Paul Martin (Radio DJ)

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Paul 'The Axeman' Martin

Show	The Axe Attack
Station(s)	The Rock
Time slot	8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Sunday
Style	Disc Jockey
Country	New Zealand
Website	www.theaxeattack.com

Paul 'The Axeman' Martin is a DJ on the New Zealand rock music radio station called The Rock. It began in Hamilton and later moved to Auckland. Over the years the station has been networked around New Zealand. The station broadcasts the best rock music from "the '80s, '90s and now".

Paul is one of The Rock's longest serving jocks, presenting, programming and producing his hugely successful weekly metal show The Axe Attack on the Rock since 1992.

He has interviewed Slayer, Metallica, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Megadeth, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Lita Ford, Deftones, Rob Halford, Steve Vai, Max Cavalera and heaps more and is one of NZ's staunchest ambassadors of Kiwi music (no less than 25% per show!).

He writes for New Zealand music Rip It Up magazine as well as Australia's Tattoos DownUnder. Paul has started his own record label "HELLMAN RECORDS" to promote NZ music and his first CD release "The Axe Attack New Zealand Metal Vol.1" boasts 16 outstanding NZ metal acts and is selling well in NZ and overseas.

Until early 2006 he was a DJ at Hamilton metal bar, 6 Feet Under.

One of The Rock's original Hard Men, Paul is still based in Hamilton in the Waikato and commutes to Auckland on Sundays to do the Axe Attack live.

Paul Martin is a member of NZ's Heavily Tattooed Club.

He is reputedly one of the countries loudest guitar players, and has released albums with Knightshade and Blackjack and is currently forming a new aggro metal outfit called World War Four.

He also performs in The Fabulous Farrelli Bros with the rest of the Rock jocks and often pops up with cover band Head First.