Mark Gemini Thwaite (born 15 June 1965), also known as MGT, is an English musician who has been the guitarist for a number of rock bands and artists, including The Mission, trip hop pioneer Tricky, Peter Murphy of

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, New Disease,

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& Theatre of Hate,

Mob Research Mob Research is an American-based rock band, with a multi-national lineup including Killing Joke / Ministry bassist Paul Raven, Warrior Soul vocalist Kory Clarke, and two members of Peter Murphy's band, guitarist Mark Thwaite formerly of The ...

(with Paul Raven of

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), and Canadian band

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plus various live and recorded appearances with

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...

Al Jourgensen Alain David Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958) is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans four decades. He is t ...

of Ministry,

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the Who The Who are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. Considered one of th ...

, P.J. Harvey,

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and

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Primitive Race Primitive Race is an international industrial rock supergroup created by Chris Kniker and featuring Raymond Watts (PIG, KMFDM), Dave Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy), Mark Gemini Thwaite ( Peter Murphy, Spear of Destiny, Tricky, Mob Research, The Miss ...

(with Chuck Mosley of

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), Ricky Warwick of

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The Wildhearts The Wildhearts are an English Rock music, rock band, formed in 1989 in Newcastle upon Tyne. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as the Beatl ...

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of Marvel Comics,

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Miles Hunt Miles Stephen Hunt (born 29 July 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He fronts the alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff. Early life His father was a union official for the TGWU. In the 1970s, his father was based at Derby, an ...

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, Burton C. Bell of

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, American rapper DMX, Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst and Porl Thompson of

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and

Ville Valo Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM (Finnish band), HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish fa ...

of Finnish band HIM.

Early years

Thwaite was born in

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, Birmingham, and moved to

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in the early 1970s, attending Christ Church Primary School and then

Friary Grange comprehensive school from 1977. He formed his first school band with fellow school-mate Steve Ellett (drums), aka Steve Danger from British metal band Wolfsbane. Thwaite later formed Lichfield-based rock band Monteagle with local musicians including Martin Wilkins (drums) and Dave Pearson, later known as Computerchemist."TDFZ interview"
Chris Newman, 'TDFZ interview', ''Computerchemist.com'', 17 January 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2014. Thwaite spent part of 1985 living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, joining

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band

, before returning to the UK in 1986. After forming a few bands in the Birmingham area, including The First, he relocated to London in 1989. In 1989, Thwaite joined London-based Gothic group The Children (featuring Dave Roberts of

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on vocals), and performed on the 12" single "Never Get Out Alive", released in 1990. During this time Thwaite was introduced to Kirk Brandon, founder member and vocalist for

and Theatre of Hate. This began a three-year collaboration between Thwaite and Brandon. Thwaite performed live with

in 1990, and replaced original Theatre of Hate guitarist

Billy Duffy William Henry Duffy (born 12 May 1961) is an English rock musician, best known as the guitarist in the band the Cult. Early life Duffy was born and grew up in Manchester, England. He has Irish and Jewish heritage and ancestry. He began playin ...

on the 10th anniversary Theatre of Hate UK tour in 1991. A TOH live album 'Live at the Astoria '91' including Thwaite on guitar was subsequently released by Easterstone records. Thwaite continued as a member of Spear of Destiny, contributing guitars and some bass guitar to their 1992 album ''

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'' and the subsequent tour that same year.

Career

The Mission, 1992–1996

In 1992, Thwaite joined UK Gothic rock band The Mission. During this period, Thwaite also collaborated with

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on a

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radio play titled ''A Fake's Progress'', based on the life of

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's manager Justin de Villeneuve. Thwaite also contributed guitars to a remix for Situation 2 release ''Salvation'' (SIT 98) by UK band Terminal Power Company. Thwaite featured on two studio albums with The Mission during this period, ''

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'' and ''

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'', and singles compilation album ''Sum and Substance'' before they disbanded in 1996; he would later rejoin the reformed band in 1999 and record on three more studio albums and several live albums and DVDs with the band. He toured with the band throughout this period, which included two broadcasts on German television. Thwaite also performed live with UK band

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at the UK Phoenix Festival and London's Highbury Garage in 1997, with a lineup featuring ''

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'' singer

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and AAE/Mission bassist Andy Cousin.

