William Dean Martin

William Dean Martin (Billy Martin) (born June 15, 1981) is the lead guitarist and keyboardist for punk rock band Good Charlotte.

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Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Martin has been playing guitar since he was in 6th grade when he received his first guitar for Christmas. His first band was Overflow, where he was the singer and guitarist, started with his friend and DJ and Steve Sievers, who now helps Billy run his clothing line, LeVeL 27. Billy Martin is a vegetarian and is a huge animal lover (though contrary to rumours, he doesn't have 127 hamsters - he joked that he had that many as when he was younger his 10 hamsters had a lot of children.)

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While recording GC's third album The Chronicles of Life and Death, he and Benji Madden switched guitar roles. (Benji was the original lead guitarist while Billy was the original secondary guitarist.) Billy also plays keyboards on the album except for "The Truth" and occasionally plays keyboards on their concerts. Billy loves to draw, and has been drawing since he was a child. He drew the artwork for The Chronicles of Life and Death album sleeve and cover, he also designed all the artwork for their videos "Predictable" and "The Chronicles of Life and Death".

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Billy's favourite director is Tim Burton and his favourite film is Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

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June 15: June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining....

1981: 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar....

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