Marc Heal

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Marc Heal (born February 20, 1965)^{[citation needed]} is an English musician. He was one of the most prolific and influential Industrial music artists in the 1990s, mixing metal and techno with more traditional Industrial sounds. He was also noted for his extrovert behaviour, unusual in the generally downbeat Industrial genre.

His major brainchild was Cubanate, founded 1992 with Phil Barry along with Graham Rayner and Steve Etheridge. Cubanate released four albums, the last one being released 1998.

Heal first surfaced supporting Gary Numan in 1987 with now defunct '80s band Westwon. Later signed with Cubanate to legendary Chicago industrial label Wax Trax!, he also participated in several side projects like C-Tec (with Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242), and Ashtrayhead. During the 1990s he was also involved in game music with contributions to Command & Conquer, Wing Commander V and the best selling Sony PlayStation console game Gran Turismo. Heal has also collaborated with Martin Atkins, Rhys Fulber, Doug Martin, Julian Beeston (ex -Nitzer Ebb), Cobalt 60, and KMFDM (on their WWIII album, though apparently none of his contributions were used).

Since the end of Cubanate and the final C-Tec album in 2000 Heal has been very quiet and seems semi-retired from music. He has not played live since a European tour with Fear Factory in 1999. He now runs The Fortress (a network of studios in London).

His more recent production credits include the first single ("Thumper" 2000) for UK metallers Raging Speedhorn. Heal was also a collaborator on sometime KMFDM frontman Raymond Watts' Pigmartyr album (2004) and was credited on indie - pop act Rubicks "I See You" release - an NME Single Of The Week in November 2004.