Marty Erspamer grew up in Northern Minnesota. He drums with The Dirty Pearls. Before the Dirty Pearls, Marty Erspamer played in the Voodoo Love Unit, The Slags, Sex Slaves, and the Union Dead among other bands - most of them punk rock and glam outfits.
Marty Erspamer is also acting in the movie 'The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll', a film about a rock star who retreats to his hometown after his sophomore album flops. The mtion picture also features Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith among others.