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Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is best known as lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club. He was voted Rolling Stone’s Songwriter of the Year in 1991.
Eitzel’s first solo album was the (now elusive) cassette-only ‘Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat’ (1982), which pre-dates his AMC work. He released a solo live album, Songs of Love Live in 1991, featuring raw and emotional acoustic versions of his best AMC songs. His first solo album proper was 1996’s 60 Watt Silver Lining, a highly personal, jazz-inflected work.
He went on to release albums of varying styles and quality, including another difficult-to-find effort in Lover’s Leap USA, produced as a tour-only CD and notable for including two songs which Eitzel’s own sleeve notes instruct the listener to skip past. This was followed by 1997’s West, a collaboration with REM’s Peter Buck, and the stark and harrowing Caught in a Trap and I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby in 1998. 2001 saw him take a new electronic direction with The Invisible Man, followed in 2002 by two covers projects: Music for Courage & Confidence and The Ugly American, which included re-interpretations of American Music Club songs by Eitzel and a traditional Greek band!
American Music Club reformed in 2003, and released an album, Love Songs For Patriots, as well as touring the United States and Europe. Eitzel released new solo material in 2005, Candy Ass, which saw a return to the electronic experimentation of The Invisible Man. A new AMC record, The Golden Age was released in February 2008.
Eitzel’s first solo album was the (now elusive) cassette-only ‘Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat’ (1982), which pre-dates his AMC work. He released a solo live album, Songs of Love Live in 1991, featuring raw and emotional acoustic versions of his best AMC songs. His first solo album proper was 1996’s 60 Watt Silver Lining, a highly personal, jazz-inflected work.
He went on to release albums of varying styles and quality, including another difficult-to-find effort in Lover’s Leap USA, produced as a tour-only CD and notable for including two songs which Eitzel’s own sleeve notes instruct the listener to skip past. This was followed by 1997’s West, a collaboration with REM’s Peter Buck, and the stark and harrowing Caught in a Trap and I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby in 1998. 2001 saw him take a new electronic direction with The Invisible Man, followed in 2002 by two covers projects: Music for Courage & Confidence and The Ugly American, which included re-interpretations of American Music Club songs by Eitzel and a traditional Greek band!
American Music Club reformed in 2003, and released an album, Love Songs For Patriots, as well as touring the United States and Europe. Eitzel released new solo material in 2005, Candy Ass, which saw a return to the electronic experimentation of The Invisible Man. A new AMC record, The Golden Age was released in February 2008.
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60 Watt Silver Lining
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Songs of Love Live
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The Invisible Man
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Candy Ass
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angel_rane wrote:
Caught in a trap and i can`t back out cause i love you too much baby - incredible album. incredible words. incredible music. just incredible
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Uniontrade wrote:
The Ugly American is really amazing.....heart and soul
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Uniontrade wrote:
Amazing artist really
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morningside24 wrote:
Yet another new solo album, 'Brannan St' is available now from his website. Go buy it, people!
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quinns1337 wrote:
I was very disappointed by him prior to The Magnetic Fields.
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pepganzo wrote:
meraviglioso l ultimo album
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morningside24 wrote:
I just ordered the new album, 'Klamath'. Can't wait to get it!
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Jordan_229 wrote:
does anyone know where to get the version of 'anything' that is on last.fm? its a different version on the album i have
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morningside24 wrote:
I love his cover of 'Rehearsals for Retirement'...
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Misselaineous10 wrote:
I love the Invisible Man album.
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MonkeyDamir wrote:
8-)
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tuxedomoon2002 wrote:
Mark for me is the best singer in the globe...Very BIGGER ARTIST tuxedomoon2002
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coche111 wrote:
Live or die! the best song!
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Saturnyne wrote:
I took 3 of my best friends to see Mark's West tour in Manchester. Afterwards we all agreed it was the best live show we'd ever seen. Mark was in such good humour that night, from playing with the support act The latecomers, to madly pouring a beer over his head and flirting with the audience gloriously. One friend has since died, so this night is a good memory of her and our shiny shiny eyes
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WeAre99Matters wrote:
short video interview with mark eitzel +++ just one question: what is really important to you? +++ you can watch the answer on 99matters.com +++ enjoy!
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lotharmegz wrote:
This man is a solid gold GENIUS!!! It simply cannot be said enough.
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Niekas_Niekur wrote:
Indie?? WTF?
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highwayfive wrote:
Have been sent a copy of Mark covering a Gratefully Dead track live its wonderful, the track is called Friend of The Devil he has also been covering Joy Divisions heart and soul live for ages and its beautiful. http://www.highwayfiveblogspot.com
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IIOIIIOIIOOII wrote:
Genius
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qadores3 wrote:
this is insane
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