Marco Collins
Mark William Collins is an American radio personality, featured in an exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[1] Collins rose to prominence in the early 1990s as a disc jockey on alternative rock station 107.7 FM "The End" (KNDD) in Seattle, with the popularity of grunge.
He has worked at a number of
For a short time during the 1990s, he owned Stampede Records, which released Silkworm's 1993 EP "His Absence is a Blessing" and Muzzle's "Free Trampoline/Come On Down" (7" single).
A documentary, The Glamour & The Squalor, has been made about his life, and his "rise, fall and reemergence" as a radio host and world premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in Seattle on June 3, 2015..
Radio career
Collin's radio career began in 1984 as a DJ on KCR, San Diego State University's college radio station. He quickly became the station's music director, a position he held until leaving the station in 1989.[5] While in San Diego, Collins also worked as an intern and on air host at XTRA-FM.
After working in radio promotions at Relativity Records, Collins took a job at KNDD "107.7 The End" in Seattle. He became the station's music director and assistant program director, in addition to hosting his own show in the evenings. Collins is also credited with birthing KNDD's The Young and the Restless, the station's longstanding all-local music program.
Collins was instrumental in breaking such artists as
Collins left "The End" in 1998 to take the
From 2003 until 2005, Marco Collins worked at
In 2015, The Glamour & The Squalor, a documentary on the beginning of his career at "107.7 The End" and a look into his personal life premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival.
References
- ^ "KEXP/KNDD DJ Marco Collins is Headed for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Seattle Music - Reverb". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ "Marco Collins". San Diego Reader. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "News « the Glamour & the Squalor / A Documentary Film". www.glamoursqualorfilm.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Glamour & the Squalor, The -". Slgff.strangerttickets.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Living - If Marco Doesn't Get It, There's Nothing To Be Got! -- Kndd Music Director And Dj Seeks Out The Cutting Edge - Seattle Times Newspaper". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ a b "Seattle News and Events - News". Seattle Weekly. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Seattle News and Events - News". Seattle Weekly. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Weezer Shouts Out to Seattle DJ Marco Collins Twice on Pinkerton Re-Issue, Includes Live Track from Shoreline's Shorecrest High School - Seattle Music - Reverb". Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ "New Shirley look at Bumbershoot Festival - Garbage Message Board". Garbage.proboards.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "It's My Party". The Stranger. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
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- ^ "Marco Collins Joins KEXP". All Access. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Marco Collins Joins KPNW-FM As Afternoon Host". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2024-05-21.