“I turned around and the wall was on fire in just a small area. I unplugged my guitar and a guy opened the side door by the stage, and I went out into the parking lot”: Mark Kendall on Great White’s two big tragedies, and why he welcomed Nirvana's rise

Mark Kendall’s contributions to Great White provided a blues-based alternative to the straight-up “hair metal” popular in the ‘80s. Unfortunately, his addiction overpowered him.”(Image credit: Larry Marano/Getty Images)Before Great White you formed Dante Fox. Great White - Rock Me - YouTube Watch OnIs that when you became Great White? We hadn’t been together as Great White since 2000, apart from me going out and helping with Jack’s solo tour. In the end he was allowed to have his band be Jack Russell’s Great White, and we continued as Great White.