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John Mark McMillan
Alternative / Folk Rock / Indie

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Madison Park, North Carolina
United States

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Member Since7/4/2005
Band Websitewww.thejohnmark.com
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Wilco, Ryan Adams, Counting Crows, Pete Yorn, David Gray, Kevin Prosch, Radiohead, Van Morrison, Johny Cash, Kean, Travis, Elbow, Doves, Bruce Springsteen...
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"A patriotic sound that incorperates bold stripped down blues with a voice reminiscent of Pete Yorn and a broken America"

- HM Magazine



Concerning John Marks recent release "The Medicine":

"The Medicine has an epic sound - a grand, impressive, emotional, heart-on-sleeves, rock sound. The kind with aggressive guitars and aggressive vocals. But it's also air-tight, precise, measured rock n' roll, with just the right amount of whiskey soaked folk; McMillan is confident in his vocals and his songs are consistent with his vision. Think Springsteen, Tweedy, or Yorn singing about the troubles and rewards of faith."

-David Kern, editor-in-chief of Into the Hill. www.intothehill.com



"I don’t think there can be any question this is John Mark’s finest work. This is certainly a step forward musically, lyrically and in his songwriting. The songwriting still has the exposed emotions John Mark is known for but this record comes across as a more matured presentation, not quite as raw as before. It’s truly a storyteller album and the story is captivating and beautiful. Go buy this album now!"

-kyle Campos, ourrisingsound.com

"The Medicine is a collection of intimate portraits and amped up love songs by the artist who brought you "How He Loves" and "Closer". Including crowd favorites like "Skeleton Bones" and "Dress Us Up", John Mark McMillan's third album is the sound of a mature artist at the height of his craft."

- Jack Arnold



About John Marks 2005 release "The Song Inside The Sounds Of Breaking Down":

"This album deals with what happens when you fall apart" -John Mark McMillan

You get the sense, when listening to an album by John Mark McMillan, that there is another America out there. It's an America more real than the one you're used to: the one of endless car dealerships, sprawled out suburbia, and shoeshine religion. This is not that America. This is the America that exists, breathing and living, outside the realm of blue state and red state allegiance. This is the America built on the backs of the bruised and the broken, the America of under-produced country music and fuzzed out rock and roll and old time gospel.

Though McMillan's most recent release, The Song inside the Sounds of the Breaking Down, may open up with the deceptively Anglo-centric "London town", the sound was most definitely born in the U.S.A. From the banjos and tube crunch of "Breaking Down" to the careening, slightly drunken "Next to You Now", McMillan and company have crafted an album that sonically stretches from sea to shining sea, subtly pulling from influences as disparate as Springsteen, Whiskeytown, and Death Cab for Cutie.

Lyrically, John Mark McMillan thinks like a poet. Lines like "I've been walking in my sleep/digging trenches in the pavement with the soles of my feet" and "I dreamed I kissed your feet/between the cigarette butts on the side of fourteenth street" wind their way through the tunes like Carolina copperheads. The result is a thread that binds all of McMillan's music together: being broke down. Whether it's the death of a friend or the distance of a lover, the ghost that haunts John Mark's soul seems to brood on the back of his brokenness. And really, from the blues to Bob Dylan, what could be more American than that?

-Eric Hurtgen, Relevant Magazine

The title says it all for Charlotte, NC rock'n'roller John Mark McMillan's sophomore effort The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down. John Mark recently sat down with Braille's Thomas Torrey for an in-depth discussion on the inspirations and personal nature of the record.

The songs came out of the tragic death of McMillan's best friend, just months after John Mark's debut record Hope Anthology Vol. 1 hit stores. The grief that followed, and the subsequent rise from under it, is what bore the fruit for John Mark's newest anthology. "The album is about what happens when you fall apart," McMillan said. "I don't think there is any way of avoiding painful experiences as a human. Those painful experiences can either make us angry and bitter and cynical, or they can break us and change us and we can become more than what we were even before."

When asked about the role of faith in his music, McMillan responded, "Christianity has to have a place in my art because it's who I am. If it didn't then I'd come across as pretentious. People can see through facades easily." But he adds, "The gospel has been abused so often that people hear the name of Jesus and they think of a used car salesman. We've got to change that. There are so many completely broken and devasted people in the world. I think we ignore this as artists and as Christians. I didnt want to do that. I wanted to put something out there that people could relate to. That's what the album's all about, the song that comes out of falling apart."

