William Dean Martin
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| Billy Martin | |
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| Birth name | William Dean Martin |
| Born | June 15, 1981 |
| Origin | Severna Park, Maryland, United States |
| Genre(s) | Pop punk, Alternative rock, Synth rock |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, keyboard synthesizer, author, illustrator |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Epic Records |
| Associated acts | Good Charlotte |
| Website | [1], [2], [3] |
William Dean martin (aka Billy Martin); born June 15, 1981) is an American author and the guitarist and keyboardist for Good Charlotte.
Martin plays Paul Reed Smith guitars and uses Mesa/Boogie amps. He cooperated with the PRS SE team to produce the PRS SE Billy Martin Model.[1] It was released in 2005 and features green inlays designed by Billy - green dots with a bat which stretches from the 11th to 13th fret.
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[edit] Producing
Martin produced 9 of the 11 tracks on a tHrOnE album. Martin is also said to be part producer for the band Any Day Now, along with Jay-e.
[edit] Damious McDreary: A Boy And His Bat
Damious McDreary: A Boy And His Bat is the first book to be published by Billy Martin. It is a children's book about a boy and his pet bat. The bat gets let out of his cage and Damious goes on a journey trying to find his pet. Martin wrote and illustrated the book. The book was expected to be released on Halloween in 2007. Billy wrote a note on his DeviantArt page commenting on the release date of the book:
"You can probably guess by now that my book isn't coming out in October. It's been finished for months now, it's just taking longer than expected to finalize everything. Choosing paper type, fonts, test printing for color corrections, all kinds of stuff I never knew went into publishing a book. I don't know the exact release date at this point, but I will give plenty of notice about it's release as soon as I know."he says.[2]
[edit] Other Appearances
Martin did backing vocals on the 2004 Lostprophets single Last Train Home along with fellow Good Charlotte member Benji Madden.
[edit] Personal Life
Billy grew up in Severna Park, Maryland and graduated from Severna Park High School. Martin married his long term girlfriend Linzi on the 1st of March 2008.
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