Mike Marquard
Mike Marquard, frontman of Grandmother Squash and Hinken occasionally takes a break, picks up an acoustic guitar, sits at a piano, or wonders what life is like on the quiet side. This is the result.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I started playing guitar when I was 13 years old. After a year I started playing with bassist Mike McDonough (Grandmother Squash) and we very slowly formed Grandmother Squash (1999-present?). Also, I played occasionally with Acrylic, my brother's band, throughout 2001. In the Fall of 2002 my brother, Luke, and I founded Hinken where most of my efforts will go once I get back to the United States. Currently, I write, wonder, and tinker.....this is why I have this page.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes. I play occasionally myself in Minneosota or the St. Louis, MO area. I also play heavily with my band Grandmother Squash in Minnesota and Hinken in Chicago.
Your musical influences
Billy Corgan, Sleeping At Last, Bright Eyes, Eric Bachman (Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf), Simon Joyner, Goodnight Sun, Steve Bartolomei, Engine Down, Hum, Stone Gossard
What equipment do you use?
Epiphone Solid Spruce Top Acoustic
Random Piano's
Brand X condensor Mic
iBook + ProTools
my imagination
Anything else?
"My love song sucks, yours made me cry"
-Hum
