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Adam Beach was born in Ashern, Manitoba, the son of Sally and Dennis Beach, and was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve, with his two brothers. A troubled childhood saw his mother killed by a drunk driver, and his alcoholic father drowned only weeks afterward. The three brothers went to live with their grandmother and then with their uncle and aunt in Winnipeg, where Adam joined drama classes and began acting in local theatre productions.
Since then he has appeared in over 60 films and television programs. His performance in the Academy Award-nominated Clint Eastwood-directed Flags of Our Fathers (2006) was phenomenal. He played Ira Hayes, a Pima Native American who was one of the six US Marines to raise the American flag on Iwo Jima and who found the resulting fame hard to handle, subsequently giving way to alcoholism. This alone would have been an emotional role for Adam to play; however, during filming, both his grandmother and best friend passed away. His role as Hayes is both realistic and heartbreaking, earning him two Best Supporting Actor Award Nominations. He stands out well above the rest of the cast.
Adam has been further nominated for three Awards for his role in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) including a Golden Globe. He has put in terrific performances in the comedy film Joe Dirt (2001) and the John Woo World War II war epic Windtalkers (2002) in which he co-starred with Nicolas Cage.
He headlined the cast in the Walt Disney production Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), featured in John Singleton's Four Brothers (2005) and starred with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in the science fiction-western smash hit Cowboys & Aliens (2011). He had a starring recurring role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Big Love (2006).
In 2016, he played Christopher Weiss / Slipknot in the supervillain film Suicide Squad (2016).
Adam hopes to be appointed leader of his Lake Manitoba First Nation.- Actress
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Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and author best known for her roles on the sitcom Maude (1972) and in horror films, especially those directed by John Carpenter, with whom she was once married. She was born on June 11, 1945 in Sacramento, California, the daughter of an executive for Mobil Oil Company. Early on in her career, she starred in Someone's Watching Me! (1978), The Fog (1980) and Escape from New York (1981), all John Carpenter-related projects. She has collaborated with George A. Romero on occasion, such as Stephen King's anthology Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990). Her work with other horror directors includes Wes Craven's superhero monster movie Swamp Thing (1982). During the 1990s, she became best known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series (1992). She was the original tough-girl Betty Rizzo in the first Broadway production of "Grease". She is the author of the memoir "There Are Worse Things I Can Do" (2006), and the comedy romance vampire novels "Vampyres of Hollywood" (2008), "Love Bites" (2010) and "Make Me Dead" (2015).- Actor
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Alan Ruck was born on July 1, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, and has made over 100 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best known for his role as the friend of Matthew Broderick and hopeless hypochondriac Cameron Frye, in John Hughes's Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
During the 1980s he appeared in films such as Class (1983) with Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy and Three for the Road (1987) with Charlie Sheen. The 1990s included Young Guns II (1990) with Emilio Estevez and Lou Diamond Phillips, Star Trek: Generations (1994), Speed (1994) with Keanu Reeves and Twister (1996) (the latter two films are directed by Jan de Bont).
Ruck's television appearances include Tales from the Crypt (1989) opposite Lou Diamond Philips, Mad About You (1992) with Helen Hunt (his co-star in Twister), and Spin City (1996) with Michael J. Fox.
Ruck made an appearance in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998) which reunited him with his Twister co-star Cary Elwes.- Actor
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Once part of the phenomenal pop duo, Wham!, Andrew Ridgeley is one of the biggest names in the history of pop music. He is also a guitarist and environmentalist, and has tried his hand at Formula Three motor racing.
Andrew met George Michael while attending Bushey Meads School in Hertfordshire, England; they struck up an easy friendship - both having a common interest in music - and joined several bands before forming Wham!. Their first single, 'Young Guns' (1982) climbed straight to number 3 in the UK charts. 'Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)' (1982) followed, peaking at number 8, 'Bad Boys' (1983) shot to number 2 and 'Club Tropicana' (1983) settled at number 4. Wham! released the album 'Fantastic' in 1983 and it went straight to number 1. The pair grudgingly let Innervision Records release the single 'Club Fantastic Megamix' (1983)( it peaked at number 15), and then left the record company to sign with CBS and Epic.
The next few years would see Andrew an international superstar. Wham! produced four number one singles between 1984 and 1985: 'Wake Me Up Before You G-Go', 'Freedom', 'I'm Your Man', and 'The Edge of Heaven'. They would have had five consecutive number 1 records but 'Last Christmas / Everything She Wants' was partially eclipsed by the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (they sat happily at number 2, while George Michael also shared in the success as part of Band Aid). Wham!'s album 'Making it Big' (1984) reached number 1 and 'The Final' (1986) number 2.
By 1986 Andrew and Wham! were number 1 in just about every country in the world, including the United States. The phenomenon had to come to and end it, though, as George Michael left to pursue a solo career, having had two number 1 singles already, one of which, 'Careless Whisper' (1984), had been written with Andrew. Wham! split on a high note and are recognized as one of the first Boy Bands to achieve international success. Their album 'The Best of Wham!' went straight to number 4 in the UK over a decade later. Their albums and singles have all been certified 'Gold' and 'Platinum'.
Andrew then released a solo album, 'Son of Albert' and a couple of singles, George Michael providing vocals on the song 'Red Dress'. He is married to Bananarama singer Keren Woodward and lives in Cornwall where he is a keen surfer and golfer, and is proactive in the cause 'Surfers Against Sewage'.
Wham!'s music has appeared in movies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Charlie's Angels (2000), Zoolander (2001), and The Holiday (2006).
Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael sold over 25 million certified records while with Wham!.- Anne Rivers Siddons is an American novelist who writes Southern Literature, novels that are set in the Southern States of America. Her bestseller, 'Heartbreak Hotel' - Heart of Dixie (1989) - was adapted to film starring Ally Sheedy, Phoebe Cates, Virginia Madsen and Peter Berg.
Interestingly, Siddons' 1978 novel, ''The House Next Door'', falls into the horror genre, an uncharacteristic step for the author. The book is similar to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting (1963), in that it features a house that is more than just haunted; the house itself is seemingly alive; and yet, the demonic force that has possessed the structure is left unknown, thus sustaining the ambiguity which makes The House Next Door (2006) such a chilling tale.
