Mark Cocker

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History - Skeletons In The Cupboard!

We’ve all got them those old photographs where we thought we were oh so cool (and some of us were) but then there are some photos that can never be explained – what were we thinking!

 

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Spot the 80’s solo – and the hair!! Tonsberg, Norway 1985

 

Jamming in the Gjeilinn pub with Dave Wilks

Geilo, Norway 1984

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When it all began – Martini – Stockport, UK November 1980 – Left to right, Dave Wilks, Me, Paul Hackett and Jerry Goodwin

Martini went international in 1981 but the clothes got worse

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Out of the ashes of Martini rose Rio in 1984 – no this wasn’t an outtake from Star Trek.

Left to right – Me, Dave Smiley, Angie Preston and Dave Wilks

In the early 1990’s back in the UK I formed the band Zed with Dave Wilks from Rio and John Holmes

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Went solo in the mid 90’s – probably just as well looking at the previous pictures

Sometimes back in the 90’s it was still good to jam with old friends.  Live at the Swettenham Arms in Cheshire.  Left to right – Me, Paul Carroll and Paul Hackett

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Recording the video for ‘Tonight’ in 1998

Playing live in Lesvos, Greece, 2004