Jeffery Louis Martin is an American musician, singer and drummer who has sung for the bands Racer X, Bad Dog, Surgical Steel and St. Michael and played drums for the bands

Badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, m ...

, the

Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Group (often abbreviated as MSG) are a guitar-oriented hard rock band, formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Sche ...

, Blindside Blues Band, Red Sea, St. Michael and The Electric Fence, a side project with Paul Gilbert and

Russ Parrish Russell John Parrish (born November 24, 1970), better known as Satchel, is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist for the comedic glam metal band Steel Panther. Early life Russell John Parrish was born in Redwood City, California ...

. Jeff Martin played drums for Paul Gilbert, George Lynch,

Dokken Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and " Burn ...

, and P.K. Mitchell. Martin played drums in Surgical Steel before switching to lead vocals and was the drummer/lead vocalist for St. Michael, both Phoenix, AZ-based bands. He released a lone solo album in 2006, ''The Fool'', featuring the guitar talents of Paul Gilbert and

Michael Schenker Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker ...

and has also sung backing vocals for Judas Priest and

The Scream ''The Scream'' is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. Munch's work, including ...

. Martin appeared in the 1985 movie '' Thunder Alley'', starring

Leif Garrett Leif Garrett (born Leif Per Nervik; November 8, 1961) is an American singer, actor, and television personality. He worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music. He later received much publicity for his dru ...

, with his band Surgical Steel.

Discography

Solo

* ''The Fool'' (2006)

with Racer X

* '' Street Lethal'' (1986) * ''

Second Heat ''Second Heat'' is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Racer X, was released on February 11, 1987, through Shrapnel Records. Critical reception In a contemporary review, '' Rock Hard'' defines ''Second Heat'' "a thoroughly ...

'' (1987) * ''

Extreme Volume Live ''Extreme Volume Live'' is the first live album by the American heavy metal band Racer X. It features solos from four members of the band. It was recorded at The Country Club in Reseda, California. Track listing Personnel ;Racer X * Jeff M ...

'' (1988) * ''

Extreme Volume II Live ''Extreme Volume II Live'' is the second live album by Racer X, released by Shrapnel Records. Although it succeeds the release of ''Extreme Volume Live'' by four years, the songs on the album were actually recorded at the same time. At the time ...

'' (1992) * '' Technical Difficulties'' (1999) * '' Superheroes'' (2000) * '' Live at the Whisky: Snowball of Doom'' (2001) * '' Getting Heavier'' (2002) * '' Official Bootleg: Snowball of Doom 2'' (2002)

with Badlands

* ''

Voodoo Highway ''Voodoo Highway'' is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Badlands. After their first album, drummer Eric Singer left the band to join KISS, and was replaced by drummer Jeff Martin, who had previously sung lead vocals in th ...

'' (1991) * ''

Dusk Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before nightfall.''The Random House College Dictionary'', "dusk". At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enou ...

'' (1998)

with Blindside Blues Band

* ''Blindside Blues Band'' (1993) * ''Blindsided'' (1994) * ''Messenger of the Blues'' (1995)

with Red Sea

* ''Blood'' (1994)

with Paul Gilbert

* ''

King of Clubs The king of clubs is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. King of Clubs may also refer to: * King of Clubs (Whig club), a Whig conversation club, founded in 1798 * ''King of Clubs'' (album), the debut solo album by Paul Gilbert * ''Kin ...

'' (1998) * ''

Beehive Live ''Beehive Live'' is a live album by Paul Gilbert, formerly of the heavy metal band Racer X (band), Racer X and the hard rock band Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big. It was released in 1999. Track listing Notes * Many of the tracks appear on the ...

'' (1999) * ''

Alligator Farm A crocodile farm or alligator farm is an establishment for breeding and raising of crocodilians in order to produce crocodile and alligator meat, leather from crocodile and alligator skin, and other goods. Many species of both alligators an ...

'' (2000)

with The Michael Schenker Group

* ''

Be Aware of Scorpions ''Be Aware of Scorpions'' is the tenth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the seventh album by the German hard rock band Michael Schenker Group released in 2001. Track listing All tracks by Schenker & Logan, ex ...

'' (2001) * ''Tales of Rock'N'Roll - Twenty-Five Years Celebration'' (2006)

Guest appearances

* Judas Priest - ''

Turbo In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pr ...

'' (1986) *

- '' Let It Scream'' (1991) * Paul Gilbert & Jimi Kidd - '' Raw Blues Power'' (2002) *

Pete Way Peter Frederick Way (7 August 1950 – 14 August 2020) was an English hard rock and heavy metal bassist. He was bassist for the rock band UFO from 1968 to 1982; Way rejoined the band briefly in 1988–1989, and full-time from 1991 to 2008. H ...

- ''The Plot'' (2003) *

Pat Travers Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career in the mid-1970s. Early life Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Soon after picking up the guitar at ag ...

- ''P.T. Power Trio 2'' (2005)

Demos

* Surgical Steel - 3-song demo (1982) * Surgical Steel - 6-song demo (1984) * Bad Dog - demo (1990) *

Leatherwolf Leatherwolf is an American heavy metal band that formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1981. They split up in 1992, but reunited in 1999. The group is also nicknamed the "Triple Axe Attack" for pioneering the use of a 3-guitar line-up in he ...

- 3-song demo (2004)

Compilations

* ''

Metal Massacre II ''Metal Massacre'' is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as The Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, ...

'' (1982) w/ Surgical Steel - "Rivet Head" * ''U.S. Metal Vol. 4'' (1984) w/ St. Michael - "The Beauty, The Power"

References

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