Welcome back to label, the stories, rumors, and legends of tooth-and-nail records.

I'm your host, Matt Carter.

Now, today we've got Mark Solomon, and Mark is not only a legend,

but he's someone I consider a forefather in this scene.

He's been pioneering new artistic and cultural territory forever

while being iconic and professional and a showman

all at the same time. He's been massively influential through the crucified and stavesaker

to neon horse, through his podcast never was, and through his reputation for having great

personal relationships across decades with so many other legends

of people in the scene. I personally have gotten to spend a good amount of time around Mark

he's put my band up in his own house and always made time for me and I've benefited greatly

from knowing him as a person and from his public work. Mark is a great role model. I think what rock

singer, podcaster, and great relationship person, all I have in common is the ability to connect

and communicate ideas from your mind through your voice. And everyone loves Mark's voice,

regardless of what he's using it for he's very expressive his voice

in itself is good and the connection from his mind to his voice it just works so i'm thinking

you'll enjoy this episode and conversation with uncle Mark as much as I do it's time to stand

to see who stands but i think i know the way i got a promise on the mind i'm not looking for what's

they call you uncle mark in that on your podcast you call that right yeah everybody out here

calls me that yeah well i i think there's a reason that that sticks as a as nickname. I know you've embraced it at least a little

bit with your podcast is I see you as like this uncle that's like a pioneer of something and

did different stuff early on, embrace an alternative view, an alternative way of doing things and a leader in so doing.

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