{"id":3435,"date":"2018-09-29T12:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T02:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2019-03-14T03:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T17:12:32","slug":"mark-franco-short-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/mark-franco-short-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Franco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #dcdcdc;\"><a style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2699\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2699 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Franco 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/mark-franco\/\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MARK FRANCO<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(Fretted and Fretless Bass, Vocals)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\"><strong>&#8220;To be introduced to UPF music was one reason I joined the live band, but most of all it is the message that we are presenting to a far reaching audience; strong and meaningful songs using progressive fusion as the platform for the music. We all have concerns with regards to the planet and I am so wanting to help get messages like this in front of a bigger stage.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d8d8d8;\">Mark Franco played in the original progressive rock band \u2018Arcane\u2019 featuring Mark Trueack in the mid 80\u2019s with his older brother and went on to various cover and original bands over the years; notably being a member in the instrumental band \u2018Sound\u2019 along with Joe Toscano and Matthew Atherton, who he has now joined up with again in the band UPF. His major influences include the fretless playing of Jaco Pastorius and Bunny Brunel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/mark-franco\/\"><span style=\"color: #d8d8d8;\">Read more\/ Full bio<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARK FRANCO (Fretted and Fretless Bass, Vocals) &#8220;To be introduced to UPF music was one reason I joined the live band, but most of all it is the message that we are presenting to a far reaching audience; strong and meaningful songs using progressive fusion as the platform for the music. We all have concerns with regards to the planet and I am so wanting to help get messages like this in front of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-col2"],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",959,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-225x300.jpg",225,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-768x1025.jpg",768,1025,true],"large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-767x1024.jpg",767,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",959,1280,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",959,1280,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",599,800,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",427,570,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",600,801,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",450,600,false],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",187,250,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",506,675,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",213,284,false],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",286,382,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",959,1280,false],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",387,516,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",959,1280,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",539,720,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",413,551,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1.jpg",202,270,false],"album-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-120x80.jpg",120,80,true],"photo-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Mark-Franco-1-160x120.jpg",160,120,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ted Ollikkala","author_link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/author\/ted-ollikkala\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"MARK FRANCO (Fretted and Fretless Bass, Vocals) &#8220;To be introduced to UPF music was one reason I joined the live band, but most of all it is the message that we are presenting to a far reaching audience; strong and meaningful songs using progressive fusion as the platform for the music. 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