Mark Parry

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Mark Parry

Background information
Birth name	Mark James Parry
Born	September 9, 1973
Origin	Aberdare, Wales
Genre(s)	Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-psychedelic Rock
Years active	2006-present

Mark Parry is the lead guitarist for the Canadian based indie rock group The Manvils. He Currently resides in Vancouver Canada.

Mark (also known as 'Dodge' at school due to his ability to play some great rugby) was born in Aberdare, Wales but lived most of his life in Swansea. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. After playing various other instruments including piano, flute, oboe, clarinet and violin. He spent countless hours practicing his instrument, along with cassette tapes of his favourite musicians such as Paul Kossoff, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Syd Barret, Brian Jones etc. He became an accomplished guitarist and has played with some well known musicians in the Uk.

In 2004 he moved to Vancouver to study at the University of British Columbia and in November 2004 became friends with singer/songwriter Mikey Manville after meeting at a video store where Manville worked at the time. Their love of music encouraged them to form The Manvils with bassist Greg Buhr and drummer Andy Mac in November 2004.

In May of 2005, The Manvils opened for the Uk based band Stereophonics and following the show he was asked to join them as second guitarist for their world tour.