Jim Martin

James Blanco Martin (born July 21, 1961) is an American guitarist who played with the rock band Faith No More from 1983 to late 1993. Career In the early 1980s, Martin played guitar in the thrash metal band Vicious Hatred. He was an on-off member of the jam band Spastik Children, which also featured schoolmate and close friend Cliff Burton and other members of Metallica. Faith No More Martin joined Faith No More in 1983, four years after the group's formation. He played on the albums We Care a Lot, Introduce Yourself, their breakthrough record The Real Thing, with new vocalist Mike Patton replacing Chuck Mosley, and Angel Dust. Following the release of Angel Dust, Martin left the group for reasons that remain unknown. On his now-defunct website, Martin stated that The Real Thing was FNM's ideal album, both in the creative process and the subsequent touring. The musical about-face that the band took with Angel Dust, including the change in focus from guitars to vocals, did not sit well with him. The extent to which Martin did or did not contribute to songwriting and recording on Angel Dust is a subject that the band for years never directly addressed, except to recognize his major influence on the track "Jizzlobber".