For other people known by this name, see Billy Martin (disambiguation).

William Dean Martin (Billy Martin)
Birth name	William Dean Martin
Born	June 15 1981 (1981--) (age 26)
Origin	Severna Park, Maryland, United States
Genre(s)	Pop-Punk
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, keyboard synthesizer, author, illustrator
Instrument(s)	Guitar, keyboards
Years active	1998—present
Label(s)	Epic Records
Website	[1], [2], [3]

William Dean Martin (aka Billy Martin), born June 15, 1981, is an author and the guitarist and keyboardist for Good Charlotte.

Martin plays Paul Reed Smith guitars and uses Mesa/Boogie amps. He cooperated with the PRS SE team to produce the PRS SE Billy Martin Model. It was released in 2005 and features green inlays designed by Billy - green dots with a bat which stretches from the 11th to 13th fret.

Level 27 Clothing

Martin owns a clothing line called Level 27 Clothing. It is worn by many famous people such as The Used in their The Taste of Ink music video and New Found Glory in their Kiss Me video. Martin can often be seen wearing his clothes on stage and in their music videos.

Producing

Martin produced 9 of the 11 tracks on a Thrones album.

Damious McDreary: A Boy And His Bat

Damious McDreary: A Boy And His Bat is the first book to be published by Billy Martin. It is a children's book about a boy and his pet bat. The bat gets let out of his cage and Damious goes on a journey trying to find his pet. Martin wrote and illustrated the book. Billy hopes to have it released by Halloween in October, 2007, the date is still unofficial.

Personal Life

Billy grew up in Severna Park, Maryland and graduated from Severna Park High School. Martin is set to marry his long time girlfriend on March 1st, 2008. This was confirmed in an interview with Billy. He also mentioned that the day they get married will also be their 9 year anniversary of being together.^[1]

He is vegetarian. His favourite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas and he has tattoos of Jack Skellington, Sally Stiches and other characters. Favourite ice cream: Ben & Jerrys' peanut butter cup. Star Sign: Gemini - Credit:[4]

References

1. ^ Billy Martin's Interview with AdelaideNow

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