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 soundtrack LP for
The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 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. On November 1, 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
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