11/9/1954: BORN IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
1959 – 1962: STARTED LISTENING TO RECORDS BY CHARLES MINGUS, VAN CLIBURN, THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET AND MANY OTHERS, ALL BROUGHT HOME BY MY DAD TED BANDYKE FROM HIS JOB AT NIZNIK’S MUSIC SHOP IN DETROIT
CIRCA 1961: TOOK DRUM LESSONS AT RON HENRY MUSIC IN DEARBORN
1963 – 1965: OBSESSION WITH BRITISH INVASION BANDS LEADS TO LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO AND PASSION FOR MUSIC
1967: SAW FIRST ROCK CONCERT: DONOVAN AND JANIS IAN AT MASONIC TEMPLE THEATRE ON DETROIT
CIRCA 1970-1980: PLAYED DRUMS IN THE ART-ROCK BAND THE ZOOKS
1976: GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. MY MAJOR WAS RADIO, TV & FILM
1979 – 1982: PLAYED DRUMS IN POST-PUNK BAND RETRO, WHICH PLAYED GIGS WITH IGGY POP, GANG OF FOUR, SIMPLE MINDS, PERE UBU, MAGAZINE, JOHN CALE, ROBERT FRIPP’S LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN AND MANY OTHERS
2/21/83: BEGAN MY CAREER IN RADIO BY CO-HOSTING THE ONCE-A-WEEK DIMENSION PROGRAM ON WDET-FM
SEPTEMBER 1990 – DECEMBER 2005: WORKED FULL-TIME AT WDET-FM, INCLUDING MIDDAY ON-AIR SHIFT
1/30/06: HIRED AS THE MORNING DRIVE HOST ON ANN ARBOR’S107ONE
3/5/06: HOSTED FIRST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FINE TUNING PROGRAM ON ANN ARBOR’S 107ONE
12/22/22: FINAL DAY AS MORNING DRIVE HOST ON ANN ARBOR’S 107ONE
2/21/23: 40TH ANNIVERSARY AS A RADIO HOST
2025: MARTIN CONTINUES TO HOST FINE TUNING
