Mark Panick
musical artist
Mark Panick (born August 28, 1956) is an American musician, bandleader and songwriter best known for fronting the underground rock groups Bonemen of Barumba and Razorhouse.
History
In 1981, Panick co-founded Bonemen of Barumba with Tom Jonusaitis. The band went on to release two EPs. The 1981 self titled Bonemen of Barumba EP was described by Steve Albini as "Barbeque [sic] music from hell". In 1983's the group released Driving the Bats Thru Jerusalem. This was described as "ballsy and primitive" by Trouser Press. In 1985's the band released an LP entitled Icons, on the Chicago/Philadelphia imprint Fever, which was distributed by the larger independent label Enigma Records.
The Bonemen of Barumba track Thick Promise appeared on the 1982 cassette compilation Sub Pop 7 and the tracks Barumba Intro and Government Money received airplay on BBC Radio One's The John Peel Show on March 3, 1982. The band also received favorable press in the Los Angeles Reader, The Chicago Sun-Times amongst many others.
While fronting Bonemen of Barumba, Panick was in a short-lived group called Minority of One with Jeff Pezzati, the vocalist for Naked Raygun.
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