Marshal Dutton (born March 15, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer best known for currently being the lead singer of the American rock band Hinder. He has also seen success as the part-time lead vocalist and full-time lead guitarist in his former band Faktion. He also provides lead guitar and backing vocals in the country duo group Drankmore.
In the late 1990s before joining the band Faktion that rose him to fame, Dutton was in a band called Carb with fellow musicians he befriended in Denton, Texas.[citation needed] After attending the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, in 2002 Dutton met Josh Franklin, Jeremy Coan and Jeremy Moore; together the four-piece band formed Faktion where his bandmates nicknamed him "Marshal "Wolfie" Dutton" due to his shaggy hair and scruffy beard, originally Dutton was the lead singer until the band later recruited a fifth member, Ryan Gibbs to come in and be lead singer; Marshal then took over as lead guitarist for the band. Dutton recorded and released his first EP with the band titled "Make A Dent" in 2004, the EP attracted the attention of Roadrunner Records and the band was signed to their label in October 2004. Dutton contributed on every Faktion release which after 2004's "Make A Dent" EP consisted of the 2006 self titled debut album "Faktion" 2007's "The B-Sides" EP, 2008's "Ignite Whats Inside" EP and "Crash Ashore" EP along with the 2008 stand-alone singles "Best Goodbye" and "Poison Ivy".
With the exception of a few random live appearances in 2009 and a couple of tour dates opening for Hinder in 2010 on their "All American Nightmare Tour" Faktion remained relatively inactive, allowing the members to pursue other interests and take on new projects. However in mid 2010 the unreleased new songs titled "Dead To Me" and "Miss You" were posted by the band via Faktion's official Facebook page. There is also many unreleased recordings during Dutton's time with Faktion that still remains unreleased, the unreleased Faktion track "Dead To Me" was initially recorded and released on then Faktion singer Aaron Pose's band "Admiral Grey" 2012 debut album and the track was also re-recorded and released on Hinder's 2015 album When The Smoke Clears with Dutton performing on lead vocals. As of 2022 a Faktion reunion is rumored to be in the works that will showcase new music and will see Ryan Gibbs return as lead vocalist, Marshal "Wolfie" Dutton on lead guitar, Josh Franklin on guitar and Jeremy Blackstock on drums.

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