Martin, 45, joined the Massachusetts grindcore band in 1996

Josh Martin, longtime guitarist of Newton, Massachusetts grindcore band Anal Cunt, has died after falling off an escalator, Vanyaland reports and a representative from Martin’s band Failure Clinic confirmed to Pitchfork. He was 45. According to a police report (via local CBS affiliate WPRI), Martin was “clowning around and riding the rail of the escalator” before he fell and suffered a fatal head injury.

Martin joined Anal Cunt in 1996 and played with them until 2001. He rejoined in 2006 and remained in their lineup until frontman Seth Putnam’s death in 2011. In addition to Anal Cunt, he played with projects including Adolf Satan, Impaled Northern Moonforest, and, most recently, Failure Clinic. In November 2017, a video circulated of Martin heckling Gene Simmons. Eventually, Simmons went into the audience to confront Martin before continuing the show.