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[[File:Troy&Tim2 T.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Troy Martin and [[Tim Curry]] (2011)]]Troy Martin is an American ''Rocky Horror'' fan. His first exposure to ''Rocky Horror'' was in a record store in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in 1974, where he discovered the recently released ''The Rocky Horror Show - Original [[Roxy Cast]]'' LP in a record bin. In 1976, he saw the soundtrack LP for ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' in a Jem Records import catalog. In July 1978, he heard [[Tim Curry]] singing ''"Sweet Transvestite"'' for the first time on the Dr. Demento Show broadcast on KMET 94.7 FM. Intrigued by the music, he went to see ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' when it opened at the [[United Artists Cinema 4 - Tyler Mall]] in Riverside, CA on February 2, 1979. He quickly became a regular participant with a loosely organized group of fans known as [[The Riverside Rockys]]. In August 1979, he became one of the first ''Rocky Horror'' fans to regularly play The Criminologist. On November 1, 1979, he, along with [[Richard Gifford]], [[Julie Ford]], and [[Vid Kadavre]] founded [[Erotic Nightmares]], one the first regular, full-time ''Rocky Horror'' performing groups on the West Coast. He also became a member of [[The Tiffany Troupe]] at the legendary [[Tiffany Theater]] in West Hollywood, CA, performing there from 1980 to 1983. He was one of the first ''Rocky Horror'' fans to see ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' at a private pre-release  screening at 20th Century-Fox. Although long since retired from performing, he returned to the ''Rocky Horror'' community in 1990, and still remains active and is an avid collector of ''Rocky Horror'' memorabilia.