Mark Allen Slaughter
(born July 4, 1964)
is an American singer
and guitarist
and one of the founders
of the glam metal band
Career
Mark Slaughter
was born in
Las Vegas, Nevada,
on
July 4, 1964.
Before the formation of Slaughter,
he fronted Xcursion,
a Las Vegas-based
metal band that
released two albums
and appeared on three
compilation albums from
1981–86.
He later replaced
Robert Fleischman
in
Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
After the band disbanded
in the late 1980s,
Mark Slaughter
and
Dana Strum
formed the group
Slaughter.
Slaughter sold more than
five million records
in the 1990s.
The group had four
Top 30 hits
on the Billboard charts
with tunes such as
"Fly to the Angels"
and
"Up All Night",
and toured with bands
such as
Kiss,
Poison,
Ozzy Osbourne
and
Damn Yankees.
Slaughter
actively participates in
charity work with
St. Jude Children's Hospital
.In January 2015,
Mark Slaughter
digitally released
a solo album titled
Reflections in a Rear View Mirror.
The album was released
worldwide and became available
in CD format on
May 22, 2015.
In May 2017,
Mark Slaughter's
second solo record,
Halfway There,
was released via
EMP Label Group.
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