Mark Bliesener
Mark Bliesener (pictured in 1979 with the legendary Big Mama Thornton) has years of daily experience in the music business as a performer (1966-1976), music critic (1976-1978), publicist (1978-1988) and personal manager (1989-2016). Bliesener has received 16 Gold and Platinum record awards from artists whose careers he has managed including; Alan Parsons, Lyle Lovett, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He coined the band name “Dead Kennedys,” is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Band and the organizer of Denver’s annual Neal Cassady Birthday Bash.
See also articles by Radio Pete (a '70s alias for Mark).
5 articles
List of articles in the library
Interview by Mark Bliesener, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, December 1977
FEW BANDS are as truly contemporary, precise, efficient, and emotionally controlled as Germany's Kraftwerk. The quartet's name aptly translates to "electronic power plant," and they ...
Interview by Mark Bliesener, Rocket, July 1978
He Says He Gave Us The Best Years Of His Life, So What More Should We want? ...
Little Feat: Columbus Ship Arrives
Interview by Mark Bliesener, Rocket, November 1978
LITTLE FEAT and Rock 'n' Roll have roomed together for quite a while. It was back in '69 that the band was christened by Jimmy ...
Interview by Mark Bliesener, Rock's Backpages audio, Spring 1978
The boys from Akron talk about their background and education; their audiences, and playing 'Jocko Homo' for 15 minutes; first recordings, and playing away from Ohio; being self-managed; filming The Truth About De-Evolution with Chuck Statler; signing to Warners; their stage presentation, and their unique versions of 'Satisfaction' and 'Secret Agent Man'.
File format: mp3; file size: 28.8mb; Interview length: 30' 01"; sound quality: ****
Dead Kennedys: How I named "the Dead Kennedys"
Memoir by Mark Bliesener, Westword, 21 July 2011
IN MAY OF 1976, I quit my job in L.A. playing drums with ? and the Mysterians, and "retired" to Berthoud. The scheme was to ...
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