Clarky

Edited: [b]As a bassist Mark Clark is not that well known, and while he has done next to nothing in the music industry his band Rattlin Bone has a great new CD released - check out his press info:[/b] Non-legendary Nyx, Kismetik and Rattlin Bone Member Mark Clark's band To Release Debut CD of 'Voodoo zombie blues' London, UK - The voodoo zombie blues world is buzzing with the debut release of non-legendary Nyx, Kismetik and Rattlin Bone member Mark Clark called The life and death of .... record label Weburneditourselves. Encompassing all the styles of music he has worked with the past six months, Mark Clark's band's album is a must for collectors and music enthusiasts worldwide. It's a masterful collection of extremely well recorded and performed tracks that rival any from the bands he's played in. “From the opening track right through to the closer this album begs to be listened to over and over again and even memorized note for note. I've had the pleasure of hearing it more times than most people would hear almost anything in their collection and it keeps getting stronger with each listen. I'm very proud to be the partner of one of the nicest and most talented guys in the world.” Mrs Clarky/clarkyhouse.com Mark Clark was born in Tunbridge Wells in the south of England, not a well known place except for its old people and then, in the late 1970's The Anti-Nowehere League came along and put it firmly on the map, forever! After seeing the Anti-Nowhere League and many other groups as a young kid at age 12 he knew what he wanted to do... play [s]guitar but he was too sh*t so he turned to[/s] the bass guitar. Going from group to group until one day he met up with his first real band Nyx (a death metal thrash band) with whom he gigged four times and built up no reputation, as noone liked them as one Liverpool news paper said he was " London's Les Dawson" but after a year or so of unattended gigs, it was time to [s]be fired[/s] move on. Then he met up with many of them London musicians most of whom said he was too old to be in their band and was introduced to the guitarist JImmy Page, who had been a member one of the most well known groups of all time, LED ZEPPELIN. Led Zeppelin were really hitting well at that point but they had a small problem, they were no longer in existence, and after Mark's band Nyx didn't open for them at what was Mark"s biggest gig ever at [s]a skanky dive[/s] a huge hall in of all places, London he was not asked to come and do a session on their new album in a studio down in London because they weren't in existence. Mark walked in to sing background vocals on a couple of tracks and spotted his bass on a guitar stand. Jimmy Page, whose band it was asked Mark to kindly leave the premises or he would call the police. He didand Jimmy was therefore unable to ask him, "So do you want the gig.” Touring with Led Zeppelin would have been harsh, very, very harsh, but truly amazing and for the rest of his career would have been a constant part of his life… a true love. But he didn't. Whilst touring London instead with punk band Kismetik, such bands as K*nt and The Gang (with Paul Shagger, Simon Turd and Paul Kitoff) did not become friends and still are unknown to him years on. The same is true for Metallica, The Beatles, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kelly Brook (he later formed produced a large quantity of Natural Gas with Joey 'Bowels' McKenzie) and many more. Not knowing what the hell to do Mark went to a bass forum on the interweb that was THE place to be... BassChat! You would find the who's who of the rock world in that place (and Marvin), in fact The Chat (as it was known) is unrelated to the place where Led Zeppelin were named by of all people Keith Moon of the Who. Whilst there Happy Jack not from Uriah Heep appeared and asked Mark to help out as he needed to replace his bass, so the next day they swapped gear in Kew and Mark did not join Uriah Heep. Mark recorded many things on Sky-Plus and was described as "The Wizard" by workmates on account of his long white hair, blogged mercilessly and then joined the group Rattlin Bone to work on their debut album. “In 1979 Led Zeppelin folded and within just two days I had been asked to finish my French 'O' level,” Mark recalls. “After recording and also writing his French essay 'Le Wizard' and some of the hardest revising I've ever done in just twenty two years I parted company with my hamster. Although I have worked with Ken Hom on many of his recipes throughout the years a red-caped dwarf called Peveril still follows me every place I go.” In 1972 his mate Richard and Mark formed a gang and found a conker player of some note, Alan Holdstill. After two conker competitions Mark left the gang, played with his Scalextric track and, on account of his foreshortened ileum, then produced large quantities of Natural Gas with his mates Joey (Smellyfinger) and Jerry (I ate the Pie) moved to London, (he still lives there) and went on to record the entire series of the Sopranos (although his cleaner deleted one episode accidentally). Along with Mark Clark's band's 'The life and death of...', Weburneditourselves.com has yet to remaster and reissue any other albums album on CD. Mark will shortly embark on the 20th wedding anniversary tour with Mrs C all over Siena in Italy. He then tours again with his ungrateful kids in the summer of 2011. “He's still a great nonce and also a barely adequate bass player,” says a bloke from his band.

Rattlin Bone played the 12 Bar in Tin Pan Alley last night. 12 of us for a stage that struggles to hold 4! The band after us cancelled so we could do a decent length set (45 minutes). Really pleased with how it went and my Eminence EUB had its first outing - sounded very DB-like so I'm chuffed with that. Got a very good audience reaction so a good evening Big thanks to BC'ers Happy Jack, Low End Bee and Thunderbird13 for coming along - cheers gents! Pic below: [attachment=74605:P1040093.JPG]

Many thanks to (Happy) Jack, Ad (Low End Bee) and Al (Thunderbird13) plus drummer pal (got a mental block on his name, was it Paul?) for coming along tonight. I thought it went quite well [attachment=74606:P1040093.JPG]

Last round-up call. Hope to see some of you there tonight ... oh and be forewarned I am the most cr@p bass player on BassChat, whoever else lays claim to that title! That way your expectations are suitably low Onstage time: 8.30pm sharp so don't dally in the pub! Oh and bring a copy of the flyer (in first post) and save a quid

