- Born
- Birth namePeter Mark Sinclair Almond
- Height1.65 m
- Following his parents' divorce, the legendary Synth-pop/New Wave artist Marc Almond was accepted into a general art design course at Southport College, where he studied performance art. During his time at art college he did a series of performance theater pieces: the Andy Warhol inspired piece "Zazou", "Glamour in Squalor" and "Twilights and Lowlifes". Marc's love for Siouxsie and the Banshees influenced him to leave college with a 2.1 honors degree and form Soft Cell in 1979. The band skyrocketed to fame in the early 1980s with their hit "Tainted Love".- IMDb mini biography by: tony.r.vario@gmail.com
- Met his co-founder of Soft Cell, David Ball, in 1978 while doing a fine arts course at Leeds Polytechnic.
- Had a UK number one hit in January 1989 with his version of the Gene Pitney single, 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart'. The single also featured additional lyrics from Pitney himself and remained in the charts for three months.
- His favorite songs are "Backstage" by Gene Pitney, "Stars" by Janis Ian, "Ride A White Swan" by T. Rex, "Yesterday When I Was Young" by Dusty Springfield, "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer, "Maybe Tomorrow" by Billy Fury, "Hope There's Someone" by Antony and the Johnsons, "Stranger In Paradise" by Johnny Mathis and "Moments Of Pleasure" by Kate Bush. (Source: BBC Radio 2 "Tracks of My Years").
- He is currently recovering from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in October 2004, and hopes to resume recording and performance sometime in 2005.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Arts and Culture. He is the singer and songwriter, musician and campaigner in London, England.
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