| Mark
Lind has spent the last 10 years of his creative life telling
the truth. As the creative force behind Boston's Ducky Boys, it
would seem that he swore an oath not only to his fans but to himself
to be as up front about not only the way he feels but what life
does to us all at one time or another. Songs with themes ranging
from loyalty and friendship to pain, heart ache and loneliness,
Lind never pulls any punches and always tells the hardest truths.
The Ducky Boys, Dirty Water, and Sinners and Saints all bare the
undeniable mark of Lind's trademark song writing, purpose and
honesty. Unlike some he's not just yelling for the sake of hearing
his voice or rebelling against mommy and daddy, he has something
to say and it's actually worth hearing. Having survived 10 years
in Boston's punk scene he has emerged as one of the premier song
writers having never imitated himself and continuously evolving
into a better craftsman or lyric and song. His last creative effort
Death or Jail marks a new era for Lind where he tackles new themes
with even greater talent and a better understanding of not only
song writing but himself as well. Lind is a poet and philosopher
of the human condition cut from the same cloth as Bruce Springsteen,
Bob Dylan and Paul Westerberg.
Its horrible but true that we live in an age dominated by soulless
performers singing and selling un-original garbage. Lind is a
beacon of promise in this wasteland of recycled rock and lest
than stellar pop music. Its true that some people like what's
going on in the music industry today, but its also true that there
are people out there that crave something more, something better.
What they crave is something with purpose something that meets
a previously established standard of truth and meaning, for those
people there is Mark Lind. |
