#mark linkous

[sleepyladybugs]

my first time making a zine and it was really fun!

i love music, words and alaska

[onekindredspirit]

Sparklehorse - Maria's Little Elbows (Español)

[musickickztoo]

Mark Linkous † March 6, 2010

[vyva-melinkolya]

no invented words could describe how this recording makes me feel. listen with caution

[gregorygalloway]

Sparklehorse's debut album was released in the US on 29 August 1995.

After failing to find much success in music as part of the Dancing Hoods and to kick his drug addiction, Mark Linkous left Los Angeles in 1988 and moved to Richmond, VA, where his brother, David, lived. Linkous says that he was "abandoning a lot of things and just starting from scratch and learning how to write again," and was inspired by the music of Tom Waits (especially Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs).

By 1995 he had put together a band and began recording on an eight-track recorder David Lowery gave him (Lowery would produce Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot and play a number of instruments on the album).

The album was a modest success in the US, and better received in the UK (where it peaked at #58).

[statickingfanpage]

Sparklehorse, Mark Linkous sitting in a wheelchair.

Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium, 24th August 1996.

(Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

[spilladabalia]

Sparklehorse - "Evening Star Supercharger"

Written by Mark Linkous. Produced by Matt Linkous, Melissa Moore Linkous, and Alan Weatherhead. Recorded & engineered by Steve Albini. Mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G, Brooklyn, mastered by Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound NJ.

Mark Linkous – vocals, guitar, SK-1

Paul Dillon – bass

Matt Linkous – guitar

Melissa Moore Linkous – vocals, violin

Spencer Linkous – vocals

Stephen McCarthy – toy piano

Scott Minor – mellotron

Andrea Morici– piano

Steve Nistor – drums

Alan Weatherhead – mellotron, wurlitzer

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous) David Lynch