- WSLC Radio




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Nov 11 2009 7:46 AM

WHATS UP JMM??? VOTE FOR ELEVATION: http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-110209/
Meagen Moody

Meagen Moody



May 21 2009 9:23 PM

Thanks for the add! Been enjoying your new disc!
Daniel Castaneda

Daniel Castaneda



May 23 2009 6:45 PM

HEy!! Thanks for the add John Mark!! Great sound!! Luv ure tunes brotha!!
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May 26 2009 3:59 PM

HEY YOU! YOU SHOULD COME TO THIS!

Dylan Gilbert
Brett Harris
& The Tomahawks
@The Evening Muse
(3227 N. Davidson St. Charlotte, NC)
Thursday May 28th 2009
5$ / Early Show: 8pm
See ya there!

marc james

marc james



May 9 2009 6:42 PM

you rock my world!! come to the uk!
In love with god

In love with god



May 7 2009 10:36 PM

When you coming back to Campbellville university in Kentucky?
Silva Nigra

Silva Nigra



Apr 25 2009 8:47 PM

Salut John, all's good here, great tunes! Send best wishes and greetings from Hamburg, Silva
Brenton Brown

Brenton Brown



Apr 23 2009 8:48 AM

Hey man, really enjoying The Medicine. It's a great record. Bummed I missed seeing you play in Nashville on Friday. Hope we cross paths someday.
brenton.
Over The Ocean

Over The Ocean



Apr 10 2009 3:48 PM

The Medicine = Radtastical.
Wolfgang Leng/ kunstmaler-wl / Official Page

Wolfgang Leng



Apr 10 2009 8:31 PM

happy easter ...have a nice time...greetings - wolfgang
Nathan K.

Nathan K.



Apr 2 2009 2:01 AM

you're so freaking good. and i usually hate "christian" singer-songwriters, because they make God sound like something that's not worth my time. so yeah man. hope you're doing well.
Chicken little Jr.<- ☮

Chicken little Jr.<- ☮



Mar 30 2009 4:12 AM

i really love that song 'Closer'
could you put it on here?
Of Sound Mystery

Of Sound Mystery



Mar 30 2009 3:35 PM

So thankful to have you as a friend...many blessings.. <br /> <br />The Band formerly known as: Passion Band <br />Now known as: Of Sound Mystery
A Little Bit Longer™

A Little Bit Longer™



Mar 24 2009 1:48 AM

The Call Of Nashville made me cry so much, man!
I love your songs, you are an amazing guy!
GOD BLESS:D
JOSHUA CLOTHING (twitter.com/joshuaclothing)

Joshua Clothing



Mar 22 2009 11:34 PM

What's up! We would love to talk... seriously!<br /><br />
"take it from the sky"

"take it from the sky"



Mar 23 2009 2:53 AM

dude you are playing purple door! tons of my friends are playing that weekend too! of course im gonna be there!
Maggie B

Maggie B



Mar 5 2009 1:32 AM

Dude,
please come west of KS. I live in Denver, and would love to listen/worship whichya!
:] Izzie [:

:] Izzie [:



Mar 2 2009 4:19 AM

You guys rocked at Love Encounter in Walla Walla.
Thanx so much for everything and may the LORD keep blessing you, your family and friends.

Izzie =D
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Mar 4 2009 9:20 PM

thanks for the add...don't forget to check us out at www.genesisdrumco.com...thanks...I enjoy your music...<br />
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Mar 1 2009 9:41 PM

THE WOODLANDS!
Hoorah, Texas!
This better be a public event 'cause it makes me and a bajillion others very, very happy.
Molly Anne

Molly Anne



Feb 24 2009 12:21 AM

Hey John. How are you guys? Bet Jude's gettin huge! If you ever come to Minnesota let me know. It would be great to see you guys again.

Take care
Michele Millet Songs

Michele Millet Songs



Feb 4 2009 9:14 PM

Thanks for listening John Mark!
Great sound :-)
Wish you love <3
Michele
KFos

Kenny Foster



Feb 22 2009 2:54 AM

Rock it out John Mark!
:::=) Meli ::: =)

:::=) Meli ::: =)



Feb 20 2009 4:36 AM

great music!!!!!
timmy

timmy



Feb 19 2009 3:17 AM

i can't stop listening to carbon ribs. (:
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