Mark Hollis

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Mark David Hollis (born 4 January 1955 in Tottenham, London, England) is a retired composer, musician, singer-songwriter.

Contents 1 Career 2 Solo discography 3 Collaborations 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Career

Hollis is most famous as the lead singer of the band Talk Talk. It was he, along with unofficial Talk Talk member Tim Friese-Greene, who took the lead in evolving the band's style from New Romantic into what would later become known as post-rock.

In 1998 he released an eponymous solo debut album, Mark Hollis. He has now retired from the music business. ^[1]

[edit] Solo discography

• Mark Hollis (1998)

See also Talk Talk discography

[edit] Collaborations

• Mark Hollis played the piano on the track "Piano" from the 1998 minimalist album AV 1 by Phill Brown and Dave Allinson (under the pseudonym "John Cope").
• Mark Hollis played the piano on the track "Chaos" on the 1998 trip-hop album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE.
• Mark Hollis provided several roles in support of Anja Garbarek's 2001 album Smiling & Waving.

[edit] External links

• Within Without - large unofficial Mark Hollis and Talk Talk homepage
• Talkingspace German Mark Hollis and Talk Talk fan page
• It's My Talk Talk Pages - Unofficial French Talk Talk page

[edit] References

1. ^ http://users.cybercity.dk/~bcc11425/News.html (search for "retired")