Mark Laue

Mark Laue
Laue (Left) with the original Obsessed lineup.
Background information
Birth Name	Mark Laue
Alias	Professor Dark
Genres	Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Instrument(s)	Bass
Years active	1976 - ?
Labels	Hellhound Records
Associated acts	The Obsessed, Unorthodox
Website	The Obsessed

Mark Laue (Also known as Professor Dark) is a bassist best known as a founding member of The Obsessed with Dave Flood, Johnny Reese and Scott Weinrich, the latter whom was a childhood friend and had seen Black Sabbath on the Paranoid Tour in 1970, an early influence on both musicians.

The quartet would form War Horse in 1976, followed by renaming themselves The Obsessed in 1978. Later on the group moved into a band house in Rockville, Maryland where a lot of their material spanning through their existence had been written. Before the intended, original guitar player John Reese departed from the band. The band became a trio and remained that way until the early eighties (i.e., 1982) when Vance Bockis and later Norman Lawson joined the band. During this time they released the Sodden Jackal EP (Spring 1983) and had one track ("Concrete Cancer") featured on Metal Blade's "Metal Massacre VI" compilation. The Obsessed also managed to record their debut album in 1985 for Metal Blade, but it was never released by the label. The Obsessed disbanded initially in early 1986 when Wino would relocate to California and join Saint Vitus. The band's final show of their initial run was on 23 November 1985 at The University of Maryland.

The album, initially recorded for Metal Blade, would be released by Hellhound Records in 1990, leading The Obsessed to reform with a new lineup. Laue would be involved with other bands over the years such as Zapotec and Leather Nunz. In 2009 he would join the traditional doom band Unorthodox, performing at the tenth annual Stoner Hands of Doom. Along with that band he also performed in a progressive fusion band known as Reese Laue Kalimon Project with Obsessed founding member Johnny Reese and Unorthodox drummer Ron Kalimon. Laue would remain active with Unorthodox until 2014.

Bands

• The Obsessed - Bass (1976 - 1985)
• Unorthodox - Bass (2009 - 2014)
• Reese Laue Kalimon Project - Bass (2009 - ?)
• Leather Nunz - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
• Zapotec - Bass (Unknown Time Period)

Discography

• The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal (Extended Play) (1983, Invictus Records)
• The Obsessed - The Obsessed (Studio Album) (1990, Hellhound Records)
• The Obsessed - Incarnate (Compilation; Selected Tracks) (1999, Southern Lord Records)
• The Obsessed - Live at Big Dipper (Live Album) (2020, Blues Funeral Recordings)