MARK IS A MEMBER OF THE BAND BILOXI. BILOXI lost their friend/singer, Clyde Holly, who passed away in his sleep in September 2006. The remaining members of BILOXI will be finishing BILOXI III in honor of Clyde Holly. The recording of the final vocal tracks will take place in January and will involve the coaching talents of Dean Fasano of Message, Prophet, Richie Sambora, Jon BonJovi, Trixter, Etc. After the losses sustained by Huricane Katrina, the band gathered up their lives and were in the process of finishing this release for the fans when the tragedy of Clyde's loss occurred. We were blessed to still have Clyde's signature sound all over this release and several tracks with his voice throughout.
Our talented drummer Rob has been mixing the release. I must say that he is working hard to produce the best sounding release that would have made Clyde proud. I know that I am.
BILOXI IS:
Clyde Holly - Lead Vocals, Guitars & Keys
Mark Allen Lanoue - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Rob Gronkoski - Drums, backing vocals
Dave Melton - Bass Guitar, backing vocals
Stephen Prescott - Keyboards, backing vocals
ADDITIONAL TALENT ON BILOXI III:
Bruce Stephen Foster - Keyboards on "Saints & Angels" & "Empty Road to Nowhere". Bruce wrote "The Answer" and recorded with Richie Sambora on Richie's solo release "Stranger in this Town"
Rory Faciane - Drums on "Pray for Rain" & "The River"
Dean Fasano - Vocal Coach & Backing Vocals on "I pray (First Chorus)" . Dean was a member of the "80's" band Prophet and the band MESSAGE with Richie Sambora
Erik Lee Nilsson - Keyboards on "Pray for Rain"
We would like to welcome our new members and the Rocklahoma Line-Up: James Gillies - Guitar (3rd from left), Lee Cooley - Bass (4th from left), Erik Nilsson - Keys (Not Shown)
Mark is a product of the New Jersey music scene. After leaving for a short while to study at the Musicians Institute of Technology in Hollywood California, he returned to New Jersey to begin work as a studio musician in New Jersey and New York. While playing in bands on the Jersey scene, Mark fired off audition material to Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio. Mark's fellow New Jersey axe slinger from Zyris, Zakk Wylde, got the job with the Oz.
He then joined forces with Dean Fasano (Message, Richie Sambora group, Jon Bon Jovi, and Prophet) to write and record. One of the songs, Fine Line, which transpired from working with Dean Fasano became the title track on the 1998 MESSAGE release. Mark then moved on to write, record, and tour with Persian Risk out of Orlando Florida. The band was fronted by vocalist Carl Sentence (Krokus, Geezer Butler Band, and Paul Chapman's Ghost). While Mark was an active member of the Florida music scene, he studied with vocal coach, Ron Feldman (Vocal coach for Jani Lane of Warrant).
After leaving Florida in the late 90's, Mark relocated to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and eventually joined forces with Clyde Holly & Rob Gronkoski as a part of the band BILOXI. Upon the untimely death of our friend/band mate, Clyde Holly, Mark took over the Lead Vocals for the up coming BILOXI release.
Mark is in the studio working with Rob Gronkoski on the release of BILOXI III, due out in the SUMMER of 2007.
Hey Mark, I am doing great. Getting ready for Rocklahoma of course. And really looking forward to meeting you and the guys out there. It's going to be a great honor to meet you guys!!!
NO, THANK YOU, MARK ALLEN, AND THE REST OF BILOXI III, FOR THE MANY YEARS OF TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS...AND GREAT MUSIC!!! THE PART THAT IS BEST, IS THE PART WHEN, ALMOST ALL OF US GET BACK UP AND CONTINUE!!! JIM & ROSE CRAFTMAN'S WORKSHOP
