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Eric Martin's Profile
EMB/Mr.Big/415/TMG
Location:	San Rafael, California
Country:	United States
Last Login:	Jul 1, 2008 (512 days back)

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About Me
Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting Eric Martin started his career singing at the end of the 70’s for a San Francisco band called 415. With 415, Eric played hundreds of shows opening for established act like Billy Squire, Hall & Oats, Journey, ZZ Top and Foreigner to name a few. 415 was signed to Elektra/Asylum records and “Sucker for a pretty face” was released after a name change to the Eric Martin Band (EMB). The band parted ways after returning from a 1984-85 ZZ Top tour. After the break up, Eric continued to belt out songs and in 1985 and 1987 released “Eric Martin” and “I’m only fooling myself” solo efforts, which are lathered with Eric’s signature soulful voice and candid lyrics. In 1988-89, Eric would team up with Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey and Paul Gilbert to form Mr. Big. They would enjoy enormous success with the release of 6 studio albums, numerous hit singles and 6 top-selling live cd’s. All combined, worldwide sales top the 7 million mark. Eric’s third solo album, “Somewhere in the middle” was written during the two-year hiatus from Mr. Big and released in 1998 in Asia and Europe. During the summer of 2001, Eric and the rest of the Mr. Big guys released their last effort, “Actual Size.” In between promoting and preparing for Mr. Big’s 2002 “Farewell Tour”, Eric continued to record songs for his fourth solo cd. He promised a return to his “rawk roots” and he definitely did so with the album, “I’m Goin’ Sane” which gathered excellent critics and was released in Asia, Europe and The US in late 2002. After the success of a Japan tour, a European “Gods Festival” and a 23 city US tour, Eric decided to go back into the studio to record “Pure,” a EP that covers his hits in an unplugged and stripped acoustic form. In early 2004 brought Eric back into the studio to record “Destroy All Monsters” which would be released in Japan, Europe, The US and the most recent, South America. The album sound is something Eric calls “Distorted Pop” with a focus on his rock roots. That same year Eric was unable to promote the album as much as he wanted due to a call from the biggest guitar star in Japan, Tak Matsumoto. Tak’s band, B’z have sold over 80 million records and held onto success for over 12 years. Tak decided to put together a rock band with his favorite players, this would include Eric on vocals, Jack Blades (Night Ranger/Damn Yankees) on bass and Chris Frasier (Steve Vai/Edgar Winter/Eddie Money) and of course Tak on guitar. They spent four months writing and recording an album in Los Angeles, did a 10-day promotional tour and followed with a Platinum album and a 20 city sold out tour ending in Japan’s infamous 15,000-seat arena, Budokan.Currently, Eric has several portions on his plate; he recently wrote and recorded the theme song for the hit pay per view television show, “Pride FC” which is a major ultimate fighting program. The song, “The Last Man Standing” debuted New Year’s Eve 2006 on pay per view to millions of viewers. Eric also wrote and recorded a song for guitar legend, Ronnie Montrose’s new cd, 10x10, due out this year. Eric sings along 9 other singers including Sammy Hagar, Edgar Winter, Davey Pattison and Mark Farner. The 10x10 album sparked interest in Eric’s vocal performance and he was asked to sing the classic song, “Guitar Man” with Ronnie Montrose, Danny Carmasi and Ricky Phillips to take to the Sundance film festival.Eric Martin is still alive and kicking, performing regularly, as a solo artist as well as a member of celebrity rock group Scrap Metal, across the United States, Europe, South America, India and beyond. Eric is married to his sometime drummer Denise, and is the father of twin sons, Dylan and Jacob. He is currently working on a new album for your rocking pleasure.
My Interests
Music: Member Since: 8/24/2005 Band Website: ericmartin.com Band Members: Influences: EM Mailing List Sounds Like: Record Label: Type of Label: Major
My Background and Lifestyle
Occupation:	Music Artist (Rock / Classic Rock / Pop)
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Tour Diary - South America Part I
Holy Mothers of invention& what a long ass flight. Man it was Oakland to LA. With a 3-hour layover then 10 hours to Lima Peru and 5 to Buenos Aires. I was spent when Martin & Charlie picked me up fro... Posted by Eric Martin on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:32:00 PST
VH1 airing Station Concert
Easter Sunday, March 23rd - VH1 airs "Aftermath"" The Station Fire Five Years Later. 9pm Central time 8pm Mountain time Posted by Eric Martin on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:23:00 PST
New Podcast Here!
http://www.rockinmetalrevival.com/Podcast/Podcast.htm Posted by Eric Martin on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST
Blast Magazine Interview 1/08
http://www.blastmagazine.net/interviews/Eric%20Martin/ericma rtian.html Posted by Eric Martin on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:18:00 PST
South America part I
What's up gang, So I finished the Australian tour on a screaming high note; A hot & sweaty, "Alive and Kickin" show in Sydney. Thanks to my new best friends all over OZ; you boys and girls k... Posted by Eric Martin on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:58:00 PST
Australia Update
G' day gang, I'm here in the land down under having a wonderful time rocking out for the great Aussie fans. I have had a few mishaps along the way (you know me boys and girls? I'm cursed). The a... Posted by Eric Martin on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:37:00 PST
August 2007
Hello gang Remember me? Yup, it's your friendly neighborhood rock and soul servant, daddy day care minion, lazy ass blogster and man about town (or should I say world traveler?). Yeah, ye... Posted by Eric Martin on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:56:00 PST
Cover of Guitar Clinic
http://www.guitar-clinic.net/ Posted by Eric Martin on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:50:00 PST
Billboard Press Info
http://billboard.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb509115.htm Posted by Eric Martin on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:55:00 PST
Ebay auctions for a great cause!
Ebay auctions all donated to a great cause. Check them out here: Auction 1 http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008& sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=18008961. .. Posted by Eric Martin on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:54:00 PST
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