Mark Tulin

Mark Tulin
Tulin in 2010 performing with Spirits in the Sky
Background information
Born	(1948-11-21)November 21, 1948 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 26, 2011(2011-02-26) (aged 62) Avalon, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1965-2011
Associated acts	The Electric Prunes, Smashing Pumpkins

Mark Shalom Tulin (November 21, 1948 – February 26, 2011) was the bassist with The Electric Prunes.

The Electric Prunes had hit singles with "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" and "Get Me To The World on Time". In particular, "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" is regarded by many critics as a defining song of the psychedelic and garage rock music, appearing on the famous Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 compilation in 1972. In the late 1990s, renewed interest in The Electric Prunes led to a reunion of the original lineup. Since then, the band has toured and released albums consistently.

Tulin gained much mainstream attention in 2009 when it was announced that he was joining The Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan in the studio to demo songs for what would become the band's eighth full-length album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope.

Tulin met Billy Corgan in 2008 when the latter was recording music with The Seeds front man Sky Saxon. In an interview with the band's official Web site, Tulin praised these sessions with the band saying they were times of "limitless possibility" and that the new music was "...interesting, innovative, and arresting."

Following the death of Sky Saxon in June 2009, Tulin took part in Corgan's tribute band Spirits in the Sky which played a show on July 24, 2009.

Following the success of the show, Corgan had the band play a small tour of extremely small venues in California in August 2009. These shows included Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on guitar with Corgan, as well as many of The Smashing Pumpkins' longtime collaborators. In November 2009, Tulin played in the band The Backwards Clock Society with Billy Corgan and longtime Smashing Pumpkins collaborator Kerry Brown to raise money for an injured friend of Corgan.