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Mark Foggo
MARK FOGGO
Mark Foggo is known worldwide as a dynamic singer and stage performer. He has been one of the biggest players on the ska scene since the 1980's, best known for his manic performances, loony personality, excellent ska songs and incredible high energy ska shows.
He has been described as a cross between Mr Bean and Iggy Pop for his wacky stage performances and also as a “Missionary of Ska” for his never ending quest to play and promote ska music around the world.
Mark Foggo comes from Liverpool, England where he started his musical career at the age of fourteen as a guitarist. Since then he has lived in Holland, Belgium, England and Thailand. His travels have recently seen him touring in Mexico and Columbia spreading the word of ska.
At 16, Mark left Liverpool and moved to London to seek his fame and fortune as a guitar player but soon found more opportunities as a singer / frontman. After several years of playing punk music on the renowned London pub circuit , In 1979, he made a move to Holland. Soon after, the band “Mark Foggo and the Secret Meeting” was formed and they had instant success with the single “New Shoes”. This was followed with a contract with Polydor Records and their first album “Speeding My Life Away”.
More albums followed, the best known being “Ska Pig”, which was a huge with ska fans worldwide and today is considered to be a classic in the genre.
Since then Mark has released many cds, albums and singles and appears on many ska compilation cds. A new album is planned for release in the summer of 2019 and recording begins in April.
Together with numerous television and radio appearances Mark has played more than three thousand shows worldwide and as he says to all fans - “This is just the beginning”!
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Next gigs:
8/19/2022
Rototom
Benicassim
8/27/2022
Paddy Rock festival
Harmeln
9/2/2022
Zomerpop
Opmeer
10/7/2022
Lux
Hannover
10/8/2022
Don't Panic
Essen
10/14/2022
Silo 1
Toging
10/15/2022
cafe Central
Weinheim
10/21/2022
Bolwerk
Sneek
10/22/2022
Trucker
Pijnacker
10/28/2022
Monkey club
Hamburg
10/30/2022
Backstage
Munich
12/17/2022
Peppel
Zeist
12/18/2022
Wilhelmina
Eindhoven
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