{"name":"Marty Casey","title":"Marty Casey","id":1641,"slug":"marty-casey","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1641/?format=json","bio_short":"Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey (born September 26, 1973) is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of the band Lovehammers. After years of building a strong local following in Chicago, Illinois and the Midwest, Casey achieved international fame on the first season of the hit reality show Rock Star: INXS. Casey made it to the final two of the competition, finishing as the runner-up to winner J.D. Fortune. Although he was not chosen as the new singer for INXS, many fans are happy that he got to stay with his band Lovehammers.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/MartyCaseymartyx.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[]}