Backround
I am Mark Anthony Vollelunga. Music is definitely my passion. I love writing it, composing it, playing it, and listening to it. It has been a major aspect of my entire life. My first musical experience was at Fiesta Texas in the winter of 1994. I auditioned for a singing/acting job, and won the part I tried out for. At that point in time God had blessed my voice tremendously. I moved on to join the San Antonio Men and Boys' Choir. We traveled nationally and internationally performing quite often. I put singing on the back burner when I began high school. I wanted to learn how to play an instrument, so I ordered a guitar with a built in amp. It was pretty sad, but I grew to love playing it more and more. Before I knew it, I was practicing all the time. I would stay home on weekends because I
wanted to play my guitar. It was great because my older brother, Alex, was very good at drums. We would jam every once in a while, and it was a lot of fun. We mainly played Metallica stuff because that was all I really knew at first. I was really into anything that had a crazy guitar solo in it.
After freshman year I decided to go to a church retreat. I met a guitarist by the name of Clay Roberson. We played a lot at camp, and he said I was as good as his friend, Josh Kercheville. Another one of his friends, Jonny Hawkins, was listening and asked me if I wanted to be in a band. I don't know why, but I said I hadn't ever thought about it. I told him I didn't want to - I just liked playing guitar by myself. I don't know why I said that because after I had thought about what he said, I really wanted to be in a band. Thankfully, a few months later, Jonny called me and asked me to tryout with his band. I decided to go - I felt a strange sensation making me know this was what I wanted to do with my life.

Jonny's band, Undersiege, was really talented at what they did. They said they already had a singer, but he wasn't committed enough. I responded by telling them that I could sing and soon I was admitted. That same night I wrote lyrics to our first song. I figured that I could sing and play guitar for the band. I mean I was very experienced in the singing aspect of music. I thought I could write pretty good vocal patterns and what not, but the problem was that after my voice had changed from super high to low I didn't have that good of a voice anymore. You see I was a soprano before my voice changed. I was one of those guys who sang insanely high. Anyway, they agreed with my decision to sing at first, but about a year later I decided that I should retire my job as singer and just concentrate on guitar. Although I still seem to love writing lyrics and if you know me at all - I love to sing. I jam out in the shower.

However, there seemed to be one problem with the band that I now joined - there was another guitarist, Josh. We seemed to get along fine, but to me he was just competition at first. For some reason I wanted to prove myself and show him up. At every practice I would solo like crazy and always talk about how I knew so many solos from other songs. He would solo back, but it didn't seem to affect him. He always acted really cool and laid back. Eventually, I grew up and knew that if I wanted to be committed, I would have to work with him and not against him. Now Josh and I have fun trying to write parts to songs where we both do complicated stuff.

I know now God has a plan for every one of us. I know His plan for me was Undersiege and now Nothing More. I also know I am nothing more without Him. I love this band.


Music


This section is about the music that I listen to. I personally love all music. I think it is good to check out new stuff because it only makes you a better musician than you already are. Bands and people I enjoy listening to are: Dredg, Blindside, Sting, Duncan Sheik, Metallica, Sevendust, P.O.D., Hoobastank, Incubus, Audiovent, Paradigm, Finch, Spaceman Spiff, Dave Matthews, Guster, Eminem, From Zero, Finger 11, Our Lady Peace, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Lifehouse, Disturbed, Fuel, Collective Soul, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Goo Goo Dolls, Mad at Gravity, Spoken, Mudvayne, Five Iron Frenzy, Eric Clapton and many many more


Hobbies


Well, I obviously like to play/write music. I also like to play Ultimate Frisbee. It is definitely the best sport on the planet. I hope it eventually turns into a national pro sport. I am also a fanatic of hiking and stuff like it. I love spending time with people too. It's always good to meet new people. But I would have to say video games are the best. I am a fanatic of all RPG games. I love all the Final Fantasy's and stuff like it. My favorite game is ChronoTrigger. It's old school, but it has the best story and combined fighting system ever. Favorite Quote: "Crunchy peanut butter is creamy peanut butter, but with more to it."

Oh, and I love bread...

 

Mark's Bio