Mark White (British musician)
English musician, former keyboardist for ABC and Vice Versa.
Mark Andrew White, born in Sheffield, is an English musician and producer. He began his career in the late 1970s as Vice Versa's lead singer and keyboardist. He later served as ABC's keyboardist and composer, retiring from music in the early 1990s.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Mark Andrew White
- Born
- 1 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, England
- Genre
- Pop
- new wave
- synth-pop
- new pop
- Occupation
- Singer
- songwriter
- composer
- musician
- music programmer
- record producer
- Instrument
- Keyboards
- synthesizer
- guitar
- vocals
- Years active
- 1977–1992, 2014–present
- Label
- Neutron
- Mercury
- Vertigo
- Phonogram
- VOD
Facts from the source article.
Music career
In the late 1970s, White was a member of the three-piece electronic band Vice Versa alongside David Sydenham and Stephen Singleton. Between 1982 and 1991, ABC released six studio albums, with White and Fry as its only permanent members. White also co-wrote and produced songs on Paul Rutherford's solo album Oh World, including the single "Get Real".
Later years
White retired from ABC in 1991 through a financial agreement and left the music industry to pursue reiki therapy. He declined to participate in VH1's Bands Reunited in 2004. In 2014, he reformed Vice Versa with Singleton and released the box set Electrogenesis 1978–1980. The duo released a Christmas single in December 2015 but have not released anything since.
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