Stephen King, in his book 'Danse Macabre', refers to Siddons' work as one of the best genre novels of the 20th century. The film adaptation stars Lara Flynn Boyle. - Actor
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Anthony Kiedis is a singer with the hugely successful alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, the other members being Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. Red Hot Chili Peppers have scored five top-five albums in the UK and America, and have sold over sixty million records worldwide since their formation in 1983. Former band members have included Josh Klinghoffer, Jack Irons, Dave Navarro, and the late Hillel Slovak. His records with the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been certified both Gold and Platinum.
Kiedis is also an actor and has taken roles in a string of films.
He is the son of actor Blackie Dammett aka John Kiedis.- Beau Starr is an American actors best known for his role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the horror films Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), and for his long-running role in Due South (1994) as Lt. Harding Welsh.
Beau began acting in the early 1980s, taking guest roles in TV series such as Knight Rider (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981) and The New Mike Hammer (1984). He soon switched to feature films, however, playing the unstable father of Judd Nelson in William Lustig's Relentless (1989), an equally violent father in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990), and a police commissioner in Jan de Bont's Speed (1994).
He has since notched up over one hundred TV and film appearances including Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Trial by Jury (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), and Hoodlum (1997).
More recently he starred in the Masters of Horror (2005) episode 'Jennifer', directed by Dario Argento.
He is the brother of actor Mike Starr. - Bentley Little was born in Arizona. He received a BA in Communications and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from California State University. He began his career as a writer in a big way. His debut book, 'The Revelation', won a Bram Stoker Award in 1990 for Best First Novel, and was subsequently praised by Stephen King. The latter has since named Bentley 'a master of the macabre', and Little has become known as the disciple of King.
His short fiction initially began appearing in magazines such as Cemetery Dance, a horror publication founded by Richard Chizmar. 'The Janitor', 'The Sanctuary', and 'Blood' were published in the first few issues of the magazine. 'The Move' appeared in the Richard Laymon special along with other stories by Jack Ketchum, John Shirley, Ed Gorman, Christa Faust, and Richard Christian Matheson. 'The Mailman' appeared in the anthology 'The Best of Cemetery Dance' alongside Dean R. Koontz, Norman Partridge, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King and others.
Since 'The Revelation' Bentley has published over twenty novels, including 'The Mailman' (1991), 'The Summoning' (1993), 'The Night School' aka 'The University' (1994), 'Dominion' (1995), 'The Store' (1996), 'The House' (1997), 'The Ignored' (1997), 'Guests' (1997), 'The Town' (1998), 'The Walking' (2000), 'The Association' (2001), 'The Return' (2002), 'The Policy' (2003), 'The Resort' (2004), 'Dispatch' (2005), 'The Burning' (2006), 'The Vanishing' (2007), 'The Academy' (2008), 'His Father's Son' (2009), and 'The Disappearance' (2010). In 1993 another of his his novels, 'The Summoning', was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.
His short stories include 'Witch Woman' (1985), 'Miles to Go Before I Sleep' (1991), 'The Potato' (1991), 'The Man in the Passenger Seat' (1993), 'Monteith' (1993, 'From the Mouths of Babes' (1994), 'The Numbers Game' (1994), 'The Pond' (1994), 'See Marylin Monroe's Panties!' (1995), 'Life with Father' (1998), 'Connie' (1999), 'The Theatre' (1999), and 'Pop Star in the Ugly Bar' (2005) and are collected in 'Murmurous Haunts' (1997), the Bram Stoker-nominated 'The Collection' (2002), and 'Four Dark Nights' (2002) with Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, and Tom Piccirilli.
His story 'The Washingtonians' was filmed for the Masters of Horror (2005) TV Series created by Mick Garris and directed by Peter Medak. It starred Johnathon Schaech.
He admittedly writes 'horror' fiction, something he is not ashamed of, and does not hide behind tags such as 'dark fantasy' or 'dark suspense'. He was discovered by Dean R. Koontz. - Actor
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Bobby Di Cicco is an American actor best known for his roles in the Robert Zemeckis movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), the Steven Spielberg comedy 1941 (1979) and the 'Samuel Fuller' war film The Big Red One (1980).
Throughout the 1980s Di Cicco continued starring in such diverse films as Night Shift (1982) and Splash (1983) - both directed by Ron Howard - the John Carpenter-produced The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), the horror film The Supernaturals (1986) and alongside Patrick Swayze in the drama Tiger Warsaw (1988).
Di Cicco continued acting until the mid-1990s.
He has two daughters, Jessica DiCicco and Katie Di Cicco.- Writer
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Brian Keene is a horror novelist and short story writer who has, since his first post-apocalyptic novel 'The Rising' (2003), helped re-introduce the Zombie sub-genre into literature in a big way. Like fellow horror writer Bentley Little, Brian has won a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel ('The Rising'). Other awards include a Bram Stoker for 'Jobs In Hell' (2001), and a Shocker for 'Sympathy for the Devil' (2004).
He has published at least one novel each year since 'The Rising': 'City of the Dead' (2005), 'Terminal' (2005), 'The Rutting Season' (2006), 'The Hollow' (2006), 'The Conqueror Worms' aka 'The Earthworm Gods' (2006), 'Ghoul' (2007), 'Dead Sea' (2007), 'Dark Hollow' (2008), 'Kill Whitey' (2008), 'Ghost Walk' (2008), 'Redemption' (2008) with Shane Ryan Staley, 'Castaways' (2009), 'Urban Gothic' (2009), and 'A Gathering of Crows' (2010).
Brian's 'Clickers' series (with J F Gonzalez) includes 'The Next Wave' (2008) and 'Dagon Rising' (2010). His short fiction is collected in '4x4' (with Geoff Cooper) and 'No rest for the Wicked' (2001), 'Talking Smack' (2002), 'No Rest At All' (2003), 'Fear of Gravity' (2004), 'Unhappy Endings' (2009), and 'Dark Faith' (2010) with Gary Braunbeck and Tom Piccirilli. He has further written two graphic novels: 'Dead of Night: Devil Slayer' (2009) and 'The Last Zombie' (2010) with Fred Perry. His most recent release is the novella 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' (2010).
