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Marc Hunter
12+ albums
New ZealandpopDisco
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Marc Hunter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marc Hunter (born Marc Alexander Hunter[1] Taumarunui, New Zealand, 7 September 1953 - died Sydney, Australia, 17 July 1998) was a rock and pop singer best known as the lead vocalist with Dragon, a band formed by his older brother Todd in Auckland, New Zealand in 1973. Marc joined in 1974 and Dragon recorded two albums of progressive rock for Vertigo Records. The band moved to Sydney in 1975. After suffering the heroin-related death of drummer Neil Storey, Dragon became a pop-rock act and went on to become one of Australia's biggest-selling bands, scoring a number of hit singles and successful albums, most notably 1978's O Zambezi. In the meantime, Hunter developed a serious heroin addiction. Recklessly outspoken and volatile on-stage, during the band's 1978 US tour supporting Johnny Winter he called the audience "faggots" at a show in Texas. The following year, he was fired from the band[2]. Hunter bounced back immediately with his 1979 solo album Fiji Bitter spawning the hit single "Island Nights". Two years later the album Big City Talk and single of the same name were also hits and in 1982 Dragon reformed for a tour, deciding to stay together when the single "Rain" became a hit. The 1984 album Body and the Beat was a massive hit across Australia and New Zealand and the title track of Hunter's solo album Communication (1985) was also a moderate hit. During a break between Dragon tours, Hunter joined The Party Boys for a s
