Animalize was a "meh" record............sounds like they used the same blueprint of the two previous record,just putting the songs in a different order........but too many fillers.Didn't lile the production....
Mark did try his best to please the bosses,he was given strict orders about what and how to play....if you read the interviews he did afterwards, it was clear that he wasn't free to express himself.Read especially the "hard force" intervew...........
.On the Interview from GFTPM he said he was asked to play more like Ace,meanin just pentatonic based style and slower.
On the other side, G&P thought to have the formula down and so it was clear what and how they wanted to achieve.
Just like with Vinnie, his style can't be described fully since he wasn't free to express himself....
The guitar tone on the album suffered a great deal from the producer's vision;).............Mark used Rockman gear,but thanks to the double tracking and equalization, you couldn't hear that............the sound was kind of thin and not greatly mixed...........
Mark was a musician with different roots and different style...........i think the fault lied somewhere inbetween..... if you want to join such an established band, you make a choice to adapt your style and just please them-sort of what Bruce did- on the other hand, just to choose somebody because he's a shredder and it fits the band visually when you just want a cross between Ace and a shredder doesn't seems a great idea to me.Mark used to play on the top of the beat while Kiss play behind the beat in typical rock and roll/hard rock style(think of Phil Rudd from AC/DC) and that caused friction during the few live gigs..............he wasn't used to play on such a big stage and also he did recall how he was demanded to tone down his performance, visual wise and how Paul ordered him to not use the volume pedal for swells ................he didn't want to be upstaged.Basically, kIss wanted somebody who could do exactly wha they wanted and nothin more................sort of what they afterwards and have now..........
Fave song? priobably "thrills in the night "..............because of mark;)
Least favourite ? "lonely is the hunter"..............bleugh.
Tim, since you always did such an excellent work in the past, would you consider an interview with Mark's sister and brother? it would be cool to know more about Mark and also,if possible,hear their side of the story...............especially since the tasteless comments from Both the band and Peter...............
