Paul Martin (Radio DJ)
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Paul 'The Axeman' Martin is a DJ on the New Zealand
rock music
radio station
called The Rock
. It began in Hamilton
and later moved to Auckland
. Over the years the station has been networked around New Zealand. The station broadcasts rock music
from "the '80s, '90s and now".
Paul is one of The Rock's
longest serving jocks, presenting, programming and producing his weekly metal show The Axe Attack
on the Rock since 1992.
He has interviewed Slayer
, Metallica
, Fear Factory
, Sepultura
, Megadeth
, Anthrax
, Suicidal Tendencies
, Lita Ford
, Deftones
, Rob Halford
, Steve Vai
and Max Cavalera
.
He writes for New Zealand music Rip It Up magazine
as well as Australia's Tattoos DownUnder. Paul has started his own record label "HELLMAN RECORDS" to promote New Zealand music. His first CD release "The Axe Attack New Zealand Metal Vol.1" boasts 16 New Zealand metal acts.
Until early 2006 he was a DJ at Hamilton metal bar, 6 Feet Under.
Paul is still based in Hamilton
in the Waikato
and commutes to Auckland
on Sundays to do the Axe Attack live.
Paul Martin is a member of NZ's Heavily Tattooed Club.
He has released albums with Knightshade and Blackjack and currently plays in a new agro metal band World War Four and Devilskin.
World War Four has supported notable acts such as Black Label Society, Down, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead,
and opened New Zealands 1st International Guitar Festival 2008 alongside Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Alex Skolnick (Testament),
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Joe Satriani, Gilbey Clarke, Vernon Reid.
He also performs in The Fabulous Farrelli Bros with the rest of the Rock jocks and often pops up with cover band Head First.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
called The Rock
The Rock (New Zealand)
The Rock is a New Zealand rock music radio station. It currently holds the #1 ratings spot out of the music stations nationwide. The station is known to broadcast material of a controversial nature, and The Rock has in the past had some issues with the Broadcasting Standards Authority with a number...
. It began in Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
and later moved to Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
. Over the years the station has been networked around New Zealand. The station broadcasts rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
from "the '80s, '90s and now".
Paul is one of The Rock's
The Rock (New Zealand)
The Rock is a New Zealand rock music radio station. It currently holds the #1 ratings spot out of the music stations nationwide. The station is known to broadcast material of a controversial nature, and The Rock has in the past had some issues with the Broadcasting Standards Authority with a number...
longest serving jocks, presenting, programming and producing his weekly metal show The Axe Attack
The Axe Attack
The Axe Attack is a show on a rock music radio station in New Zealand called The Rock.The show is hosted by Paul 'The Axeman' Martin, on Sunday nights from 8pm. Paul is one of The Rock's longest serving DJs. He prides himself on including no less than 25% New Zealand music on his...
on the Rock since 1992.
He has interviewed Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
, Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
, Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
, Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
, Anthrax
Anthrax (band)
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
, Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
, Lita Ford
Lita Ford
Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career between the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
, Deftones
Deftones
Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
, Rob Halford
Rob Halford
Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is nicknamed the "Metal God" as a tribute to his influence on metal, and after the Judas Priest song of the same name from 1980's...
, Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
and Max Cavalera
Max Cavalera
Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s...
.
He writes for New Zealand music Rip It Up magazine
Rip It Up (magazine)
Rip It Up is a bi-monthly New Zealand music magazine. Started in June 1977 as a free monthly giveaway, it grew rapidly, with its monthly print run reaching 30,000 copies by the mid 1980s...
as well as Australia's Tattoos DownUnder. Paul has started his own record label "HELLMAN RECORDS" to promote New Zealand music. His first CD release "The Axe Attack New Zealand Metal Vol.1" boasts 16 New Zealand metal acts.
Until early 2006 he was a DJ at Hamilton metal bar, 6 Feet Under.
Paul is still based in Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
in the Waikato
Waikato
The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...
and commutes to Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
on Sundays to do the Axe Attack live.
Paul Martin is a member of NZ's Heavily Tattooed Club.
He has released albums with Knightshade and Blackjack and currently plays in a new agro metal band World War Four and Devilskin.
World War Four has supported notable acts such as Black Label Society, Down, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead,
and opened New Zealands 1st International Guitar Festival 2008 alongside Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Alex Skolnick (Testament),
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Joe Satriani, Gilbey Clarke, Vernon Reid.
He also performs in The Fabulous Farrelli Bros with the rest of the Rock jocks and often pops up with cover band Head First.