Mark Robinson is an indie-rock musician from Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 who founded TeenBeat Records

TeenBeat Records

Teen Beat is an independent record label, originally based in Arlington, VA, now based in Cambridge, MA. It was founded by Mark Robinson in 1984 at Wakefield High School along with Phil Krauth , Andrew Beaujon , Tim Moran , and Ian Zack .The label was originally set up like a lending library...

 in 1984. Best known for founding Unrest

Unrest (band)

Unrest is an indie rock band from the Washington, D.C. area. It was one of Mark Robinson's projects for what would eventually become the TeenBeat label, also created by Mark while in high school. Developing from an experimental approach of never playing the same song twice, earlier material seemed...

 (with Phil Krauth), he has also been a member of Air Miami

Air Miami

Air Miami was a band from Washington DC. The band was formed by Mark Robinson and Bridget Cross, both former members of Unrest, and drummer Gabriel Stout...

, Flin Flon

Flin Flon

Flin Flon is a Canadian mining city located on the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within Manitoba.- Founding :...

, Grenadine, and currently plays with Evelyn Hurley (Blast Off Country Style) in Cotton Candy. He has released a number of solo records. His recordings are typically sparse, often based around a carefully controlled guitar. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...

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Solo discography

• 1987 Black Christmas (teenbeat 17)
• 1988 KingXMas (teenbeat 27)
• 1989 Sammy Supreme My Man (teenbeat 37)
• 1990 Mark E Superstar (teenbeat 57)
• 1996 Olympic Death Squad (teenbeat 200)
• 2000 Taste EP (EM series) (teenbeat 302)
• 2000 Tiger Banana (teenbeat 307)
• 2001 Canada's Green Highway (teenbeat 297)
• 2004 Origami & Urbanism (teenbeat 317)
• 2004 Babe Rainbow (tomlab tom36)