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Marissa Martinez-Hoadley (born July 13, 1975) is an American guitarist and singer. She is the
frontwoman The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
and guitarist of the
grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, e ...
band Cretin. Martinez publicly came out a
trans woman A trans woman or transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity and may experience gender dysphoria (distress brought upon by the discrepancy between a person's gender identity and their ...
in a July 2008 interview with ''Decibel''.


Early life

When Martinez was five years old, her father died after a night of drunk driving.


Career

Martinez became interested in using extreme vocals at the age of 17. One day, she approached a skateboarding peer of hers who played drums and asked him if he wanted to jam. After the jam, Martinez formed Cretin.


Personal life

Martinez began transitioning in 2007 and publicly came out in 2008. She had an ex-wife who she divorced after coming out, though she has stated that her ex-wife was very supportive of her.


Discography


With Cretin

* ''Extreme Cretanic Grindcore'' (2003) * ''Cretanic Grind Ambush'' (2004) * ''Freakery'' (2006) * ''Stranger'' (2014)


References

1975 births Living people 20th-century American women guitarists 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women guitarists 21st-century American women singers American LGBTQ singers American transgender musicians American death metal musicians Grindcore musicians Transgender singers {{metal-music-stub