Tony Martin (British singer)
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Anthony Martin Harford, (born 19 April 1957) is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 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), yet is most remembered for his time in Black Sabbath, an opportunity he originally was somewhat reluctant to pursue.[citation needed]
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 Dario Mollo
- The Cage (1999)
- The Cage 2 (2002)
- The Cage 3 (TBA)
with Empire
- Trading Souls (2002)
- Raven Ride (2005)
with Rondinelli
- Our Cross, Our Sins (2002)
Solo
- Back Where I Belong (1992)
- Scream (2005)
- 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