Marty K is a blues & rock guitarist/producer from St Kilda, Australia. He got his start in the Melbourne underground & alternative scenes and has played hundereds of shows touring Australia with various bands. In 2011 he formed Ten Thousand and achieved success releasing an EP and a album as well as multiple music videos with the group and playing shows around the country. He went on to record with legendary producer Lindsay Gravina (Jet, Spiderbait, The Living End) and his music has been featured on Triple J, Triple M and International radio. His music has also been featured on TV and several feature films and he received a nomination for best rock song at the Australian Independent Music awards in 2013.
His band The Electric Hurricanes is an eclectic mix of musicians from both past and present. “Each song explores a a different aspect of my guitar playing and songwriting. Theres a lot of improvisation, I wanted to give it a loose feel, a throwback to the 70s and to capture the spirit and excitement of that spontaneity. Marty K & The Electric Hurricanes sees him collaborating with a variety of singers, songwriters and musicians to create a sonic storm swaggering with hypnotic rhythms.
Marty K is a veteran musician and has toured Australia & New Zealand extensively. He has supported bands as varied as Dead Letter Circus, The Living End, Superjesus, Nathan Cavaleri & Juke Kartel. And via the festival circuit icons Aerosmith, Van Halen, Richie Ramone and Buckcherry among others.
His music has been showcased on Triple J & Triple M and has received both national & International airplay. The song When I Get You (Prod. Lindsay Gravina) was nominated for best rock song at The Australian Independent Music Awards and also received a nomination for Best Live band at the inaugural Cherry Bar Awards.
‘This is a new beginning for me' as Marty K & The Electric Hurricanes transports listeners to a swaggering, hypnotic realm, creating music that has a swagger and cinematic scope to it: a gritty undertow that reflects the vicissitudes of life, with a hallucogenic vibrancy. -BACKSEAT MAFIA
His first single ‘Rattle Snakes & Bones’ is a bright and stunning glimpse into Marty K & The Electric Hurricanes electrifying new chapter, pooling his past experiences and influences into a cocktail of psychedelic and emotionally extracting sounds and heavy payoffs. -BEAT MAGAZINE