Cliff Martinez
Getting fired from his job as drummer in The Red Hot Chilli Peppers launched
Cliff Martinez into a successful career as a TV and film music composer. His
dismissal from the band by founding members Flea and Kiedis was brought about
because they felt Martinez lacked commitment . Martinez had played on the band's
successful debut album and its follow-up Freaky Styley but during the recording
of the third album, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, he was served notice to quit and
subsequently turned his attention to writing for TV and film. Early work on the
score for Pee Wee Herman's Playh...
