martin bennett johnson

The lead singer and also the songwriter of rock band Boys Like Girls, Martin Johnson was born on September 9th 1985 in Andover MA. He wanted to play in a band since he was 3 years old. In elementary school he kinda forced his friends to learn how to play instruments so they could be in a band. He was on the ski team in high school and he graduated from Andover High in 2004. He started writing his own songs around the age of 7 and participated in talent shows a couple of times with then (his songs). At the age of 17 he was in a band called ‘The Drive / Fake ID’. He wrote a handful of songs that he wanted to record and recruited Brian Donahue (Bassist) and John Keefe (Drummer), both whom he knew from previous bands he’d been in, and John brought Paul DiGiovanni (Lead Guitarist) along. The quartet soon opened a PureVolume account to showcase their music, and uploaded a rough demo of "The Great Escape" and an acoustic rendition of "Thunder". By the end of the year, the group had landed the #1 spot on the website's Top Unsigned Artists chart. The tracks of the album are basically telling a little story of a couple years of Martin’s life. ‘The Great Escape,’ is about leaving his hometown and doing all the things he did throughout high school all over again with his best friends in one last night. ‘Holiday’ is about questioning himself and starting over. “On Top Of The World” was written about him mother’s, who died of cancer when he was 16, battle with cancer, while hit single “Thunder” tells the story of his first love. He’s frequently made fun of from other members of BLG because of his careless driving, and he considers himself to be the worst driver in the universe. Once he almost drove them of the road.

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