Mark Gollihur

I've recorded music under several different monikers. I had posted my varied (and quite often, unusual) "eclectronic" ramblings on MP3.com under the name Fenton Hardy. In a similar vein, I created a sci-fi storyline embedded into an electronic music suite called Mercury Deep. Since the demise of MP3.com, these projects, along with a number of songs I had done in a Kings X sort of style, are not all available now - perhaps someday I'll put them online.

My current primary project is Din Within, a symfo/progressive rock venture I'm doing with good friend (and excellent guitarist) Josh Sager. As of mid-2007 we've completed and mixed our debut album, "Awaken the Man."

Our first attempt at mastering didn't work out, and we're in the process of getting things going again - but my recent move and studio dismantling has caused a delay. The album really rocks, though.

Din Within is a real collaborative environment; we're not allowing ego or preconceived notions to color our songwriting - for instance, just because I'm the "bass player" doesn't mean that I should be writing (or even playing) all the bass parts. So far, it's been a real learning experience for both of us, and I think our musical maturity has really grown a lot as a result. I look forward to completing at least an album's worth of wicked-cool material soon.

For over eight years (until 2005) Neo-progressive rock group Second StoryŽ was my main musical outlet.

The band performed countless shows all over the Delaware Valley and surrounding area. We recorded our first album, a self-titled release, in 1998. The band disbanded in the midst of finishing up our long-awaited second album, called "Thin Twisting Line." It was recorded at Indre Studios in Philadelphia and mixed by Vic Stevens at Giant Steps Recording, but we never felt that the recording truly "captured" what we really sounded like. Many thousands of dollars later, the project unfinished, we threw in the towel. It was a really good run, though, filled with lots of fun (and quite a few not-so-fun) gigs over the years.

I also have worked with Josh, Second Story cohorts John and Scott, and old buddy Dave Hutton in a heavy, prog-metal chops-fest we like to call Digital Loss. It's been a while since we got together to scare the neighbors, but I hope that us wankers can reunite to flail our fingers again sometime soon.