Mark Wharton

Mark Ramsey Wharton
Mark Ramsey Wharton
Origin	Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
Genres	Heavy metal; thrash metal; doom metal;
Occupation	Drummer
Years active	1985–present

Mark Ramsey Wharton is a British drummer who has worked with the metal bands Acid Reign,^[1]^[2] Cathedral, Cronos, Asomvel and Workshed.^[3]

Biography

Wharton formed Acid Reign in 1985, along with Kevin "Kev" Papworth, Ian Gangwer, Howard "H" Smith and Gaz Jennings,^[4] whom he had met at Granby High School in Harrogate^[5] Acid Reign eventually broke up in 1991 after the release of their 1990 album Obnoxious,^[6]^[7] leading to Wharton joining his ex-Acid Reign bandmates Gaz Jennings and Adam Lehan in Cathedral in 1992.^[8]^[9] Wharton then proceeded to form the band Asomvel with Jay-Jay Winter (whom he had played with in an early band, called "Lochenbar") and Lenny Robinson in 1993.^[10]^[11] At this time, Wharton would also join Venom vocalist Conrad Lant's eponymous band Cronos,^[12]^[13] however, by 1996 Wharton was no longer present in any of these projects.

Discography

With Acid Reign

Studio albums

The Fear (1989)
Obnoxious (1990)

EPs

Moshkinstein (1988)

With Cathedral

Studio albums

The Ethereal Mirror (1993)

EPs

Soul Sacrifice (1992)
Statik Majik (1994)
Cosmic Requiem (1994)

With Cronos

Venom (1995)

With Workshed

Workshed (2019)^[14]

References

↑ Chalmers, Graham. "Metal legend was Harrogate's 'class clown'".
↑ McIver, Joel (2000). Extreme Metal II. ISBN 978-0-7119-8040-2.
↑ "Cathedral". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
↑ "Acid Reign Biography by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ Chalmers, Graham (3 January 2017). "Will legendary Harrogate metal band Acid Reign play home town?". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "ACID REIGN Reissues To Include Expanded Booklets, Bonus Material". Blabbermouth. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
↑ THORLEY, ANDY (19 August 2016). "BREAKING UP". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
↑ Bukszpan, Daniel. The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. p. 42.
↑ Moffit, Greg (20 February 2014). "A broader church". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
↑ "Jay-Jay Winter". Retrieved 23 July 2018.
↑ Madder Than A Full Moon DogRelease. 14 October 2013.
↑ "THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF VENOM". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
↑ Stöver, Frank. "The following in-depth interview with Mr. Conrad "Cronos" Lant". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
↑ "WORKSHED: new band around ex-CATHEDRAL musicians". Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[1] Chalmers, Graham. "Metal legend was Harrogate's 'class clown'".

[2] McIver, Joel (2000). Extreme Metal II. ISBN 978-0-7119-8040-2.

[3] "Cathedral". Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[AllMusic-4] "Acid Reign Biography by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[5] Chalmers, Graham (3 January 2017). "Will legendary Harrogate metal band Acid Reign play home town?". Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[6] "ACID REIGN Reissues To Include Expanded Booklets, Bonus Material". Blabbermouth. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[7] THORLEY, ANDY (19 August 2016). "BREAKING UP". Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[8] Bukszpan, Daniel. The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. p. 42.

[9] Moffit, Greg (20 February 2014). "A broader church". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[10] "Jay-Jay Winter". Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[11] Madder Than A Full Moon DogRelease. 14 October 2013.

[12] "THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF VENOM". Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[13] Stöver, Frank. "The following in-depth interview with Mr. Conrad "Cronos" Lant". Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[14] "WORKSHED: new band around ex-CATHEDRAL musicians". Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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