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Mark Alan Ibold (born October 17, 1962) is an American musician. He is best known as the bass guitarist of the
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band Pavement, with whom he recorded four studio albums. Following Pavement's initial break-up in 1999, Ibold joined the
alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
band
Sonic Youth Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (lead guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (rhythm guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of ...
from 2006 until their end in 2011.


Career

Based in New York, Ibold's other musical projects have included Dustdevils, of which he was a member in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and Free Kitten, which included Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Pussy Galore's Julie Cafritz and Boredoms' Yoshimi P-We. In 2006, Ibold joined Sonic Youth on their '' Rather Ripped'' tour, and as of their 2009 album '' The Eternal'', was a full participating member of the band until they split up in 2011.


Other activities

Ibold was a bartender at "Great Jones Cafe" in New York City until its closure. He was listed in the closing credits as "Wardrobe Assistant" on the Comedy Central's '' Strangers with Candy'', and made several cameo appearances on the show. In 2006, he was published as the "male hand model" in '' Strangers with Candy'' star Amy Sedaris' book ''I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence''. In the late 2010s his food columns could be read in David Chang's now defunct ''Lucky Peach'' magazine. He is a known foodie in the world of indie rock music. Ibold even spent a year traveling the world, trying new foods with Sonic Youth. At the time of Pavement's 2022 reunion, Ibold was working as a bartender in New York City: "My mind races sometimes when people come up to me at work. What are they thinking? 'Oh God, this guy’s been in two bands that mean the world to me, but he's serving drinks behind a bar?' Maybe we help put things into perspective – that there are few artists left not named Jagger or McCartney who have no financial worries. But still: I'd drop my shifts for Pavement any day of the week."


Discography

with Pavement * '' Watery, Domestic'' (EP) (1992) * '' Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' (1994) * '' Wowee Zowee'' (1995) * '' Brighten the Corners'' (1997) * '' Terror Twilight'' (1999) with Sonic Youth * '' The Eternal'' (2009) with Free Kitten * '' Unboxed'' (1994) * '' Nice Ass'' (1995) * '' Sentimental Education'' (1997)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibold, Mark 1962 births Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American indie rock musicians Noise rock musicians Pavement (band) members Sonic Youth members 20th-century American guitarists Lancaster Country Day School alumni Free Kitten members Dustdevils members