Cliff Martinez
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Martinez in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Born |
February 5, 1954 The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Film score, punk rock, funk rock, experimental rock, synthwave, industrial, ambient |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, cristal baschet, keyboards |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Associated acts | Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dickies, Captain Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, The Weirdos |
| Website | cliff-martinez |
Cliff Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart. Since the 1990s he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Drive,Only God Forgives,The Neon Demon, Contagion, Solaris, and Traffic.
On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Cliff Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York. Raised in Columbus, Ohio, his first job composing was for the popular television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. At the time, however, he was more interested in rock bands, and played drums in a variety of them, mostly in a temporary capacity.
After several years drumming for such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, in late 1983, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the recording of their eponymous first album after Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak left the band to concentrate on their other project at the time, What Is This? Martinez again played on the recording of the band's second album Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour.
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