The Mark Of Cain has always been a band of contradiction and confrontations.
When the band formed in Adelaide in the early ’80s, the local music scene was dominated by a mixture of post-Birdman and paisley underground ’60s rock; The Mark of Cain chose the darker route, taking its cues from the deliberately intense margins of post-punk. When other bands were celebrating community and the power of the common cause, The Mark Of Cain explored the role of the loner in society; when war was stupid, and people were stupid, The Mark Of Cain reminded us of the importance of military discipline to human endeavour….
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