Brian's short story The Ties That Bind (2009) has been adapted to film (which he also produced), and he has appeared in the documentary _Zombiemania (TV 2008)_ alongside George A. Romero, Tom Savini, and Greg Nicotero.
Brian has had much of his body of work published by Cemetery Dance, in Baltimore MD, which is owned by Richard Chizmar. The books are produced as high quality limited editions, bound in leather, signed, and limited or lettered, and with artwork by the likes of Alan M Clak and Keith Minion. CD have so far published 'Shades' (2007), 'Kill Whitey' (2008), 'The Cage' (2010), 'Scratch' (2010) which is part of the Cemetery Dance Signature Series, and 'The Girl on the Glider' (2010). CD have also published two chapbooks by Brian Keene: 'Killing Stages' (2008) and 'Cemetery Dance Preview Vol. 3' (2009).
A popular Cemetery Dance contributor, Brian's short fiction can be found in the CD Anthologies: 'The Looking Glass' (2006) another part of the Signature Series with Al Sarrantonio, Dominick Cancilla, Ray Garton, 'The Big Book of Necon' (2009) with Stephen King, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, 'Shivers' Vol. 1-5 with Ed Gorman, Brian Freeman, William F. Nolan, Tim Curran, T M Wright, David B Silva, Melanie Tem, Stephen King, 'Smoke and Mirrors' (2011) with Neil Gaiman, Frank Darabont, William Peter Blatty, Mick Garris, Joe Hill and 'Four Rode Out' (2010) with Tim Curran, Tim Lebbon, and 'Steve Vernon'.
In comics Brian has contributed to the Cemetery Dance 'Grave Tales' comic book series (issues 3-6), which pays homage to the 1950s EC Comics _Tales from the Crypt (TV 1989-1996)_ and The Vault of Horror (1973). His short story 'Burying Betsy' appeared in Cemetery Dance Magazine Vol. 59. He provides the introduction to the John Skipp novel 'The Long Last Call' published by CD in 2006.
Brian's work has been translated into many languages and is also available in mass market paperback form via Leisure Horror, Dorchester Press.
Many of his novels have been optioned for film, including The Ties That Bind (2009) and Ghoul (2012).- Actor
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Brian McNamara is a character actor, director and producer who has made over 100 TV and film appearances. His first major role was in the Garry Marshall comedy drama The Flamingo Kid (1984) with Matt Dillon. He then went on to star opposite Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg in the John Badham science fiction project Short Circuit (1986), which performed well at the box office. The following year he put in a solid lead performance as Dean Karny in the thriller Billionaire Boys Club (1987): the film was based on an actual event and co-starred Judd Nelson and John Stockwell.
Brian switched easily into slapstick comedy next with a supporting role in Caddyshack II (1988), where he shared the screen with veteran comedians Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Jackie Mason. He helped Jeff Daniels and John Goodman battle grossly mutated spiders in the Frank Marshall horror comedy Arachnophobia (1990), and shined in the romantic comedy Mystery Date (1991) opposite Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo.
Since then he has maintained a steady career in film - most notably a great performance in the independent film The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)- and has notched up countless appearances in quality TV shows like
Brian made his directorial debut with the thriller Lost Signal (2006), which he also starred in. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Billionaire Boys Club (1987).- Actor
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Casey Siemaszko is an extremely versatile American actor, known for his roles in the 1980s 'Brat Pack' films, although over the last three decades he has notched up an impressive 60-plus film and TV appearances.
Siemaszko was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Polish father and a British mother. His sister is actress Nina Siemaszko. His first film role was in the Rob Lowe vehicle Class (1983), which also featured John Cusack, Andrew McCarthy, and Alan Ruck. He appeared with Charlie Sheen and Chad Lowe in Silence of the Heart (1984) and, the following year, in both Secret Admirer (1985) with C. Thomas Howell and Back to the Future (1985) with Michael J. Fox.
The second half of the 1980s showed no break from the 'Brat Pack'. Indeed, Casey took a role in the Stephen King-adapted and Rob Reiner-directed Stand by Me (1986) in which he appeared alongside John Cusack, Corey Feldman, River Phoenix, Kiefer Sutherland and Wil Wheaton. He again appeared with Kiefer Sutherland that same year in Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985). A substantial role came with the Matthew Broderick comedy, Biloxi Blues (1988), and he reprised his role as 3-D in the sequel, Back to the Future Part II (1989). He saw the 1980s out with a starring role in the Brat Pack blockbuster, Young Guns (1988), alongside Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips.
Casey has added a string of quality movies to his resume, including a great performance in Of Mice and Men (1992) directed by - and starring - Gary Sinise, and based on the acclaimed novel by John Steinbeck. It seems he has left the 'Brat Pack' long behind, but nobody can deny the top notch performances he put into these great movies. In 2009, he appeared in the Michael Mann film, Public Enemies (2009).
Casey starred in the Rob Lowe film, Killing Kennedy (2013).- Actor
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Chad Lowe is an American actor, director, and producer.
He was born Charles Davis Lowe II in Dayton, Ohio, to Barbara Lynn (Hepler), a school teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. Chad first appeared opposite Rob in the movie Oxford Blues (1984), in which he played a computer hacker. He quickly followed this up with a starring role in Silence of the Heart (1984) opposite childhood friend and fellow actor Charlie Sheen. Silence of the Heart (1984) is a dark drama about the problems teenagers often face and the subsequent danger of suicide relating to these problems. It was the first film to properly address the subject. The film also features then up-and-coming actors Sherilyn Fenn and Casey Siemaszko.
There Must Be a Pony (1986), a drama shot for TV, saw Chad starring alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Wagner. He then co-starred with Donald Sutherland and Mia Sara in the occult horror film Apprentice to Murder (1988). Chad saw the eighties out with the thriller True Blood (1989) with Jeff Fahey, James Tolkan, and Sherilyn Fenn.
