Mark Arm
| Mark Arm | |
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Mark Arm in 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mark Thomas McLaughlin |
| Born |
February 21, 1962 Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Genres | Grunge, alternative rock, garage punk, hardcore punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, Warehouse manager |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Sub Pop, Reprise, C/Z, Homestead, Tasque Force |
| Associated acts | The Monkeywrench, Mudhoney, Green River, DKT/MC5 |
| Website | mudhoney |
| Notable instruments | |
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Gibson SG Fender Mustang |
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Mark Arm (born Mark Thomas McLaughlin, February 21, 1962) is the vocalist for the grunge band Mudhoney. His former group, Green River, is one of the first grunge bands, along with Malfunkshun, Soundgarden, Skin Yard, the U-Men, and others. He is also the manager of the Sub Pop warehouse and previously worked at Fantagraphics Books.
Mark Arm first entered the Seattle rock scene in 1980, when he formed a band, while attending Bellevue Christian High School, called "Mr. Epp and the Calculations". The band played its first show in 1981, opening for the band Student Nurse. In 1982 they released a 7" EP. The next year they added a second guitarist, Steve Turner, and released a cassette. Mr. Epp and the Calculations came to an end the following year.
After Mr. Epp and the Calculations ended, Mark Arm and Steve Turner (who had become close friends) joined the band Limp Richerds for a few weeks. Afterward, Arm and Turner took on future Pearl Jam members Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, as well as Alex Vincent, to form the band Green River. Green River released two EPs and a full length album before disbanding. Steve Turner left the band to finish college, and Arm was forced to find a new band again. After Turner returned from schooling, they resumed their Green River side project, The Thrown Ups.
Arm and Turner took on drummer Dan Peters, and bassist Matt Lukin, formerly of Melvins. The new band renamed themselves Mudhoney. In 1988, Sub Pop released Mudhoney's first single, "Touch Me I'm Sick". After extensive touring and an EP album, Mudhoney released their eponymous full length debut in 1989. Their next album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge came out soon after, just before the explosion of grunge spearheaded by Nirvana's seminal Nevermind. At the time, Sub Pop, their record label, was "on the verge of bankruptcy, having trouble paying its flagship band, severely delaying the release of the album to July 1991." In 1992, they signed to a major record label, Reprise and released Piece of Cake. The album did not sell well, due to a combination of the band's uncompromising sound and an oversaturation of the genre; according to Stephen Turner, the album references "how easily things had come to them...the songs were kinda half-baked... and Mark wasn't at his best."
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