”a short Biography from My point of view and from My own memories”

Ever since I could remember, I've always enjoyed music, and the feeling that flowed through me as the notes played on. At 7, my parents kindly bought me my first acoustic guitar and lessons to go with it. Soon followed my basic ability to spot read selections from " John Denver's Greatest Hits", " The Eagles Deluxe Anthology ", and various Mel Bay collections of folk and pop tunes from the day.

My older brother, Scott, was a hip, Leif Garret'esque, Blonde jock.. and most importantly..My hero and a music aficionado. His tastes in music, along with my parents influenced me greatly. Elvis, Roy Orbison, Neil Sedaka. The Beach Boys- to name a few from my parent's likes.... all the way to Cheap Trick, Kiss, Kansas, ACDC. to name a few... and this obscure at the time Canadian Band called RUSH.

The Lessons and playing continued into my early teens, but my teacher's frustration with my lack of practicing and interest led her to drop me out of respect to my parent's limited pocketbook, a very noble move considering teaching was her life. Her name was Roxanne Jarrett, a tall, beautiful woman with an amazing voice and even more amazing abilities on both the guitar and piano. The music she showed me was a far cry from what I would later evolve into musically, yet the foundations were laid...yes the lessons were the key to my development.

Somehow...in the course of things....I was sitting with my brother at our parents vacation home, and he put on a mix his good , guitar playing friend , Tim Breen, had put together. It consisted of 2112 from RUSH, and their latest " commercial album" as a disappointed Tim later put it to me, Moving Pictures. "Temples of Syrinx" WOW! That singer was insane ! ..and boy could that band rock! ....then it happened...track 4, from Moving Pictures..LIMELIGHT!!!..that smooth guitar sound ....and that was all she wrote.

I played to those songs everyday..bought my first effect pedal...an MXR chorus pedal...and played through my cool Crate amp on my Memphis Les Paul Copy. I didn't know anything about effects but hey all the big boys at the time used them...so why not? In Junior High..I started to branch out socially and met a whole different group of people. One in particular, Steve Graham, was this shy kid but everyone commented on how well he could sing and play guitar. Whether or not we became friends....or I rather just forced myself on him to learn and play...I will never be sure...

In High School, Steve and I continued to hang out. One day while drooling over a Roland Jupiter 8 synth, at Guitar Center of all places...I started playing "Subdivisions", as I had a couple of years before taught myself the chords and notes on my parents old cheesy organ . Then came the intro to "Between the Wheels"..and lo and behold..this tall skinny guy with a huge afro next to me started playing the drum patterns along with me to the song...he was AMAZING! I later recognized him as Joe Durbin(now Joe Kinyone), Tim Breen's Drummer and a friend of both Tim and my brother, Scott. One thing led to another , and I called Steve over with his bass and Roland Juno-6 in tow. This band became TRILOGY and we jammed hundreds of times and actually put together enough original material for an album...

That's always when the floor falls out from under a band...when PROGRESS is actually about to be made! At some point before the breakup of Trilogy happened, I was taking a rainy, Christmas-time walk through the local neighborhood..and came across a curious thing! Some band was playing " Afterimage" from Rush and they were rocking good. I..always not the shy type..knocked on the door as soon as they took a break...and Chris Bentley, Later MAXIMUM INDIFFERENCES Soundman for many years, answered the door and let me come in and watch them. He played all the keyboards,basslines and melodies...he was AMAZING! On the guitar was this withdrawn but handsome devil, Chris's younger brother Craig..ALSO AMAZING! and on the drums ..Mike Kechula...this whole night transformed everything..watching these THREE guys play and play so well at their ages...( Me 15 , and them all 18 and up). Hell! These guys were already outplaying many professionals! This is also where trouble came from for me ..I introduced Steve and Joe from Trilogy to these guys...and within 3 weeks...They showed up at my house on a dark and rainy night to tell me I was out and Craig was in...I remember being kind of confused as it was MY BAND !! HAHA ..oh well..(Curious to note that they fell apart after only 3 weeks) ...unfortunately that was the end of the band and of those friendships, for a while...I always was the forgiving fool... . I later realized that without this event, and later on Joe's close friendship and good advice..that I never would have evolved into the musician and person I am. Joe Durbin-Kinyone and I remain the best of friends to this day.

Another HUGE and important person I had met in Junior High was Dave Bayutet. An Aspiring Guitar player and baseball player just like me. Dave was always a gentleman and LOYAL friend..and we jammed together occasionally but MOSTLY talked about life. It was Dave that in 1988 that came to me with an ad from this bass player named Gus...and then later in November of 1990 with an ad from a drummer named Rich...ahh the phantoms of things to come. Dave and I are still the best of friends and have plans to make Record together....We shall see yes precious we shall see .

After TRILOGY , followed a few different bands with friends...some with strangers..but I always kept going. In 1990, in a large warehouse/soundstage, a Jam took place that will forever be etched in my heart and memory, a Jam with Rich Duarte and Gus Fjelstrom, Still my friends and partners in musical crime to this day. 15 years and many tears later, I am still proudly the guitar player in Maximum Indifference. We have 2 great albums...many memorable performances , and a bright future ahead. The 3rd Cd is almost ready to record and we are currently doing a soundtrack for a motion picture. I have met many nice and interesting people and have learned a lot. The best parts are yet to come i'm sure...

Mark Bladek, 2005