FULL NAME:
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza

DATE OF BIRTH: July 13, 1956

HEIGHT: 6ft 2in

EYES: Brown

HAIR: Reddish brown

WHAT KIND OF UPBRINGING DID YOU HAVE?: It was basically middle-class, but I was MORE than a troublemaker.

WAS YOUR FAMILY MUSICALLY INCLINED? No- they were music lovers, but they weren't musically inclined.

WHAT WERE YOU GOOD AT IN SCHOOL?: Being a dirtbag and causing trouble... I never really went to school.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AS A KID?: Either a rock 'n' roll musician or Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry character.

PROFESSIONAL JOBS OTHER THAN AS A MUSICIAN: Not that I like to admit it, but I was a mechanic, a machinist and a truck driver.

MUSICAL TRAINING: I had no formal training

EARLY INFLUENCES: Cream, Mountain, the Who, Motown, Hendrix and the early Stones material

FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED: Grand Funk and Humble Pie at Shea Stadium

FIRST RECORD BOUGHT: it was probably a Cream LP

INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: I don't really play bass guitar- I spar with it. I also dabble with drums, guitar and some keyboards FAVORITE TWISTED SISTER SONG: I like just about all of them, and even if I wasn't in the band I'd still listen to them

MUSIC YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO: Anything that's hard and heavy

ANY TYPE YOU DISLKIE: I won't talk about that...

ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM: the first Montrose album. IDEAL MEAL: It depends who I am with! I'm a big meat eater, but I also like Itallian and seafood.

FAVORITE DRINK: Nitro-methane

PARTICULAR LIKES: Music, motorcycles, fancy cars and beautiful girls, especially my girfriend.

PET HATES: Steve Gett

FAVORITE TV SHOW: I don't watch TV

FAVORITE MOVIE: I don't have a particular favorite. I like certain types of movies- horror, science fiction, and raunchy police films like Dirty harry.

FAVORITE ACTOR: There are a few- Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson and Burt Reynolds

FAVORITE ACTRESS: You'll never know...

MOST INTERESTING PLACE YOU'VE VISITED: I have an answer for that but I can't say what it is.

HAPPIEST EXPERIENCE: Joining the Dictators and Joining Twisted Sister, and making albums and being successful with boht bands.

MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE: Being arrested in Germany with the Dictators because they thought we were terrorists.

PROUDEST MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE: It hasn't come yet, but it's coming

MOST EMBARRASING MOMENT: I've never been embarrased

MOST FOOLISH THING YOU'VE EVER DONE: That's very hard, but I guess this questionaire is part of it.