Marty Casey
Marty Casey
Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of the band Lovehammers. After years of building a strong local following in Chicago, Illinois and the Midwest, Casey achieved international fame on the first season of the reality show Rock Star: INXS. Casey made it to the final two of the competition, finishing as the runner-up to winner J.D. Fortune. Although he was not chosen as the new singer for...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth26 September 1973
CityChicago, IL
So those are the tools that I've learned, and getting this falsetto voice that I never knew I had. There have been a few honest musical breakthrough moments that kicked me up a notch.
Being the opening act is really the best possible scenario for me, ... I've been with my band for 15 years and now I get the best of both worlds.
For me, that is my ... greatest accomplishment ... getting an original song to break through and connect with people, ... And I am really, really proud of that.
My concern going into this was that my music is a little different than their music. J.D. seems like he's in the same style, ... I totally respect INXS' decision, it is their band and they've given me so much.
I can't say I wasn't disappointed not to get the gig, it's what I came here to do, but it seemed like it was meant to be,
When I was in Minnesota, I thought we had phenomenal volunteers, but we never had this volume.
INXS has been around for a long time,
I'm being told how much this has changed my life, but I haven't stepped outside into the civilian world for weeks, ... My family doesn't treat me any different, but a lot of people ask me for autographs. That is completely different for me, but I'm a lead singer, I love attention.
I know that if I win, I'm going to have to deal with people who're not going to accept me,