Marcus Wynwood
Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
Marcus's exciting guitar playing, thoughtful lyrics, and engaging style of songwriting will make you stand up and pay attention. Either playing gentle acoustic guitar, or energetic post-punk/indie-rock, the Australian guitarist, singer, and songwriter shows no signs of slowing down.
Marcus Wynwood’s resume is as extensive as it is impressive. Not only a founding member of punk-rock band Captives, but he’s also riffed to crowds from the Falls Festival main stage, Party In The Paddock, The Envol et Macadam Festival (Quebec), various Festivals around Australia as well as support slots for COG, Shihad, Tumbleweed, The Damned, and 28 Days to name a few.
In 2020, the ARIA Performing Artist and D'Addario Endorsed Artist focused his attention on his solo work releasing "Something In My Eye" in 2021, "Little Space" in 2022 and "Simulation" in November 2023 which was quickly followed up by a 6 track EP in December 2023. The EP "Killerbites" has been met with fantastic reviews.
Hysteria Mag gave Killerbites 8/10 and said "he has crafted something remarkable in Killerbites.", "He could play Falls Festival one night and a Day on the Green the next."
"The EP is a collection of six songs featuring honest and artful songwriting, incredible guitars and precision production. These tunes have a ferocity and tautness, which skillfully convey all the feelings of growing and maturing, with passionate melodies and blistering guitars." - The AU Review
Featured in Australian Guitar Magazine as a "Guitarist to Watch", Marcus has well and truly earned his title.
"It's layered vocal delivery, absolutely epic guitar work and fast paced vibe showcase Wynwood’s talent as a top shelf songwriter." - AAA Backstage
"The songwriting is just so good, he's turning into quite the songwriter." - Triple M
"Certified Banger! One helluva heavy-hitter." - Hysteria Mag
Links
- Website: MarcusGuitar.com
- Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/marcuswynwood
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcuswynwoodmusic/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/mwynwood/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcusWynwood/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mwynwood
- Spotify: https://sptfy.com/marcuswynwood
- Triple J Unearthed: https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/marcus-wynwood/
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mwynwood
- Bandcamp: https://marcuswynwood.bandcamp.com
- Email: marcus@MarcusGuitar.com
Music
Press Clippings
- 2024, Jan 10: Hysterian Mag - Marcus Wynwood Killerbites (EP)
"He has crafted something remarkable in Killerbites." - 2023, Dec 6: The AU Review - Exclusive EP Premiere: Marcus Wynwood – Killerbites
"These tunes have a ferocity and tautness, which skillfully convey all the feelings of growing and maturing, with passionate melodies and blistering guitars." - 2022, May 11: Interview with The Partae
- 2022, Apr 20: The Point Music News: Marcus Wynwood releases epic guitar-driven single, 'Little Space', and accompanying animated music video
- 2022, Apr 12: Watch Marcus Wynwood's New Music Video 'Little Space'
There's that hard-hitting guitar solo that explodes across the senses, Wynwood's intricate shredding releasing an overload of emotive feels to raise the horns and rebel. - 2022, Apr 11: Marcus Wynwood turns it up to eleven with his new single, 'Little Space'
Its layered vocal delivery, absolutely epic guitar work and fast paced vibe showcase Wynwood’s talent as a top shelf songwriter. - 2021, Dec 8: Interview with Hysteria Mag "Digging Into Something In My Eye"
- 2021, Nov 30: "Something In My Eye" review in Hysteria Mag
Certified Banger! One helluva heavy-hitter. The first fifteen seconds alone had us hooked with its full-throttle frantic instrumentals. And from there, Wynwood’s gritty, old-school rock tones stole our hearts even more. - 2021, Nov 30: Marcus Wynwood releases Something in My Eye in The Advocate Newspaper
- 2021, Nov 25: "Something In My Eye" music video premiere on theMusic.com.au
- 2021, Nov 24: Triple M Radio Permiere
"The songwriting is just so good, he's turning into quite the songwriter" - 2015, Jan: "Guitarist to Watch" in Australian Guitar Magazine
Press Releases
- 2024, Sep: "Never Left the Ground" Press Release
- 2023, Nov: "Killerbites" EP Press Release
- 2023, Nov: "Simulation" Media Release
- 2022, Nov: "Right Back Home to You (live)" Press Release
- 2022, Apr: "Little Space" Press Release
- 2021, Nov: "Something In My Eye" Press Release
Photos
Other Projects
Captives
As a founding member and guitarist in "Captives", an Australian punk rock band, Marcus cowrote, toured, and played guitar on every release since staring the band in 2013 until 2020. Marcus, with Captives, made deals with Cooking Vinyl, Inertia Music, and The Harbour Agency. In 2018, Captives won a Triple J competition to have a music video produced by NIDA. Captives and Marcus featured in publications such as "Rolling Stone Magazine", had music videos played on rage and MTV/Channel [V], are played on Triple J and Triple M, supported some great bands, and toured the country several times.
Zigzag and the Astronauts
Marcus created "Zigzag and the Astronauts" - a fictional rock band playing music for kids. The songs are composed, performed, recorded, and produced by Marcus.
The album was named the Kinderling Kids Radio Album of the Month in May 2017.
Light a Candle
A collaboration of incredible Tasmanian artists have come together creating a truly moving, original fundraising song: ‘Light a Candle’, release date the 27th of November 2020. We chose to support Act for Kids, a charity that was formed, to prevent and treat Australia's most vulnerable children suffering from child abuse and neglect.
The track went to Number 4 on the ARIA Charts (in both December 2020 and in December 2021), and took out the Number 1 spot on the AIR Charts in 2020.
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