Next, he and Tommy Lee Jones headlined the long-running Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) anthology, in the TV Movie segment 'April Morning' (1987). The movie is based upon the novel by the late Howard Fast and is set during the American Revolution or American War of Independence (1775-1783).
He worked steadily throughout the nineties, acting in both TV and film. In 1990 he starred with David Soul and Edward Herrmann in the TV drama So Proudly We Hail (1990). The witty drama An Inconvenient Woman (1991) followed the next year. Chad then played Charlie Sykes in the oddball fantasy-comedy-horror road movie Highway to Hell (1991).
But his role as AIDS victim Jesse McKenna in Life Goes On (1989) (1991-1993) is perhaps his most well-known. He starred with Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone. His performance won him an Emmy Award.
In 2000 Chad played country and western legend John Denver in Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000), a movie based on the musician's life and book.
Chad then starred with Richard Gere and Diane Lane in the ambitious thriller, Unfaithful (2002). He has since clocked up over sixty film and TV roles including recurring roles in ER (1994) and 24 (2001) with Kiefer Sutherland.
Chad is married to Kim Painter and they have a daughter, Mabel.
He is (2010) starring in the hit TV series Pretty Little Liars (2010).- Director
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Christian Orlandi was born on September 7, 1998 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy, to Anna Sgobbo, a housewife, and Tiziano Orlandi, an skilled worker who works in Italian luxury linens. His parents are both born to Italian Catholic families. Christian is a graphic designer and director, known for Prof vs Studenti (2013) and Non è mai passato (2018).- Actor
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Clark Datchler was just a teenager when he released his first single titled 'You Won't Get Fooled Again' (1981). The single featured the drummer and bassist from reggae group Aswad.
Following this record, Clark signed up with Warner Bros. Records and moved to the States, Los Angeles, where he began writing songs for various bands.
He returned to the UK, London, and here he joined a band called Hot Club with Calvin Hayes, James Christopher Stevenson of Generation X, and Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols. The band released one single, 'It Ain't Me Girl' (1983), but Clark was subsequently signed to RAK Records as a solo artist and while with RAK he released his second and third singles 'I Don't Want You' (1984) and 'Things Can't Get Any Worse' (1985). The single were produced by Mickie Most, who had previously produced bands such as The Animals and Hot Chocolate.
In 1986, Clark formed the band Johnny Hates Jazz with Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito and they released their first single 'Me And My Foolish Heart'. But it was not until a move from RAK Records to Virgin Records - and the single 'Shattered Dreams' - that Clark gained the success and recognition as a singer/songwriter that he had been working for the last half-decade. The song soared up the UK charts, reaching No. 5 (1987), and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA (1988). It was a big hit across Europe and also made No. 2 in Japan. The black and white video (the USA variant) was directed by David Fincher.
The next single, an anti-war anthem titled 'I Don't Want To Be A Hero', made No. 11 (1987) in the UK, cementing the success of Johnny Hates Jazz and solidifying Clark's talent as a songwriter. The record made No. 31 in the States and would have likely climbed higher if the record company had not been concerned about the ant-war lyrics, written in the first person narrative, and conveyed from the viewpoint of a soldier who does not want to be a part of an unjust war.
'Turn Back The Clock' (1987) was the third successive hit for Johnny Hates Jazz and featured the backing vocals of Kim Wilde. The song - and video - are reminiscent of the Stephen King novella and film Stand by Me (1986). This wistful ballad, that tells of the happy and occasionally sad aspects of childhood, reached No. 12 in the UK.
1988 and the first Johnny Hates Jazz album appeared: 'Turn Back the Clock'. It went straight to No. 1 in the UK and was a further hit on the other side of the Lake. The album went Double Platinum and spawned the top-twenty single 'Heart of Gold' (No. 19) and the band's final hit 'Don't Say It's Love' (which peaked at No. 48 in the UK). Clark would leave Johnny Hates Jazz in 1988, when the band were at their most successful, and be replaced by Phil Thornalley.
Clark again embarked upon a solo career, moving to Amsterdam, where he began working on the album 'Raindance' (1990). Two singles - 'Crown of Thorns' and 'Raindance' - were released in 1990 before Clark began work on his second album 'Fishing for Souls' (1992). The latter album has since been re-released on Clark's own record label, InterAction Music (2010). The single 'The Last Emotion' was also released in 1992.
Singer, songwriter, and record producer, Clark is also a proficient multi-instrumentalist. He plays bass, guitar, drums and percussion, keyboards and piano, and the bouzouki. His music from the 'Raindance' album onwards has conveyed a strong environmental theme, and maintains the lyrical depth (missed by critics; but not fans) that is evident in the Johnny Hates Jazz songs and those written before. He mixes folk and contemporary instruments in order to achieve his own unique sound.
His album 'Tomorrow' was released through InterAction Music in 2007 and featured the talents of drummer Phil Gould, of Level 42, and David Rhodes (the guitarist for Peter Gabriel. Other musicians include Hugh Marsh (fiddle), Phil Beer (mandolin), and Joji Hirota (shakuhachi). A new version of 'Shattered Dreams' is included on the album. 'Tomorrow' has been recently digitally remastered and re-released (2009) by Stephen W Taylor who also re-worked 'Fishing for Souls'). 'Tomorrow' is dedicated to keeping the planet safe.
Clark's father was Fred Datchler, singer and saxophonist of jazz bands The Polkadots and The Stargazers, the latter achieving two number one singles during the 1950s, 'Broken Wings' and 'I See The Moon', and a third number one with Dickie Valentine called 'Finger of Suspicion'. Fred also provided backing vocals for The Beatles and Frank Sinatra.
Clark, Calvin and Mike reformed the original Johnny Hates Jazz in 2009 and began touring Europe. They are working on a new album and plan to release it in 2011 and follow it up with a UK tour.
Clark is an authority on the Philosophy of Indigenous Peoples and a member of the Green Party.- Actor
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The 'Cutting Crew' are an English rock band who are most famous for the hit single '(I Just) Died in Your Arms' (1986), which shot to number one in America, Canada, Norway, and Finland. The single also reached number four on the UK charts, Switzerland and South Africa, and number two in Ireland and Sweden (worldwide, it reached number one in no less than 19 countries). 'Cutting Crew' were signed to Virgin Records by Richard Branson in 1986.
