BIOGRAPHY 

Marc Antal is a Chicago based, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and performer-both solo, and with his band, The Marquettes.  Chicago Blues, The Beatles, Van Morrison, American Rock n Roll-The Velvet Underground, Tom Petty, The MC5, the Replacements-are major influences on his songwriting.  

His 6 song EP, "Due Be True" was released in March, 2023, and a new EP will drop on August 1, 2026.

Marc was exposed to Chicago’s deep, rich musical landscape early on by older brothers: The Blues-Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf. Little Walter ; Soul/R&B-Curtis Mayfield, The Dells; and Jazz- Sonny Stitt, and Gene Ammons- local performers.

He  has played in several bands- Rock n’ Roll, Soul,  R&B, Blues and a Classics/Originals’ duo- over years in Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle. 

“I try to write songs John Lennon, Tom Petty, or Ray Davies would have thought  a good song! 

 It ought to say something about life and go somewhere…”