Mark Steiner (born 1970) is a Norwegian-American

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ian, guitarist, songwriter and producer. In 1997, through a classified ad in ''

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'', Steiner started a band called Piker Ryan's Folly. It gave its last performance in 2000 at

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, at an event intended to save a neighboring tenement building, 295

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, from demolition. Afterwards Eric Wolter and Steiner started a new band called Kundera. In 2002, Steiner moved to

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, Norway. In 2006, he contributed a track to a tribute CD for Australian musician

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. In 2007 he recorded songs in Paris and New York for a debut solo CD ''Fallen Birds''. In 2009, a second record "Broken" was released in a two-CD edition by Z-Man Records. In late 2014, he released ''Saudade'' under the name of Mark Steiner & His Problems, which featured both original works as well as interpretations of songs by deceased artists

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, Robert Burås, and

. He has performed as an opening act for Michael Gira, Kid Congo Powers, Devendra Banhart, Mick Harvey, Madrugada, Norwegian singer

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and others.

Band history

*Unified Division (vocalist, songwriter); *The Third of May (bass guitar); *Piker Ryan's Folly (vocalist, songwriter) with founding member Phil "The Tremolo King" Vanderyken (guitar) and members Christopher Mele (drums), Peter Mele (bass), Eric Wolter (piano) and several others; *Kundera (vocalist, songwriter, guitar) with founding members Eric "The Heretic" Wolter (piano, vocalist) and Susan Mitchell (violin) and featured guest member Jerome O'Brien (string bass); *The Mirror Reveals (bass guitar) with founding member James Babbo (guitar, songwriter) and members Kit Messick (vocalist) and Joanna Dalin (violin); *Chimney Sweepers (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – Norway, 2003); *Mark Steiner and The Broken Men (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – Norway and New York City, 2004–2005); *Mark Steiner and The Debauchery (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – Norway, 2006); *Mark Steiner and The Fallen Birds (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – France and Norway, 2006–2008); *Mark Steiner and The Fallen Little Birds (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – 2008 Australian Tour); *Saudade (baritone guitar, co-vocalist and co-songwriter) with founding member Thomas Borge (bass) and member Tobias "Tex" Lange (drums); *Mark Steiner and The Broken Birds (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – 2009 Australian Tour); *Mark Steiner and His Problems (vocalist, songwriter, guitar – present).

Discography

*Piker Ryan's Folly: ''Lowlife'' EP-CD (Spectre Productions, 1998); *Piker Ryan's Folly: ''Bowery Blues'' LP-CD (live at

) (Spectre Productions, 1999); *The Mirror Reveals (vocal): "The Undying Man" single from ''Frames of Teknicolor'' LP-CD (Middle Pillar Presents, 2000); *The Mirror Reveals (vocal): "Moon's on Fire" single from ''This Infinite Eye'' LP-CD (Middle Pillar Presents, 2004); *Mark Steiner and The Debauchery: "Reason" single from ''In Glorious Mono'' compilation 2-CD (HoneyMilk Records, 2006); *Mark Steiner: "Silver Chain" single from ''A Tribute to Rowland S. Howard'' compilation 2-CD (Stagger Records Stagg002, 2006); *Mark Steiner: ''Fallen Birds'' Mini-LP CD and 12" gatefold vinyl EP (Stagger Records Stagg003, 2007); *Mark Steiner: ''Broken'' 12" vinyl LP (Z-Man Records (Australia), 2009) and CD (Stagger Records Stagg008, 2009); *Mark Steiner: ''Broken'' / ''Fallen Birds'' special edition 2-CD (Z-Man Records (Australia), 2009); *Mark Steiner and The Fallen Birds: ''Beautiful Thief'' 10" gatefold vinyl EP (b/w Mark Steiner featuring Tex Napalm "Sea of Disappointment", Stagger Records, Stagg007, 2009); *Mark Steiner & His Problems: ''Saudade'' CD (Plug Ugly Records (USA), 2014); *Mark Steiner & His Problems: ''Saudade'' limited edition 2x12" vinyl LP (Rabben Records (Norway), 2015).

Filmography

*''To Build an Empire'', 1996 documentary feature on the New Jersey gothic-punk band

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(Director/Camera/Editor/Producer); *''Xmas Trip'', 1996 music video for the

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band Run On (Director/Camera/Editor/Producer).

References

"Saudade" review by The Barman (Australia)Forte Magazine (Australia)"Broken" review by The Barman (Australia)Tranzistor (Greece)Tromsø By (Norway)Musikkavisen (Norway)Nordlys (Norway)Lucid Culture concert review (US)

External links

Official website of Mark Steiner and His ProblemsOfficial MySpace profileTribute album to Rowland S Howard (Stagger Records)Thenewcreatures.com
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