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Mark Kozelek (born 1967 in Massillion, Ohio) is an American singer/songwriter and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.
Originally a lynchpin of the sadcore movement in alternative rock with Red House Painters, Kozelek's harrowing autobiographical lyrics gave unflinchingly detailed accounts of pain, despair and loss while the lengthy accompanying music was slow, intense, dissonant and bleak. As time has passed, his music has become more acoustic and folk-inflected, while his lyrics now seem obsessed with memory, geography and those who died before their natural time, arguably best demonstrated on Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway.
Kozelek was a troubled child, born in Ohio and allegedly addicted to drugs by the age of 10. He entered rehab a few years later and clung to music and songwriting to get him through the days.
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18 songs arranged and performed by Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek (14 with lyrics by the legendary AC/DC singer, Bon Scott).
This album unites Mark Kozelek's two solo albums and adds two live versions of Rock 'N' Roll Singer" and "Up To My Neck in You." It will be packaged as a double 12" vinyl in a gatefold package. Rolling Stone gave Mark Kozelek's debut solo album "Rock 'N' Roll Singer" 3 1/2 stars! Amazon.com awarded "Rock 'N' Roll Singer" one of the "Best of 2000." His follow up CD "What's Next to the Moon" received 4 and 5 star reviews around the globe, including a San Francisco Chronicle review deeming it a (5 out of 5 stars) rating of "Classic."
"Kozelek's sparse, haunting delivery can render even the basest material achingly affecting, and coarse classics such as "Love Hungry Man" and "Bad Boy Boogie" are reinvented here as taut maudlin masterpieces. Kozelek's art is paramount. - Q Magazine
Kozelek has toured the world extensively as a solo artist and with Red House Painters. His songs have appeared in numerous movie and television soundtracks. Kozelek recently acted in the Cameron Crowe film "Almost Famous" to be released this fall. He also compiled, and contributed tracks to Take Me Home - A Tribute to John Denver.