Love It To Death is an Alt-Rock and Dreampop band from Wiltshire in the South West of England founded by Mark Francis in 2019.
Love It To Death's many musical influences include:
Pop: The Beatles, XTC
Alt Rock: Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Tame Impala
Heavy Rock: Alice Cooper, Queens Of The Stone Age
Shoegaze: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive
Metal: Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer
Cinematic Pop: Lana Del Rey
MARK FRANCIS
Songwriter/guitarist/singer/producer.
GAVIN MURRAY
Music teacher and bassist (bass guitar). Gavin has played in Thrash Metal (Slayer; Metallica, etc.) tribute bands and also composes electronic music, as well as composing and recording bass lines for some Love It To Death songs.
WHO IS MARK FRANCIS?
Mark Francis is a singer/songwriter/electric guitar player from Swindon who currently lives in Pesaro, Italy (the home town of the composer Rossini).
After gaining his PhD in Chemistry at Cardiff University Mark Francis did biochemical research at Stanford University in California. After returning to the UK he carried out research in the School of Pharmacy at Bath University in South West England. His work included computer modelling and chemical synthesis of potential pharmaceuticals.
Like Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Mark Francis could see the coming computer revolution and thus, decided to switch to a career in computing. This included website design and development, IT support, IT Teaching, and computer programming.
In 2010, two years into the Financial Crisis, unemployed and feeling depressed he decided to buy himself his first electric guitar.
(He had previously bought an acoustic f-holed guitar at the age of 20 but had not progressed beyond playing simple chords and melodies.)
In 2015, he started writing lyrics for songs and completed his first song - Dante's Disco - in 2017.
(Dante's Disco was inspired by a notorious discotheque in San Francisco where gangs used to hang out.)
In 2019, he began releasing his songs under the band name 'Love It To Death'. A couple of years later Oxford bass player Gavin Murray composed and recorded bass parts for several 'Love It To Death' songs.