Mark Spicoluk founded and played bass for the band Closet Monster

Closet Monster

Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario.-Biography:Closet Monster formed in 1997 and broke up in 2005. They played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept, Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and...

 from 1997 until December 8, 2005. Closet Monster reunited to play Wakestock on August 8, 2009. Spicoluk established the indie punk rock label Underground Operations in 1995.

During his period with Closet Monster, Spicoluk played for Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

 and Sum 41

Sum 41

Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...

. Spicoluk left Lavigne's band in 2002 to focus on Underground Operations and Closet Monster.

Spicoluk works for Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...

's new record label, Simmons Records. He appears on MuchMusic

MuchMusic

MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

's reality show disBAND and works at Universal Music Canada

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 and sub labels as Senior Director of A&R. He is president, founder, and owner of the record label/management company Underground Operations

Underground Operations

Underground Operations is an independent punk rock record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1995, the label was originally based in Ajax, Ontario....

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Closet Monster

• So Be It/Pure Unfiltered Anarchy - 1998
• A Fight For What Is Right - 1999
• Where The Fuck Is The Revolution - 2000
• Killed The Radio Star - 2002
• Built This City - 2003
• Rebuilt This City - 2004

Studio production credits

• Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
  
   - Geeving - 2010 - composer, production
• Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
   - Stereros - Uncontrollable - 2010 - composer, executive production
• Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
   - Stereos - 2009 - executive production/guest performance/composer
• Chad Michael Stewart - Machete Avenue - 2008 - executive production
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
   - Fortress -2008 - executive production
• These Silhouettes - Thomas EP - 2008 - production
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
   - Kezia - 2006 - executive production
• The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack are a political punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their first two albums were released on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dave Zegarac's label, 3rd Generation Records. Underground Operations signed the band in 2005 and released their album, From This Beauty Comes Chaos and...
  
   - 2006 - production
• Closet Monster
  Closet Monster
  Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario.-Biography:Closet Monster formed in 1997 and broke up in 2005. They played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept, Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and...
  
   - Re-built This City - 2005 - production/performance
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
   - A Calculated Use of Sound - production
• Closet Monster
  Closet Monster
  Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario.-Biography:Closet Monster formed in 1997 and broke up in 2005. They played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept, Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and...
  
   - Killed the Radio Star - 2003 - production/performance
• Protest the Hero - Search for the Truth - 2003 - production

Universal music Canada A&R signings/roster

• Lights
• The Envy
• Reema Major
  Reema Major
  Reema Major , is a Sudanese-Canadian rapper signed to a joint record label venture with G7 Records Inc./Universal Music Canada and Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records...
  
  
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
  
• Stereos
  Stereos
  Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
  
  
• Down With Webster
  Down with Webster
  Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....
  
  
• Jhevon Paris
• Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
  
  

Underground Operations roster history

• Marilyn's Vitamins
  Marilyn's Vitamins
  Marilyn's Vitamins were a punk rock band formed in 1995 from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, playing their last show December 28, 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. In those near-five years they released two albums on Raw Energy and 7"s on Ductape, and Ugly Pop Vinyl. A posthumous collection was released on...
  
  
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
  
• Closet Monster
  Closet Monster
  Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario.-Biography:Closet Monster formed in 1997 and broke up in 2005. They played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept, Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and...
  
  
• Bombs Over Providence
  Bombs Over Providence
  Bombs Over Providence was a Canadian pop-punk/punk rock band from Brampton, Ontario. They were one of the first bands signed to Underground Operations. Their lyrics mainly have a theme of politics. They broke up around the same time Closet Monster did....
  
  
• Dead Letter Dept.
  Dead Letter Dept.
  Dead Letter Dept., formerly known as The Stiffs, are a band from Ontario, Canada. The band consists of Rob Moir - , Mike Leblanc - , Andrew Sparks - , Danny Complex - . The band announced their break up on their Myspace blog in 2008. Their songs are mainly about girls and relationship with the...
  
  
• Hostage Life
  Hostage Life
  Hostage Life was a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero...
  
  
• I Hate Sally
  I Hate Sally
  I Hate Sally was a four-piece metal/post-hardcore band from Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2000 in Kingston, Ontario by Marc Garniss, Ben Thomas and Kelly Payne.-Biography:...
  
  
• The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack are a political punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their first two albums were released on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dave Zegarac's label, 3rd Generation Records. Underground Operations signed the band in 2005 and released their album, From This Beauty Comes Chaos and...
  
  
• These Silhouettes
• Aspirations
• Means
• The Holly Springs Disaster
  The Holly Springs Disaster
  The Holly Springs Disaster was a metalcore band with a touch of southern rock out of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. They toured Canada 7 times independently with The Ghost Cried Murder , Buckhunter & Sick City supporting 16 demos and various pre-demo discs before collaborating with producer Zach Ohren to...
  
  
• Lights
  Lights (singer)
  Lights Valerie Poxleitner is a Canadian electronic musician, signed to her own personal label, Lights Music. Her most notable singles include "Ice", "Second Go" and "Toes". In 2009, she was awarded the Juno Award for "Best New Artist".-Early life:Lights was born in Timmins, Ontario. Her parents...
  
  
• Machete Avenue
  Machete Avenue
  -History:Machete Avenue now known just as "Chad Michael Stewart" consists of two band members, Chad Michael Stewart who is the lead vocalist, and Scott Parker who plays the keyboard/piano. These two Canadian musicians, from St. Thomas and London Ontario, formed Machete Avenue in 2005...
  
  
• Chad Michael Stewart
• The Artist Life
  The Artist Life
  The Artist Life is a pop punk band from Toronto, Ontario signed to Underground Operations as of September 2008.-History:The Artist Life was started by Ian Blackwood on vocals and guitar, and Dean Richards on guitar and vocals in January 2006...
  
  
• Dean Lickyer
  Dean Lickyer
  -Biography:The band’s name pays homage to Dean Lequyer, a high school friend of band member Sean’s father. Dean had introduced Sean’s father to classic rock artists before they were widely popular, including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Humble Pie to name a few. Although Dean died in the mid...
  
  
• Sam Bradley
• Kingdoms
• Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
  
  

External links

• Underground Operations official site