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MARIO
M. BIOGRAPHY
Mario M. (El Rockero) is a bilingual Latin Pop Rock singer
from NY. This ambitious Bronx born bilingual Puerto Rican began
his musical career at the age of 16 when he formed the bilingual
dance / pop group "Fuego". Fuego's star shone brightly
on the N.Y. scene for a few years with special performances
and playing to audiences of all sizes all over N.Y. including
shows as special guests at the Symphony Space Theater, Club
Ipanema, the N.Y. Armory and Belmont Racetrack. The buzz created
by Fuego culminated in a record contract offer and an appearance
in NY's Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Fuego turned down the record offer, however, as group members
were looking to do other things by that point. Mario went and
formed another group, this time under the stage name of Vogue
and being the leader, lead singer and main songwriter for a
Hard Rock group named Vogue's Rogues. Vogue's Rogues was a different
type of hard rock band as the lyrics that Mario wrote as Vogue
were songs of hope, positivity and filled with social and environmental
commentary. Formed in 1988, they put out a self-produced EP
in 1992 which received worldwide international acclaim in the
hard rock underground scene. This acclaim along with VR's personal
touch with their fans helped Vogue's Rogues to gain an International
Fan Club and they were signed to World Conquest Records in 1995.
Mario produced their debut album "Desecration of an Innocent
World", which was released in January 1996 and received
favorable responses from the press and fans worldwide. It also
received college airplay in the U.S. and their first single
titled "Get a Life!" reached #3 in airplay in Europe
on Hard Rock radio. A brief North East U.S. tour was done in
promotion of the album. Due to a series of events, Vogue's Rogues
the band, became Vogue's Rogues the solo act before being disbanded
altogether.
Always admiring the music and careers of Latin male artists
such as Alejandro Sanz, Juanes, Chayanne, and Ricky Martin,
Mario decided to return to his roots and enter the world of
Latin music again. This time as a solo artist under his given
name of Mario. His debut album as a solo artist titled "De
un corazón a otro" was released in 1999 and spotlighted
his song-writing and lyric writing proficiency as he composed,
arranged and programmed all the music contained on the CD, which
incorporated pop and salsa with Música Romántica.
He also wrote all the lyrics. 3 songs off the album received
good airplay in the U.S. and Internationally. With the release
of his 2nd Latin album "Rockero Soy", Mario M. decided
to bring more of his other roots into his music and incorporated
rock and flamenco into his latino mix. "Rockero Soy"
was released in May 2004 and once again spotlighted his song-writing
and lyric writing proficiency, in addition to having produced
the album. After many delays due to many personal issues, including
the loss of his beloved mother in 2009, Mario released his 3rd
solo bilingual album "El Camino Espiritual" (The Spiritual
Walk) in 2011. The album further expanded Mario's Rock / Pop
Latino mix of music, this time also incorporating piano and
acoustic ballads along with Mario's emotional vocal style resulting
in a powerfully moving album. All the while in between albums,
Mario kept building his close relationship with his fans which
he warmly calls his Dreamers. "I call my fans my Dreamers
because I have a song on "El Camino Espiritual" titled
"Esperanzas de un Nuevo Dia" (Hope of a New Day) that
really represents what I'm all about. Since my fans are a major
part of my journey, they are my Dreamers".
Mario created and began doing music with his Inspirational
Rock music act Society's Soul. A debut album "Soulscream"
was released in 2014. New music from Society's Soul was released
in late 2019.
Mario made the announcement in 2017 that he was headed back
to the studio to work on new Latin music. He then began the
songwriting process for 2 new EPs. Mario released album #4,
a Latin Rock/Pop EP on April 6, 2018 and will be releasing album
#5, a Tropical Latin EP in Spring 2020.
The Latin Rock/Pop EP titled "Amar es Vivir" (To
Love is to Live) features emotional songs about life, love and
humanity. If you haven't heard Mario's music before, this EP
is a great introduction to this wonderful Latin artist.
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