You can request us on these and other radio stations.
If you feel that our music would play well among your station's format,
shoot us a message and we'll hook you up with some mp3s.
We'd love little more than to add you to our growing list of favored stations.
Rock on!!!
The following are bands and artists that influenced me musically growing up. They are arranged in no particular order. Many people are so shallow they think that if you respect an artists work, you must respect and agree with their socialogical, political, and/or theological angles. I'm a free thinker and good music will not influence my thought patterns. That being said, some of the artists that have influenced me the most throughout my life have been:
LIVE
MUSE
FILTER
PRINCE
PRIMUS
FUGAZI
ZORNIK
BB KING
SUBLIME
HENDRIX
NIRVANA
THE DOORS
Beethoven
Bad Brains
Bob Marley
Linkin Park
Ray Charles
Johnny Cash
Skinny Puppy
Public Enemy
James Brown
Beastie Boys
Annie Lennox
Danny Elfman
Faith No More
Procal Harum
Nine Inch Nails
The Sex Pistols
George Clinton
The Ohio Players
Sisters of Mercy
Blue Oyster Cult
Stabbing Westward
The Birthday Massacre
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SNOW PATROL (Thank you James)
Sounds Like
Movies I enjoyed when I was a child include:
1984 (A classic which oddly enough has been discontinued from further
distribution)
The first three Alien movies. (Especially parts 2 and 3)
Lord of The Flies (My middle school experience)
Edward Scissorhands (I find it quite relatable)
Indiana Jones (all of them)
Ghostbusters (It's just fun)
Night of the Living Dead
Star Wars (all of them)
Dawn of the Dead
Blade Runner
Falling Down
Frankenstein
The Shining
First Blood
Nosferatu
The Blob
Ben Hur
Dracula
Other movies that have inspired me:
Ray
Akira
SE7EN
Willard
Batman
Hellsing
Ed Wood
The Crow
Fight Club
The Stand
Beetlejuice
Pulp Fiction
Eraserhead
Battle Royale
Walk The Line
The Godfather
Schindler's List
Reservoir Dogs
The Temptations
Band of Brothers
American History X
Natural Born Killers
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Interview With a Vampire
The Passion of The Christ
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Night, Dawn, Day, and Land of the Dead
Evil Dead II (really any Bruce Campbell film)
Relatively new features that technology has given us, like Google Search, youtube and the like, has really fleshed out life in a lot of ways, and made it complicated in other ways. I hope that the availability of graphic images to kids of any age does not affect our world's subconscious minds, but that's like hoping that the sun wont rise tomorrow. We all know it will.
Also, the inhability of many people to distinguish between choreographed violence and make up effects in the movies, and reality, really worries me.
Welcome to the official myspace presence for The Material Objects.
Check out the latest track "The Truth The Dead Know". It was written
and performed for Team: "Hollow Bone's" Little Rock 48 Hour Film
Competition entry of the same name. Please rate and comment your
thoughts on it and the other songs. If you like it, add the song to your
profile and tell your friends.
Here's the first thing you should know about this account.
I started this page to share my music with the humanity, and have since made many friends all over the world. It is rare that I meet with anyone in person from myspace, but invitations to meet in person with anyone underage will be ignored, and repeat requests will result in me blocking your account.
Extremely flattering words from friends. I don't like to brag on my work, but here are what some of my friends have said about my work. Thank you Donya and Db!
Material Objects frontman Mark is a tantalizing combination of Brandon Boyd (Incubus) and Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails); he has a beautiful intensity and vulnerability, yet maintains a mysterious dark persona. Mark's voice and song-writing talent would make any TV show christened rocker leave the stage red-faced in shame. Most surprising is that he writes in a variety of rock styles.
His current tracks include the accessible & melodic "Now", a modern piano-driven trip called "To A Void" , an upbeat electronic track called "Long Arm", and two tracks, "Wait" & "City", in classic rock style.
The Doors, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead and NIN influences are apparent. And did I mention he's ridiculously sexy? If this critic had her way, the shephard hook would be dragging off a certain TV contest rocker...to make way for the Material Objects!
Get this man on MTV.
Donya S. (Delicate)
The Material Objects is the brain child of Mark of Little Rock Arkansas. Fed up with a world of music stagnated by the philosophy that all artistic expression must fullfill a certain market niche, or commercial agenda, he does his part to carry the torch in the name of free creativity and uninhibited artistic expression with full intentions of burning his mark into the minds of the thoughtful listener.
Most of his lyrics address interpersonal problems, esoteric mindsets, and spiritual battles. He said, "I have no intention of setting out to write a 'hit'. If that happens it happens, but it won't be because I conciously set out to write something 'catchy'. I have every confidence I could do that, but I'd rather frustrate the people who would only like my music if it sounded 'pop'. I would rather record a song that I'll be happy with at the end of the day, and that's the way I intend to make music for the rest of my time. Life is too short to be a crowd pleaser. Be you."
The map above will let us know where people are interested in our music around the world. When this map starts getting really populated, we will start planning a tour based on where the scenes are. So spread the word!!!
Love Your stuff Mark...Great to meet you...Everything sounds Awesome!!!...makes a music lover very happy...Have an Amazing weekend...Love & Happiness, jany XOX
Thanks for the friend request. I like your material, especially the spacy guitar. It sounds very unique and new! Dark Greetings, Anna Aliena (voice of Fairy's Garden)
First things first,Canadians heads do not flap up and down like they do on South Park. Second, they do say aboot instead of about! By the way, hi Mark, how was your weekend?
