Mark Stewart

Mark Stewart is a British musician and founding member of The Pop Group. A pioneer of post-punk and industrial hip hop, he has recorded for On-U Sound Records and Mute Records. His first post-Pop Group release was as 'Mouth 2', the 1982 single "Who's Hot". Two releases followed with On-U associates under the name 'Mark Stewart & The Maffia' – the 'Jerusalem' EP in 1983, and the 1983 album 'Learning to Cope with Cowardice'.

Stewart has since made several albums under his own name as well as collaborating with artists such as Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, Tricky, Massive Attack, Chicks on Speed, ADULT. and Primal Scream. In 2005, he released a collection of his best work on Soul Jazz Records entitled 'Kiss the Future'.

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Links to Peel
After being a supporter of the Pop Group, Peel quickly came to feature many of the numerous offshoots of the band, including the work of frontman Mark Stewart. Another positive factor was Stewart's long-term association with On-U Sound production guru and label owner Adrian Sherwood, whose prolific output Peel followed closely. Stewart first hooked up with Sherwood on the first New Age Steppers LP in 1980, then worked with the producer and On-U Sound musicians on records issued both as 'Mark Stewart and the Maffia' and as a solo artist.

Peel continued to feature Stewart's work regularly into the 1990s, despite admitting that he did not always find the records to be comfortable listening. In a 1988 Observer article on Sherwood, the DJ suggested that “tracks made with singer Mark Stewart [with Tackhead musicians as "The Maffia"] have been especially disconcerting”.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * None.

Sessions

 * None under own name. One as member of the Pop Group.

Other Shows Played

 * 1980s
 * 18 May 1983: Blessed Are Those Who Struggle (LP – Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sound
 * 18 May 1983: Jerusalem (LP – Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sounds
 * 05 June 1983 (BFBS): Learning To Cope With Cowardice (album - Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sound
 * 13 June 1983: None Dare Call It Conspiracy (LP – Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sound
 * 13 July 1983: The Paranoia Of Power (album - Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sound
 * 14 December 1983: Learning To Cope With Cowardice (LP - Learning To Cope With Cowardice) On-U Sound
 * 23 January 1985: The Wrong Name & The Wrong Number
 * 22 May 1985: Hypnotized (7") Mute
 * Early June 1985 (BBC World Service): Hypnotised (single) Mute
 * 16 October 1987 (BFBS): Survival (LP-Mark Stewart) Mute
 * 20 November 1987 (BFBS): Forbidden Colour / Forbidden Dub (LP-Mark Stewart) Mute


 * 1990s
 * 09 May 1990: Fatal Attraction (Contagious) (12" - Fatal Attraction) Mute
 * 14 May 1990: Collision (album - Metatron) Mute
 * 07 June 1990: Collision (album - Metatron) Mute
 * 16 February 1996: Crawl Space (12 inch – Dream Kitchen ) Mute
 * 25 February 1996 (BFBS): Crawl Space (12"-Dream Kitchen) Mute (after anecdote about John's nightmare hotel room)