1. Mark Eitzel was born on January 30,1959 and is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.
14 Facts About Mark Eitzel
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Mark Eitzel moved to San Francisco in 1979, and came out as gay in 1985.
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Mark Eitzel started making music while he was a teenager in Southampton, England.
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Mark Eitzel's first band was a punk band called the Cowboys when he moved to Columbus, Ohio, at 19.
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Mark Eitzel moved to San Francisco with The Naked Skinnies in 1981 where they disbanded in 1982.
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Mark Eitzel formed American Music Club in San Francisco in 1982.
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At one point, Mark Eitzel sang with San Francisco's Toiling Midgets, and often recorded solo work while involved in AMC.
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American Music Club disbanded in 1994, and Mark Eitzel focused on his solo career, releasing 60 Watt Silver Lining in 1996.
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Also in 1996, Mark Eitzel contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization.
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Mark Eitzel followed up with Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby, assisted by Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and the Yo La Tengo bass guitarist James McNew.
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Mark Eitzel released more music in 2001, beginning with a more electronic turn in The Invisible Man on Matador Records.
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Mark Eitzel released a compilation album of electronic soundtrack material in 2005, Candy Ass.
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The musical was written by Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel wrote all of the music and used two of the songs from Klamath.
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Mark Eitzel contributed a cover version of the Ira Gershwin song "'S Wonderful" to the soundtrack of Vidal Sassoon - The Movie.