Some felt that the long period of no new material shouldn't have resulted in a batch of covers, while others were impressed with Kozelek's straight-faced reinterpretations that revealed a surprising amount of depth at the heart of AC/DC's songs. The EP seemed to divide longtime fans and critics into two camps. Released in 2000 under his own name, the half-hour disc featured interpretations of three Bon Scott-era AC/DC covers, a John Denver cover, and a couple new songs of his own. With a two-year-old record sitting on the shelf unable to find release due to legal ramifications, Kozelek broke four years of recorded silence with the Rock 'n' Roll Singer EP. However, Red House Painters' relationship with 4AD became strained, particularly after the label refused to release their album Old Ramon and Kozelek and his bandmates refused to change it. After Red House Painters were championed by Mark Eitzel of American Music Club, whose dour but beautiful songs suggested the two songwriters were kindred spirits, the group scored a record deal with 4AD, and earned enthusiastic reviews and a loyal cult following for albums like Down Colorful Hill and Songs for a Blue Guitar. Kozelek and Koutsos formed the first edition of Red House Painters, and before long they relocated to San Francisco, California in hopes of finding an audience. As a teenager, he led a band called God Forbid, but his musical career really began to take shape when he moved to Atlanta, Georgia and met fellow aspiring musician Anthony Koutsos. Kozelek was born in Massillon, Ohio on January 24, 1967. Kozelek also released additional solo recordings of covers as well as original and spoken word material, in addition to collaborations with musicians such as Justin Broadrick, Jimmy LaValle, and Jim White. This resulted in some of his most acclaimed work since the Red House Painters days, although it also shone a spotlight on his notoriously crabby on-stage behavior.
He then founded Sun Kil Moon with some of his former bandmates, initially continuing with the Red House Painters' sound before gradually venturing into more literal, autobiographical songwriting and storytelling during the 2010s.
As the group began to dissolve in the beginning of the 2000s, Kozelek started releasing solo recordings that contained stripped-down, radically altered covers of AC/DC songs. Initially signed to 4AD in the early '90s, Red House Painters issued a series of poetic, deeply melancholic albums that ranked among the label's most beloved releases.
Best-known as leader of acclaimed indie rock bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, Mark Kozelek has built a career out of his evocative, impressionistic songwriting and rich, emotive vocals.
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