Shark Attack with Mark the Shark
Shark Attack with Mark the Shark
About Shark Attack with Mark the Shark
I grew up an 80’s kid in western Massachusetts. I spent all of my time exploring the outdoors, absorbing book after book, and creating art. I’ll never forget the first time I opened up an old record. My uncle sat me in front of his collection and started up the turntable. That needle dropped and my life was forever changed. My passion for music has grown exponentially since. I’ll listen, I’ll read the lyrics, the interviews, the bios… and then I have to be there, in the thick of it, at the live shows, watching the band and feeling the energy from the crowd. I’ve met and befriended so many amazing musicians along the way! I don’t know how many of you can say you’ve toured with Pantera and partied with Dimebag Darrell, but I sure had a hell of a time!!!
When I’m not focused on music I find myself lost in WWII books and documentaries. I love reading first hand encounters from veterans. I have always been fascinated by the decades before me, how strongly people fought for what they believed.
I come from a big family and have also created a big family so I love taking the time to enjoy my kids. Teaching them about all that came before them is one of my favorite jobs. I’ve taken many different career paths in my life, from carpenter to car salesman, but radio has always been my calling. I hope to share my passion for music and my knowledge of its inner workings and history with kindred spirits and fellow headbangers!
1. Who is your hero? Jack Kerouac Rimbaud
2. If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Sometimes I think I might want to live in Iceland, sometimes I think I might want to live in Hawaii
3. What is your biggest fear? I don't know that it's my biggest fear, but the bottom of the ocean is pretty scary if you think about it
4. What really makes you angry? People not putting their blinker on. Use ya blinkah ked!
5. What motivates you to work hard? I have to stay busy, being idle bothers me. It's cool to chill out every now and then but I always have to be working on something.
6. What is your favorite thing about being on the radio? I love talking about music, listening to music... talking to people who like music. I have been listening to the radio forever. Now it's my turn to share my love of music with others
7. What makes you laugh the most? My wife. She's hilarious. And not sitting right here.
8. What are your favorite movies? Seven Samurai, Reefer Madness, High Noon, Bonnie and Clyde, Mean Streets, The Godfathers, Apocalypse Now, Die Hard, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, Public Enemy, White Heat, One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good The Bad and The Ugly
9. What did you want to be when you were a kid? I've always been geared towards writing and art and once I discovered music I knew I had to do something in the Rock and Roll world. I played drums and at some point as a child I wanted to be a stuntman. Or maybe a highway patrolman like in CHiPS.
10.If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be? I'd like to learn how to make jewelry. Spend the day learning how to master craft a jeweled piece or a watch
11. What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? Synchronized swimming / Women's volleyball.
12.Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? Ride a bike
13.What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? I always keep on 999 Rockcast Radio for all my hard rock and metal needs. When I'm not listening to sports radio.
14.If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Steak & Eggs
15. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it? Duh
16. If money was no object, what would you do all day? Play Foosball
17. What are your hobbies? Listening to music, reading, watching documentaries
18. List two pet peeves. When I shave one side of my mustache lower than the other, and flat beer
19. Where do you see yourself in five years? I've got lofty expectations
20. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have? Mind reading and invisibility
21. What would you do if you won the lottery? I would try and help out all of my family and people I know could use the help. Always gotta look out for your people.
22. If you could eat a meal with any 4 people, living or dead, who would they be? Ernest Hemmingway, George Orwell, Benjamin Franklin, and Attila
23. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2
24. What's your favorite holiday? Thanksgiving
25. What's your favorite type of foreign food? Mexican
26. Are you a clean or messy person? Clean
27. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life? Matt Dillon
28. What's your favorite fast food chain? Arby's
29. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island? 5 kilos of cocaine, thomas jefferson library, tires and rims for 57 thunderbird
30. Do you collect anything? Memories, old records, ticket stubs (miss them), coins
31. What was the first record you every owned? Led Zeppelin I
32. What are your top 3 bands? Led Zeppelin, Pantera, Rush
33. Describe your most memorable celebrity encounter. When I was about 15 I met Dimebag Darell and Vinnie Paul. They were cool, they hung out with me. And then I got to go on tour with them. It was huge in my life.
34. What's your favorite highway song? Painkiller by Judas Priest
35. What's one book everybody should read? Behold A Pale Horse by William Cooper or The Art Of War by Sun-Tzl
