Years active 1983–present | Name Martin Porter Role Singer-songwriter | |
Birth name Martijn Hubertus Johannes Terporten Born October 13, 1983 (age 40)
Maasbree, Netherlands ( 1983-10-13 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician Associated acts Cap Roc, Van Gunn, K-otic, 7 Days' Wonder Genres Alternative rock, Pop music, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Rhythm and blues, Hard rock Record labels Sony BMG, JIVE Records, Zomba Group of Companies | ||
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano | ||
Martin Porter (born Martijn Hubertus Johannes Terporten on October 13, 1983) is a Dutch artist and songwriter who was the lead vocalist in Van Gunn (2004–2008), 7 Days' Wonder (2009), primarily known as a singer in K-otic (2001–2003) and currently active solely as a songwriter.
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Porter grew up in Maasbree, Netherlands.
Growing up with music such as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and Thin Lizzy mainly caused by his parents' influence, and later, on the verge of the crossover from 1980s glamrock and 1990s grunge, getting a taste of those both worlds mainly through (according to his own biography) sneaking his way to his sisters' record shelf.
Since all this music was in English, at a young age he had developed an interest in lyrics and through reading lyrics at the same time learned his English.
In 2001, Porter was picked to join a TV show called Starmaker in the Netherlands which was a pioneer of reality talent shows, through the TV show he ended up in a pop group called K-otic. However since Martin has always listened to rock and hard rock, Martin has stated that being in this group felt unnatural for him and thus taking the first possible ticket out which because of contracts was not until their last performance on January 26, 2003.
In the meanwhile Martin always kept close ties with his original band Van Gunn, and they decided to move to Los Angeles to get more experience and to get on the road. In 2006 Van Gunn signed with Retone Records and recorded an album in Los Angeles which was to be their take off, however the band broke up due to differences in taste and how to move forward.
In 2008 Martin moved to Rotterdam to start a study at a University for Music. While studying at the University, Porter formed a band called 7 Days' Wonder with whom he recorded a five song EP and toured in Japan and the Netherlands, in its short existence 7 Days' Wonder did not achieve any commercial success.
In September 2010 Martin moved back to Los Angeles, where Martin is mostly active as a songwriter and producer for other artists.