Tricky

In 1998, Thwaite was invited to join Tricky's live band for his upcoming world tour to promote studio album ''

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''. Thwaite continued to work with Tricky, touring with the live band worldwide and contributing to three studio albums and an EP – ''Mission Accomplished EP'' (2000), ''Blowback'' (2001), ''Vulnerable'' (2003) and ''Knowle West Boy'' (2008) and performing with Tricky and P.J. Harvey on the ''

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'' and ''Late Night with

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''. He also performed with Tricky on UK show ''

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''. He also performed guitar on Tricky's remix of MethodMan's "Judgement Day" single.

The Mission, 1999 and onwards

The Mission re-formed once again in 1999, with Thwaite rejoining the band to tour the US and Europe. Following the success of the tour, the band continued, undertaking a world tour in 2000 and releasing a live CD entitled ''

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''. Thwaite remained with the band to record their next studio album, '' Aura'' (2001). During the same period, Thwaite also recorded guitars for Tricky's ''Mission Accomplished'' EP – his first for Epitaph records, released in 2000, followed by '' Blowback'', an album which included collaborations between Thwaite and

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and

John Frusciante John Anthony Frusciante ( ; born March 5, 1970) is an American musician and the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, having been with the band across three iterations. He has released 11 solo albums and 7 EPs, ranging in style from acoustic gu ...

. Owing to touring commitments with Tricky, Thwaite was unable to play on The Mission's next tour, and officially left the band in September 2001. He toured the United States with Tricky, as special guests of rock band

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in 2001. While continuing to work with Tricky, Thwaite also collaborated with

on heavy industrial metal reworkings of ''

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'' and ''This Wreckage'' for Numan's ''RIP'' single (released in 2002) and ''

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'' album (2003).

New Disease

In 2002 Thwaite formed UK-based rock band New Disease. releasing the ''Axiomatic'' EP in 2003, co-produced by

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. In 2004 the band signed to Universal records and released the single ''Like Rain'' produced by Canadian producer David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, Rush), the band were later dropped by Universal during a restructure, with the band's debut album unreleased, and Thwaite relocated to the US in 2005. The band would release the posthumous album ''Patent Life'' 10 years later in 2014.

Peter Murphy

Thwaite toured the United States and Europe in summer 2005 with

vocalist Peter Murphy to promote Murphy's album ''

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''. During this period, Wayne Hussey invited Thwaite to rejoin The Mission for shows in South Africa in July 2005; Thwaite agreed, and played shows in South Africa followed by an extensive Europe-wide tour later that year. In 2006 Thwaite joined New York-based singer songwriter Sarah Fimm for a concert supporting British goth pioneers

in Buffalo, New York, which was followed by a week of recording sessions in Woodstock, NY featuring session drummer

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, best known for his work with

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and

Devo Devo is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs ( Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a No. 14 ...

plus

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (19 ...

on bass, known for his work with

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and

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. Peter Murphy also makes a guest appearance on vocals. MGT would continue to perform with Murphy's band until 2015, recording on his ''

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'' album and ''The Secret Bees of Ninth'' EP (both 2011), as well as the ''Mr. Moonlight Tour: 35 Years of Bauhaus'' live DVD (2014). Thwaite toured once again with Murphy from October 2018 through March 2019 for his 40 Years of Bauhaus Ruby Celebration featuring

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tour of North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia. This was followed by Thwaite performing guitar duties on Murphy career retrospective residencies in San Francisco in March 2019 and Le Poisson Rouge in New York City in both August 2019 and rescheduled shows in January 2020 following Peter Murphys heart attack.

Mob Research

In March 2007 Thwaite formed a studio-based project

with

/ Ministry bassist Paul Raven and

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vocalist Kory Clarke. Work on the band's debut album, ''Holy City Zoo'', was halted by Raven's sudden death in October 2007: the remaining band members decided to complete the album in honour of Raven. The album was finally released by Echozone Records in 2009. The remaining band members reconvened three years later in 2012 and released the "Motormouth" EP on Echozone records. The release also featured a collaboration between Thwaite and Franz Treichler of

Thwaite also appeared on the

album ''Stiff Middle Finger'', released in October 2012, contributing lead guitars. Thwaite's ongoing collaboration with Trip Hop pioneer Tricky also continues, with contributions to 2008 studio album '' Knowle West Boy'': he also continued as a member of The Mission, contributing to their 2007 album '' God is a Bullet'', and playing live with them, first to promote the album and then for their four-show "farewell" event and at the

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in London.

