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Roll Call: Mark Carbone
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
For today’s Roll Call we call out Mark Carbone of A Fight to the Death.
Who are you?
Mark Carbone, drummer for A Fight to the Death
Describe yourself in three words.
Anxious, Eager, More
Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Elvin Fuckin’ Jones
Whom would you most like to slap in the face?
Dick Cheney
What song do you wish you had written?
“O Holy Night”
Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Love Costello, but gotta go with the KING
LP, CD or MP3?
LP. If only there were portable HiFi’s
If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Not to just be in a band, but be a MUSICIAN!
If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Trends
With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Helena Christensen (Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” era).
Have You Heard Sessions: A Fight To The Death from HaveYouHeard on Vimeo.
A Fight to the Death team up with Atlanta Community Food Bank for a benefit show at The Highland Ballroom Lounge on Sat., Dec. 20th. Free admission with 2 cans of food. Several special guests will be performing with the group, including Daniel Clay, Jamie Shepard (ex Hope For a Golden Summer), Drew Deman (No River City), Troy Bieser (Telegram), Chris Jansen (Antic Clay), Kitty Snider, Anton Harris, Daniel Winn (ex Hot Young Priest), and several others.
(Photo courtesy of AFTD)
A Fight to the Death readies new album
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Part-time No River City players Mark Carbone (bass) and Nathan Green (keyboard) have joined forces with CJ Bargamian (formerly of Crybaby and Myssouri and various other long gone Atlanta underdogs) to spearhead a new band, called A Fight to the Death.
The group first materialized as Bargamian’s solo project, dubbed Chris Bargamian & A Fight to the Death in 2006 with the self-released album, American Literature. End of Continent Sadness followed in ‘07.
Together now with a full line-up that also features Colin Jaccino (bass) and George Wallace (pedal steel) the group crafts a rolling and dusty rumble that’s driven by heavy percussions, wafting organ and lap-steel textures and a rustic, gypsy-esque Americana traipse. AFTTD doesn’t have as much in common with the humid, country pace of No River City, but draws more to the world of Western film scores than anything else.
The group’s debut LP is in the works and scheduled for a July 19th release party at The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. Songs from the forthcoming release can be heard here, and if you are so intrigued by the tunes on their Myspace page, you can can check them out for free at The Star Bar tonight (as in Thurs., July 3) with Era of the Stereograph, Falcon Lords and the Sound Supreme. Music starts at 9 p.m.
(Photo courtesy AFTTD)
