Tony Martin (British singer)

Tony Martin
Martin performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Anthony Philip Harford
Also known as	The Cat
Born	(1957-04-19) 19 April 1957 (age 67) Birmingham, England
Genres	Heavy metal hard rock blues rock doom metal power metal
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1970s–present
Member of	Giuntini Project
Formerly of	Black Sabbath Cozy Powell's Hammer Empire

Anthony Philip Harford (born 19 April 1957), better known by his stage name Tony Martin, is an English heavy metal vocalist, best known for his time fronting Black Sabbath, initially from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997.^[1] Martin was the band's second-longest-serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne. He has since been involved in many other projects (such as M3, Misha Calvin, The Cage, Giuntini Project, and Phenomena).

Despite performing almost exclusively as a vocalist, Martin is a multi-instrumentalist, stating in an interview^[2] that he plays guitar, bass, drums, violin, keyboards, harmonica, bagpipes, and pan pipes. On his 2005 solo album Scream, Martin performed vocals, bass, drums, violin and additional guitar parts.^[3]