Mark Parry | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mark James Parry |
Origin | Wales |
Genres | Rock, Indie rock |
Years active | 2005–present |
Mark Parry is the former lead guitarist and for the Canadian based indie rock group The Manvils and Vancouver based band Red Vienna. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Mark was born in Wales. He began playing guitar after playing various other instruments. He became an accomplished guitarist and has played with some well-known musicians in the UK and Canada.
He moved to Vancouver and joined songwriter Mikey Manville, bassist & Greg Buhr with original drummer Andrew MacDoogal to form The Manvils.
In May 2005, The Manvils opened for Welsh band Stereophonics and following the show Mark Parry was asked by Kelly Jones to join them as second guitarist for their world tour.
Mark has played alongside such artists as Sonic Youth, Stereophonics, Ben Harper and The Relentless7, Gomez, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Horror Pops, Suicide Girls, The Bellrays, Metric, De La Soul, Jarvis Cocker, Bif Naked etc.