"It all started for Marty Frasu the same way it did for many rock musicians- with The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He got his first electric guitar for his birthday and was playing at the local California teenclub with his band The Gathering Storm by the time he was in the 8th grade. The band played primarily dance hits, including many of the same songs The Frazz perform today! (The band was even offered a chance to record by Marty's neighbor Gaye, a topless dancing mother of 8. Her son had written a song she wanted recorded, but she got in a car wreck & had her head chopped off, so it never happened.) The big songs at the time were "96 Tears" & "Time Won't Let Me". Marty's still doing 'em. He never stopped. Non-stop Super Boss Rock!
 In high school there weren't so many "bands" as there were "people jamming". You know, blues/rock, whatever. (The school stage band included some guys that would later turn up as the Tower Of Power horn section).
 After high school, Marty played in a psychedelic band called Westwind. "We had a 'San Francisco' sound ", says Marty "...and we were supported by drug dealers! They bought us guitars, amps, payed the rent... everything!" But alas, all good things come to an end. In this case "the end" was a raid by the San Francisco police (including the head narcotics agent, who happened to be Marty's mother's cousin). They let the band go, of course, 'cuz they didn't know about what was going on... heh, heh.
 Marty eventually wound up in Seattle, a city the band had played in a couple of times. In 1973, he and a couple of friends started Baby Rollerex & The Underground Rhythm Honchos. "We tried to be as weird as possible" says Marty. The band played strange, almost Captain Beefheart-like songs with nice titles like "Nuclear Wormbag". Baby Rollerex were not unlike many bands that are popular today, destroying $7.00 electric guitars with hatchets during the classic "Death Song Of St. George". No Commercial Potential! Funny thing is, people would probably LIKE it now!
 It was about the time of the group's demise that Marty decided to move to Seattle for good, where he wound up in Kid Chrysler & The Cruisers, a band that played all over Canada & Alaska with a stage show along the lines of Sha-Na-Na. In the closing set, the band would do impressions of their favorite rock stars. The guitarist did Jimi Hendrix, and later made somewhat of a name for himself with it- that's right, it was Randy Hansen! This band played six nights a week. This gets to be a DRAG. Hard to have fun & be rockin' after awhile. So Frazz decided to get a "REAL job", like in electronics. He landed a job at Tapco making mixers for PA systems & recording studios & stayed on for 4 years. They started out with two hippies in a garage and three years later the company grosses eight million a year. It was during this time that Marty got a call from DEVO, who needed some of their equipment fixed. Marty took care of the problem & was eventually offered a job working with them on the road as a technician, which he turned down in favor of a more stable pace (or something).
 The first public performance of The Frazz as a band took place on Halloween 1978, with Roland Rock & The Lewd. (Marty played bass for Roland Rock for awhile.) The original line-up was Marty on guitar & vocals, Shawna Holt on keyboards & vocals, Lyn Paulson on bass, Bridgette Nabhan on drums, & Phil Klein on sax. Phil had "love problems" with Bridgette & quit. Bridgette got her purse stolen & quit. Things were looking grim until the band picked up drummer Jon Nay, who had just left The Lewd. So, for a year & a half, Marty, Jon, Shawna, & Lyn rocked local clubs with their Super Boss Go-Go Rock sound. Until, one night, as the band was loading their gear after a gig, when Lyn single handidly kicked the shit out of some thugs that jumped them- breaking a tendon in his left hand, making it impossible for him to play the bass. The spot was filled by old buddy Rockin' Ruben from The Magnetics. Besides, he came with Barbie Q, Frazz Go-Go girl (along with Suzie Q, Marty's wife at the time). By the time Lyn's hand had healed, the band had decided that they prefered Ruben to Lyn, so they gave him the boot. Shawna, the group's keyboardist, was Lyn's girlfriend, & they come as a team. It all got REAL UGLY. If Lyn was out, so was Shawna. Along came Roger Halverson. He was a friend of Marty's who played keyboards AND sax! But, he was married! His wife Janet ALSO played keyboards and was a Jim Dandy singer. So, Janet & Roger joined up, & The Frazz was rockin' again! It's this line-up that cut & released The Frazz 45 RPM single "Little Bit O' Soul" & "Venus" with Janet doing the vocals on the latter. The single was released in 1981 on the band's own "Du-Tel" label with a sleeve designed by Rob Morgan of The Pudz. The band rolled on for while, until Janet & Roger got burned out on Super Boss Rock & quit to become "serious musicians". The fabulous Bill Larsen told Marty to track down Eric Erickson, better known as Tonal Damage of the late, great Fishsticks. Not only does he sing & play keys, he's about THE rockin'est guitar player you could hope for! The second guitar was the perfect touch, & many (including Marty imself) consider this the rockin'est Frazz group EVER!!!! The band plays steadily in the Seattle area, and their action-packed-Sixties-rockin'-revue is a favorite for local audiences.
 Through his sense of do or die, and his non-stop-party-rock outlook on music and life in general, Marty and The Frazz have proven to be an inspiration for many local bands, including The Pudz, The Dynette Set, Charlie & The Tunas, Shatterbox, & countless others (fans included).
Yes, Marty "The Frazz" Frasu, originator of the term "Super Boss Rock", is DEFINITELY "King Of The Covers"!

 The Frazz finally quit playing shows in 1986. And like many bands, their story is not entirely without it's share of tragedy. Eric Erickson went on to enjoy some minor success as a member of The Squirrels & had spent several years working on recording his own music before his unexpected passing from leukemia in 1996. Janet finally succumed to years of mounting depression by taking her own life in 1998. And Rockin' Ruben's story is a whole website unto itself! Pretty much your typical Rock & Roll fare... I think you know the drill (lol)!
 Not that it ALL turned out bad in the end- Shawna has been successfully running legendary Seattle nightclub The Vogue with her partner Monty for many years now. Jon is alive & well & is a proud husband & father (he also spent some time as a member of The Squirrels). Lyn is still spotted around Seattle from time to time, & is probably still crankin' out the hits in a lounge near you as I type.
 As for Marty himself- well, once the party was over (our sources say Feb. 1988- lol), he relocated to Los Angeles to work once again as a musical-techie-whiz-type-guy at Roland, effectively missing the Seattle Explosion in it's entirety (no great loss, I'd say). Since that time, he has worked with some of the biggest names in the biz- from finally working with his pals in DEVO at Mutato Muzika, to lending his talents to a variety of music & film types, including working with Prince & Michael Jackson. Life has been interesting to say the least! Eventually, his many contacts led him to top film composer David Newman, with whom Marty has been working as right-hand man since 1991. He has helped scored numerous major motion pictures, including Bowfinger, the Flintstones movies, Jingle All The Way, Galaxy Quest, Dr. Doolittle 2, the 101 Dalmatians movies- really far too many to bother listing here. He even recieved a gold record for his contributions to the Academy Award nominated soundtrack to Anastasia. Not bad at all! He's really done OK for himself. He is healthy, happy, & living with his beautiful wife & daughter in Van Nuys, California (2 doors down from Roger Daltrey). And BOY, does he have some stories to tell! And you really can't ask for a better ending to a Rock & Roll story than THAT, can ya? I think NOT!