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He has remained penniless to this day in spite of having toured the world constantly with a variety of major and not so major rock bands.
The 80's saw Patrick working with British acts as varied as Aswad, Aztec Camera, Gary Numan, Five Star, Big Country, Andy Summers, the Christians, Roger Tailors' The Cross, and so on, all of which kept him busy and on the move. Meanwhile, Joshua and Eleanor came along, and dad started to look for a way out of touring… he's still looking!
In 1989, Patrick joined, as their touring lighting designer, that quintessentially British rock band, Status Quo, with whom he remains to this day.
Patrick worked for a while in the film and television industry during the early nineties, and was involved in shows like the "Brit Awards".
Despite Quo's hectic annual touring schedule, Patrick has also seized opportunities to light other acts during this time, including Nigel Kennedy and The Pretenders, and has become integrally involved in designing lighting for fashion shows including the world famous London Fashion Week.
Highlights of his diverse design career include the lighting of a 13-week television series about the history of orchestral music called "Orchestra!" for Channel Four, presented by Sir Georg Solti and Dudley Moore.
He also lists Quo's marathon "Rock Till You Drop" extravaganza in 1992, where they performed live in four arenas - Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Sheffield - in 11 hours and 11 minutes, as one of the most satisfying lighting projects he has organised.
In 1997 Patrick managed to realise one of his life long, yet largely secret, passions to fly. He obtained his Private Pilot's Licence in December 1997. He now enjoys thrashing about the skies of Essex in a Piper Warrior.
He very much wants to stop touring with rock bands VERY soon, and write his book. In the meantime he continues to write anything for anyone that will read it…
patrick@marksfamily.com
PBM. April 2001