Tony Martin (musician)

For other people named Tony Martin, see Tony Martin (disambiguation).

Tony Martin
Background information
Birth name	Anthony Philip Harford
Also known as	The Cat
Born	19 April 1957 (1957-04-19) Birmingham, England
Genres	Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, doom metal, power metal
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, violin, keyboards, harmonica, bagpipes
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Black Sabbath, Cozy Powell's Hammer, Rondinelli, Aldo Giuntini, Phenomena

Anthony Martin Harford (born 19 April 1957), better known by his stage name Tony Martin, is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's second longest serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne. Martin has since been involved in many other projects (such as the Tony Martin Band, M3, The Alliance, Misha Calvin, The Cage, Giuntini Project II, Phenomena's Psychofantasy album).

Despite performing almost exclusively as a vocalist, Martin is a multi-instrumentalist, stating in an interview that he plays guitar, bass, drums, violin, keyboards, harmonica, bagpipes, and pan pipes. On his 2005 solo album Scream, Martin performed vocals, bass, drums, violin and additional guitar parts.

Discography

with Black Sabbath

Studio Albums:

• The Eternal Idol (1987)
• Headless Cross (1989)
• TYR (1990)
• Cross Purposes (1994)
• Forbidden (1995)

Live Albums:

• Cross Purposes Live (1995)

Compilations:

• The Sabbath Stones (1996)

with Aldo Giuntini

• The Giuntini Project II (1999)
• The Giuntini Project III (2006)

with Arrayan Path

• Ira Imperium (2011, on "Ira Imperium (The Damned)")

with Black Widow

• Sleeping With Demons (2011, on "Hail Satan")

with Dario Mollo

• The Cage (1999)
• The Cage 2 (2002)
• The Third Cage (2012)

with Empire

• Trading Souls (2002)
• Raven Ride (2006)

with Forcefield

• Forcefield II: The Talisman (1988)

with Mario Parga

• Spirit of Night (2008-Single)

with Misha Calvin

• Evolution (1993)

with Phenomena

• Psycho Fantasy (2006)
• Blind Faith (2010)

with Rondinelli

• Our Cross, Our Sins (2002).

with Star One

• Victims of the Modern Age (2010, on "Closer to the Stars")

with Wolfpakk

• Wolfpakk - Wolfpakk (2011, on "Ride The Bullet")

Compilations

• Voices of Rock: High & Mighty (2009, "Into The Light")

Solo

• Back Where I Belong (1992)
• Scream (2005)
• Who Put the Devil in Santa (2009-single)
• The Book Of Shadows (TBA)

Current solo band members

• Tony Martin - Vocals, Drums, Bass, Violin, Guitar
• Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
• Joe Harford - Guitar
• Jamie Mallender- Bass
• Danny Needham - Drums

Former/session/guest members

First album

• Brian May - Guitars (2)
• Tony Martin - Guitars (2,3,4 (solo),5,6,7,8,9,10,11 (acoustic)
• Paul Wright - Guitars (2)(solo),7,9,10)
• Adrian Dawson - Guitars (2 (solo),7,(solo)9,(solo),10 ))
• Carlo Fragnito - Guitars (1,4,7,9,10,11,13)
• Neil Murray - Bass (1,2,3,4,7,10,11,13)
• Laurence Cottle - Bass (5,6,8,9)
• Zak Starkey - Drums (2,3,8,9,10,11)
• Nigel Glockler - Drums (1,4,6,7,13)
• Richard Cottle - Keyboards & Saxophone (1 (Key+Sax),2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11)
• Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards (5,6,12,13)

Second album

• Pedro Howse - Guitars
• John Taylor - Keyboards
• Cozy Powell- Drums

Touring

• Rolf Munkes - Guitar
• Joe Harford - Guitar (Martin's son)
• Geoff Nicholls - keyboards
• Jamie Mallender - Bass
• Danny Needham - Drums

External links

• Official MySpace
• Black Sabbath Online: Tony Martin Discography