Eric Martin, the rock & soul-belting frontman for the band MR. BIG, began
his career in the 80’s. He released 3 records: “Sucker for a Pretty Face”
(Electra Records) with the Eric Martin Band, “Eric Martin” and “I’m Only
Fooling Myself” (Capital Records) before teaming up with Billy Sheehan,
Pat Torpey and Paul Gilbert to form Mr. Big in 1989.
Over the next 30+ years, the band would enjoy enormous success with
10 studio albums, 12 live records, and numerous hit singles including the
#1 hit “To Be With You”, “Just Take My Heart”, “Wild World”,
“Superfantastic”, “Shine” among others. They also released two “Best Of”
and the box set “Mr. Big Vault”. All combined, worldwide sales top the 10
million mark.
In 2024, during a break in touring with MR. BIG, Eric reunited with
legendary guitarist Tak Matsumoto—having previously collaborated on the
2004 Platinum album “TMG” and a sold-out 20-city tour of Japan. The
group, featuring Eric on vocals, bassist Jack Blades (Night Ranger/Damn
Yankees) and drummer Matt Sorum (Guns & Roses, Velvet Revolver, The
Cult) recorded a new album called “TMG2” and subsequent tour in Japan.
After years of successful world tours, MR. BIG will hang up their top hat
and shoes for good, with four final shows in India and Japan in February
2025.
Eric Martin will continue to tour, staying “Alive & Kicking”, playing his hits
and more, both acoustically and electrically, all over the world in 2025.
After a spring tour with Tobias Sammet’s’ Avantasia in Europe, Eric joins
Jeff Scott Soto in Brazil for the “Double Trouble Tour”, followed by the
“Unleashed & Unplugged” UK acoustic tour with guitarist David Cotterill
from Demon, and “Rock Legends” featuring Joe Lynn Turner, Paul
Shortino and Marc Storace in the fall.
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