex-Skeletal Family vocalist Anne-Marie Hurst. They released two albums and embarked on a number of extensive tours enjoying relative success. However, record-company politics and inconsistency in personnel left the outfit reeling and they had disbanded by the end of 1989.
From 1997 to 2005, he worked as a teacher at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He subsequently released material as an independent artist through his own website and set up an archive for his previous band, Ghost Dance.
In 2003, Marx released his first solo album, Pretty Black Dots.
In 2007, he released the Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere album, with material originally written by him in 1995 for The Sisters of Mercy, at the invitation of Andrew Eldritch.[2]
Discography
- "The Damage Done" (1980) (vocals, guitars, songwriting) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Body Electric" (1982) (guitars) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Alice" (1982) (guitars) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Anaconda" (1983) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Alice EP" (1983) (guitars, songwriting) – EP with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Temple of Love" (1983) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Body and Soul" (1984) (guitars) – EP with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Walk Away" (1984) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- "No Time to Cry" (1985) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with The Sisters of Mercy
- First and Last and Always (1985) (guitars, songwriting) – Album with The Sisters of Mercy
- "River of No Return" (1986) (guitars, drum programming, songwriting) – EP with Ghost Dance
- "Heart Full of Soul" (1986) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with Ghost Dance
- "The Grip of Love (Suite in D minor)" (1986) (guitars, songwriting) – EP with Ghost Dance
- "A Word to the Wise" (1987) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with Ghost Dance
- Gathering Dust (1988) (guitars, songwriting) – Compilation album with Ghost Dance
- "Introducing Ghost Dance" (1989) (guitars, songwriting) – EP with Ghost Dance
- "Down to the Wire" (1989) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with Ghost Dance
- Stop the World (1989) (guitars, songwriting) – Album with Ghost Dance
- "Celebrate" (1989) (guitars, songwriting) – Single with Ghost Dance
- Some Girls Wander by Mistake (1992) (vocals, guitars, songwriting) – Compilation album with The Sisters of Mercy
- A Slight Case of Overbombing (1993) (guitars) – Compilation album with The Sisters of Mercy
- "Butter Fingers" / "Like Low Life" (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) – Solo single
- Pretty black dots (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) – Solo album
- Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere (demo) (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) – Solo demo
- Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere (2008) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) – Solo album
References
- ^ "Invoice". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "The Sisters Of Mercy founding member unfolds previously unreleased material". Side-line.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.