Author: Mark Christopher Lee

“Genius out of the box thinker.” - Billboard magazine Born - not so recently in a Northern mill town where he studied Classical music at the renowned Huddersfield School of Music - eventually escaped to the glorious south of England and found solace in indie pop and after a short stint with morose Scots band The Jesus And Mary Chain he formed his own band The Pocket Gods in 1998. Some 25 years later, and 76 albums and 5,000 songs later, the band have gone from playing gigs to a couple of dogs and a piano tuner to obtaining 10 Guinness World Records, millions of streams and have brought real change to a broken music industry. High profile champions along the way have been John Peel the legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ who loved their track Ballad Of The Peshwari Naan and more recently Tom Robinson of 2,4,6,8 Motorway fame. His campaign for fair royalties from Spotify led to them changing their playlist rules to allow 30 sec tracks on them and also led to them increasing their subscription rates which hopefully will be passed onto artists. He has also given evidence to the UK parliament in their investigation into the economics of music streaming. He has been interviewed by Wall Street Journal, Fox News, BBC World News, BBC 5 live, TalkTV, ITV, London Live, The Independent, The Times and many more. Decided to start making films in 2019 to tell the story of his band and then to make tv so that he could explore his love of UFOs and the paranormal.

From Music to Film: How Following Inspired Thoughts Led to Success – The Story of Mark Christopher Lee

Hi, I’m Mark Christopher Lee. For the past 25 years, I’ve been a musician, leading the band *The Pocket Gods*. Alongside the music, I’ve spent the last decade campaigning for fair royalties from Spotify, even breaking a Guinness World Record with an album that featured 1,000 songs! But what many don’t know is that over […]

The King of UFOs in the News

We are so proud of this Raindance Raw Talent project. When Mark Christopher Lee pitched this at Live Ammunition – the Pitching Competition on November 2nd, 2023, our Head of Development, Charlie Dean, knew we had a winner. Our graphic designer and branding expert, Robyn Larkin at Bobo Creative made an amazing poster which we […]

Interview with Musician & Filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee

My name is Mark Christopher Lee and primarily a musician in the indie pop band The Pocket Gods. The band have been going for 25 years during which we have had 10 Guinness World Records and slightly infamous for our campaign for fairer royalties from the likes of Spotify and other streaming services. Why Infamous? […]

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