Mark Kozelek

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Mark Kozelek (2014)

Mark Kozelek (born January 24, 1967 in Massillon , Ohio , USA ) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is also the founder of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon. He lives in San Francisco and starred in films like Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky .

Career

Kozelek played in the band God Forbid in his hometown at a young age. After moving to Atlanta, Kozelek met Anthony Koutsos, the future drummer of the Red House Painters, and with him, after moving to San Francisco, founded the band with guitarist Gorden Mack and bassist Jerry Vessel, which became one of the pioneers of slowcore has been. Between 1992 and 2001 the Red House Painters released seven albums and the Shock Me EP , on which the song of the same name was reinterpreted by Kiss in a quiet guise. This idea was so appealing to Kozelek that he took it up again and again later. Problems with her label led to years of delays in the album Old Ramon and, as a result, to the end of the Red House Painters.

From 1999 Kozelek also pursued a solo career, during which he a. a. with What's Next To The Moon a full album with quiet folk versions of AC / DC rhythm songs published, and appeared in several films. In 2002 he published a book of lyrics with Noites de Atropelo in Portugal, an English version of which was also published in 2008. Since 2003 Kozelek has also published his music with the Sun Kil Moon project, of which he is the only permanent member. There he took up the concept of transferring songs from outside the genre to his sparsely orchestrated music by covering songs by Modest Mouse on the album Tiny Cities .

He produced the albums Demerol and River of Darkness of the singer friend Hannah Marcus and assisted Richard Buckner with the arrangements for his Unreleased LP . Kozelek supported the band Retribution Gospel Choir, a side project of the befriended band Low , first as a member and later as a producer of their debut of the same name.

Discography

Solo releases

  • 1999: Rock 'n' Roll singer
  • 2001: What's Next To The Moon
  • 2001: If You Want Blood
  • 2001: White Christmas Live
  • 2003: Duk Koo Kim
  • 2006: Little Drummer Boy Live
  • 2008: Nights LP: 12 Songs by Mark Kozelek (Live & Rare Versions: 1996-2007)
  • 2008: The Finally LP
  • 2013: Like Rats
  • 2014: Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols
  • 2016: Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites
  • 2017: Night Talks EP
  • 2018: Mark Kozelek
  • 2020: All the Best, Isaac Hayes

With Red House Painters

  • 1992: Early Demos 1991/1992 (Bootleg)
  • 1992: Down Colorful Hill
  • 1993: Red House Painters (also known as Red House Painters I or the "Rollercoaster" album)
  • 1993: Red House Painters (also known as Red House Painters II or the "Bridge" album)
  • 1994: Shock Me EP
  • 1995: Ocean Beach
  • 1996: Songs for a Blue Guitar
  • 1999: Retrospective
  • 2001: Old Ramon

With Sun Kil Moon

  • 2003: Ghosts of the Great Highway
  • 2005: Tiny Cities
  • 2008: April
  • 2010: Admiral Fell Promises
  • 2012: Among the Leaves
  • 2014: Benji
  • 2015: Universal Themes
  • 2016: Jesu / Sun Kil Moon (with Jesu)
  • 2017: Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
  • 2017: 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth (with Jesus)
  • 2018: This Is My Dinner
  • 2019: I Also Want to Die in New Orleans

With other artists

  • 2013: Perils from the Sea (with Jimmy LaValle )
  • 2013: Mark Kozelek & Desertshore (with Desertshore)
  • 2015: Dreams of Childhood (with Nicolás Pauls)
  • 2017: Yellow Kitchen (with Sean Yeaton)
  • 2017: Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White (with Ben Boye and Jim White)
  • 2019: I Also Want to Die in New Orleans (with Donny McCaslin and Jim White)
  • 2019: Joey Always Smiled (with Petra Halden)
  • 2020: Mark Kozelek with Ben Boye and Jim White 2 (with Ben Boye and Jim White)

Filmography

Books

  • 2002: Noites de Atropelo
  • 2008: Nights of Passed Over

Web links

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  1. ↑ Interview with Mark Kozelek ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on nofimagazine.com (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nofimagazine.com
  2. ↑ a b biography ( memento of the original from January 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on sadreminders.com (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sadreminders.com
  3. ↑ Review of What's Next To The Moon on schallplattenmann.de
  4. ↑ Books ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on sadreminders.com (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sadreminders.com
  5. ↑ Review of Retribution Gospel Choir ( Memento from March 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on Pitchfork Media (English)
personal data
SURNAME Kozelek, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Massillon, Ohio