Mark Wilson (musician)
Mark Wilson | |
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Birth name | Mark Jeffrey Wilson |
Born | August 1980 |
Origin | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
Genres | Indie, rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Bass, piano, harmonica, backing vocals, percussion, synthesiser, sampler |
Years active | 2001–present |
Associated acts | The CA$inos, Jet, DamnDogs |
Notable instruments | |
Fender Precision bass guitar |
Mark Jeffrey Wilson (born August 1980) is an Australian musician, originally from Geelong.[1][2] From 2002 to 2012 he was the bass guitarist of the Melbourne-based rock band, Jet.[3][4] He was asked to join them by three founding members, Nic Cester, Chris Cester and Cameron Muncey, but initially refused out of loyalty to his then-current group, The CA$inos. Days later he rang up Muncey and the Cesters and agreed to join their group instead.
Wilson plays a vintage Fender Precision, in either sunburst or white, with a pick. Wilson also plays piano on some tracks ("Look What You've done", "Seventeen", "She Holds a Grudge"), and occasional percussion, samples, synthesiser and harmonica. He sometimes provides backing vocals ("Rollover DJ", "Beat on Repeat", "Times Like This") He co-wrote "Start the Show" with guitarist, Muncey. On 24 October 2007 Chris Cester and Wilson co-wrote and, under the name, The Vice Lords, produced a song, "I Spy I Spy", for the Japanese former duo, Superfly.
In 2011 Wilson and Chris Cester formed a side project, DamnDogs as a 'doom-disco' band, with Louis Macklin on keyboards (touring member of Jet), and Mitch McIvor (Cester's cousin) on guitar.[5][6] On 9 August they issued a five-track extended play, Strange Behaviour.[5][6] In March 2012 Jet disbanded and Wilson had left DamnDogs.[5]
Instruments and equipment
Electric bass
- Fender Precision
- Epiphone Jack Casady
Acoustic bass
- Takamine Acoustic Bass
Amplifiers/heads
References
- General
- Wilson, MacKenzie. "Jet". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. [7] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ↑ "IMC - Jet". Imcmusic.net. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ↑ Ready, Jet, go! New album on the way Retrieved 25 September 2010
- ↑ MacKenzie
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) Wilson, Mark entry. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Welsh, Caitlin (12 April 2012). "Chris Cester: 'You Become Somewhat of a Cliché'". Mess+Noise (Sound Alliance). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mathieson, Craig (9 July 2011). "Damn Dogs". Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
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