Al Jourgensen

During 2009, Thwaite collaborated with

of Ministry and

on ''It's Always Christmas Time'', a Christmas-themed single released in November 2009. In December 2009 Thwaite joined Jourgensen in his recording studio in

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to write and record material for a forthcoming solo project by Jourgensen. The Mission released the live video of the Farewell shows recorded in 2008 on the ''Final Chapter''DVD box set, which reached No.6 in the UK Music DVD chart. Thwaite continued to work with Jourgensen, playing lead guitar on the track ''Filthy Senoritas'', from the

2010 album Got Cock? released in April 2010. He also played on ''Voices in My Head'' and ''Walkie Talkie'', which was made available as a bonus download to those who purchased the 'Got Cock?' RevCo album. Works also commences on a Jourgensen 'solo' album with Thwaite, Mike Scaccia and Tony Campos of Ministry. In summer 2010 Thwaite resumed touring with Peter Murphy, undertaking the ''Dirty Dirt'' European tour and some dates in Canada. During the tour Thwaite joined frontman Andy LaPlegua and his band

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onstage playing guitar during the band's encore at London Electric Ballroom on 5 August 2010. Thwaite had previously remixed a track by the band in 2008 under his ''Metalmorphosis'' alter ego. In 2011 Thwaite joined Peter Murphy and band for a 29 date US tour promoting the studio album ''Ninth'' released on 7 June 2011,. In the autumn of 2011 Thwaite also made a guest appearance onstage with his old band The Mission at their sold out 25th Anniversary show at London Brixton Academy on 22 October with special guests

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. The concert was filmed and later released as ''Silver'' on DVD/Blu-ray. In 2012 Thwaite also undertook more international touring with Peter Murphy, including a performance at Club Nokia on 15 September in Los Angeles featuring a duet between Peter Murphy and Marvel Comics legend

, with Thwaite on guitar. In 2013 Peter Murphy undertakes a world tour performing a 100%

set, billed as 'Mr. Moonlight – Celebrating 35yrs of Bauhaus', including Thwaite on guitar. The tour rates in the top 50 Pollstar US tours of 2013.

Gary Numan

Thwaite joined electronic icon

and his band for a US tour in the summer of 2013, in place of

guitarist

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, who was originally signed on for the tour but was called back to Nine Inch Nails. Thwaite subsequently played guitar on the tour and performed with both Numan and Finck at the band's Santa Ana show in September 2013, where Finck guests with the band for 6 songs. Later that year Thwaite announced he was leaving the Peter Murphy band due to 'personal differences'. Thwaite subsequently appeared as guitarist on the 'Mr Moonlight' live DVD, which was released by Nettwerk records in June 2014, recorded live at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. In 2014 Thwaite collaborated with

Wildheart of

, along with Robin Diaz of the

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band and Jimmy Ashhurst ex

Buckcherry Buckcherry is an American hard rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995. The band released two albums, ''Buckcherry (album), Buckcherry'' (1999) and ''Time Bomb (Buckcherry album), Time Bomb'' (2001), before dissolving in 2002. Buckche ...

on several recordings for G-A-S-S, subsequently appearing on Ginger's 'Year of the Fanclub' solo album released in 2016. Thwaite also recorded guest guitars on "Toffee Town" from the solo album for Ricky Warwick of

and

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. In addition he contributed strings and mixes 4 acoustic tracks for

second album '' The Killer Instinct'' on Nuclear Blast records, also fronted by Warwick, which debuted at #2 in the UK National Rock Charts in March 2015.

Primitive Race / PIG

On 10 March 2015

announced the release of their first E.P. " Long in the Tooth" through

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on 19 June 2015. The EP features vocals by

(of

) and guitars by Thwaite. Thwaite also co-wrote and recorded on numerous tracks on

album 'The Gospel' which was released on Metropolis records in 2016. This was followed by the full-length album 'Primitive Race' also on Metropolis records released on 7 August, featuring Thwaite on many of the tracks, including collaborations with

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of US metal band Prong,

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(

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), and Graham Crabb (

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) In 2017

announced a second album with ex

frontman Chuck Mosley on vocals, guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, Erie Loch (LUXT, Blownload, Exageist), bassist Chris Kniker and drummer

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. The new lineup recorded and released the second album 'Soul Pretender' on 3 November 2017 on Metropolis records to positive reviews, only a week before Mosley died suddenly at age 57.

Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts

Thwaite tours with Ricky Warwick and the Fighting Hearts twice in 2016. MGT appeared on Warwick's latest solo album ''When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues)'', and appears in the promotional video for 'Celebrating Sinking', released on Nuclear Blast records in February 2016. The release also includes guest appearances by

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(

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), Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy), Andy Cairns (

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), Nathan Connolly (

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) and

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)

MGT

In March 2016 Thwaite announced that he had signed with Hanover record imprint SPV Records and released his debut solo album, "Volumes" under his MGT acronym at the end of June worldwide. The lead single, "Knowing Me Knowing You", a cover version of the

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classic featuring guest vocalist

of HIM, is released in April, mixed by Tim Palmer and mastered by Maor Appelbaum, and a promotional video featuring both MGT & Valo is posted on YouTube, with over half a million views in one month (over 2M views in 18 months). Valo is not the only guest musician on "Volumes", other appearances include Wayne Hussey of Mark's previous band The Mission,

, Ricky Warwick (

), Raymond Watts (PIG,

KMFDM KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial rock band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art proje ...

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(

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), Julianne Regan (

), Ashton Nyte ( The Awakening), Carlo Van Putten (Dead Guitars) and goth legend Andi Sex Gang. In July 2017

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announced that MGT has signed a deal with the US based label for a new record. In February 2018 MGT release 'The Assembly Line Cured mix', a standalone single collaboration with Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst & Porl Thompson, both founder members of

. This is followed by the second album 'Gemini Nyte', released on 23 February 2018, co-written with Nyte who handles all vocal duties, along with 'Big' Paul Ferguson from

on drums, plus a guest vocal appearance by Burton C. Bell of

, who Thwaite also performs live with Bell as part of Ascension of the Watchers at Cold Waves festival in 2017, later contributing guitars to the AOTW album "Apocrypha" released in 2021. Thwaite joins

onstage in London in December 2018 to perform several songs including two

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songs with Hanoi singer

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and 'Endangered Species' with

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frontman Charlie Harper, subsequently featured on the live album 'Ginger Wildheart's Birthday Bash 2018'. Thwaite also appears on Big Paul Ferguson's first solo record 'Remote Viewing EP' in 2018, and co-writes & records on the full-length studio album 'Virtual Control' in summer 2021. In September 2019, Thwaite began offering remote recording services through the online site Airgigs and has since appeared with Nik Hughes and Corey Britz of Bush, Dan Konopka of

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and Mark King of

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on God Analog's debut album.

The Wonder Stuff

In May 2019, Thwaite joined UK band

on live UK tour dates on bass guitar, and co-wrote and recorded on the band's ninth full-length studio album, ''Better Being Lucky'', touring again with the band in winter 2019 on bass and electric guitars, performing the band's first two albums 'The Eight Legged Groove Machine' & 'Hup' in their entirety. Thwaite would continue with the band on guitar duties for UK tours in 2022 (performing the band's 'Never Loved Elvis' album in full) and 'Construction for the Modern Idiot' in 2023, also performing that album in full.

SEVENDIALS

In February 2025 new post-punk band SEVENDIALS - founded by MGT - announced their debut single and video for 'Zodiac Morals, released by new label imprint CREATION YOUTH records formed by Killing Joke bassist & producer Youth and Creation records founder Alan McGee. Comprising the line-up of vocalist Chris Connelly ( Ministry,

, Murder, Inc.), drummer Paul Ferguson (

, Murder, Inc.) and guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite ( The Mission, Peter Murphy, the band's debut album 'A Crash Course in Catastrophe' was released on vinyl and CD on 11th April 2025, featuring a turbo-charged cover of Sparks 1979 synthpop classic 'Number One Song in Heaven'.

Equipment

Thwaite currently holds an artist endorsement with Schecter Guitar Research, and the Schecter Mark Thwaite Signature Solo-II guitar model debuted at NAMM in January 2017. MGT also holds endorsement deals with Mesa Boogie Amplification, GHS Strings, Roland/Boss FX USA, Seymour Duncan, and Pro Tone effects pedals who also released the MGT Dirty Chorus signature pedal in autumn 2016. He also has a long association with

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guitars, having played them frequently since first joining

in 1990.

Discography

References

External links

Official website

Official MGT website

The Mission UK official site

Peter Murphy official site

Mob Research official site

Mark Gemini Thwaite discography at Discogs.com
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