Josh Martin (1973-2018)

Josh Martin (1973-2018)

Josh Martin was born on April 2nd, 1973 in Connecticut. He played guitar in Adolf Satan from 2002 to 2008. Martin played on three of their albums, Demo, Adolf Satan, and Ooga Booga Cab Company. Then he played acoustic guitar in Impaled Northern Moonforest and from 1996 to 2001 he played guitar in Anal Cunt and again from 2006 to 2011. 

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In January 1996 Putnam hired a new guitarist, Josh Martin. Martin was a student at New York University in 1994–1995, when Anal Cunt used to play in New York a lot, and they had become good friends. Indeed, this was a friendship that would continue, as Putnam and Martin would join forces later in Adolf Satan and acoustic black metal band Impaled Northern Moonforest. Martin moved to Boston following his graduation, and was appointed by Putnam as the new Anal Cunt guitarist. After trying out a lot of drummers, they hired Nate Linehan, who blew away the competition.

Yet another tour followed, this time with Incantation and Mortician. Anal Cunt then released their next full-length, I Like It When You Die, which they had recorded prior to the tour. This album was essentially a collection of insults and featured the songs "You're Gay" and "Technology's Gay", as well as a guest appearance from Kyle Severn from Incantation. A lot of the songs refer to things being "gay", as this was a common slang word in Massachusetts and in junior high schools across the United States at the time.

Following the tour, Linehan left the band and again the band was on hold. Even so, Putnam and Martin recorded a few songs for a Black Sabbath tribute, In These Black Days Volume 1, which was a split with Eyehategod and featured Putnam on drums. A few months later, Putnam and Martin asked Linehan to rejoin the band and he agreed.

Another two tours later (one in America with Murder One, one in Japan), Anal Cunt recorded what would be their last album on Earache Records, It Just Gets Worse, which was released at the end of their 1999 European tour with Flächenbrand. The album was surrounded by much controversy: the label changed some of the song titles and also censored the lyrics to two of the songs.