Mark Sinnis is a music veteran born and raised in New York and living in Wilmington, North Carolina.

His sound is a dark blend of Rock, Country Americana and Alternative.

With a distinctive voice that has been acclaimed as a hybrid of vocal greats like Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison, Sinnis’s music incorporates dark undertones as well as traditional Country music with a contemporary modern edge.

 After 4 years in the U.S. Air Force Sinnis started his music career with his brother Francis Xavier on drums in 1988. Mark was the co-founder and singer/songwriter/ bassist of the Punk turned Gothic band Apostates.

Apostates was from Long Island and was also part of the New York City Punk/Goth scene. Apostates existed for 10 years from 1988 -1998 and released two full length albums and 2 singles.

In 1998 Sinnis was already living in New York City and after numerous line up changes ended Apostates and started Ninth House with his brother on drums.  Sinnis was the sole songwriter for the group. To date Mark’s band Ninth House has four full length albums.

Ninth House is not playing at this time.

In addition to Ninth House Mark Sinnis began playing solo acoustic in 2001.

In 2009 Sinnis left New York City for the mountains of Peekskill, New York where he resided until 2016.

Sinnis relocated to Wilmington North Carolina in 2016. 

In 2019 Mark recorded at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee and released his Sun Sessions. Mark Sinnis recorded at Sun Studio for a second time in April 2021.

Mark released his third Sun recording  “Recorded Live From Sun Studio 8-25-2021” in January 2022.

On 8-25-23 Mark recorded at Sun Studio for a fourth time. He  recorded 10 songs with his band 825, 9 brand new originals.

All Mark Sinnis/Ninth House releases are available through itunes and numerous online streaming services.and numerous online services and streaming channels.