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Mark King (Cowes, 20 ottobre 1958) è un bassista, cantante e compositore britannico, fondatore del gruppo dei Level 42
- Regno Unito
- voce, basso elettrico
- 1981 – in attività
Mark Raymond King (born 20 October 1958) is an English musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42. King is known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar, with MusicRadar describing him as "the guy who put the slap in pop during the 80s".
Level 42 – bassist and vocalist Mark King, keyboard player/vocalist Mike Lindup, guitarist Boon Gould, drummer/lyricist Phil Gould and studio-only whizz kid Wally Badarou – were, by 1983, well-respected survivors of the early 80s Britfunk explosion, but had yet to really break big.
10 ott 2023 · I Level 42 sono una band britannica di musica pop e funk che ha avuto successo negli anni ’80 e ’90. La storia della band inizia nel 1979 quando Mark King, Mike Lindup, i fratelli Phil e Rowland “Boon” Gould si incontrano nella regione di Londra e iniziano a suonare insieme.
The longtime frontman for the British funk-pop group Level 42, Mark King was born in Cowes, England, on October 20, 1958. A onetime drummer, upon co-founding Level 42 in 1980 he moved to the bass, honing a distinctive thumb-slapping technique which became an integral element of the group’s sound.
Born: 20 October 1958 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK. Hailing from the Isle of Wight, King began his musical career as a drummer, but is most famous for being the frontman, lead singer, and bass player of the funk-pop band Level 42, globally touring extensively over the years.
12 ott 2022 · Mark King’s hard-hitting bass pyrotechnics with Level 42 became the driving force behind many of the band’s Top 40 hits and paved the way for slap-bass playing in mainstream 80s pop. The group notched up 20 UK Top 40 hits throughout the 80s before eventually disbanding in 1994.
