11 Facts About Mark Volman

Mark Volman was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 19,1947 to a Jewish father and Catholic mother.

Mark Volman grew up in Westchester, a suburb of Los Angeles, where he performed in the proto-Turtles band the Crossfires and graduated from Westchester High School in 1965.

In December 1968, NME magazine reported that Mark Volman had insured his distinctive frizzy hair for US$100,000 against fire, theft or loss due to illness.

In 1971 Mark Volman appeared on the soundtrack to Zappa's humorous pseudo-documentary film, 200 Motels.

In 1992, at age 45, Mark Volman started his bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount University.

Mark Volman was an active undergraduate member of the choir and a Founding Father of the California Chi chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Mark Volman earned a Master's degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in screenwriting in 1999, from Loyola.

Mark Volman has taught courses in the Commercial Music Program at Los Angeles Valley College.

Mark Volman is currently an associate professor and coordinator of the Entertainment Industry Studies Program at Belmont University, in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business and conducts seminars about the music industry for various academic institutions from junior high school to university level.

Mark Volman married high school sweetheart, Patricia Lee Hickey in January 1967, and they were married for 25 years.

In June 2023, Mark Volman disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia.