Had The MOST RIVETING 1 Hit Wonder of the 80s…Then QUIT MUSIC To RAISE His Kids | Professor of Rock

Coming up, the story of a brilliant reclusive artist who didn’t want any attention…. He just wanted to make music. Mark Hollis played the game for a while and was miserable doing it. For 10 years, he was the leader of Talk Talk, a band that quietly mesmerized & influenced a generation. In 1984, he wrote a signature song of self-determination and independence called It’s My Life that became the group’s only hit in the U.S. Then a few years later he walked away from music to be a dad never to return…. Even when his song was remade by the multiplatinum band No Doubt and became a massive hit across the world he was nowhere to be found…not even for an interview. join me for the heartwarming spotlight on an artist driven by artistic purity, integrity, and parental responsibility…. something you hardly ever hear in rock and roll NEXT on Professor of Rock.

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Let’s go back to 1984….You’re sitting in a private room…all by yourself… endlessly turning the radio dial to find a song that inspires you, when all of a sudden….You hear a mysterious, ethereal voice, that makes you abruptly halt your incessant searching… Slowly…the melancholy beauty of the song’s introspection triggers your mind to question out loud….what is this incredible piece of music with an intrepid, energizing chorus? That beautiful, enchanting song was “It’s My Life” by Mark Hollis & the band Talk Talk.

Mark David Hollis, the gentle, introverted leader of Talk Talk who walked away from music because he hated playing the fame game… He refused to lip sync and just wanted to be a father and a husband. Let's dig into this tortured genius…. Mark gave his elder brother, Ed Hollis, full credit for providing the spark that got him interested in music while growing up in Hackney, London. Ed wore many hats in the music business. He was a radio Disc Jockey, a publisher, and a manager. One of the acts that Ed managed was a pub rock band named Eddie and the Hot Rods that scored a #9 hit in the UK in ‘77 with their single “Do Anything You Want to Do.” Mark looked up to Ed. Not only was he Mark’s big brother, he was his mentor- exposing him to a variety of legendary rock & jazz artists, such as Chi Coltrane, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, and Steve Winwood, whom Mark would later have the privilege of collaborating with.

Mark completed the obligatory GED, but he became disillusioned with school and dropped out of college, complaining the University had a “complete lack of rules.” He landed a part-time job at an industrial laboratory and returned to college in ’75 at the University of Sussex in ’75, studying Child Psychology, but that didn’t work out either. He quit college life for good in ’76 to pursue what he loved the most music. Mark referred to this part of his life as a “succession of horrible jobs.” He did what he had to do to make a living, but, at the end of each day, he couldn’t wait to