Mark King


Mark King (born 20 October 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.
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I grew up listening to Level 42 in my ska/funk/punk/new wave era. He was a white black man , who lay down thunder-strikes on his bass, and is just a funky technician.With a unique vocal to go with his Bass, and as lead singer of Level 42, he put the slap-bass into pop music and made it good.

Check some links out


and with Level 42 "Lessons in love - Live"


Here's some links

http://www.level42.com/

http://www.level42.150m.com/biography.html

http://www.musiclovers.de/mark_king.html

http://www.bassplayer.com/article/royal-return-/July-2010/117423