Mark Mallman

Mark Mallman

Twin Cities music icon, Mark Mallman is the stuff of legends. His expansive catalog of infinitely catchy rock songs has rocked the airwaves of hundreds of media outlets worldwide including MTV, World Public Radio, MTV, VH1, Sirius/XM Radio, and NPR to name a select few. Mallman's been written about by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, USA Today, Wired, NME, The Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times, the Denver Post and so on. However, despite this substantial list of credits, he's also been characterized as an outsider genius numerous times, by numerous sources, over the years. Possibly for his “Elton Johnny Rotten” live show. In this work, Mallman has exposed himself to the to rawest nerve, the likes of which haven’t been heard since Neutral Milk Hotel's In an Aeroplane Over The Sea or The Eels’ Electro-Shock Blues. It is a deliberate meditation on overcoming the roots of despair. But even so, this is a timeless, kick ass rock record. As Mallman sings it: “I didn't know where I was going / till I stopped believing and I started knowing / The story of life is what was manifested where once was a void.” But most likely Mallman actually is a mad genius for staging four of his “Marathon” events over the years, including a non-stop, non-sleep 78-hour song with 576-pages of lyrics, and the world's first transcontinental musical webcast.

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