Mark Brown better known by the stage name

Stage name

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 Brown Mark, also styled Brownmark and BrownMark, is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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 and record producer

Record producer

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Biography

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, Brown's early fame came when he was the bass guitar

Bass guitar

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ist of The Revolution

The Revolution (band)

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, musician Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's original touring (and later also his recording) band. Noted for his unique, funk

Funk

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-based style of musicianship, he became a record producer

Record producer

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 and recording artist himself after parting company with Prince in 1986. He achieved minor successes in the R&B music field under both titles (most notably as founder and producer of R&B group Mazarati

Mazarati

Mazarati was an American R&B band formed in the mid-1980s by former Prince and The Revolution bassist Brown Mark. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, they are now defunct as a group. The band's sole hit was a song called "100 MPH", which was written and co-produced by Prince.-Debut at Paisley...

). After a lengthy absence from the music business he returned with a new project entitled Cryptic. After the release of the Cryptic CD entitled It's Been Awhile the group disbanded in 2002. Brown is currently working on a new project out of Tampa Florida with his newly formed group Syx Mil Breach. The CD will be released late 2010 and is to be titled Syx mil Breach.

Albums

• Just Like That (1988), Motown
• Good Feeling (1989), Motown
• It's Been A While (2002)
• Syx Mil Breach (2010)

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