Mark Slaughter
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{{Short description|American singer (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mark Slaughter
| image = MarkSlaughter.JPG
| caption = Slaughter performing in 2011
| birth_name = Mark Allen Slaughter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|7|4}}
| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
| origin =
| instruments= {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards|piano|tambourine}}
| genre = {{hlist|Glam metal{{Cite web|title=Two decades after After the Rain, hair metal duo Nelson tries again for the cool-kid club|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13037258/two-decades-after-after-the-rain-hair-metal-duo-nelson-tries-again-for-the-coolkid-club|access-date=June 11, 2021|website=Nashville Scene}}|hard rock|heavy metal}}
| occupations= {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter}}
| years_active = 1979–present
| current_member_of = Slaughter
| past_member_of = Vinnie Vincent Invasion
| website = {{url|markslaughter.com}}
}}
Mark Allen Slaughter (born July 4, 1964) is an American singer and musician, and one of the founders of the glam metal band Slaughter.
Career
Slaughter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 4, 1964. Before the formation of Slaughter, he fronted Xcursion, a Las Vegas-based metal band that released two albums and appeared on three compilation albums from 1981–86.{{Cite web |title=Mark Slaughter {{!}} Official Music |url=https://www.markslaughter.com/music |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.markslaughter.com |language=en}} He later replaced Robert Fleischman in Vinnie Vincent Invasion. After the band disbanded in the late 1980s, Slaughter and Dana Strum formed the group Slaughter.{{cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2045|title=Capitol Records To Reissue Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter Albums |last=Jones|first=Sefany |date=May 16, 2003|publisher=knac.com|accessdate=May 8, 2008}}
Slaughter sold more than five million records in the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} The group had four Top 30 hits on the Billboard charts with tunes such as "Fly to the Angels" and "Up All Night",{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slaughter|chart=all}}|title=Slaughter: Chart History|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=May 8, 2008}} and toured with bands such as Kiss, Poison, Ozzy Osbourne and Damn Yankees.
Slaughter actively participates in charity work with St. Jude Children's Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2a910307f6e70110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=5528df4738bc0110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD|title=Volunteer 'drives' St. Jude message home|date=December 2004|publisher=stjude.org|accessdate=May 8, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://media.www.thecurrentsauce.com/media/storage/paper178/news/2007/10/17/Life/Rock-Concert.Held.To.Raise.Funds.For.St.Judes-3038013.shtml|title=Rock concert held to raise funds for St. Jude's|last=Duncil|first=Amanda|date=October 17, 2007|publisher=thecurrentsauce.com|accessdate=May 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113222559/http://media.www.thecurrentsauce.com/media/storage/paper178/news/2007/10/17/Life/Rock-Concert.Held.To.Raise.Funds.For.St.Judes-3038013.shtml|archivedate=January 13, 2009}}
In January 2015, Slaughter digitally released a solo album titled Reflections in a Rear View Mirror. The album was released worldwide and became available in CD format on May 22, 2015.
In May 2017, Slaughter's second solo record, Halfway There, was released via EMP Label Group.
= ''Halfway There'' =
In April 2017, Slaughter announced that he had signed to EMP Label Group, and would release his second solo album Halfway There in May of that year.{{cite web|title=MARK SLAUGHTER TO RELEASE NEW SOLO ALBUM VIA DAVID ELLEFSON'S EMP LABEL GROUP; NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER|url=http://bravewords.com/news/mark-slaughter-to-release-new-solo-album-via-david-ellefson-s-emp-label-group-now-available-for-pre-order|website=bravewords.com|accessdate=April 2, 2017}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| 1993 |
| 1995
|Lord Bravery's Mother |
| 1999
|Pie Joker |
References
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External links
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- [http://markslaughter.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/mark-slaughter Mark Slaughter Interview] at NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
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Category:American male composers
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:American heavy metal guitarists
Category:American male singers
Category:Musicians from the Las Vegas Valley
Category:American rhythm guitarists
Category:Slaughter (band) members
Category:Songwriters from Nevada
Category:Vinnie Vincent Invasion members
Category:Guitarists from Nevada