Vudi
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Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler (born 22 September 1952, Chicago
), guitarist with San Francisco based indie rock
band American Music Club
. He is also the vocalist and guitarist in San Francisco based indie rock
band Clovis de Floret.
He also played guitar and keyboards with Swans
on their 1995 tour, and hence appeared on the double live album
Swans Are Dead
. Vudi played on Red's Recovery Room.
He is currently employed as a bus driver in Los Angeles and working on a new album with American Music Club.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
), guitarist with San Francisco based indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band American Music Club
American Music Club
American Music Club is a San Francisco-based alternative rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel.-History:Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981...
. He is also the vocalist and guitarist in San Francisco based indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Clovis de Floret.
He also played guitar and keyboards with Swans
Swans (band)
Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
on their 1995 tour, and hence appeared on the double live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
Swans Are Dead
Swans Are Dead
Swans Are Dead is a double live album by Swans. It was released in 1998 and was recorded in 1995 and 1997 on the band's final tours.The setlists of this era in the Swans live show were probably the most varied in terms of chronology...
. Vudi played on Red's Recovery Room.
He is currently employed as a bus driver in Los Angeles and working on a new album with American Music Club.