Mark Slaughter
Mark Allen Slaughter ( born July 4, 1964 in Las Vegas ) is an American singer, musician and producer. He is a founding member and namesake of the hard rock band Slaughter. Occasionally his voice is compared with the Jack Russell, the lead singer of Great White.
Career
Prior to founding his band of the same name in 1989, he was lead singer of the group Vinnie Vincent Invasion. He had been hired in 1986, immediately after publication of the self-titled debut album for the group, whose original singer Robert Fleischman got out after the recording of the album. He played with the band two tours opening for Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden before the second studio album All Systems Go took up with her. The record company and the band's management tried at this time to change the image of the band, which had been previously perceived as Vinnie Vincent dominates: It was decided in the future to let Mark Slaughter conduct the interviews, in a letter was the press asked basically reprint photos of the band or any individual members, and there was an attempt to present the band in the future as the Invasion. After the release of the album, which was released on 17 May 1988, the group went on tour, but separated after their last concert, which was held in Anaheim on August 26, 1988.
Slaughter co-founded with bassist Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Dana Strum, a new band that was named Slaughter and was taken by Chrysalis under contract. The two musicians dedicated guitarist Timothy Kelly and drummer Blas Elias, to complete the group, and since then took five studio albums, one EP and two live albums. You get four Top 30 hits on the U.S. charts. The group also played tours with Kiss, Poison, Ozzy Osbourne and the Damn Yankees.
Mark Slaughter is also a singer of many cover versions that have been released on so-called tribute albums. So he sang, among others, Over the Mountain on the album Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy, Rock & Roll on the album Led Zeppelin Tribute Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and on the album AC / DC We Salute You
Currently, Mark Slaughter works as a voice actor, he also composes music for television and movies; his regular clients of the U.S. television network Fox Sports belongs.