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It has been two months since I created this page and I've had two emails regarding mark curry. The crux of both have been, "I loved this guy; what happened to him?" Well, Mark, where are you? Where are you playing? What's the dealie-yo?
I have found zilch in the way of leads. I've nothing but the music I've found. I heard somewhere that if you can find the band "Lonnie and the Complainers" playing somewhere that Mark usually isn't far behind. While I've found pictures of him playing at the Thuderbird Saloon in L.A., I can't find a current listing for either him or Lonnie anywhere. I tried calling the phone number blazoned across the Thunderbird's web site, but I've never had any answer. The website doesn't appear to have been updated since March of this year. Lonnie and the Complainers played there on February 5th, but where are they now? Is this some weird underground music scene? Does no one actually advertise shows on the web or is my only chance of catching a show to live in a town where I can walk by a poster stuck to a phone pole?
Has anyone heard of the Thuderbird? Been to it? Seen Mark or Lonnie and the Complainers recently?
I'm moving to the Sacramento area at the end of this month. Does anyone have any leads on Mark and the Sacramento scene? What are the chances I could find "Crystal Sphere" on vinyl in some sketchy record store? (Mark played with El Hefe in a band called "Crystal Sphere" or maybe "The Crystal Spheres" before El Hefe went to play for NOFX.)
Has anyone heard of Crystal Sphere, either? And is it just me, or is that kind of a lame name for a punk band? (Or was it even a punk band? I haven't a clue because as far as I know none of these things exist anyway!!!!!)
If anybody knows anything, please feel free to share.
j
posted by justin @ 8:30 PM
3 Comments:
Justin-
Nice Site. I, like you, listened to Mark Curry in High School. I saw "Sorry About the Weather" on MTV or VH1 and I liked it so much that I went out and bought his Disc. My friends and I from Pittsburgh listened to it all the time. One of them recently burned a disc for me and as filler, he put a couple of songs from Mark on it. I totally forgot about his music and decided to do a google search to see if he was still around. Nothing.
The only thing of substance I could find was your site.
Nice Work. Let me know if you hear anything about Mark.
Chris
chriscampbell9950@yahoo.com
I learned about MC when I worked at a music store and his first album was sent as a promo. Totally love 'Its only time'. I got to see him when I was in college, 1993-4, at a place called The Temple in Chico, California. Great show!
I thought I'd search him out on the web but it looks like he is playing it low key. Hopefully word gets back to him and he makes his presence known. We want more songs, Mark!
Thanks for starting the search!
Alex
www.anaura.com
I saw Crystal Sphere at the Cocounut Teaszer in Hollywood in '89 or '90. They were awesome.
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