Mark Gable
Mark Gable | |
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.jpg) Gable at the APRA Awards in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mark Dixon Kitchen |
| Born | 8 September 1950 Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia |
| Origin | Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pub rock, hard rock, new wave |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboards, drums, bass |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | choirboys |
Mark Dixon Kitchen (born 8 September 1950), known professionally as Mark Gable, is an Australian musician who serves as the frontman and a founding member of the rock band The Choirboys. The band was formed in Sydney in 1979.[1]
Mark was born in Captains Flat, New South Wales.
Radio
[edit]Starting in 2012, Mark hosted The Awesome Eighties on 107.7 2GO in The New South Wales Central Coast, with assistance from Mike Duncan. In 2008/09, Gable hosted and co-produced a weekly series for smoothfm, The Sunday Session where he interviewed many international and local artists. The show was aired on a Sunday afternoon in Sydney and Melbourne.[2]
Personal life
[edit]In 2008, Gable become an ambassador for Beyond Blue.[3]
Gable is married to country singer-songwriter Melinda Schneider, they were married on 10 September 2022 on Killcare Beach, NSW after 14 years together.[4] They had their first child Sullivan James Gable in August 2012. Gable has five children from a previous relationship.
Discography
[edit]The Choirboys Studio albums
[edit]- Choirboys (1983)
- Big Bad Noise (1988)
- Midnight Sun (1991)
- Dancing on the Grave of Rock n' Roll (1994)
- Yo-Yo (1996)
- Evolver (2004)
- Big Bad and Acoustic (2006)
- So Easy (2007)
Quartets
[edit]"Handle with Care" (with Damien Leith, Bobby Flynn, and Ilan Kidron)
Television
[edit]Mark Gable appeared as one of "The 100" judges on All Together Now, an Australian reality television music competition on the Seven network.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Choirboys'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Vega 95.3fm puts on live Sunday Session for listeners". 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Ambassador profile - Mark Gable". Beyond Blue. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Rock great and his country queen tie the knot". The Daily Telegraph.[bare URL]
- ^ Seven Network (Operations) Limited (October 2018). "Meet the Judges of All Together Now - The 100". 7plus.com.au.