New album augustus 2019 tour vanaf sept 2019 .
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”!