Mark Kelly (keyboardist)

Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly onstage with Marillion at their 2009 weekend festival in Montreal, Canada.
Background information
Birth name	Mark Colbert Kelly
Born	9 April 1961 (1961-04-09) (age 50) Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Genres	Art rock, neo-progressive rock, pop-rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Keyboards, piano
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Racket Records
Associated acts	Marillion, Travis, Chemical Alice
Website	www.marillion.com

Mark Kelly (born Mark Colbert Kelly, 9 April 1961, Dublin, Ireland) is the keyboardist of the progressive rock band, Marillion. He was raised in Ireland until he moved to England with his parents in 1969.^[1]

He joined the band in 1981, replacing previous keyboardist Brian Jelliman,^[2] and as of 2011 is still a member of the band. He previously played in the progressive/psychedelic band Chemical Alice who released their EP Curiouser and Curiouser in 1981.^[3] Kelly has appeared on every Marillion studio album He also appeared on John Wesley's album Under the Red and White Sky in 1994 and on Jump's album Myth of Independence in 1995 on production and keyboards.^[4] He has also played keyboards with Travis for their headlining set at the Isle of Wight Festival (10–12 June 2005), at T in the park in 2005, and at the Live8 set in Edinburgh (6 July 2005).

Kelly lives in Oxfordshire with longtime partner Angie Moxham (the founder of the public relations company, 3 Monkeys Communications^[5]); and their three children Tallulah, Delilah and Jude. Kelly is also the father of Freya and Kai from a previous marriage.

He is a director of the Featured Artists Coalition.^[6]

Personal quotes

“

We have got a bit of a reputation. I had a conversation with Noel Gallagher at a party once and said to him, 'I'm in a band but it's the most uncool band in the world - Marillion'. He went, 'Yeah, you're right.' Deadpan! Not even smiling. [7]

”

“

Most bands end up signing awful deals and even when you’re an experienced musician who’s had 20 years in the business they still put these deals in front of you and you just think, ‘nobody in their right mind would sign this'. [8]

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The Internet is making it a level playing field for any band. Anyone who can play a song can enter and it hasn’t been like that for a long, long time. So it’s going to be good for music, it might not necessarily be good for the music industry. [8]

”

References

1. ^ "CHAPTER SEVEN, 1985, A SINGLE PUSH TO AN ALBUMS BAND". http://www.clausnygaard.dk/shades06g.htm. 
2. ^ Marillion.com
3. ^ Btinternet.com
4. ^ Marillion.com
5. ^ 3-monkeys.co.uk
6. ^ Featuredartistscoalition.com
7. ^ Dalton, Stephen. "How to thrive on a Fish-free diet" The Times. 21 April 2007.
8. ^ ^{a b} BBC2 The Future Just Happened, 12 August 2001.

External links

• Marillion - Other Faces
• Chemical Alice Website
• Marillion - Band Member Profiles

Persondata
Name	Kelly, Mark Colbert
Alternative names	Kelly, Mark
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	9 April 1961
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Date of death
Place of death