My Story

Dustin was born in Cape Town, South Africa and immigrated to Canada 

as a young child in 1981. Dustin started off writing short stories in 

public school, his grandfather taught him the basics of playing the 

acoustic guitar with just three chords. An A, a G, and a C. 

From that moment on he was hooked. He started writing short 

stories in public school which progressed to poetry in early high 

school. This progressed to writing music. He started playing guitar 

with a high school friend in grade 9.

Many years later he reunited with that same friend and along with a 

few very trusted close friends he formed a band called “The Survivorz”. Playing lead guitar was the late Mike Palmer. Dustin wrote the songs, but

it was the talent of the band that carried it forward. They were able to 

record some great music that can be found online to this very day. 

Later Dustin would team up with another friend from public school and form

a new band called “Decay and the Retribution”. It’s very interesting that 

many of the people in Dustin’s life have been there since he was a teenager or even longer!! The band “Decay and the Retribution” remained together 

and performed a number of shows in London and throughout South Western Ontario. After a couple of years there was a change up in the group. 

This resulted in a few band members leaving. 

The genre of music played by the band changed at that time and they went from mainly a rock and folk rock band to a folk and blues band with 

Dustin playing the folk section of the show followed by a blues section

 in which he played the bass guitar. He was joined in the band by his 

son Josh who played keyboards. The band remained together for about 

8 years. Following the disbanding of Decay and the Retribution Dustin 

went on to use the stage name DustyMarcus. 

He is once again playing along side his son on keyboards. He is also

joined in the studio by good friend Garnet Bruce. 

We are looking forward to a new year of health and happiness for 2021 

and a bright future for all. DustyMarcus will continue to bring the 

Music forward for all who will listen !!