Gary Marx (born Mark Frederick Pearman) is a British guitarist and musician. He was a founding member of British rock band

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and its lead-guitarist and songwriter from 1980 to 1985. He left the band in 1985 to form

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, which included ex-Skeletal Family vocalist Anne-Marie Hurst. They released two albums and embarked on a number of extensive tours enjoying relative success. However, record-company politics and inconsistency in personnel left the outfit reeling and they had disbanded by the end of 1989. From 1997 to 2005, he worked as a teacher at

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. He subsequently released material as an independent artist through his own website and set up an archive for his previous band, Ghost Dance. In 2003, Marx released his first solo album, ''

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''. In 2007, he released the ''

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'' album, with material originally written by him in 1995 for the Sisters of Mercy, at the invitation of

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Discography

With the Sisters of Mercy * "The Damage Done" (1980) (vocals, guitars, songwriting) * "Body Electric" (1982) (guitars) * "Alice" (1982) (guitars) * "Anaconda" (1983) (guitars, songwriting) * ''

Alice EP "Alice" is a song by the British rock band the Sisters of Mercy, written by vocalist Andrew Eldritch. The song was released as a non-album single by the band's own label by Merciful Release, on 21 November 1982. It was re-released in March 1983 ...

'' (1983) (guitars, songwriting) * "Temple of Love" (1983) (guitars, songwriting) * '' Body and Soul'' (1984) (guitars) * "Walk Away" (1984) (guitars, songwriting) * "No Time to Cry" (1985) (guitars, songwriting) * '' First and Last and Always'' (1985) (guitars, songwriting) * ''

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'' (1992) (vocals, guitars, songwriting) * ''

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'' (1993) (guitars) With Ghost Dance * ''River of No Return'' (1986) (guitars, drum programming, songwriting) * "Heart Full of Soul" (1986) (guitars, songwriting) * ''The Grip of Love (Suite in D Minor)'' (1986) (guitars, songwriting) * "A Word to the Wise" (1987) (guitars, songwriting) * ''Gathering Dust'' (1988) (guitars, songwriting) * ''Introducing Ghost Dance'' (1989) (guitars, songwriting) * "Down to the Wire" (1989) (guitars, songwriting) * ''Stop the World'' (1989) (guitars, songwriting) * "Celebrate" (1989) (guitars, songwriting) Solo * "Butter Fingers" / "Like Low Life" (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) * ''

'' (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) * ''Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere'' (demo) (2002) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting) * ''

'' (2008) (vocals, all instruments, songwriting)

References

External links

Gary Marx official

Ghost Dance official
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