National Velvet

National Velvet were a Canadian goth rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from the 1944 Elizabeth Taylor movie National Velvet. The band members were vocalist Maria Del Mar, guitarist Mark Crossley, guitarist Tim Welch (also a member of Images in Vogue), bassist Mark Storm (real name Mark Erickson) and drummer Garry Flint. They came together after a chance meeting between Del Mar and Storm in an alley during a party in Toronto, Ontario. Six months later, they released an independent, self-titled EP with original drummer Ken Sinclair and saxophonist Chris Reis. Second guitarist and keyboardist Mick Gzowski joined the line up soon after. Storm, Del Mar and Sinclair lived together and ran a rehearsal space at 50 Carroll...