Welcome to yet another installation of “Ax Facts & Stats”. This month I am thrilled that SR-71’s Mark Beauchemin was gracious enough to take time out of his hectic schedule, which includes his current summer tour, to take part in our “A.F.&S.”
Mark & SR-71 are also gearing up for the release of their new album, “Tomorrow”, due out in stores this fall.
My name is: Mark Beauchemin
My current job is: Porn star.
My hometown is: Gambrills, MD.
My current album or project is: “Tomorrow”.
Former band(s): Meditation Fuzz.
My guitar influences growing up were: Ace Frehley, Neil Schon, The Edge, Jimmy Page.
The guitars I use are: Gibson, PRS.
The strings and tunings I use are: GHS.
My current rig setup consists of: 2 Marshall heads and cabs.
The greatest invention for guitars is: Keebler DLW 6000.
My normal songwriting process: Music, melody, lyrics.
My Favorite SR-71 solo is: “Hello Hello”.
My Favorite SR-71 song is: “Over”.
My Career highlight is: Touring with Bon Jovi.
My most embarrassing moment on stage: I’ve tripped or fell over about a dozen times.
The one piece of my gear that I cannot live without is: Kathy Fong (my red Les Paul).
The first song I mastered on guitar was: “Country Roads” (John Denver).
My first guitar was: Sears SG.
The one thing most fans don’t know about me is: I’m not actually human.
The best advice I could give beginning guitarists is: Write songs, play piano.
The CD(s) I’m listening to right now is: Butch Walker.
My 3 all-time favorite albums are: 1. “Rock-n-roll” Over (KISS) 2. “Escape” (Journey) 3. “Unforgettable Fire” (U2)
I’m a sucker: sorry to hear that.
If I could meet any ONE person living or dead, he/she would be: Marilyn Monroe.
My favorite junk food is: UTZ cheese curls.
My biggest pet peeve is: Being sober.
The word or catch phrase I say way too much is: ‘chinpoko hoshi’.
The hardest part of my job is: getting up.
The first thing I do when I come home from touring is: get off the bus.
I knew I hit the “big time” when: Haven’t hit it yet.
My Favorite Website is: eBay
The worst job I ever had was: road crew.
Right after this interview I’m going to: eat.
If I could create the dream band with any musicians dead or alive, I would choose: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.
If I wasn’t doing the musician thing, I could really see myself working as: owning a bar.
My favorite movie ever: vision quest.
If I could go back and change only one thing in my career, it would be: everything.
My mission in life: time travel.
My greatest obsession: hair.
My first band was: PWI.
My next major step is: forward.
The greatest contribution guitars have brought into my life is tough fingertips.
The coolest toy I had growing up was: Legos.
Check out my Website at: http://www.sr71music.com/home.cfm
The one musician I would love to work with that I have not yet had the chance would be: to many to name.
If I could have three wishes, they would be: Own a house, Find a wife, Lose my mind.
When it’s all said and done, I want the world to remember me for: jumping off speakers.
EG: Thank you Mark Beauchemin for being such a great sport and interview. Well, that does it for volume 5 of ExtremeGuitars.com’s “Ax Facts & Stats”. I want to invite our visitors to check out SR-71’s Website at http://www.sr71music.com/home.cfm and We’ll all be waiting to get SR-71’s “Tomorrow” as soon as it hits the shelf this fall. We wish you the best of luck and continued success! The next “AX Facts & Stats” is coming soon!
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