The band members include - or have included - lead vocalist Nick Van Eede, Tom Arnold, Martin 'Frosty' Beedle, Colin Farley, Dominic Finley, Sam Flynn, Kevin MacMichael, 'Tony Moore (II)', and Gareth Moulton. Other notable singles have included 'I've Been in Love Before' (1987) and 'The Scattering' (1989). Their albums include 'Broadcast' (1986), 'The Scattering' (1989), 'Compus Mentus' (1992), and 'Grinning Souls' (2005).
Taken from the album 'Broadcast', the song 'Life in A Dangerous Time' featured in the Kevin Bacon vehicle White Water Summer (1987). 'Nick Van Eede is the main songwriter: his smash hit power ballad, '(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight' has appeared in the films Never Been Kissed (1999), Hot Rod (2007), and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). It was also performed by Will Ferrell during a sketch on Saturday Night Live (1975).
The 'Cutting Crew' were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987. They disbanded in 1993; however, Nick Van Eede has since reformed 'Cutting Crew' (2005), and as of 2008 they have signed with Spectra Records.- Actor
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Darren Dalton made his screen debut as Randy Anderson, the Soc, in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983), a drama based on the novel by S.E. Hinton.
He has since starred in over 30 films and has also worked as a screenwriter and producer. He has collaborated with C. Thomas Howell on a number of projects including War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) and The Day the Earth Stopped (2008).
Dalton is probably best known for his starring role in the John Milius World War 3 film Red Dawn (1984) in which he co-starred with Howell, Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, and Lea Thompson.- Music Department
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Dave Gahan is the lead vocalist and co-songwriter for the Alternative Rock and New Wave band Depeche Mode. He was born in North Wealed, Essex, United Kingdom on 9th May 1962. Depeche Mode was formed in 1980 by Vince Clarke, Andrew Fletcher and Martin Gore. They recruited Gahan later that year. Clarke left in 1981 to pursue other projects and was replaced by Alan Wilder, who left in 1995. Depeche Mode is now comprised of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher.
Originally an Alternative New Wave Synth-Pop band with their own unique sound - and Gahan's unique baritone vocals - Depeche Mode discovered an instant audience with their first two albums 'Speak & Spell' (1981) and 'A Broken Frame' (1981), both making the top ten in the UK. It was the top ten album and single 'Construction Time Again' and 'Everything Counts' (respectively) in 1983 that would convey a significant shift in the band's sound - a more mature sound - and would catapult Gahan and Depeche Mode into the international arena. The music has often been controversial, especially 'Master and Servant' (and 'Blasphemous Rumours' which is a dark yet wry look at the misery in the world and what part religion plays in this). The single was banned from many American Radio Stations.
The early 1990s saw another shift towards the Alertnative Rock sound, Gahan admitting he was influenced by the Seattle Grunge Scene. He particularly liked the sound of the bands Nirvana and Jane's Addiction. The new Depeche Mode album, 'Songs of Faith and Devotion', was indeed a dark project, at times moody and introspective, with the distorted guitars synonymous with Grunge. The album debuted at number one in America and the United Kingdom.
Gahan has since worked on solo projects, as well as continuing to serve as lead vocalist for Depeche Mode. He has shared in no less than 15 top ten albums and more than 40 top forty singles with Depeche Mode. The band have become one of the biggest alternative acts in music history. Gahan has had additional success with his solo albums 'Paper Monsters' and 'Hourglass'.- Music Department
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David Jaymes was the bass player for 1980's Latin American pop band Modern Romance, which he formed with Geoff Deane.
The pair had previously been part of the 'Leyton Buzzards', an English punk/rock band that produced one minor hit, 'Saturday Night (Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees)'. The single reached No. 53 in the UK. The 'Leyton Buzzards' also featured keyboard player Milton Reame-James, formerly of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. The band released five singles in total and one album - 'Jellied Eels to Record Deals' - and recorded four sessions with John Peel between 1978 and 1980. Their final single was a cover of 'Can't Get Used To Losing You'. The band were signed to major label Chrysalis Records who, at the time had also signed Spandau Ballet.
In 1980 David and Geoff Deane recruited Robbie Jaymes (David's brother and keyboard player), Paul Gendler (guitarist), John Du Prez (trumpet player and writer of movie soundtracks like the Rob Lowe vehicle Oxford Blues (1984) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988)), and drummer Andrew Kyriacou, who quickly replaced Tony Gainsborough. They were signed to WEA Records.
David was the band's founder member, main songwriter, bassist, and also provided vocals, although Geoff Deane was lead vocalist. Modern Romance released their first run of singles in what is known as the 'Deane/Jaymes' era, between 1980 and 1982. 'Modern Romance' (1980) and 'Tonight' (1981) were the band's first singles. Their first UK chart hits, however, were the salsa-driven 'Everybody Salsa' (No. 12) and 'Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey' (No. 10) both in 1981. They also released their first album 'Adventures in Clubland' that year.
They had a modest hit with 'Queen of the Rapping Scene / Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan' (1982), which reached No. 37 in the UK. Its b-side, 'Can You Move' or 'Can You Dance' nevertheless reached No. 2 on the U.S. dance charts. 'By the Way ... (I'm Still in Love with You)' followed in 1982, and then one more top twenty hit, a cover version of the famous 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White' (No. 15). Geoff Deane would then leave Modern Romance and concentrate on writing screenplays for British TV.
David replaced Deane with Michael J. Mullins, who had provided backing vocals for the band on 'Adventures in Clubland' and the single 'By the Way'. They released their first single of the Jaymes/Mullins era at the end of 1982 in time for Christmas. 'Best Years of Our Lives' would become the band's biggest hit, making the UK top 5 (No. 4). The song has since made it onto a myriad of compilation albums.
