Sophisto-punk

The Story of Mark Opitz and Oz Rock

Luke Wallis, Mark Opitz, Jeff Jenkins

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Ebury Press
01 November 2012

Rock & Pop music; Music recording & reproduction; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Social & cultural history; Biography - Australian

Mark Opitz has lived an extraordinary life. His tale is remarkable, immediately gripping, and incorporates the making of some of the greatest music and musicians Australia has ever known. Sophisto-punk includes all the ingredients of a ripping yarn: a broken home, rags to riches, mind-blowing excess, exotic locations, laugh-out-loud anecdotes and tragedy. In 1975 a job with the ABC led Mark to the music label EMI, which in turn led to a musical apprenticeship with the legendary record producers Harry Vanda and George Young. Describing the next phase in Mark's life is like recapping an Australian rock encyclopaedia. Engineering records with AC/DC Producing the first album for The Angels, a long, fruitful and extremely colourful association with Cold Chisel and simultaneously running the Aandamp department at Warner Music; Producing landmark albums for Divinyls, The Models, Australian Crawl, Hoodoo Gurus and forming another close association u this time with INXS. The end of the '80s saw Mark globetrotting as 'advisor to the band' on INXS's massive Kick Tour... and eventually living in Michael Gudinski's basement. This last arrangement was more rock 'n' roll than any of Mark's musical ventures to date. Throw in the time Mark had to manage Bob Dylan's performance for the Academy Awards, the other time he recorded Ray Charles, produced Kiss with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and you have one incredible story!

By: Luke Wallis, Mark Opitz, Jeff Jenkins
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 506g
ISBN: 9781742757933
ISBN 10: 1742757936
Publication Date: 01 November 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Opitz started his career as a production engineer in television. In 1975, he started work at EMI Studio 301 and went on to become Australia's most successful record producer. In a 30 years career Mark has worked with The Angels, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes, The Divinyls, ACDC, Hoodoo Gurus, Australian Crawl, INXS, The Models, Kiss, Ray Charles and Bob Dylan.