Mark Alan Ibold (born October 17, 1962) is an American musician. He is best known as the bass guitarist of the

indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produ ...

band Pavement, with whom he recorded four studio albums. Following Pavement's initial break-up in 1999, Ibold joined the

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band

Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the ...

from 2006 until their end in 2011.

Career

Based in

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, Ibold's other musical projects have included Dustdevils, of which he was a member in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and

Free Kitten Free Kitten is an American alternative rock band formed by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Pussy Galore's Julia Cafritz. Originally performing as Kitten, they changed their name after receiving threats of legal action by a heavy metal singer per ...

, which included Sonic Youth's

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, Pussy Galore's

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and Boredoms'

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. In 2006, Ibold joined Sonic Youth on their '' Rather Ripped'' tour, and as of their 2009 album '' The Eternal'', was a full participating member of the band until they split up in 2011.

Other activities

Ibold was a

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at "Great Jones Cafe" in New York City until its closure. He was listed in the closing credits as "Wardrobe Assistant" on the

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's ''

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'', and has made several cameo appearances on the show. In 2006, he was published as the "male hand model" in ''

'' star

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' book ''I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence''. In the late 2010s his food columns could be read in David Chang's now defunct ''Lucky Peach'' magazine. At the time of Pavement's 2022 reunion, Ibold was working as a bartender in New York City: "My mind races sometimes when people come up to me at work. What are they thinking? 'Oh God, this guy’s been in two bands that mean the world to me, but he’s serving drinks behind a bar?' Maybe we help put things into perspective – that there are few artists left not named

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or McCartney who have no financial worries. But still: I’d drop my shifts for Pavement any day of the week."

Discography

with Pavement * '' Watery, Domestic (EP)'' (1992) * '' Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' (1994) * '' Wowee Zowee'' (1995) * '' Brighten the Corners'' (1997) * ''

Terror Twilight ''Terror Twilight'' is the fifth and final studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on June 8, 1999, on Matador Records in the US and Domino Recording Company in the UK. ''Terror Twilight'' was produced by Nigel Godrich, wh ...

'' (1999) with Sonic Youth * '' The Eternal'' (2009) * '' In/Out/In'' (2022) with Free Kitten * '' Unboxed'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1997)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibold, Mark 1962 births Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American indie rock musicians Noise rock musicians Pavement (band) members Sonic Youth members 20th-century American guitarists Lancaster Country Day School alumni Free Kitten members Dustdevils members