- Member of 1960s rock band Paul Revere & The Raiders.
- At different times, he lived in both 10050 Cielo Drive and 8763 Wonderland Avenue, both in Los Angeles. The Cielo Drive home became infamous after actress Sharon Tate and several guests were brutally murdered by followers of Charles Manson on August 8, 1969. The nearby Wonderland house became the site of another famous Hollywood murder when former porn-actor John Holmes and bodyguard Gregory DeWitt Niles took part in the equally horrific murder of four individuals with the encouragement of Eddie Nash, in what was a drug-related homicide on July 1, 1981. The extent of Holmes' involvement in the Wonderland Murders is unclear.
- Was head of A&R (artists and repertoire) for United Artist Records in the 1970s.
- Worked as a delivery boy for future band-mate Paul Revere at Revere's restaurant.
- Was up for the lead role in the film Wild in the Streets (1968).
- Attended the Hollywood premiere of Richard Lester's How I Won the War (1967) with TV gossip columnist Rona Barrett. They arrived in a horse drawn carriage. The only problem was that Mark never obtained a "parade permit" from the city of Los Angeles for the horse. Soon after the movie starts, an usher informs Mark that there are police outside waiting to talk to him. He and Barrett escaped out the back of the theatre and never did get to watch the movie!
- Is retired and working on a live DVD of his final concert performed on in 2003. (September 2004)
- Opened Mark Lindsay's Rock & Roll Cafe in Portland, Oregon. (2007)
- In the late 1970s he turned to music production and, with friend Perry Botkin Jr., recorded disco singles under the aliases "Cake" (Ariola Records-1979) and "The Original Mass" (JDC Records-1981). Their song "Disco Kicks" was a moderate sized hit on the disco dance floors and was later covered by Boys Town Gang.
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