Mark Mallman
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Mark Mallman is a Minnesota
musician and composer for film.
, Minnesota
, in 1991. In 1995, at age 21, Mallman earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts
from Minneapolis College of Art and Design
, where he studied painting and performance art.
"Best new Band" poll, they broke up, but reunited to record and release one album, Oh My G*d – It's the Odd in 1998, which was co-written and co-produced by Mallman. His solo debut came in 1998 with the release of The Tourist. In 2000, Mallman issued his sophomore effort, How I Lost My Life and Lived to Tell about It, which featured guest spots by Kat Bjelland
(Babes in Toyland
), and Mallman's school mate, Davey von Bohlen
of The Promise Ring
. The Red Bedroom, his third album, was issued in spring 2002. It was produced by Radiohead
producer Paul Q. Kolderie
. The Who's Gonna Save You Now?
EP and the live effort Live from First Avenue, Minneapolis were released in 2003. Mr. Serious
, Mallman's first self-produced album, followed in 2004. It marked his first album for Badman Recording Company. His energetic performance style, combining the attitudes of punk rockers like Johnny Rotten and Darby Crash
over the 70s disco-glam of Elton John
, began to gain attention throughout the United States around the time of this record. While he tirelessly performing 150 shows per year, Mallman released Between the Devil and Middle C
in 2006, and Invincible Criminal
in 2009. Invincible Criminal
featured a duet with Craig Finn
of The Hold Steady
, and violins by Shannon Frid of Cloud Cult
.
, 10,000 BC
and Haunting of Molly Hartley (film). He has composed music for Living Arrangements (2009).
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
musician and composer for film.
Education
Mallman graduated from Waukesha South High School in 1991. He studied jazz piano at The Milwaukee Conservatory of Music then moved to MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, in 1991. In 1995, at age 21, Mallman earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students offering curriculum that includes...
, where he studied painting and performance art.
Musical career
Mallman started his career in the late 1990s with the short-lived band, the Odd, a surprisingly popular postmodern joke on 70's rock histrionics. Days after they topped the City PagesCity Pages
City Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...
"Best new Band" poll, they broke up, but reunited to record and release one album, Oh My G*d – It's the Odd in 1998, which was co-written and co-produced by Mallman. His solo debut came in 1998 with the release of The Tourist. In 2000, Mallman issued his sophomore effort, How I Lost My Life and Lived to Tell about It, which featured guest spots by Kat Bjelland
Kat Bjelland
Katherine "Kat" Bjelland is an American musician who is currently the lead singer-guitarist of the band Katastrophy Wife, and is the former lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Babes in Toyland....
(Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland may refer to:* Babes in Toyland , an American punk rock band* Babes in Toyland , a 1903 operetta by Victor Herbert* Babes in Toyland , a musical comedy starring Laurel and Hardy...
), and Mallman's school mate, Davey von Bohlen
Davey von Bohlen
Davey von Bohlen is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his roles as guitarist and vocalist in Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Vermont, and currently, Maritime...
of The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring is an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In their early years, their music was usually classified as emo, but their later albums could be described more accurately as indie pop. They split up in 2002 and temporarily reunited in 2005...
. The Red Bedroom, his third album, was issued in spring 2002. It was produced by Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
producer Paul Q. Kolderie
Paul Q. Kolderie
Paul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, and The Go-Go's...
. The Who's Gonna Save You Now?
Who's Gonna Save You Now?
-Track listing:#"Who's Gonna Save You Now?"#"Inside the Castle"#"Hook Hand"#"Outside the Castle"#"7 A.M. and Sober Again"#"The Black Bedroom"#"Who's Gonna Save You Now?, Pt...
EP and the live effort Live from First Avenue, Minneapolis were released in 2003. Mr. Serious
Mr. Serious
-Track listing:#"I Just Want to Play Piano"#"Hardcore Romantics"#"True Love"#"Simply in the Distance"#"Still Wasted"#"Executioner"#"Midnight Man"#"Hard Night"#"Proof is What You Get"#"Anesthesia"#"Heart is a Loaded Weapon"#"I Work Here, I Grew Up Here"...
, Mallman's first self-produced album, followed in 2004. It marked his first album for Badman Recording Company. His energetic performance style, combining the attitudes of punk rockers like Johnny Rotten and Darby Crash
Darby Crash
Darby Crash was an American punk musician who, along with long time friend Pat Smear , co-founded The Germs...
over the 70s disco-glam of Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, began to gain attention throughout the United States around the time of this record. While he tirelessly performing 150 shows per year, Mallman released Between the Devil and Middle C
Between the Devil and Middle C
-Track listing:#"Death Wish"#"Tell Me How a Man gets close to you"#"Substances"#"Pompeii"#"After the Hangover"#"Pandora's Bottle"#"Turn on of the Century"#"Knockout on 22nd St."#"Persuasion"#"Tell it to the Judge"#"16 Animals"#"Boots"...
in 2006, and Invincible Criminal
Invincible Criminal
Invincible Criminal is an album by Mark Mallman.-Track listing:#Eternal Moonshine#You're Never Alone in New York #Before the Music's Over#White Leather Days#Don't Spill The Bottle#Mercy Calls#Light the Dynamite and Run...
in 2009. Invincible Criminal
Invincible Criminal
Invincible Criminal is an album by Mark Mallman.-Track listing:#Eternal Moonshine#You're Never Alone in New York #Before the Music's Over#White Leather Days#Don't Spill The Bottle#Mercy Calls#Light the Dynamite and Run...
featured a duet with Craig Finn
Craig Finn
Craig Finn is an American singer and guitarist. He is best known as the front man for bands Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady. He currently lives in New York City...
of The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...
