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Marc M Cogman

After fronting rock bands in Boston and LA, Marc M Cogman began his solo career in 2007 with the independently released Welcome to the Danger Show. Supported by his backing band, The Dead Messengers, the lyric-driven songs were an instant hit with LA crowds, who came in increasing numbers to his residency at The Mint. He soon caught the attention of Geffen Records, where producer/EVP Jack Joseph Puig likened Cogman to a young Springsteen.

After Geffen's option expired without coming to a contract agreement, Cogman signed with Time-Act Music, who released his 2009 follow-up, Beneath a Balcony. One track, "Bullet" was used in the film The Tontine Massacre, helping his audience grow. However, Cogman's star didn't take off as expected and his 3rd album, Anthems, remained unreleased for years. Facing career upheaval and a split from his manager and label, Cogman spent all of 2010 on tour, playing solo shows and writing his 4th album. Released in 2014, Albatross chronicled his fall from grace in LA and his nomadic travels across the USA.

Reuniting the Dead Messengers for a show in Los Angeles in the summer of 2015, Cogman then recorded Nothing is Fantastic, drawing on his roots in mid-90's guitar-rock. Next came an album made live in an Oxnard, California beach house, the Americana-tinged Dead Messengers, released March 2020. In 2021, Cogman released Daughters and Sons, a deeply personal record inspired by his experience of learning he was a father. Next, he brought a new, electric-guitar oriented lineup of the Dead Messengers to Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas for Gateway Drugs, released in September of 2023.

Now a father several times over, Cogman focused on family and history for his ninth album. Made in studios all over the country, featuring the Dead Messengers and a wide variety of guest musicians, Cogman’s double LP Heritage, Legacy, and the Blood-Red Dirt arrived in March 2025. Focusing on his parents, grandparents, and further ancestors, Cogman sings in his family members’ voices to tell their stories, all deeply intertwined with the place they called home: Oklahoma.

In January of 2026, Cogman reconvened the Dead Messengers at Minnesota’s Pachyderm studios to make his 10th full-length in 20 years, a long-time goal. Increasingly affected by the sociopolitical turmoil in America, Cogman set out on Storm Cellar / Lightning Rod to meld the personal and the topical, commenting experiences both inward and outward while raising his young son in the landscape of 2025 America. Equal parts tender and fiery, intimate and aggressive, Storm Cellar / Lightning Rod shows the growth of Cogman as a songwriter and craftsman over his two decades making solo records.

Storm Cellar / Lightning Rod arrives on October 30, 2026, on limited edition vinyl from Last 3 Punks and digital services everywhere.