Hip Hop Punk Rock Reggae Ska Rocksteady
Soul Funk Entertainer and Lyrical Miracle Worker.
DJ/Percussion/Vocals/Guitar/Ukulele

Mark Himley is a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work has been featured in many forms of media. Mark's music can be heard on high-profile shows such as: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (E!), Total Divas (E!), Total Bellas (E!), The Challenge (MTV), Catfish: The TV Show (MTV), and more. 

Mark has scored numerous short films. Most most notably of which, Earth Angel,   was nominated for "Best Original Score" at the Los Angeles Film Awards in May of 2017.

East Row Rabble delivers a slick mix of funk, reggae, blues and soul with upbeat party horn lines that will get your booty shakin' and your feet shuffling. Addressing a mixture of world issues and daily curiosities, front man Ben Drysdale’s songs explore the many, varied, and often conflicting elements of any situation with honesty, hope, and a little cheekiness.

A party band that was made for the festival scene, the Rabble recently made waves at the National Folk Festival and St Albans festival and are currently applying like mad to a bunch of festivals later in the year. 

The band released their debut EP in June 2018 to a sold out crowd at Canberra's Polish Club before touring the release up the East Coast of Australia. The final single from the EP, “Good for Me ” is an upbeat blues-rock love song with dynamic snaps and dirty horn jams. Rabble front man Ben Drysdale actually used the song to propose to his wife on the hills overlooking Queensland’s Glasshouse Mountains underneath the giant “Woodfordia” sign at the Woodford folk festival.

“She’s like a little Disney Princess all covered in tattoos
She’s a little Norma Jean, and a little Betty Boop
Man, you throw it all together
What’s a man supposed to do?
‘Coz this girl’s too damn cute for me”

After releasing two singles from the record in 2016 the band decided to do some more work on production, enlisting Sydney producer Jon Reichardt (Hilltop Hoods, Bliss n Esso) to sweeten the mix with extra layers of guitar and organs.

I'm an artist, and recently got into creating electronic music.  In the past my chosen media was fabric and paint, I've come a long way. I use a voice looper and GarageBand.  Yay music!

Made in the backroom. mostly by duder. trying to get better and be brave

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