, and violins by Shannon Frid of Cloud Cult
Cloud Cult
Cloud Cult is an experimental indie rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota led by singer/songwriter Craig Minowa. The name originated from the ancient prophecies of indigenous North Americans.-History:...
.
Marathon song cycles
In 1999 Mark Mallman performed a 26-hour long song titled "Marathon 1". Later, in 2004, Mallman’s s “Marathon Two” session took place back at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minn. Seventy-five musicians took turns backing Mallman as he performed one song for over two consecutive days, only breaking to go to the bathroom. On October 10, 2010, he completed "Marathon 3", a 78 hour long song complete with 576 pages of lyrics. During the performance, he injured his left foot. He finished at 10pm on Sunday night by biting into a bouquet of flowers and spitting them over the crowd. Mayor Chris Coleman declared Oct 7-10th, 2010 “Mark Mallman Days” in St. Paul, Minnesota in honor of his creative achievement. The mayor's proclamation included the statement “Whereas Mark Mallman is totally AWESOME.”Recognition
- "Best Male Vocalist Twin Cities" by City PagesCity PagesCity Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...
in 2000. - Minnesota Music Award for best keyboard/piano player 2004.
- Minnesota Music Award for Rock Band and Rock Record (Mr. Serious) 2005.
- "Best Live Artist Twin Cities" by City PagesCity PagesCity Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...
in 2010.
Film music
Mark Mallman works as a professional composer for film by day, mostly doing music for major motion picture trailers, such as AdventurelandAdventureland (film)
Adventureland is a 2009 Retro comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, and Kristen Wiig.-Plot:...
, 10,000 BC
10,000 BC (film)
10,000 BC is a 2008 American fantasy film from Warner Bros. Pictures set in the prehistoric era. It was directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. The world premiere was held on February 10, 2008 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin...
and Haunting of Molly Hartley (film). He has composed music for Living Arrangements (2009).
Discography
- Oh My G*d - It's the Odd (with The Odd) (1998)
- The TouristThe Tourist (album)-Track listing:##"Ghost to Ghost"#"Kissing the Knife"##"To Speak of the Animal"#"Nights of Devistation"##"Becoming a President"#"At Midnight"#...
(1998) - How I Lost My Life and Lived to Tell about It (2000)
- Mark Mallman and VermontMark Mallman and VermontMark Mallman and Vermont is a 2001 album by Mark Mallman and Vermont.-Track listing:#Dear Glory#Too hot#Four Letter Word#Symphony No.9 in D minor op...
(with VermontVermont (US band)Vermont was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based indie rock band and collaboration between Davey von Bohlen and Dan Didier of The Promise Ring and Chris Roseanau of Pele...
) (2001) - The Red BedroomThe Red Bedroom-Track listing:#"City of Sound"#"Love Look at You"#"Humankind"#"Baby Takes it Slow"#"Traveling High"#"Life Between Heartbeats"#"Who's Gonna Save You Now?"#"Lose Something"#"The Red Bedroom"#"Mother Made Me Do It"-Personnel:...
(2002) - Mr. SeriousMr. Serious-Track listing:#"I Just Want to Play Piano"#"Hardcore Romantics"#"True Love"#"Simply in the Distance"#"Still Wasted"#"Executioner"#"Midnight Man"#"Hard Night"#"Proof is What You Get"#"Anesthesia"#"Heart is a Loaded Weapon"#"I Work Here, I Grew Up Here"...
(2004) - Between the Devil and Middle CBetween the Devil and Middle C-Track listing:#"Death Wish"#"Tell Me How a Man gets close to you"#"Substances"#"Pompeii"#"After the Hangover"#"Pandora's Bottle"#"Turn on of the Century"#"Knockout on 22nd St."#"Persuasion"#"Tell it to the Judge"#"16 Animals"#"Boots"...
(2006) - Night ShotNight ShotNight Shot is a 2008 album by Ruby Isle.- Track listing :# "So Damn High"# "Hey Hey Hey" # "How it Hurts"# "Solsbury Hill" Night Shot is a 2008 album by Ruby Isle.- Track listing :# "So Damn High"# "Hey Hey Hey" (That Kid's Okay)# "How it Hurts"# "Solsbury Hill" Night Shot is a 2008 album by Ruby...
(with Ruby IsleRuby IsleRuby Isle is a band created when Mark Mallman joined with his high school friend Dan Geller and drummer Aaron LeMay...
) (2008) - Invincible CriminalInvincible CriminalInvincible Criminal is an album by Mark Mallman.-Track listing:#Eternal Moonshine#You're Never Alone in New York #Before the Music's Over#White Leather Days#Don't Spill The Bottle#Mercy Calls#Light the Dynamite and Run...
(2009) - Appetite for DestructionAppetite for Destruction (Ruby Isle album)Appetite for Destruction is a 2010 album by Ruby Isle. It is a cover of Guns N' Roses' 1987 album of the same name. It was released through iTunes on December 2, 2010...
(with Ruby Isle) (2010)