Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almondis an English singer-songwriter and musician. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. He has also had a diverse career as a solo artist. His collaborations include a duet with Gene Pitney on the 1989 UK number one single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". Almond has sold over 30 million records worldwide...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 July 1957
rocks elements pops
I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.
force situation
I like situations that force me to rethink things.
song thinking world
I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"
song self albums
Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.
i-can
There's no such thing as 'I can't do it'.
summer art college
I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer.
writing thinking people
People always go on about sleaze, but I think it's only a small part of what I write about.
persons
I've always been the sort of person who immerses myself in things, and eventually you become part of that life.
song queens adventure
A lot of the early songs I wrote were about the experience of going to London and meeting rent boys and transvestites and drag queens. A lot of my early material is that: the wide-eyed adventures of a middle-class boy.
albums chance late
I thought, I'm in my late 50s now, am I ever gonna get the chance to do another album again?
sea born magnet
If you were born by the sea, there's always a magnet that draws you back there.
up-north scary magnet
I became the magnet for a lot of scary aggression. Cos it's scary Up North!
creativity made messiness
I made a creativity out of that messiness.
song stress suffering
I thought, I might not look my best, I've forgotten half the words to my songs and I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress, but I've just got to get out there and do it.