After Perri's departure shortly after Abandon Your Friends, Mark became lead vocalist and in 2007, the band released Holding a Wolf by the Ears.
[5][7] For the first few months as a touring band, From Autumn to Ashes claimed to have sold half of their equipment, a car, and spent between $3,000 and $4,000 making demos and hand distributing them.
[7] It had also featured vocals on the song "Short Stories With Tragic Endings" from Melanie Wills of the band One True Thing.
A reviewer on Punk News stated the album had the ability to "put you to sleep like a baby's lullaby, then smash you awake with the most gut wrenching, floor pounding hardcore this side of the Mississippi freakin' river.
"[10] In 2000, under the music label Tribunal, the band released the Sin, Sorrow and Sadness EP on March 5, and later took part in the Warped Tour during the summer months.
[11] After performing on the 2003 Warped Tour, they released their second full-length album, The Fiction We Live on September 9, 2003, which again featured vocals from Melanie Wills on the song "Autumn's Monologue".
[9] Aubin Paul of Punk News viewed the release as a growth from Too Bad You're Beautiful, writing that "like their previous [album], [this one] contains its share of PSAT words, and overtly maudlin pseudo-poetry, but it's still a big improvement".
[12] The move to a larger label and slightly more commercialized sound allowed the band to find more mainstream success,[13] producing three singles, "The After Dinner Payback", "Lilacs & Lolita" and "Milligram Smile".
Under direction of producer Richardson, From Autumn to Ashes' third full length album, Abandon Your Friends, was released on August 30, 2005.
"[16] It was revealed in 2007, in interviews,[11] and when Mark posted in the band's Myspace blog that he had ghostwritten Perri's lyrics in a matter of days.
[18] CMJ reviewer Tracey John explained that the album "continues to unabashedly straddle both ends of the hardcore/emo spectrum", however, the band "doesn't show much of a progression from 2003's The Fiction We Live.
[21] After taking a five-month hiatus at the beginning of 2006, From Autumn to Ashes returned and played the length of the 2006 Vans Warped Tour, adding Rob Lauritsen in place of Cox.
In September 2006, the band rented practice space and began writing material for what would become Holding a Wolf by the Ears.
[11] As From Autumn to Ashes prepared to begin studio recording for the album, Mark noted that Perri "never came out to any of the practices and he had no involvement.
"[17] Deciding to move on without Perri as a member, Mark then became lead vocalist, providing both clean and screaming vocals in addition to his already recorded drums.
However, Jeff Gretz was officially added to the lineup and in March 2007, two weeks before From Autumn to Ashes began touring.
[21] The These Speakers Don't Always Tell the Truth EP was released on March 13, 2007, featuring songs from the forthcoming album and a previously unreleased track.
"Mark and Lauritsen started the band Warship, which released one album and announced its breakup on their Myspace page December 30, 2009.
[27] Later he formed a new band called Get Involved which consists of Tucker Rule (Thursday), Derrick Karg, Todd Weinstock (Glassjaw) and Marcus Russell Price.
[28] Later on November 4, 2014, they posted a lyric line from the song "Kansas City 90210" which contains ""If I wanted to make a comeback would kids receive me?
[32] In a public statement, Mark addressed the charge, saying: I wanted clarify a few things in the press and express my gratitude to the fans who continue to stick by us in these trying times.
[37] A few days later, on September 22, it was announced that the band would be embarking on a short tour of the East Coast in November and December later that year.
[43] For his stylistic influences for playing drums, Mark references Stewart Copeland of The Police who he "always thought ... had a really good style", Neil Peart of Rush, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, and Keith Moon of The Who.