Name: Mark (Sparky) Endres
Birthdate: 12/10/1975
Instrument: Guitar, Vocals
Equipment: '92 Gibson - Les Paul Studio, '77 Electra "lawsuit" LP Copy, '89 Ibanez - P.O.S.
Effects: Assorted BOSS peds housed by www.nycpedalboards.com
Amplification: Marshall- VS102R- 100w 2x12 Valvestate, B/U- Peavey Bandit 35 P.O.S.
Previous bands: Chuckle Patch 1991-1993
Favorite Bands: Janes Addiction, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Soul Coughing,
Frenté, Led Zeppelin, Korn, Muppet Show Orchestra
E-Mail: > mkendres@gmail.com
AOL: > EndresMK
Born Marcus Philippe Endres on December 10, 1975, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Stanton and Crystal Endres.
On the surface, Mark's early life seemed charmed. Born into a very well-to-do Hartford family, Mark enjoyed
all the trappings of a wealthy scamp. However, his family was never quite accepted by its well-heeled neighbors
for two reasons. First, the Endres' were considered nouveau riche, their wealth inherited from the toil of
Mark's grandfather. Though he eventually became a tycoon, Mark's grandfather was originally a butcher. In
Harper's Bazaar, he told interviewer Gerald Clarke: "He was simply a remarkable man, my grandfather. The Pope
knighted him for his philanthropic work, but he never forgot he had been born poor. Never! Not once! Do you
understand what I'm trying to say? Huh? Do you?! Get your filthy hands off me!!" Secondly, social acceptance
eluded the Endres family due to their involvement in the television industry. For decades, both Stanton and
Crystal were successful soap opera actors, starring in such hit shows as Sleepy Hill, As the Time Drags, and
Dr. Nip and his Saucy Anesthesiologists. Despite such successes, the Endres' were still outcasts in their
community. Says Mark, "I think our neighbors really objected to my parents' involvement in TV. You see, back
then, TV was loaded with insipid, brain-boiling, morally-retarded garbage. Television wasn't the responsible,
sagacious, voice-of-God beacon of light that is today." In 1986, at the age of 11, Mark began to follow in his
parents' luscious footsteps, when he landed his own cooking show, Eggs with Flight Lieutenant Endres. "Back in
'86 it was all about sex, drugs, and Cruč. That was the beginning of my trip down the wiggly path." In 1990,
Mark was tapped to host a new game show, Wiggly Path. Unfortunately, the show never quite reached its core
demographic (18-24 year-old male left-handed prostitutes with gonorrheal blindness), and the show was swiftly
canceled. In 2000, Mark moved East where he joined the up-and-coming New Jersey-based cover-band, Jobu.