David and Modern Romance would then score a string of hits following the success of 'Best Years of Our Lives', and 1983 would be their watershed year. The following singles made top ten-top twenty appearances: 'High Life' (No. 8), 'Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm' (No. 14), the uncharacteristic ballad 'Walking in the Rain' (No. 7), and 'Good Friday' (No. 97). They had two further hits in 1983 with the albums 'Trick of the Light' (No. 53) and 'Party Tonight' (No. 45), the latter being a Christmas compilation released on the Ronco Label.
1983 saw many magazine and TV appearances including The Krankies Klub (1982), The Keith Harris Show (1982), Rod and Emu's Saturday Special (1983), Get It Together (1977) and further appearances on Top of the Pops (1964). Radio One also used the songs 'Best Years of Our Lives', 'High Life', and 'Good Friday' as advertisement jingles over the Christmas period. Modern Romance were holding their own alongside bands like Spandau Ballet, The Human League, Heaven 17, and Duran Duran.
David, apart from having significant success as a songwriter and musician, has since moved into the management side of the business. He has contributed as songwriter to the movie Shrek (2001) and as Music Supervisor on the film Fascination (2004) starring Jacqueline Bisset and James Naughton. He has worked with John Du Prez composing music for advertisements and feature films. David has managed artists such as 'Sinead O'Connor', Justin Adams, Miles Hunt, Republica, and Drum Club. He has also worked as consultant for the likes of Harry Nilsson, Jimmy Webb, George Fenton, and Chuck Mangione.
He recently worked with a host of musicians on the Haiti earthquake disaster single 'I Put A Spell on You' (2010), including Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, and Johnny Depp.
David has carved out a successful career in the music, TV, and film industry as a singer, songwriter, musician, consultant, and manager.- Douglas Clegg is the author of more than a dozen novels in the horror and suspense genres. He has been writing since a child, and decided to write professionally in his mid-twenties. During his youth he spent much time travelling including Mexico, Spain, and Paris. He has been a newspaper delivery boy, a lawnmower man, a bricklayer, a grill chef, worked in a retirement home, a wolf-trap farm, and an insect zoo.
He is now a full-time writer.
His work has been published through Cemetery Dance Publications by Richard Chizmar, mostly in Signed and Limited/Lettered Hardcover Editions: 'Mischief', 'Purity' and 'You Come When I Call You' (2000), 'Nightmare House' (2002), 'The Necromancer' (2003), 'The Machinery of Night' (2005), 'Isis', 'The Abandoned', and 'Wild Things: Four Tales' (2006), 'Afterlife' (2008), 'Night Cage' as Andrew Harper (2009), and 'Mr Darkness' (2011).
His short fiction has appeared in Cemetery Dance Magazine # 16 ('Damned, If You Do), # 19 ('The Rendering Man'), # 21 ('The Cabinet-Maker's Wife'), # 26 (interview), # 30 ('Fries with That?'), # 34 (interview), # 50 ('A Madness of Starlings'), and #61, 62, & 64 ('The Innocents at the Museum of Antiquities') parts one, two, and three of this novella respectively.
'Cemetery Dance' anthologies featuring Douglas Clegg's fiction include 'Imagination Fully Dilated' & 'The Best of Cemetery Dance' (1998), 'October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween' (2000), 'Shivers' (2002), 'Shivers II' (2003), and 'The Big Book of Necon' (2009).
Most of his body of work has also been published in mass market paperback format via Leisure Books, and is now available in e-book format. Other novels include 'The Halloween Man' (1988), 'Goat Dance' (1989), 'Breeder' (1990), 'Neverland' (1991), 'Dark of the Eye' (1994), 'The Children's Hour' (1995), 'Naomi' (2000), 'The Hour Before Dark' (2002), and 'The Attraction' (2004).
Douglas has also written the following series: 'Harrow Academy': (which collects the novels 'Mischief', 'The Infinite' (2001), and 'Nightmare House'), the 'Vampyricon Trilogy': (which collects 'The Priest of Blood' (2005), 'The Lady of Serpents' (2006), and 'The Queen of Wolves' (2007), and the first in the 'Mordred Trilogy': 'Mordred, Bastard Son' (2006)).
His short fiction is collected in: 'The Nightmare Chronicles' (1998), which is a Mosaic, a collection of tales that are united by a number of wraparound segments between tales; 'The Machinery of Night'; 'Wild Things: Four Tales'; and 'Four Dark Nights' with Bentley Little, Christopher Golden, and Tom Piccirilli. It also appears in over a dozen anthologies.
Douglas Clegg is the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for his collection 'The Nightmare Chronicles' in 2000. He has been further nominated for 'Goat Dance' in 1990, for 'I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes' (1998), and for 'The Hour Before Dark' in 2003. He has also won the International Horror Guild Award.
In 2002 his novel Bad Karma (2001) was adapted to film starring Patsy Kensit and Amy Locane, and Patrick Muldoon.
'Naomi' (1999) was the First World Internet E-Serial Novel. 'Purity' (2000) reached over 100,000 people on the Internet in its first year.
Douglas resides in New Engand. - Actor
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With over 150 Film and TV appearances to his credit, E. G. Marshall was arguably most well known as the imperturbable Juror No. 4 in the Sidney Lumet legal drama 12 Angry Men (1957).
Some of his stand-out performances are in Creepshow (1982), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), and Nixon (1995).
Marshall married three times and had seven children.- Felice Holman is an American author of teen novels best known for her book 'Slake's Limbo' (1974), in which the eponymous character - Aremis Slake -lives beneath the subway in a small room, his cave. Slake is a runaway who makes his living selling used newspapers to his regular customers until unfortunate events ironically transform his life for the better. The novel was filmed as Runaway (1989) starring Charles S. Dutton as Ralph Colby and Gavin Allen as Aremis Slake.
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Gary Dale Farmer is a character actor with plenty of character. With over 100 Film and TV appearances attached to his resume, and plenty more in the pipeline, Gary has shown he can adapt easily to any genre when necessary. He was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, into the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan, and studied photography and Film at both the Syracuse University and Ryerson Polytechnic University. He then began a successful career as an actor, first taking small roles in movies such as Police Academy (1984), the John Schlesinger film The Believers (1987) with Martin Sheen, the Matt Dillon vehicle, The Big Town (1987), and Renegades (1989) starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips.
