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Mark King (nacido el 20 de octubre de 1958, en Cowes, Isla de Wight) es un músico británico de la Isla de Wight. Es más famoso por ser el cantante principal y el bajo de la banda de música Level 42.
Mark Raymond King (born 20 October 1958) is an English musician. He is the lead singer and bassist of the jazz-funk band Level 42. King is known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar, with MusicRadar describing him as "the guy who put the slap in pop during the 80s".
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The longtime frontman for the British funk-pop group Level 42, Mark King was born in Cowes, England, on October 20, 1958. A onetime drummer, upon co-founding Level 42 in 1980 he moved to the bass, honing a distinctive thumb-slapping technique which became an integral element of the group’s sound.
12 de oct. de 2022 · Level 42’s Mark King: the man with the 3 million dollar thumb. “I was slapping the bass so hard that I completely split my thumb!”. Mark King’s hard-hitting bass pyrotechnics with Level 42 became the driving force behind many of the band’s Top 40 hits and paved the way for slap-bass playing in mainstream 80s pop.
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Mark King es un músico británico de la Isla de Wight. Es más famoso por ser el cantante principal y el bajo de la banda de música Level 42. A principios de los ochenta, revolucionó el estilo slap and pop tocando el bajo, convirtiéndose en uno de los bajistas más influyentes de su generación.
22 de jul. de 2020 · Mark King: “Level 42 were so successful in the '80s. No-one was more surprised than me at how big the band became” By Joel McIver. ( Bass Player ) published 22 July 2020. As Level 42 celebrate four decades in business, we sit down with King and take a look back - with the benefit of 2020 vision. (Image credit: Harry Herd/Redferns via Getty)
