Mark Slaughter In Studio With First Ever Solo Album

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Mark Slaughter In Studio With First Ever Solo Album

Mark Slaughter In Studio With First Ever Solo Album.

Mark Slaughter, lead singer of the multi-platinum band Slaughter, is in the studio recording a collection of songs that he wrote for his first-ever upcoming solo release. With the chance to work with legendary producer Michael Wagener at the helm mixing and mastering the record, Mark is playing all instruments on the album with the exception of drummer Mark Goodin.  His guitar playing rivals the greats out there and his vocals are spot on with a musical range that is par-excellence. Still in the band Slaughter and continuously touring with his band, Mark had years of music creativity stored up and has now decided it is time to share it with the world!

MARK SLAUGHTER

The band Slaughter sold more than five million records worldwide, with  numerous Top 30 hits on the Billboard Charts with tunes such as “Fly To The Angels
” and “Up All Night
.” The band hit the road playing to stadiums and arenas, touring the world with bands such as KISS, POISON, and Ozzy Osbourne, and more.

Before the formation of his own group Slaughter, he fronted a local band Xcursion before joining the Vinnie Vincent Invasion in 1987,  with a huge hit song “Love Kills
” that appeared on the Nightmare Before Elm Street 4 movie soundtrack in 1988. After that band disbanded in the late 1980s, two of its members, Dana Strum along with Mark, formed the group Slaughter.

Mark Slaughter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on the 4th of July, and has worked as a voice-over actor and composes music for television, movies and sports outlets, with credits including music compositions for Fox Sports, along with voice over ventures in productions like Batman Beyond, Bloodsport, and Animaniacs.

This Spring Mark released a new single, “Never Givin Up
,” his first ever solo track, to rave reviews on radio stations across the country. And with legendary music producer Michael Wagener Mixing and Mastering it, Mark played all instruments on the track with the only exception being drums that were tackled by Mark Goodin.

The tune salutes the military and all who have served, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Red Circle Foundation that assists families of the US Special Operations Forces.

Slaughter helped co-found a new band, Scrap Metal, which consists of other platinum-selling singers such as Gunnar Nelson (Nelson), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) and Eric Martin (Mr. Big).

In addition to the Red Circle Foundation, Slaughter actively participates in charity work including with St. Jude’s hospital.

Michael Wagener

is a music producer, mixer, and engineer from Hamburg, Germany, best known for his work with many top hard rock and heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. Wagener’s works have sold over ninety-four million albums worldwide. Wagener was the original guitarist for the German band Accept. When he turned 18, he was drafted into the German army and was stationed 350 miles away from home. This made it difficult for him to practice with the rest of the band and hence he quit the band. After completing his military service, Wagener began working as an audio engineer in Hamburg in 1972. Through a friendship with singer Don Dokken, Wagener moved to Los Angeles. In 1981 he produced the first Dokken album, and would go on to produce such seminal albums as Skid Row’s self-titled debut, which sold five million copies in the US alone. Wagener also mixed Metallica’s 1986 classic Master of Puppets. He also engineered the single version of Janet Jackson’s “Black Cat,” his only pop collaboration.

Wagener has produced or mixed platinum selling albums by Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., Overkill, Accept, Great White, Stryper, Poison, Keel, Alice Cooper, Extreme, Megadeth, Janet Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Dokken, Metallica, White Lion, and Skid Row.