Mark Walk
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| Origin | United States |
| Genre(s) | Industrial Electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, Electric guitar, Synthesizer, Acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 1980's – present |
| Label(s) | Invisible Synthetic Symphony WORK/Creation Wichita/Thirsty Ear |
Mark Walk is an American composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy and ohGr. Working in the electronic and industrial music genres, Walk became a writer, producer, and studio engineer at a recording studio he built called Pachyderm along with Jim Nickel and Eric Anderson, located in Minnesota. During this time he also did work for Invisible Records in Chicago.
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[edit] Early career
Walk began his musical career in a local band featuring John Reeves, Terry Morehouse, Bruce Bushman and Kevin Brandt. At age 15 he also played lead guitar for the band Starwood, which featured the Szmanda Brothers (Mark and Paul), keyboardist Jerry Barker, and drummer Mike Fittante.
[edit] 1990's to present
Branching out from his work with Invisible and Pachyderm, he spent time in Malibu working with Skinny Puppy on their album The Process. Afterwards he moved to Seattle where his work included writing and producing material with Nivek Ogre for ohGr, and producing & writing albums with Lesley Rankine in a band called Ruby. Also while in Seattle he worked with Tim Skold, Bill Rieflin, and the bands The Petty Tyrants and KMFDM, including additional studio work from Scott Crane and Loki der Quaeler.
Walk currently resides in Los Angeles, where in addition to collaborating on albums for both Skinny Puppy and ohGr, he has been writing and producing music for commercials and film.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Mark Walk at the Internet Movie Database