Thanks Skank. However undercover reporters from the Sunday Mirror have already disproved the Nazareth story and shown that I was in fact born in 1963 in the rock n roll heartland that is Tunbridge Wells. I did once own a Nazareth single though

You know that if I mentioned anything in this post, it would be utter tosh IF (big if) I found the player's all-original 63P I have long coveted that could be the one, but everything is else is expendable (from the BCer who started 'no such thing as a keeper' thread and possibly has the highest number of feedback posts)

[quote name='chris_b' post='1156925' date='Mar 10 2011, 05:20 PM']....and he can talk [s]R2[/s] bollox fluently.[/quote] corrected

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1156884' date='Mar 10 2011, 04:58 PM']I commented on one [b]once[/b]...do I get a prize? [/quote] Me too, funnily enough its was one of silddx's! I was nice in that, too

[quote name='silddx' post='1156860' date='Mar 10 2011, 04:48 PM']I know, and I deeply appreciate your comments. I have been working hard at my technique and have elevated myself to mere drivel as a result. Thanks mate [/quote] You are welcome (did I do good, Beedster?)

Thing is Nige, your last clip was sh*te

A large proportion of my BC viewing is done at work where I cannot reasonably listen to sound clips and I bet that is true of many. Not a full explanation obviously but a factor nonetheless. The other issue I suspect is of differing tastes and not wanting to offend (better to say nothing than something critical).

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1156747' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:42 PM']??? Mayhem? Maven? Moorhen?[/quote] Ignoramus! Jiří Mahen (December 12, 1882 – May 22, 1939) was a Czech novelist, playwright and essayist. Thought everyone knew that

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='1156733' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:26 PM']"PRINCESS KNICKERS " [/quote] Burlesque dancer who says on her MySpace page "I like to get out of my house and out of my clothes" Maybe those 60-75 minutes won't be so long ....!!!!

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1156705' date='Mar 10 2011, 03:02 PM']Mutes? Those trumpet type things. Damn work keyboard. It was of course minutes.[/quote] You're alright, we have trumpets in the band (2, not 60-75!)

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1156691' date='Mar 10 2011, 02:50 PM']60-75 mutes may be too long [/quote] You're probably right! Although I assume you mean minutes not people with impaired speech We will have to stretch out our set to go much beyond an hour - we plan to do this with circus acts, fire-eaters etc (honestly)

As an update we've been told that we have to perform a very truncated set (30 minutes or so) as the promoter accidentally booked one too many bands (five), doh. Bit frustrating. We are on first at 8.30pm, it turns out, as its so complicated to soundcheck us (given size of band) its easiest if we s/c last and then leave everything set up for our set. If 30 minutes is too short a time to make the trek to see us, then next up is a much longer (60-75 minute) slot at the Hootananny in Brixton on 10th April (the promo blurb says "Stranger than Paradise present: 14 piece rock and roll burlesque gypsy voodoo jazz circus from RATTLIN' BONE, violin driven gypsy mahen starring the unequivocal chancery blame from THE GADJO CLUB, menacing dark folk goth punk from RASP THORNE AND THE BRIARS plus ethereal saucy minx PRINCESS KNICKERS") Cheers Clarky (the real one, not the pretender from Rainbow/Uriah Heep/Collosseum)

Thanks gents! My office is near a Robert Dias hardware shop which sells T-cut, so I will buy some today and have a go with that this evening. If that doesn't improve things, can I take you up on your kind offer Ou7shined?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1156269' date='Mar 10 2011, 09:34 AM']If you can feel it with your nail then you will have to sand it back (1000 grade) but the good news is that if you can't feel it with your nail then a cutting compound and a bit of elbow grease should see it off.[/quote] Unfortunately its the former but its really not deep. Would it be reduced/minimised with a cutting compound as I am not keen on sanding? And which cutting compound would you recommend? Thanks Ou7shined!

A bit annoyingly, my otherwise perfect condition Alleva-Coppolo picked up a small scuff last night. Was putting it away in Hiscox case when the top decided to flip shut and caught the corner of the bass near the jack plug. Its only a scrape within the thick lacquer finish and not through to wood so its not a biggie but it nevertheless is a bit irritating given the overall condition of the bass (especially as I have been trying to sell it). Is there a quick and easy way to buff/polish out a scrape on nitro. I don't fancy using glass/sand paper as I can see me just making it a great deal worse!

What a coincidence. Decidedly non-legendary bassist Mark Clark (akak Clarky) also has a new album out (Thr life and death of .... Rattlin Bone). He owns a Rainbow album (Rainbow Rising), saw Uriah Heep live in 1978 and saw Colosseum perform on TV when the guitarist was Gary Moore, RIP.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1155739' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:26 PM']Very nice. I would have said you could have done with a few more shots but then again being a bass player i'm probably biased.[/quote] I agree and not in an egotistical, look-at-me manner. I was surprised when I saw the final cut how little the DB featured, especially compared to the drums. The director said right from the off how beautiful my DB looked and how it should feature ... and yet the only shots where the camera lingers are those ones looking down the fingerboard. Still, the video was essentially done for free so can't complain

[quote name='tomb' post='1154710' date='Mar 8 2011, 10:53 PM']nope, im still 13, will be 14 in august. tattoo was my 13th birthday gift from my mother[/quote] Fair do's and that's a very progressive mum you have there - I wouldn't let my oldest son get his ear pierced until he was 18! You must be just about the youngest member of BC - good on you but makes me feel ancient, lol!