Biography
Hailing from New York City and touring for years in a beat-up van, PAUL MARK & the VAN DORENS are unforgettable to the thousands of fans who've seen their fiery roots rock stage show. Their most current release, BLOOD & TREASURE, was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis TN and is Mark's 7th CD on NYC-based Radiation Records.
This is one blues/rock band for whom songwriting REALLY MATTERS! Released in Fall 2008 and currently being promoted across North America and Europe, BLOOD & TREASURE (RDTN 5901) is the much-anticipated follow-up to the band's highly-touted 2006 release TRICK FICTION (RDTN 5899). Barroom tested and road-weary tuff, Paul Mark combines stellar songwriting and a smashing live band sound with blithe diss-regard for the tepid conformity of today’s corporate music playlists.
"“…a bluesy R&B set that feels as funky and spontaneous as [Memphis’] finest music… the performances are consistently inspired…Mark’s lyrics go places other blues-based artists just don¹t try... Mark knows his way around the guitar, and his understated approach is unusual for a six-string frontman."
– Blues Revue magazine
"Trick Fiction, recorded in Memphis at Ardent Studios, is jam-packed with killer guitar and some of the coolest lyrics we've heard in quite some time!...A definite breath of fresh air on the blues scene, Paul Mark and the Van Dorens have hit it big with Trick Fiction."
- Music City Blues Society, Nashville TN
BLOOD & TREASURE builds on the band’s growing word-of-mouth legacy with a live, no-holds-barred roots rock sound. This is emotional, thinking-person’s music that overlays a smart singer/songwriter sensibility on to the Americana legacy of blues, soul, and rawcuss rock’n roll.
BLOOD & TREASURE is currently on the playlists of hundreds of radio stations across North America, U.K. and Europe.
BAND WEB SITE: www.PaulMark.com
Instrumentation
Paul Mark - Guitars, vocals
James Strain - Bass
Too Tall Paul Vezelis - Drums
Dan Schnapp - Organ
Discography
BLOOD & TREASURE (Radiation Records)
TRICK FICTION (Radiation Records)
INDIGOVERTIGO (Radiation Records)
ROADSIDE AMERICANA (Paul Mark solo) (Radiation Records)
DISPOSABLE SOUL (Radiation Records)
METROPLITAN SWAMP (Radiation Records)
GO BIG OR GO HOME (Radiation Records)
Links
| http://www.PaulMark.com |