Jim Martin (musician)
American guitarist
James Blanco Martin (born July 21, 1961) is an American guitarist who played with the rock band Faith No More from 1984 until late 1993 having played on their first four albums: We Care a Lot, Introduce Yourself, The Real Thing, and Angel Dust.
Career
In the early 1980s, Martin played guitar in the thrash metal band Vicious Hatred.
Faith No More
Martin joined Faith No More in 1984, five years after the group's formation. He played on the albums We Care a Lot, Introduce Yourself, their breakthrough record The Real Thing, and Angel Dust.
Following the release of Angel Dust, Martin left the group for reasons that remain unknown. On his now-defunct website, Martin stated that The Real Thing was Faith No More's ideal album, both in the creative process and the subsequent touring. The musical about-face that the band took with Angel Dust, including the change in focus from guitars to vocals, did not sit well with him. The extent to which Martin did or did not contribute to songwriting and recording on Angel Dust is a subject that the band for years never directly addressed, except to recognize his major influence on the track "Jizzlobber".
In an October 2016 PopMatters interview, Faith No More bassist, Billy Gould, addressed the controversy head-on about whether studio musicians or Martin played on Angel Dust:
"No studio musicians. He played, but the writing process was extremely difficult because he wasn't really much of a fan of the music.
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