Video for "New Years Day" from The Truth Can Be Brutal:
The Unloved playing "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones on 6/12/2008 at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA:
The Unloved are: Jason Messina - drums
Steve Young - guitar Mike Savitkas - bass and backing vocals
Brittany Gray - vocals
Dewey - Beer Drinker
Alumni:
Jeff Morris - lead guitar
Influences
Some of the bands I’m into - not that we sound like any of these: Springsteen, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, R.E.M., The Replacements, Paul Westerberg, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Against Me, The Black Crowes, The Falcon, Death & Taxes, Chris Cornell, Far From Finished, Gimme Danger, Tim Barry, Death Cab for Cutie, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, U2, Rod Stewart, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Buckcherry, Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Rise Against, Foo Fighters, Wilco, Oasis, Angels & Airwaves, Ben Kweller, Pete Yorn, Ben Harper, American Steel, Dustin Kensrue, Ryan Adams, Pantera, Metallica, Down, Elton John, The Faces, The Loved Ones, Lucero, Rancid, The Police, Saves the Day, Strike Anywhere, US Bombs, Turbonegro and tons more
Mark Lind & The Unloved are a rock n’ roll band from Boston, MA.
Mark Lind (that’s me) broke into the Boston music scene in 1996 as the front man for Ducky Boys. Since then I’ve played with Sinners & Saints, Dirty Water, Ducky Boys for a second stint and now the Unloved. Some people really like the early Ducky Boys’ stuff but I don’t think I really knew what I was doing until playing in Sinners & Saints. Getting to play with my brother, Rob, and Dustin Hengst taught me a lot about songwriting as a craft. The first band I was really able to apply these lessons to was Dirty Water. We existed as a band for one year and released one EP that a lot of people like and I’m still very proud of.
In 2003 I transitioned back to Ducky Boys and we released Three Chords and the Truth in November 2004 to a lot of excitement and rave reviews. In 2006 we followed it up with The War Back Home which we were all collectively very proud of and many people consider it to be the best release the Ducky Boys ever did.
On the same day of that CD’s release I released my debut “solo” CD called Death or Jail. I followed it up with a self released EP called Compulsive F@k Up in the Spring of 2007 and then did a full recording with The Unloved later that year which became The Truth Can Be Brutal, released in June 2008.
We’re currently playing regionally in support of The Truth Can Be Brutal and plotting the next recording. There is no time frame on when that will come together but I’d like to have it recorded and released some time in 2009.
Other cd's featuring M.Lind songs:
Other CD's I've contributed parts or performances to - you know, backing vocals or bass or whatever:
I added this map in December 2007. So it doesn't account for the first 90,000 visitors but it will add you as you come back for additional visits.
mark u need to never stop making music! Ducky boys to this and everything in between was fucking awesome... too bad im not 12 anymore following dirty water around everywhere
Thanks again for having us on the Anchor's Up & Brickhouse shows! We had a blast and hope we can share the stage with you again sometime! You guys KILLED it last night, Spectacular! Love & kisses DRAGO
I'm SO glad to see the Ducky Boys are playing a Boston show in September! I'm moving back in a few weeks, so I'll be there. And I'll come to an Unloved show soon, too!
hey man i did not know you liked bright eyes, they are pretty sick. Connor Oberist has to be one of the best writers in music. But yeah can't wait for anything new from you and venture on down to connecticut i would deffinitly rally a bunch of brutal mother fuckers to come see you.