Troy Martin

Troy Martin and Tim Curry (2011)

Troy Martin is an American Rocky Horror fan. His first exposure to Rocky Horror was in a record store in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in 1974, where he discovered the recently released The Rocky Horror Show - Original Roxy Cast LP in a record bin. In 1976, he saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack Album in a Jem Records import catalog. In July 1978, he heard Tim Curry singing "Sweet Transvestite" for the first time on the Dr. Demento Show broadcast on KMET 94.7 FM. Intrigued by the music, he went to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show when it opened at the United Artists Cinema 4 - Tyler Mall in Riverside, CA on February 2, 1979. He quickly became a regular participant with a loosely organized group of fans known as The Riverside Rockys. In August 1979, he became one of the first Rocky Horror fans to regularly play The Criminologist. In November 1979, he, along with Richard Gifford, Julie Ford, and Vid Kadavre founded Erotic Nightmares, one the first regular, full-time Rocky Horror performing groups on the West Coast. He also became a member of The Tiffany Troupe at the legendary Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood, CA, performing there from 1980 to 1983. He was one of the first Rocky Horror fans to see Shock Treatment at a private pre-release screening at 20th Century-Fox. Although long since retired from performing, he returned to the Rocky Horror community in 1990, and still remains active and is an avid collector of Rocky Horror memorabilia.

Cast Affiliations

• Member of The Riverside Rockys as Transylvanian, The Criminologist - Riverside CA - 1979
• Member/Founder/Cast Leader/Emcee of Erotic Nightmares, as Transylvanian, The Criminologist - Riverside CA - 1979-1981
• Member/Cast Leader/ of The Tiffany Troupe as The Criminologist - West Hollywood CA - 1980-1983

Conventions Attended

1980: The Second Annual Transylvanian Convention (Hollywood, CA)
1981: The Semi-Annual Transylvanian Convention (Los Angeles, CA)
1981: The Third Annual Transylvanian Convention (Anaheim, CA)
1982: ROCKY ALIVE (Hawthorne, CA)
1995: The Rocky Horror 20th Anniversary Celebration (Roxy Theatre, Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA)
2007: The Pirates of Transylvania (Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA)
2010: SINSCON 2010 - Seven Deadly Sins (Los Angeles, CA)

Theaters Attended 1979-2015

• United Artists Cinema 4 - Tyler Mall, Riverside CA
  
• Tiffany Theater
  
• Montclair Theatre, Montclair CA
  
• AMC Orange Mall 6, Orange CA
  
• Aquarius Theater (1980-81 North American Tour)
  
• UA Long Beach Marketplace 6, Long Beach CA
  
• Balboa Village Theatre, Newport Beach CA
  
• Cove Theater, Hermosa Beach CA
  
• Vista Theatre, Hollywood CA (Shock Treatment premiere)
• 8th Street Playhouse, New York City NY
  
• GCC Shrewsbury 3, Shrewsbury NJ
  
• Nuart Theater, West Los Angeles
  
• UA Christown Mall Cinemas 6, Phoenix AZ
• Valley Art Theatre, Tempe AZ
• Rialto Theater, South Pasadena CA
  
• The Queen Mary, Long Beach CA
  
• Harmony Gold, Hollywood CA
  
• The Art Theater, Long Beach CA
  
• Regent Theatre, Westwood CA
  
• UA Westwood - Westwood CA (Rocky Horror Picture Show Day ceremony)
  

External Links

• http://troymartin.com/