Marc Almond

Marc Almond, nombre artístico de Peter Mark Sinclair Almond (Southport, Lancashire, 9 de julio de 1957) es un cantante y compositor popular inglés, que originalmente obtuvo fama como vocalista del dúo de Tecnopop/New Wave, Soft Cell, que fundó con David Ball.

Vida personal
Almond siempre le fascinó el fundador de la iglesia de Satán, Anton LaVey.  LaVey inició a Almond en el Satanismo laveyano en el Black House.

En respuesta a ser nombrado OBE a la edad de 60 años, Almond dijo que todavía es un "poco" antisistema, pero agregó: "Realmente ya no puedo ser un rebelde. Creo que es hora de dejarlo en manos de los más jóvenes". personas."

Discografía

Álbumes de estudio

Con Soft Cell 
 1981 Non-stop Erotic Cabaret #5 UK
 1982 Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing #6 UK
 1983 The Art of Falling Apart #5 UK
 1984 This Last Night In Sodom #12 UK
 1986 The Singles
 1991 Memorabilia: The Singles
 1994 Down in the Subway (compilation)
 1996 Say Hello to Soft Cell (compilation)
 1999 The Twelve Inch Singles
 2002 The Very Best of Soft Cell #37 UK
 2002 Cruelty Without Beauty #116 UK 
 2003 Live
 2003 Soft Cell at the BBC (BBC)
 2005 The Bedsit Tapes Early/Rare Demos 1978-1982
 2006 Demo Non Stop - More Rare Demos
 2008 Heat: The Remixes - (Remix Album)

Con Marc & the Mambas 
 1982 Untitled #42 UK
 1983 Torment and Toreros #28 UK

Con Raoul and the Ruined 
 1984 Bite Black and Blues Live (Fan club only release)

Con The Willing Sinners 
 1984 Vermin in Ermine #36 UK
 1985 Stories of Johnny #22 UK
 1987 Mother Fist & Her Five Daughters #41 UK

Con Michael Cashmore 
 2008 Gabriel and The Lunatic Lover

como Solista 
 1986 Violent Silence (miniálbum)
 1986 A Woman's Story (miniálbum)
 1987 Singles 1984 - 1987
 1988 The Stars We Are
 1989 Jacques
 1990 Enchanted 
 1991 Tenement Symphony
 1992 A Virgin's Tale - Volume I (1985-1987 era B-sides & remixes)
 1992 A Virgin's Tale - Volume II (1985-1987 era B-sides & remixes)
 1993 Twelve Years of Tears (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
 1993 Absinthe: The French album
 1995 Treasure Box (rarities compilation)
 1996 Fantastic Star 
 1998 Marc Almond & La Magia Live in Concert
 1999 Open All Night 
 2000 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Fan club only release)
 2001 Stranger Things 
 2001 Live at the Union Chapel (Fan club only release)
 2002 Little Rough Rhinestones Volume 1 (Fan club only release)
 2003 The Willing Sinner Live in Berlin
 2003 Marc Almond in Session Volume 1 (BBC)
 2003 Heart on Snow
 2003 Marc Almond in Session Volume 2 (BBC)
 2005 Vanity, Poverty, Revence Punx Soundcheck ft. Marc Almond
 2006 Little Rough Rhinestones Volume 2 (Fan club only release)
 2007 Stardom Road (covers album, released 4 June 2007)
 Orpheus in Exile (2009)
 Varieté (2010)
 Feasting with Panthers (2011)
 The Tyburn Tree (2014)
 The Dancing Marquis (2014)
 Ten Plagues - A Song Cycle (2014)
 The Velvet Trail (2015)
 Against Nature (2015)
 Silver City Ride (2016)
 Shadows and Reflections (2017)
 A Lovely Life to Live (2018)
 Chaos and a Dancing Star (2020)

Sencillos

Otras contribuciones 
 Voces en "Discipline" & "Stolen Kisses" por Psychic TV incluido en el álbum Force the Hand of Chance.
 Voces en "Burning Boats" por Anni (e) Hogan incluido en el EP Kickabye.
 Voces en "Titan Arch" por Coil, incluido en el álbum Love's Secret Domain.
 Voces para "The Dark Age of Love" by Coil, de Songs of the Week.
 Voces para la versión cover de "Who By Fire" por Coil, de Horse Rotorvator.
 Voces para "Idumea" por Current 93, de Black Ships Ate the Sky.

Libros 
 1988 The Angel of Death in the Adonis Lounge (poems)
 1999 Beautiful Twisted Night (poems, lyrics and prose)
 1999 Tainted Life (autobiography, reprinted in paperback in 2000)
 2001 The End of New York (poems and prose, including spoken word CD)
 2004 In Search of the Pleasure Palace - Disreputable Travels (autobiography)

Video
 1982 Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show (released 2004)
 1987 A Lover Spurned - Live at the Astoria, London 1987 (released 2002)
 1991 The Willing Sinner - Live at the Berlin Passionchurch 1991 (released 2002)
 2000 Live at the Lokerse Festeen 2000
 2000 Live at the Union Chapel Dec 2000 (released 2003)
 2002 Soft Cell Live in Milan
 2005 Sin Songs, Torch and Romance - Live at the Almeida Theatre 2004
 2007 Twelve Years of Tears - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1992
 2008 Marc Almond: In Bluegate Fields- Live at the Wilton's Music Hall
 2012 Three Black Nights of Little Black Bites - at the Duke Of York's Theatre, April 1983 (as Marc and the Mambas)

Referencias

Enlaces externos 
 Official website

 
 Interview with Marc Almond about his car crash and Southport roots

Cantantes masculinos de Inglaterra
Cantantes de pop del Reino Unido
Cantautores del Reino Unido
Cantantes en inglés
Artistas de Vertigo Records
Músicos de new wave
Artistas de art pop
Personas homosexuales de Reino Unido
Músicos gais
Satanistas de Reino Unido