Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983-1986)
After several years drumming for such acts as Captain Beefheart, The Dickies, Lydia Lunch and The Weirdos, in late 1983, he and Jack Sherman were drafted in to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the recording of their eponymous first album after Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak left the band to concentrate on their other project at the time, What Is This? Eventually, tensions between Sherman and his fellow band members culminated in Sherman being fired and Slovak returning for the second album, Freaky Styley. Irons however, was still committed to What Is This?, so Martinez again stepped behind the kit for the recording of Freaky Styley and its subsequent tour. During the recording of demos for the third album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, the rest of the band felt that the drummer's 'heart was no longer in the band', but as he wouldn't quit Anthony Kiedis and Flea fired him, and Irons returned.
It was announced on February 11, 2012 that Martinez would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The ceremony was on April 14, 2012. Martinez performed with the band for the first time in 26 years when he joined them along with former drummer Jack Irons on their hit song, "Give it Away" during the ceremony.Martinez and Irons again would join the band for the same song during the encore of their August 12, 2012 show in Los Angeles.
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