Mark William Collins is an American radio personality, featured in an exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
[1] Collins rose to prominence in the early 1990s as a disc jockey on alternative rock station 107.7 FM "The End" (KNDD) in Seattle, with the popularity of grunge.
For a short time during the 1990s, he owned Stampede Records, which released Silkworm's 1993 EP "His Absence is a Blessing" and Muzzle's "Free Trampoline/Come On Down" (7" single).
Collins was instrumental in breaking such artists as Beck,[6] The Presidents of the United States of America, Foo Fighters, Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta"[7] and was the first person to play Weezer's "Undone (The Sweater Song).
[13] In 2015, The Glamour & The Squalor, a documentary on the beginning of his career at "107.7 The End" and a look into his personal life premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival.