Mark William Collins is an American radio personality, featured in an exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[1] Collins rose to prominence in the early 1990s as a disc jockey on alternative rock station 107.7 FM "The End" (KNDD) in Seattle, with the popularity of grunge.
He has worked at a number of rock music radio stations along the West Coast, including KYSR 98.7 in Los Angeles; KCR and XTRA-FM (91X) in San Diego;[2] KITS (Live 105) in San Francisco; KWOD in Sacramento, California; and KNDD, KEXP, and KPNW-FM in Seattle.
For a short time during the 1990s, he owned Stampede Records, which released Silkworm's 1993 EP "His Absence is a Blessing" and Muzzle's "Free Trampoline/Come On Down" (7" single).
A documentary, The Glamour & The Squalor, has been made about his life, and his "rise, fall and reemergence" as a radio host and world premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in Seattle on June 3, 2015.[3] The film has also been shown at Outfest, the L.A. LGBT film festival, and was screened at both the Tacoma Film Festival and the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in October 2015.[4] The film was named one of The 10 Best LGBT Documentaries of 2015 by Out.
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Camorra, and is ordered to find the person responsible for Marco's death. Vincent has Collins's car rigged with a bomb, but she survives after Robert warns...
masterpiece of drumming". Marco Minnemann, drummer for artists including Joe Satriani and Steven Wilson, described Collins as "brilliant" for the way...
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Bandography, accessed August 19, 2010. Kornelis, Chris (December 28, 2010). "MarcoCollins picks up the pieces". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved April 13, 2014. "Songography...
contemplate their future, Nelson gave a copy of Merrymakers to KNDD DJ MarcoCollins. Within weeks, "Flagpole Sitta" had become KNDD's most-requested song...
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in Dallas, took over afternoon drive January 2008. On June 1, 2008, MarcoCollins, formerly afternoon drive at XETRA-FM San Diego 91X, became the new...
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comedians, and musical performers included rock-music radio personality MarcoCollins, and Daniel Blue, frontman of local Washington band Motopony. Seattle...
(voice-tracked from Dallas, Texas) Kevan Kenney (voice-tracked from Los Angeles) MarcoCollins harms Cody Von Whistler Bill Reid Walter Flakus Loveline The Adam Carolla...
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that September. Also in 1997, KNDD disc jockey MarcoCollins played "End of May" on his show. Collins, who helped launch Beck to national prominence,...
Plunder: The Quest for Marcos Ill-gotten Wealth. Regina Pub. Co., Manila Seagrave, Sterling (1988): The Marcos Dynasty, HarperCollins Library of Congress...
(song), a 1970 reggae single by Dave and Ansell Collins Double Barrel (album), a 2009 hip hop album by Marco Polo and Torae Double Barrel (2015 film), an...
Fox, Peter C. DeMarco identifies the fatal error in Collins' book is placing the good in direct opposition to greatness and, thus, Collins' unintendedly...
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