Nicholas Thomas Marko (born November 24, 1978) is an American musician, known for being a multi-instrumentalist, playing the guitar, drums and piano for bands such as The Holy Fire, Singer & Soldier, Leaving Rouge, and Levagood in the 2000s and 2010s.
Disgruntled at not being able to find a guitarist who liked Fugazi, Marko picked up the guitar in 1998 and proceeded to record his first three-song CD in Joe "Butter" Reynolds' Detroit-area basement studio.
Having acquired a better understanding of recording & songwriting, he and childhood friend - bassist Frank Muscat, formed the band Levagood in 1999, which Marko fronted.
Marko went on to record and play shows for various projects, including Grammy winner Dave Feeney's American Mars and Ohio's Most Beautiful Losers.
Furthermore, in reviewing the Holy Fire's self-titled EP, Amplifier Magazine commended Marko by saying he "drives his drums like a rental with 16th notes, his flutter kicks and stop start dynamics pushing the music to great results".
The Singer Soldier album "Illusions of Stability", particularly the song 'Bones to Ashes', was lauded by Musings From Boston for its "fragile beauty, delicately floating vocals", as well as the "sparkling of determination".
These guys toss out the garage revival and burn the trashcan with their ability to blend original rock riffs and a dark pop influence".