Mark Hollis is the former lead singer and composer of Talk Talk.
Mark David Hollis (born 4 January 1955 in Tottenham, London, England) is a composer, musician, singer-songwriter.
Career Hollis is most famous as the lead singer of the band, Talk Talk. It was he, and unofficial Talk Talk member Tim Friese-Greene, who took the lead in evolving the band's style from New Romantic, to what would later become known as post-rock.
In 1998 he released an eponymous solo debut album, Mark Hollis.
Collaborations Mark Hollis played the piano on the track "Piano" from the 1998 minimalist album AV 1 by Phill Brown and Dave Allinson (under the pseudonym "John Cope"). Talk Talks ''New Grass'' was sampled on the track ''Rabbit in your headlights'' on the 1998 trip-hop album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE. Mark Hollis provided several roles in support of Anja Garbarek's 2001 album Smiling & Waving.