Marcus Blake

Marcus Blake
Origin	United States
Genres	Rock, blues
Years active	1993 – current
Labels	Alone Records
Associated acts	Mother Superior Rollins Band Daniel Lanois Sparks Pearl

Marcus Blake is an American, Los Angeles based, musician and songwriter. He is primarily a bass guitarist but also sings lead and backing vocals and plays guitar. Blake has written, played, recorded and toured with numerous bands and artists and musical luminaries since 1993, including: Rollins Band, Daniel Lanois, Sparks, Pearl, Meat Loaf, Alice Cooper, Tony Visconti, Wayne Kramer and George Clinton. Blake is currently working on his first solo album and recently contributed his solo song "Don't Taser Me, Bro!" to the "Occupy This Album" compilation. Blake is also a music journalist having interviewed top record producers and being published in Spain's Popular 1 Magazine and "Blurt" magazine (see Blurt interview of Daniel Lanois and Blurt interview of Mark Optiz).

Blake founded the trio Mother Superior with vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson and drummer Jason Mackenroth (replaced by Matt Tecu around 2005). They recorded 10 studio albums and numerous singles and compilations from 1993 to 2008. Producers of their albums include legends Henry Rollins, Daniel Lanois, Wayne Kramer and Tony Visconti. Mother Superior has toured all over the world establishing big followings in the United States, Europe (especially Spain), the U.K. and Japan. Their music has been used in numerous films and television shows including "Dancing at the Blue Iguana", "National Lampoon's Dad's Week Off", "Supernatural" and "True Hollywood Story".