In this week’s episode Bart talks with the creative Mark Slaughter, a singer, guitar player and songwriter. He takes you on a journey of how he began singing and playing guitar, to his first band and his first tour, how he preserves his voice, and how he produced his band so differently than others. His knowledge and love of music is evident throughout the episode - listen in!
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Meet Mark Slaughter: Mark Slaughter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 4, 1964. Before the formation of Slaughter, Mark fronted Xcursion before joining the Vinnie Vincent Invasion, who had a hit song, "Love Kills", that appeared on the A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master movie soundtrack in 1988. After that band disbanded in the late 1980s, two of its members, Slaughter and Dana Strum, formed the group, Slaughter.
Slaughter sold more than five million records in the 1990s. The group had four Top 30 hits on the Billboard charts with tunes such as "Fly To the Angels" and "Up All Night", and toured with bands such as Kiss, Poison, Ozzy Osbourne, and Damn Yankees.
Slaughter actively participates in charity work with St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
In 2015, Slaughter digitally released a solo album titled Reflections In A Rear View Mirror. The album was released worldwide and became available in CD format on May 22, 2015.
On May 26, 2017, Slaughter's second solo record, Halfway There was released via EMP Label Group.
What Bart has to say: Everybody mine & Mark’s age, grew up watching MTV and grew up watching his band, Slaughter, on there. I always enjoyed his band and was lucky to get to know him later on while working in Record Promotion and connected again on projects we both have songs on.
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What it was like for Mark to grow up in Las Vegas. Instead of an allowance for chores, he asked for a 45 each week, so he learned to sing with the classics
The first note they ever played as the band Slaughter in public was opening up for KISS.
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