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(Mark White profile for ABC Charter Club, Winter 1984)
Welcome Mark White. Definitely the man with the most pronounced quiff in ABC. "My ambition is to grow my hair like Bleep and Booster." Maybe a set of antennae next time round for Mr. Mark Spaceability White. On the left in relaxed mood sporting one of the many thousand anoraks in his comprehensive wardrobe.
| Full name | Mark Andrew White |
| Weight | 10,5 stone |
| Height | 5' 11" |
| Hair | Blackish |
| Date of Birth | 1.4.61 at Jessops Hospital, Sheffield |
| I Live in... | My bedroom, hotel bedrooms, my friend's bedrooms |
| Educated at... | School; back of cornflakes packets; girlie magazines. |
| Previous Jobs | With the East Midland Gas Board. My job was to cause havoc and to arrange that 4 gas fitters arrived at once at the wrong address with the wrong parts, on the wrong day. I was also a trolley boy at Asda. |
| Previous Groups | Van Demon; Vice Versa; The Radical Dance Fraction |
| First record bought | Rawhide by Frankie Lane - I liked the colour of the label. |
| First concert seen | Dave Clarke 5 - on TV |
| Favourite Possessions | My newest guitar; or piano; my long nightshirt; my attache case. |
| Favourite TV programmes | I have a special aerial that picks up Russian TV with programmes such as 'Today At The Kremlin'; 'The Kremlin Factor' my favourite is 'Carry On Kommisar' |
| Favourite Films | A Touch Of Evil; American In Paris; Women in Love; Help; Nutty Professor; Illustrated Man. |
| Favourite Actors | Orson Wells; Dean Martin; Rod Steiger; Bob Monkhouse. |
| Favourite Actresses | Diana Dors; Annie Walker |
| Favourite Foods | Stuff cooked on our gas cooker. |
| Favourite Drink | Pils lager; Libby's Orange; very cold water; Nescafe (made by me); tea (with fish & chips). |
| Ambition | To teach someone to make coffee how I like it |
| Favourite people | My mum, easy going folk with a bit of suss; non-egotists |
| Favourite Songwriters | Ferry; Sting; Holland/Dozier/Holland; Trevor Horn; Oakey; Callis. |
| Favourite Nitespot | My bed in Sheffield |
| Favourite places visited / not visited | London / Xanadu |
| Favourite Groups | Roxy Music; Soft Cell; T-Rex; Chic; ABC; Dollar; Kraftwerk; Stimulin |
| Favourite Musicians | Phil Manzanera; Carlos Aloman; Marc Bolan; Anne Dudley; David Bowie; Edward / Rogers |
| Favourite concerts | Chic Sheffield City Hall 1980; Kraftwerk Nottingham 1981; Marc Bolan Manchester Apollo 1977; Clock DVA Limit Club Sheffield 1978; Stimulin Barracuda Club 1981 |
| Favourite Singles | Trash, Roxy Music; Poison Arrow, ABC; Hand Held In Black & White, Dollar; I Want Your Love, Chic; 20th Century Boy, T-Rex |
| Favourite Albums | Flesh & Blood, Roxy Music; Young Americans, David Bowie; Greatest Hits, Chic; Radio Activity, Kraftwerk; Beard Of Stars, T-Rex |
| Nicknames | I don't encourage them - my brother calls me "our kid" |
| Vices | Buying expensive electronic equipment; taxis; fry-ups |
| Best thing about me | Having 10 O' levels and still being able to write songs like Poison Arrow and The Look Of Love |
| Worst thing about me | Bad temper, insularity |
| High point of career | Hearing Tears Are Not Enough on the radio for the first time |
| Low point | When I sold a beautiful plastic mother of pearl guitar for £20 - that belonged on the cover of the For Your Pleasure album. |
| In spare time I... | Buy records I wish I'd bought 3 years ago, write songs on my portastudio, go to the Dolpinarium, go bird spotting, eat mum's chocolate cake, think of new things to do with the electric guitar, watch videos of afternoon TV at 2 am. |
| Who I'd like most to meet | The guy who bought my £20 guitar when I was poor. |
| Likes | Massive meals when I'm dead hungry; writing a song I think will be a hit, people who have a similar sense of humour. |
| Dislikes | Trains; walking; waiting; very rude waiters; arguments that go round in circles |
| Favourite clothes | Most things in American classics: ripped and faded Levi jackets; tight jeans. |
| Instruments played | Guitar
9/10; Synth 8/10; Piano 6/10; Voice 6/10; Drums 0/10 |
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