Martin Atkins Biography

Martin Clive Atkins is an honorary board member of the Chicago based nonprofit organization Rock For Kids. Atkins' first major exposure as a drummer was with John Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd.. He joined in 1979 just in time to contribute to the song Bad Baby on the album Metal Box. Atkins' first live show with PiL was recorded and released as a live album Paris Au Printemps and his first year with the band included appearances on The John Peel Sessions for the BBC American Bandstand and the BBC's live Old Grey Whistle Test. In 1980 Atkins left Public Image Ltd. to concentrate on his band Brian Brain with Pete Jones (who also played with Public Image Ltd. in 1982 and 1983) on bass (in 1983 replaced by original Go-Gos' bassist Margot Olavarria) and Bobby Surgeoner on guitar (later replaced by Olavarria's husband Geoff Smyth). Brian Brain released six singles and one LP on Secret Recordsand continued to release singles and LPs on Atkins' own Plaid Records throughout the 1980s. The band had had a minor indie chart hit in 1980 with They've Got Me In The Bottle and club hits with the singles Jive Jive (1981) and Funky Zoo (1982).

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