Mark Stuart (musician)
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Mark Allen Stuart (born April 14, 1968 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a Christian rock musician, and is best known for being the vocalist for the now-retired Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline. His parents are both missionaries in Haiti. Stuart met the original guitarist and bassist for Audio A, Barry Blair & Will McGinniss, while attending Kentucky Christian College (now known as Kentucky Christian University). Barry Blair was Mark's roommate for three years. He founded the band with them and Bob Herdman and they released their first album, Audio Adrenaline, in 1992.
At Kentucky Christian, Mark obtained a degree in Secondary Education for Science and Math. Mark says "I can teach physics, calculus, and chemistry." Originally, he was planning to pursue his goal of becoming an aeronautical engineer.
Mark's favorite movie is "Jaws".
Mark has an older brother Dave, and a younger sister Kelly. His father Drex, who is married to Jo, is an ordained minister. When Mark was younger, both Drex and Jo spent four years in Haiti as missionaries. Returning to Haiti in 2004, they are currently full-time missionaries at the Hands and Feet Project in Cyvadier.
In January 2006, [Audio Adrenaline]] announced that they were retiring. The primary reason cited was Stuart's "ongoing vocal challenges" stemming from vocal cord damage after years of performing.[1]
Mark currently lives in Franklin, TN, with his wife, Aegis.
Mark was at the Hands and Feet Project in Jacmel, Haiti for the earthquake on January 12, 2010, along with his parents (Drex & Jo) and his wife (Aegis). All at the Project were uninjured by the quake. He was able to get the word out about the plight of the residents of Jacmel via mulitple Skype interviews with media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and BBC, among others. He assisted with relief efforts in Jacmel until he returned to the U.S. on January 22nd, when he continued to assist by raising funds through continued coordination of relief efforts and organization of benefit concerts.
[edit] Contributions to other artists
- Mark Stuart was producer for two-time Grammy Nominated and now Platinum-selling artist singer/songwriter Jennifer Knapp's hit album Kansas, and co-produced her first Grammy nominated album Lay It Down with Knapp.
- In the rock opera !Hero (in 2003), Mark starred as Petrov, a character based on the apostle Peter. He starred alongside such notables as Michael Tait, T-Bone and Rebecca St. James.
- Mark has Executive Producer credit on the albums: The Healing of Harms by Fireflight; A Love Hate Masquerade" by Kids in the Way; "The Twenty-First Time" by Monk & Neagle; "Conquering the Fear of Flight" by Wavorly; "Where Do We Go from Here" and "Fireproof" by Pillar; and "Bone-Appetit" by T-Bone (rapper)... among others.
- Mark is featured on the tracks: "Lord" from the compilation album "Your Name" (2008); "Sing Your Praises" from the T-Bone album "Bone-appetit" (2007); and "Air" from the compilation album, "Soul Lift" (2001).
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