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Pat Finn was the frontman but did not have confidence in his singing ability at this time, so the band endeavored to recruit one [[Mark Kern]] on vocals. Mark was a very talented and interesting musician who appeared to be somewhere in his 30's (but may have been younger), a functioning heroin addict who had an amazing voice, great looks and an esoteric taste in music, sort of like a David Bowie like figure, but without the fame. However Mark's addiction led to a far too relaxed pace of work with the band, as his sedentary / night owl lifestyle made it hard to get him to commit to plans. Still, Pat, Patrick and Tom persisted, often bringing their equipment to Marks house in Hollywood to work up material (as well as play video games and eat snacks from the nearby 7-11, to the detriment of progress). | Pat Finn was the frontman but did not have confidence in his singing ability at this time, so the band endeavored to recruit one [[Mark Kern]] on vocals. Mark was a very talented and interesting musician who appeared to be somewhere in his 30's (but may have been younger), a functioning heroin addict who had an amazing voice, great looks and an esoteric taste in music, sort of like a David Bowie like figure, but without the fame. However Mark's addiction led to a far too relaxed pace of work with the band, as his sedentary / night owl lifestyle made it hard to get him to commit to plans. Still, Pat, Patrick and Tom persisted, often bringing their equipment to Marks house in Hollywood to work up material (as well as play video games and eat snacks from the nearby 7-11, to the detriment of progress). | ||
Mark was in a very strange art/rock/??? band called [[Juan Bizarro]], who intermittently would play shows in the Hollywood area at the time. The members of Bush met Mark at a birthday party for [[Jack Irons]] (one time RHCP drummer), a party they attended because Tom had become friendly with [[Chad Smith]] while attending [[Musician's Institute]]. At this party, there was a Juan Bizarro member (name lost to history) | Mark was in a very strange art/rock/??? band called [[Juan Bizarro]], who intermittently would play shows in the Hollywood area at the time. The members of Bush met Mark at a birthday party for [[Jack Irons]] (one time RHCP drummer), a party they attended because Tom had become friendly with [[Chad Smith]] while attending [[Musician's Institute]]. At this party, there was a friend of Chads, a Juan Bizarro member who played percussion (name lost to history), and via that person, the band was introduced to Mark. Pat Finn has said "I did see Juan Bizzaro at [[Club Lingerie]] once. I think Mark was kinda interested in Bush kinda being his band? Mark was like this insanely cool Peter Murphy/David Bowie persona to us, way cooler than we imagined we could ever be. I have no idea what became of him." | ||
Many demos were recorded by Pat Finn around this time, but only one proper Bush demo was recorded as a band, a 4 song tape from [[July 25]], [[1990]], recorded at Mark's house. | Many demos were recorded by Pat Finn around this time, but only one proper Bush demo was recorded as a band, a 4 song tape from [[July 25]], [[1990]], recorded at Mark's house. | ||