Profile of Marc Almond on Famous Like Me

Marc Almond (original name Peter Marc Almond) (born July 9, 1957 in Southport, Lancashire) is a British singer. He started his music career as a member of Soft Cell and Marc and the Mambas, but he has been a solo artist since 1984. Still, Soft Cell has materialized over time to be considered by a rather considerable cotingent of critics to be a seminal electronic-disco outfit influential well beyond their short shelf life.

His solo work is by turns romantic and dark, campy and seedy. It often deals with subject matter like transvestites, hustlers, drug addicts and toreadors.

Marc is homosexual, but he doesn't want to be described as a homosexual artist, as he feels that that would imply that his work is only of interest to other homosexuals.

Some of his biggest hits are a cover of the song "Tainted Love" (with Soft Cell) and "Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart". He has duetted with former Sneaker Pimps vocalist Kelli Ali, Marie France, Agnes Bernelle, PJ Proby, Nico, Gene Pitney, Siouxsie Sioux, Foetus (J. G. Thirlwell), Jimmy Somerville and, in "Heart on snow" (his last album up to now), a vast amount of Russian singers .

In addition to all these singers, he has also collaborated with artists and bands such as The The, Psychic TV, Coil, Mekon, King Roc, John Cale and David Johanssen.

Marc is also a member of the Church of Satan.

On 17 October 2004, Almond was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in which he was a pillion passenger, near Cannon Street tube station in London; initially the prognosis was considered poor, but he was discharged from the hospital on 8 November 2004 and said to be making a "remarkable" recovery.

Albums

• 1982 "Untitled" (as Marc & The Mambas) #41 UK
• 1983 "Torment & Toreros" (as Marc & The Mambas) #28 UK
• 1984 "Bite Black And Blues" (As Raoul and the Ruined)
• 1984 "Vermin in Ermine" (with The Willing Sinners) #36 UK
• 1985 "Stories of Johnny" (with The Willing Sinners) #22 UK
• 1986 "Violent Silence" (Mini Album)
• 1986 "A woman's story" (mini album)
• 1987 "Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters" (with The Willing Sinners)
• 1987 "Singles 1984 - 1987"
• 1987 "Slut" (as The Flesh Volcano)
• 1988 "The Stars We Are" #144 US
• 1989 "Jacques"
• 1990 "Enchanted" #52 UK
• 1991 "Memorabilia The Singles" (Soft Cell/ Marc Almond)
• 1991 "Tenement Symphony" #39 UK
• 1992 "A Virgin's Tale - Volume I"
• 1992 "A Virgin's Tale - Volume II"
• 1993 "Twelve years of tears (live at the Royal Albert Hall)"
• 1993 "Absinthe: The French album"
• 1995 "Treasure Box" (b-sides and rarities compilation)
• 1996 "Fantastic Star"
• 1998 "Marc Almond And La Magia Live In Concert"
• 1999 "Open All Night" #112 UK
• 2000 "Liverpool Philharmonic Hall"
• 2001 "Stranger Things"
• 2001 "Live At The Union Chapel"
• 2002 "Little Rough Rhinestones Volume 1"
• 2003 "The Willing Sinner"
• 2003 "Marc Almond In Session Volume 1"
• 2003 "Heart on Snow"
• 2003 "Marc Almond In Session Volume 2"

Singles

• 1982 "Sleaze" (as Marc and the Mambas)
• 1983 "Black heart" (as Marc and the Mambas) #28
• 1983 "Torment" (as Marc and the Mambas)
• 1984 "The boy who came back" #52
• 1984 "You have" #57
• 1984 "Tenderness is a weakness" #~
• 1985 "I Feel Love" (medley) (Bronski Beat with Marc Almond) #3
• 1985 "Skin" (With Guy Chambers as The Burmoe Brothers) #~
• 1985 "Stories of Johnny" #23
• 1985 "Love letter" #68
• 1986 "The house is haunted (by the echo of your last goodbye) #58
• 1986 "A woman's story" #47
• 1986 "Ruby red" #41
• 1987 "Melancholy rose" #71
• 1987 "Mother Fist" #~
• 1987 "This House is a House of Trouble" (With Sally Timms (Mekon) and The Drifting Cowgirls)
• 1988 "Tears Run Rings" #26
• 1988 "Bitter Sweet" #40
• 1989 "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (feat. Gene Pitney) #1
• 1989 "Only the Moment" #45
• 1990 "A Lover Spurned" #29
• 1990 "The desperate hours" #45
• 1990 "Waifs and strays" #~
• 1991 "Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91" (with Soft Cell) #38
• 1991 "Tainted Love" (with Soft Cell) #5
• 1991 "Jacky" #17
• 1992 "My Hand Over My Heart" #33
• 1992 "The Days of Pearly Spencer" #4
• 1993 "What make a man a man" #60
• 1995 "Adored and Explored" #25
• 1995 "The idol" #41
• 1995 "Child star" #47
• 1996 "Out there/Brilliant creatures"
• 1996 "Yesterday has gone" (with PJ Proby) #57
• 1998 "Black kiss"
• 1999 "Tragedy (take a look and see)"
• 1999 "My love"
• 2001 "Please Stay" (With Mekon)
• 2001 "Glorious"
• 2001 "Total Eclipse" (Rosenstolz, Marc Almond & Nina Hagen)
• 2001 "Soul On Soul" (System F & Marc Almond)
• 2003 "Gone but not Forgotten"
• 2004 "Vanity Poverty Revenge/Neo Burlesque" (Punx Soundcheck featuring Marc Almond)
• 2004 "Sheherezade"
• 2004 "Face Control EP"
• 2005 "Delirious"
• 2005 "Prime Evil"
• 2005 "Perfect Honey"
• 2005 "Baby's on Fire"

Books

• 1988 The Angel of Death in the Adonis Lounge (poems)
• 1999 Beautiful Twisted Night (poems, lyrics and prose)
• 1999 Tainted Life (autobiography)
• 2001 The End of New York (poems and prose)
• 2004 In Search of the Pleasure Palace - Disreputable Travels (autobiography)

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