# William Martyr 17 | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 14:23 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: William Martyr 17
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `william-martyr-17`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 14:23 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-9d07a0ee2e8b7450
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 3396
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 1
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 1
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Jejune, Kenya, Professional Beggar, and Swallow This Pride
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

William Martyr 17 formed in London's underground scene in the early 2000s, with William Martyr on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, Alice Tremaine on cello and backing vocals, and Edward Hawthorne on drums. Their debut album 'The Martyr's Lament' came out in 2005, followed by 'The Hourglass' in 2007 and 'The Last Dance' in 2010. Their song 'Jejune' became something of an anthem for the band, along with tracks like 'Kenya,'...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Jejune — https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/jejune
2. Kenya — https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/kenya
3. Professional Beggar — https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/professional-beggar
4. Swallow This Pride — https://lyroverse.com/william-martyr-17/swallow-this-pride