By the early 1990s, Gary was starring in more substantial roles. He portrayed Cowboy Dashee in the Robert Redford- produced thriller, The Dark Wind (1991) - again opposite Lou Diamond Phillips- and starred with Corey Feldman and
Jim Jarmusch re-prised Gary's role as the Native American spiritual guide - Nobody - for his next film, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), and Frank Oz cast him alongside Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro in The Score (2001). Gary continues to work steadily as an actor and has also moved behind the camera - he has directed a few projects, including an episode of the Forever Knight (1992) TV series, episode 'Father Figure' (1992).
Gary formed his own band: 'Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers'. They play the blues and have released two CDs.- Composer
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Glenn Gregory is the lead vocalist for Heaven 17, the 1980's English electronic new wave band that consists of three members, the other two being Ian Craig Marsh' and Martyn Ware. Marsh and Ware were, in fact, the founding members of another Sheffield electronic band, The Human League (previously known as 'The Dead Daughters' and 'The Future'), and originally wanted Gregory as their lead singer. Glenn, however, was unavailable at the time and Phil Oakey was recruited. Due to creative differences, Marsh and Ware left The Human League and formed Heaven 17, this time successfully acquiring the vocal talents of Gregory.
Between 1981 and 1982, Glenn and Heaven 17 (the name of the band was taken from Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange (1971) produced a scattering of minor hit singles: '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Grrove Thang' (No.45), 'Play To Win' (No.46), 'Penthouse and Pavement' (No.57), and 'Let Me Go' (No.41). Their album 'Penthouse and Pavement' (1981) nevertheless performed well, reaching No.14 on the album chart. It was 1983, though, when Glenn would experience his first real taste of success.
Heaven 17 released 'Temptation' that year and witnessed it rocket to No.2 on the singles chart. Carol Kenyon provided backing vocals, and Glenn would get to appear on the 1000th edition of Top of the Pops (1964) performing this synth-driven dance hit. The band quickly followed up the single with the hits 'Come Live With Me' (No.5) and 'Crushed by the Wheels of Industry' (No.17). Their album 'The Luxury Gap' shot to No. 4 making 1983 the definitive year for Glenn Gregory and Heaven 17.
Glenn has remained with the band and enjoyed many hits, most notably 'Sunset Now' (No.24), 'This Is Mine' (No.23), ' ... (And That's No Lie)' (No. 52) - and the album 'How Men Are' (No.12) - all between 1984 and 1985. In 1992 'Temptation' was re-released and went straight to No.4, and Glenn has since featured on over twenty studio, compilation, and live albums with Heaven 17. In 1984 Glenn provided key vocals on the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' alongside a myriad pop and rock stars including George Michael and Simon Le Bon.
Gregory possesses a deep and distinctive voice that compliments the electronic music genre, similar to that of Phil Oakey and Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. Tall, blonde, and toothy, he is not dissimilar in looks to Gary Busey and Jake Busey. His vocals talents can be heard in the movies Summer Lovers (1982), Night Shift (1982), Sliver (1993), and Trainspotting (1996). Most notably, though, Heaven 17 feature on the soundtrack to the then state-of-the-art computer drama Electric Dreams (1984), an OST that also boasts Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder (Together in Electric Dreams) and Jeff Lynne (Video!). H17 perform 'Chase Runner'.
In 2008 Glenn and Heaven 17 were part of the Sheffield band based 'Steel City Tour' along with The Human League, and Martin Fry & Mark White (IX)' aka 'ABC'. They toured the UK.
Gregory further toured with Heaven 17 in 2010, and they appeared on Later... With Jools Holland (1992) shortly after, eliciting a 'rapturous response' from the live audience.- Halo James enjoyed a brief but successful pop career in the UK between 1988 and 1990. Their first single, 'Wanted', reached number 45 in 1989. They followed this up with their biggest hit, 'Could Have Told You So', released the same year. The single peaked at number 6 in the UK.
'Witness' (1990) was their only studio album and contained the above singles. The album made number 18 in the UK and sold over 100,000 copies in its first year. From the album they released the singles 'Baby' (number 43), 'Magic Hour' (number 59), and a re-issue of 'Wanted' (number 89), all in 1990.
Their final record was 'I Think I Love You Too Much' (1990), which made the top 100 at number 98. The band spent a total of 32 weeks in the UK singles and album charts between 1989 and 1990. 'Could Have Told You So' was a big hit in Europe and has since been a regular on compilation albums. 'Witness' was critically acclaimed at the time of its release.
'Halo James' named themselves after the comic book strip, 'The Ballad of Halo Jones'. Lead vocalist, Christian James, became a backing vocalist and freelance writer. - Actor
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Heaven 17 are an electronic synth pop and New Wave band who hail from Sheffield, England, UK. Once part of another electronic (Sheffield) band, The Human League, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware decided to form their own band after creative differences with Phil Oakey. They took on board lead vocalist Glenn Gregory and shortly after released their first single '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang' (1981).
Throughout the mid-1980s, Heaven 17 produced a string of hit singles and albums, and are probably best remembered for the song 'Temptation' which reached No. 2 in 1983 and No.4 in 1992. Their most successful album to date is 'The Luxury Gap', a No.4 hit in 1983, an album that spawned the top twenty hit 'Crushed by the Wheels of Industry' and another top five hit 'Come Live With Me'. Noteable albums include 'Penthouse and Pavement' (1981) and 'How Men Are' (1984), both top 15 hits on the UK album chart.
Heaven 17 also appeared on the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (1984) which went to number one. They worked with Duran Duran, George Michael, and Spandau Ballet among many others. The same year they re-teamed with Phil Oakey on the soundtrack to the feature film Electric Dreams (1984).
Heaven 17 took their name from the Anthony Burgess novel and film A Clockwork Orange (1971).
Their music is collected on 'Higher and Higher: the Very Best of Heaven 17'.- Walter Braden "Jack" Finney was an American writer, mainly known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre. His most popular novels are "The Body Snatchers" (1955) and "Time and Again" (1970), although throughout his career he published nearly 50 novels that encompass the noir, thriller and comedy genres.
