Mark

Mark Stephenson - lead/rhythm guitars & backing vocals
Birthdate: 28th January

Mark's pages: MySpace

In his own words

I can still remember it, I was 15, sitting in bed listening to the clock-radio before I went to sleep when Whitesnake’s “Still Of The Night” came on. wow! I was blown away. those big guitars and that violin section! I already played guitar - classical guitar - but now I’d been shown a new direction, one I ‘wanted’ to follow...

Then, a few weeks later, I was looking through a local record shop and an album cover caught my eye. some berk with his face painted up like a witch doctor and feathers in his hair..... “that looks cool” I thought..... and bought it! I’d never heard of the artist before, and certainly not the guitarist. the album was David Lee Roth’s “Eat ‘em And Smile”, the guitarist was Steve Vai. my jaw hit the floor as “Yankee Rose” started playing. well, that was settled then – rock it is!

Joining SACRED HEART was important for me, Paul’s songwriting just gets better and better, and his ideas gave me the opportunity to play how I wanted to play. We have many different influences between us and it shows in our songs, but the sound is still ‘us’!

We’ve been playing together for years now, but we’ve only recently (with “Lay It On The Line”) thought, let’s get these songs out there for people to hear. our last album “Shake” is something I’m very proud of, it came together so well, and the result amazes me!

Our fan base is steadily increasing, and I hope our newest release “Darkness Falls” will rock your socks off.... I’m still trying to find mine!!!

Equipment/Stuff

IBANEZ JEM 10th, RG750, SZ320
YAMAHA APX-7 electro acoustic

MARSHALL AVT150 head & cabs

custom built midi controller board

SHURE wireless system

MORLEY wah

DIGITECH whammy

KORG D-10 tuner

BOSS rack fx

ZOOM rack fx

Heroes (musical):

Joe Satriani, Devin Townsend, Paul Gilbert

Heroes (non-musical): Ayrton Senna

Favourites

Bands: Whitesnake, Little Angels, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Devin Townsend

Albums: Whitesnake “1987”

Steve Vai “Sex And Religion”

Little Angels “Don’t Prey For Me”

Devin Townsend “Accelerated Evolution”

Concerts: Steve Vai (1994) in London, UK

Whitesnake (2004) in Portsmouth, UK

Food: Italian (well..... pizza!)

Drink (non-alcoholic): strong black coffee

Drink (alcoholic): lager

Places: home, music shops

TV: Heroes, Family Guy, Formula One

Movies: Lord Of The Rings trilogy

Song (Lay It On The Line): "Hand In Hand"

Song (Shake): "Tonight"

Song (Darkness Falls): "Top Of The Class"

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