Martin Armiger
| Martin Armiger | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Martin Armiger |
| Born |
10 June 1949 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Origin | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Rock and roll, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, film/TV composer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Labels | Mushroom, White, Powderworks/RCA, ABC, Regular, Normal/Citadel, WEA |
| Associated acts | High Rise Bombers, The Bleeding Hearts, The Sports, Stephen Cummings Band |
| Website | martinarmiger |
John Martin Armiger (born 10 June 1949, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" (1979), "Strangers on a Train" (1980) and "How Come" (1981); and Top 20 albums with, Don't Throw Stones (No. 9, 1979), Suddenly (No. 13, 1980) and Sondra (1981).
Armiger was musical director for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV series, Sweet and Sour, in 1984 and was record producer on the related soundtrack albums as well as performing and song writing. At the Australian Film Institute Awards of 1986 he shared an accolade for Best Original Music Score with William Motzing for their work on Young Einstein. In 1995 his work for TV series, Cody (1994–95), won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Most Performed Television Theme. As of 2004, Armiger was Head of Screen Composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). In 2006 his portrait by John R Walker was a finalist at the Archibald Prize.
John Martin Armiger was born on 10 June 1949 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. His father, Jack Armiger, played double bass, piano and sang in local bands; his mother also played piano and sang. At the age of eight he gave up on his violin lessons, turned away from his mother's taste in classical music and his father's favourites of Peggy Lee or Perry Como – he had discovered Buddy Holly's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man". The family migrated to Australia in 1965 and lived in Elizabeth, South Australia. Armiger studied at Flinders University in Adelaide where he completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) course in 1974. His younger brothers, Keith, Andrew, and Michael Armiger, are also musicians and have been members of The Immigrants (1978–1980) in Elizabeth, 10000 Guitars (1985–1987) in Melbourne, and Armiger Brothers in Sydney, as well as having separate musical careers. Their youngest brother, Chris Armiger (born 1965), joined the Armiger Brothers, which have recorded with Martin, who also produced their material.
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