DAVID BURKE
The current Level 42 line-up pictured at the Royal Albert Hall in 2014. From left: Sean Freeman (sax), Nichol Thomson (trombone), Dan Carpenter (trumpet), Pete Ray Biggin (drums), Mike Lindup (keyboards), Mark King (bass) and Nathan King (guitar).
When Classic Pop catches up with Mark King, the Level 42 bass supremo is in winningly feisty form. “I’m the guy who has been pushing this ahead and making sure it kept going through thick and thin,” he says. “Everybody needs to have a dose of reality and realise that these things don’t just run on their own. Somebody has to push this through all the time. The reality of why the band is still here is because yours truly kept it going.”