NAME Mark Sten
ETHNIC HERITAGE Danish, mutt English
TIME & PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle WA - Year of the Rat
CHILDHOOD HOMES Seattle, Boston, Vancouver BC, South Dakota, Shelton, Pullman
HIGH SCHOOL Wilson
CURRENT RESIDENCE Inner Southeast
CURRENT JOB Who wants to know?
BEST JOB EVER Jury duty
WORST JOB EVER I was young! I needed the money!!





Most musicians keep a shoebox around someplace which they honor like a magic coffin, loaded with images of earlier bands that prove their youth is gone forever. Open that box lately? Somehow all those old familiar photos start losing their sentimental appeal once death starts closing in for real.




The formative years











The King Bee Phenomemon








The Punk Explosion!








Life On The Road with The Lucky 13's







(Bo Diddley?)






HEY STEN - WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE . . .

Food? Meat
Drink? Manischewitz
Drug? Toluene
Celebrity? Huey Long
Celebrity death? Maya Deren
TV show? Highway Patrol
Movie? The Nuremberg trials
Song? The Last Time, by the Rolling Stones
Chord? Suspended 4ths
Musician? Iggy
Author? Burroughs
Politician? Aaron Burr
Athlete? Sonny Liston
Team? The Von Steiger Brothers (because teams are for queers)
Sport? 7-card stud, high-low, with an option
Ideology? Old-growth timber spiking
Religion? Dawn of the Dead
Superstition? Always cross the border at rush hour.
Lost cause? The weather
Hair-do? Little Richard's
Color scheme? Black and white
Fashion accessory? Clothes
Weapon? Greek Fire
Crime? The Reagan presidency
Ride? Any boat that floats
Animal? Snakes
Animal-human hybrid? Snakes with hands
Type of foreplay? Pearl Harbor
Position? Zero gravity
Phobia? Monotheism
Disease? Black Plague
Way to die? Sleeper hold. (Really.) (Check it out.)




And furthermore...