Mad Martins

Helen has produced this amazing illustration entitled "Sheriff Hill Asylum, Gateshead, June 1821" for the 'Four Bare Walls/Escape' animation...

Here's another fun little snippet of a test piece for the animation project that Helen is currently working on, in collaboration with Doorstop Productions (with producer Stephanie Stender and animator Michael Sciortino).

This is all working towards an animated promo video for the paired track 'Four Bare Walls / Escape' from Mad Martins, to herald the planned Mad Martins restructure and relaunch.

I've been very excited seeing it all come together bit by bit and we are all looking forward to sharing the finished article in due course. In the meantime, hope you enjoy this little "teaser" for now...

As we creaked open the dusty door to the almost forgotten world of Mad Martins a few weeks ago, we were at a bit of a loss as to how to proceed with things. After the promise and joy of the first live show in October 2019, which was brilliant, things got a bit 'complicated'. Then while we were wondering how to keep up momentum for future performances, lockdown struck. So, like so many others in the same boat, we focused on other projects to see us through, both mentally and financially.

We are in the process of overhauling the Mad Martins to reflect more where we feel things stand with it now, including adding new songs and other material. We have also been working on redesigning the visual aspect of the project to make it all more vibrant and colourful, so how chuffed were we when the beautiful people at US film company Doorstop Productions fell in love with the Martins and a madman-loving partnership was born!

Here are three test pieces that have been created from images of William, pompous inventor and philosopher extraordinaire, and Jonathan, the Mad arsonist of York Minster (yes, he really did burn it down!). This is such an exciting taster of what is to come, and we can't wait to share a fully animated video of one of the songs, which is currently in development. But which song? You'll have to wait and see!!

Helen's new design, featuring the three Martin Brothers is now available as a Tote Bag from our Bandcamp Merchandise Shop, complimenting the previously issued T-Shirt...

To view and/or order the Tote Bag CLICK HERE.

Jonathan Downes aka 'Gonzo Jon', editor of Gonzo Weekly Magazine,has issued an apology to Gary in the latest edition of Gonzo (Issue #427/8 - see below), for having made the accidental mistake of calling him Gary "Mitchell" in the header to part 2 of his in-depth interview (over 2 successive issues) with the Kev Rowland. "Thanks Jon!!"...

The second part of Gary's 10,000-word interview is now published in issue #425/6 of Gonzo Weekly.

To read the article in full CLICK HERE.

Here's an image of the first page of the article [note the big mistake in the header - Gary is named "Mitchell" not "Miller"!!!!]...

The first half of Gary's 10,000-word interview with Kev Rowland, which features a lot of coverage of the Mad Martins project as well as being a complete overview of Gary's entire career to-date, is now published in issue #423 of Gonzo Weekly online magazine.

To read the article in full, follow the link HERE and scroll to pages 72-86.

In the meantime, below is an image of the first page of the interview...

Our thanks to Kev Rowland for getting this 10,000-word, and what he describes as "definitive", interview with Gary published online at MLWZ, Poland.

It covers his entire career to-date, and includes a large portion on 'Mad Martins'.

You can read the interview in its entirity by following the link HERE.

We're delighted to announce that we have a brand new T-Shirt design available to order direct from our Shop in a wide range of sizes from XXS to XXXXXL.

It features Helen's magnificent Mad Martins artwork depicting each of the Martin Brothers, William, Jonathan and John, as a full colour front print on a black shirt.

To view and order, follow the link HERE.

Today is "Bandcamp Friday" again, so in celebration and following the success of last month's 'Bandcamp Friday', we've once again slashed the price on the Mad Martins 3CD/Hardback Book Box Set from £29.99 to £19.99, plus we're throwing in a copy of the 'Fair Flowers Among The All (The Mad Martins Instrumentals)' companion CD as a free bonus item with each order! Please note this is for one day only (prices will revert tomorrow). Follow the link below to browse the Mad Martins Bandcamp Shop and maybe even grab a pre-Christmas bargain!...

To visit our Bandcamp Merch Page - CLICK HERE