The Pillbugs Marigold Something

Marigold Something

Mrs. Sneed

Holding Back And Up

Making Her Music Louder

Xenophobia

Dangerman

Trip Into Darkness

Glad To Meet You, Bob

Queen V

This Is A Wrap

Woman From No Return

Here In A Daydream

Marigold Someone

September Gray

Mark Mikel has been super active this past year. He plays live in Bowling Green, Ohio at Howards Club H every Wednesday and these shows have been absolutely incredible. 

He also has completed a new record with Corky Laing and Chris Shutters for the resurrected 'Mountain' and those three guys are about to embark a short tour of England and France AND Mark recently flew to LA to record lead vocals for a song he wrote that will appear on the upcoming new Alan Parsons record.

A Peace Sign Is Only a Finger Away 12 January 2015

    1 Dive Bombing Space Pigeons 4:01

    2 The Good Ones 3:13

    3 A Tree Named Beverly 3:19

    4 Can You Levitate? 3:08

    5 Scream (Electric Dreams) 3:47

    6 Just Another Lifetime Please 3:07

    7 Lazy Sun 3:09

    8 Coronation Day 22:00

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxsUvL7NWbDtzZUwIzRT0Qy7JKbZXJM7s

The Stain 1981

Updates from Mark Mikel

http://markmikel.bandcamp.com/album/yesterdays-window-vol-i-episode-1-monsters-in-the-sea
35 years ago today I recorded my first multitrack recording because my parents bought me a Teac 4-track machine for my 17th birthday. I know I promised the celebratory boxed set on Sept. 2 but the hard copy will take just a little longer. However, under the wire, here is the downloadable (at 96/24 or below) and streamable version. Go to the posts below and there are 4 new albums worth of songs from the late 1970s ("Monsters In The Sea', "Spiders In The Basement", "Music In Your Eyes" and 'Murals In Your Head"). Recorded during my senior year at E.L. Bowsher High School- the same year I flunked music theory. ;) Featuring some appearances from all the guys from Marikesh ( Scott Tabner Ian McCormack Dan Rhyand) plus a 19 year old pre-Damien Chuck Stohl and more. Many of my old high school friends will probably remember many of these. Also I'm going to perform a 35th Anniversary Concert at The Maumee Indoor Theater Nov. 23rd at 8pm. Along with the same band performing with me on the Progressive Nation at Sea 2014 ( Jeff Kollman, Bill Hubauer, Ian McCormack, Zak Freed, Brad Babcock and The Monclovian 1st Irrational String Quartet). We'll be performing songs from the Marikesh days to lots of Pillbugs to the present. Tickets are $25 and go on sale online this Friday 6th of September 2013.  
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http://www.progressivenationatsea.com/lineup/player/id/831/

This is THE biggest news I've ever had!!!: I've been asked to perform along with the greatest musicians in the world on a cruise ship to the Bahamas. Progressive Nation At Sea 2014. Does life get any better than this?
Mike Portnoy (everybody's favorite drummer) asked me to bring my band and perform. I still can't believe it. And my band is killer: Jeff Kollman on guitar, Bill Hubauer on keys, Ian McCormack on bass, Zak Freed on keys/guitars and Brad Babcock on drums. Check out who's also on the bill. We're going to play lots of Pillbugs songs for Mike.

Mike Portnoy:" Better late than never: I'm just discovering the (sadly defunct) brilliant psychedelic pop band The Pillbugs and the talents of Mark Mikel...these CD's are must-hears for fans of The Beatles, Zappa & Jellyfish (big thanks to Chris Herin from Tiles for turning me onto them...)"

The amazing Mike Portnoy (Dream Theatre, Transatlantic, Flying Colors, The Winery Dogs) is obsessed with The Pillbugs? We must've done something right, yes? He's one of the greatest drummers/musicians on the planet. And they don't come any cooler either. Mike, thank you for the endorsement of a lifetime!!!

 

 My new CD "Dark Ocean Colors- Close Enough To See" is available today on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc...
For fans of Sorghum Pudding and The 3-Dimensional In-Popcycle Dream. This could be my best CD ever. Very rocking. Featuring my partner in crime, musical genius Scott Hunt plus John Grafing, Chris Shutters, Cecilia Johnson (violin), Carla Weltin (Violin), Jim Anderson (cello), Florian Simioanca (viola). Check it out please because I really believe you'll love it! For actual CDs you'll have to contact me for now because I haven't distributed them yet. . Peace and Love! Mark

 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/close-enough-to-see/id646046318

  read a review here  lhttp://active-listener.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/dark-ocean-colors-close-enough-to-see.html

 

Mark Mikel Yesterday's Window Vol. I Episode 4 - Murals In Your Head

Mark Mikel Yesterday's Window Vol. I Episode 3 -Music In Your Eyes

Mark Mikel Yesterday's Window Vol. I Episode 2 - Spiders In The Basement

Mark Mikel Yesterday's Window Vol. I Episode 1 - Monsters In The Sea

The Mark Mikel Hallucination-Dancing Upside-down (early Pillbugs Live 1991)

DARK OCEAN COLORS - Million Mile Mind (2012 Promotional Video)

Dark Ocean Colors- Patches and Patterns

MM: Here's brand new music. The enigmatic songwriting genius Scott Hunt and I give you an EP of new Dark Ocean Colors songs. The second album should be out later this year. In the meantime, here's some richly produced psychedelic pop that won't be included on the next album.

The Idiot Smiles -remastered

MM: The Hi-Def "Idiot" and the remastered "Idiot" are of the same source: The recent transfer of from 2trk analog tape to 24bit (via an M-Audio ProFire). I uploaded the straight 24bit files for the HiDef version then uploaded the 16bit files (derived from the 24bit) for the remastered CD version. The dynamics are preserved in both versions and no noise reduction, eq or compression was used. Any EQ issues I had with the original release are corrected purely by proper transfer. http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/MARK%20MIKEL%20THE%20IDIOT%20SMILES

Sorghum Pudding - remastered

MM: Sorghum has been made louder for Itunes. I'm still in the process of transferring the 2trk masters for the Hi-Def version so, for Itunes I used the original CD upsampled to 24bit and then spot-enveloped some of the most outrageous peaks (and on Sorgum they ARE outrageous), compressed slightly with a Neve plug-in and then I raised the overall level. Again- no noise reduction or EQ. The mp3s on Itunes now rock like they should. The HD version of Sorghum will be completely "unfutzed with digital processes". The dynamics on the masters are ridiculous. http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/sorghum%20pudding

Cosmic Surprise

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Cosmic%20Suprise

The Best..super remastered

Everybody Wants A Way Out remastered

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/everybody%20wants%20a%20way%20out

Buzz For Aldrin -remastered

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/BUZZ%20FOR%20ALDRIN

Happy Birthday remastered

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/happy%20birthday

3 Dimenional remastered

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/THE%203-DIMENSIONAL%20IN%20A%20POPCYCLE%20DREAM

The Pillbugs remastered

http://illuminatingdrink.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/the%20first%20pillbugs%20album