What type of details about mark cross -lrb- musician -rrb- can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: mark cross -lrb- born 2 august 1965 , london -rrb- is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer . he was born to an english father and german mother , raised in germany , the uk and greece . cross has played in many bands in his career and is based in london , england and hamburg , germany . he grew up in three countries and speaks fluent english , german , greek and some french . over the past 25 years he has been working as a professional musician with bands and artists , and earned a reputation in the international music industry as a musician and drummer . bands in his roster such as legendary german power metallers helloween and metalium , deep purple 's frontman ian gillan , gold sellers kingdom come , british classic rock band saracen , greek power-metal band firewind , melodic rock outfit outloud , whitesnake 's and thin lizzy 's bass player marco mendoza , new wave of british heavy metal pioneers tank and uk ' s tainted nation and working with known producers such as chris tsangarides , charlie bauerfeind , frederik nordstrom , kip winger and tommy hansen have left a great mark in his career . in 2002 , cross was forced to leave his position in helloween when he was diagnosed with mononucleosis , a severe virus that affected his immune system and ability to play for nearly one year , but has since fully recovered . in the end he recorded only two tracks with helloween , both of which eventually featured on their '' rabbit do n't come easy '' album in 2003 . in 2005 he featured as a touring musician for at vance feat . swedish rock singer mats leven and god ' s army ' s bass player john abc smith and also appeared on the british rock band saracen 's album , '' vox in excelso '' and tim ripper owen ' s -lrb- ex judas priest , yj malmsteen , iced earth -rrb- first band winters bane 's comeback album , '' redivivus '' . with firewind he released '' allegiance '' in july 2006 , and toured with them extensively throughout the world in 2006 and 2007 playing more than 150 shows . with their strongest release ''...
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