Born mid-70s in Birmingham (UK), like Lawrence Hayward or Ozzy Osbourne. Grew up on the outskirts of Paris. Spent many hours in Parisian
libraries and has now been living in Valencia for over 15 years.
John was the singer of multicultural combo, Mégaphone Ou La Mort, & of elegant duo, Le Garçon Rêvé.

John is still searching for the perfect song.

INFLUENCES: Rented rooms. Second-hand clothes. Living one’s life to the full. Life’s infinite capacity to surprise, confound and after painful adjustment, open new doors. Musically, I vividly remember the day my older brother brought home the vinyl of The Smiths “The World Won’t Listen”.I hadn’t heard the music yet but I was already captivated by the record sleeve. There are key concerts in my life: first solo Morrissey concert in Paris in 1991 at L’Élysée Montmartre, the band was slightly under-rehearsed but Morrissey was flamboyant and magnetic.

Fishbone live in Paris (Élysée Montmartre again) the singer Angelo Moore is a high energetic beast on stage, I was highly impressed and was left sweaty as I was exiting the venue. There are many more: Jeff Buckley, Happy Mondays, Depeche Mode (‘World Violation Tour’), Noir Désir and Jack . Suede and Blur I saw 8 or 9 times live, a great admirer of their work. These days, I think I have pretty eclectic tastes. I can appreciate a Stock, Aitken & Waterman production and then listen to a Jeffrey Lee Pierce bootleg.

A film? “Big Deal on Madonna Street” (1958) by Mario Monicelli. Actors? Alain Delon (in the seventies at the height of his pulchritude), Gena Rowlands, Monty Clift and Marlon Brando. A book? At the moment, I’m enjoying “The Big Midweek: Life Inside the Fall” by Steve Hanley.

>> His first solo album will drop September 12th, 2025: Le Fan Club de John Martínez, through Brazilian record label, PISCES, and will mark a before and after in the pop world. <<

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
— James Baldwin speaking to LIFE magazine in 1963