About Mark Wilson
Born 1980. Mark Wilson is an Australian musician.
Mark Andrew Wilson (born 5 August 1980) is an Australian musician, originally from Geelong. From 2002 to 2012, and since their 2017 comeback, he has played bass guitar for the Melbourne-based rock band, Jet. He was asked to join them by three founding members, Nic Cester, Chris Cester and Cameron Muncey, but initially refused out of loyalty to his then-current group, The CA$inos. Days later he rang up Muncey and the Cesters and agreed to join their group instead.
Wilson mainly plays vintage Fender Precision Basses in either sunburst or white, as well as an Epiphone Jack Casady signature bass in the Are You Gonna Be My Girl video, and a Gibson Thunderbird as of 2024. He always plays with a pick. Wilson also plays piano on some tracks ("Look What You've Done", "Seventeen", "She Holds a Grudge"), and occasional percussion, samples, synthesizer, and harmonica. He sometimes provides backing vocals ("Rollover DJ", "Beat on Repeat", "Times Like This") He co-wrote "Start the Show" with guitarist, Muncey. On 24 October 2007 Chris Cester and Wilson co-wrote and, under the name, The Vice Lords, produced a song, "I Spy I Spy", for the Japanese former duo, Superfly.
In 2011 Wilson and Chris Cester formed a side project, DamnDogs as a "doom-disco" band, with Louis Macklin on keyboards (touring member of Jet), and Mitch McIvor (Cester's cousin) on guitar. On 9 August they issued a five-track extended play, Strange Behaviour. Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
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Who is Mark Wilson?
Australian musician, born 1980
When was Mark Wilson born?
Mark Wilson was born in 1980 in Geelong.
What is Mark Wilson's occupation?
Mark Wilson is a musician.
What nationality is Mark Wilson?
Mark Wilson is Australian.
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· DBpedia: Mark Wilson (musician)
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