John Mars
Singer, Person
Who is John Mars?
John Mars is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and percussionist.
Mars began his musical training at Sykes Music in Brantford, Ontario where he studied the drums with Carl Lemke. In the late 1960s he played the drums in the band John Mars and the Martians with bassist Kevin Cosman and guitarist Stan Baka. The group disbanded after Baka was killed by a drunk driver. Mard then moved to Toronto where he met pianist Stuart Broomer and saxophonist Bill Smith. The three men formed the successful jazz trio "Broomer, Mars & Smith" which actively performed throughout the 1970s. In 1980 Smith left to pursue other projects and the duo "Stuart Broomer & John Mars" was formed. The duo performed up through 1986 and notably released the 1983 album, Annihilated Surprise, on Ugly Dog Records.
While performing in the jazz duo with Broomer, Mars performed con-currently in the rock band Brian's Children which he established with guitarist /songwriter Dave Templeton and drummer Teddy Fury in 1979. For this group, Martin served as lead singer and the main songwriter. The group released one single Cut Her Hair b/w Oh Yeah which was produced by Daniel Lanois.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Also known as
- John Franklyn Mars
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
- Employment
- Co-President, Mars, Incorporated
(1983 - ) - Mars Canada
- Co-President, Mars, Incorporated
- Lived in
- Arlington County
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"John Mars." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 13 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/john_mars>.
Discuss this John Mars biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In