Finney's novel "The Body Snatchers" has since been adapted into film four times. In the 1950s Don Siegel directed the first adaptation, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) starring Kevin McCarthy. Abel Ferrara offered his version with Body Snatchers (1993), and more recently audiences have been invited to sample the Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig adaptation The Invasion (2007).
None of the above films, however, have managed to surpass the terrifying Philip Kaufman adaptation Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) starring Donald Sutherland. Kaufman conveys the fear and paranoia that is at the center of Finney's novel flawlessly. It is still regarded by many as one of the best re-makes in film history, and a lot of the credit goes to Finney's novel. Donald Sutherland, incidentally, would go on to star in the similarly themed The Puppet Masters (1994) based on the 1951 novel by Finney's friend and fellow author, Robert A. Heinlein.
Despite his prolific outpouring of fiction, Jack Finney will nevertheless be predominantly remembered for the pod people who invaded Planet Earth. - Writer
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Jack Ketchum published his first novel in 1980 titled "Off Season", a version of the Sawney Beane story. The novel was subsequently slated by the Village Voice as 'violent pornography' but, undeterred, the author continued to write fiction that deals with the cruelty and violence so often apparent in everyday life. Since the publication of "Off Season", he has released several successful novels including "She Wakes", "Cover", "Road Kill" (aka "Joyride"), "Only Child" (aka "Stranglehold"), "Ladies Night", and "Triage" (a collection of novellas) with fellow writers Richard Laymon and Edward Lee. In 1990 he published "Offspring", the sequel to "Off Season".
Before becoming a full-time writer Jack had written and directed a handful of plays, worked as a teacher, a copywriter, and as literary agent for author Henry Miller, while working at Scott Meredith, Inc. His fiction - with the exception of "She Wakes" - has tended to eschew what is called traditional horror - vampires, werewolves, the supernatural, monsters, and demons - and instead has concentrated on more urban horror and real-life monsters.
Jack has, so far, won the Bram Stoker Award for his short stories 'The Box' and 'Gone', and his collections "Closing Time" and "Peaceable Kingdom". 'The Box' first appeared in Cemetery Dance Magazine and the subsequent Cemetery Dance anthologies "The Best of Cemetery Dance" and "The Century's Best Horror Fiction". 'Gone' was further published by CD in the autumnal anthology "October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween". Richard Chizmar is the founder and editor of CD Publications and has published much of Jack's body of work including the novels "The Lost" and "Hide and Seek", the dark western novella "The Crossings", and 'The Haunt', a short supernatural tale. The late Richard Laymon included Jack in his CD Publications editorial debut anthology "Bad News" with the story 'The Best'.
Three of his most powerful novels have recently been turned into films. Red (2008) is a revenge story that deals with the subject of animal abuse and stars Tom Sizemore, Brian Cox, Amanda Plummer and Robert Englund of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) fame. The Girl Next Door (2007) - based on actual events - tracks the abuse of two teenage sisters, and is based on the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens. The Lost (2006) is the story of a serial killer and features horror queen Dee Wallace of The Howling (1981), Stephen King's Cujo and Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007). He has also tried his hand at acting, taking small roles such as Teddy Panik in The Lost (2006) and Edward Lee's Header (2006). Other roles include a carnival worker in The Girl Next Door (2007), the bartender in Red (2008), and character Max Joseph in Offspring (2009). Jack appeared as himself in the documentary The Cult of Ichi (2007) with horror directors Lucky McKee and Scott Spiegel, and can be seen in The Making of 'the Girl Next Door' (2007) documentary.
Stephen King is a fan of Jack Ketchum's work and contributed the introduction to the signed limited edition of "The Girl Next Door". King has called Jack the "scariest guy in America" The Girl Next Door (2007), and remarked that there is "a dark streak of genius" in Jack's work ("Road Kill"). King provided further praise for Jack's work during his own acceptance speech for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, 2003: he called Jack and fellow writer, Peter Straub, pioneers of modern popular fiction, specifically citing Jack's dark western, "The Crossings".
Ketchum's numerous short fiction is so far collected in "The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard", "Broken on the Wheel of Sex", "Peaceable Kingdom" and "Closing Time and Other Stories". These dark tales have featured in anthologies like "Imagination Fully Dilated" (1998), "Dark Dreamers" (2001), and "The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners" (2011) edited by horror icon Joe R. Lansdale. His poetry has featured in anthologies like "The Devil's Wine" (2004) alongside Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Peter Straub.
Jack Ketchum's fourth adaptation Offspring (2009) starred Jessica Butler and Art Hindle. It is set outside the town of Dead River and tells the tale of youngsters trying to survive the local cannibals who have been feeding on drifters for many years and is based on Jack's novels "Off Season" and "Offspring". His novel "Hide and Seek" is also set in and around the coastal town of Dead River, Maine.
His novellas, "Weed Species" and "Old Flames", were published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2006 and 2008 respectively. "The Woman" was released in 2010, co-written with Lucky McKee, the director of Ketchum's Red (2008).
Jack Lives in New York, New York.- John Stewart "Jack" Williamson was a prolific fiction writer of novels and short stories in the science-fiction genre. He replaced Robert A. Heinlein as the "Dean of Science Fiction" in 1988.
His novel "Darker Than You Think" (1948) is perhaps his best known and has since been included in the Gollancz SF and Fantasy Masterworks collection that also includes Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and Richard Matheson's 1954 masterpiece "I Am Legend". "Darker Than You Think" is the tale of an ongoing war between humankind and werewolves, that latter living hidden amongst the former.
Jack Williamson sadly passed away in 2006, but will be remembered as one of the best science-fiction authors of all time. - Producer
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Jason Rainwater is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his roles with Mel Gibson in Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) and Steve Miner's Forever Young (1992). He made an appearance in the Tales from the Crypt (1989) series - episode 'Werewolf Concerto' (1992) - opposite Timothy Dalton. Jason has since turned to screen writing and has scripted Sawtooth (2004) starring Adam Beach and the comedy Ibid (2008). He produced and starred in the 'urban legend'-inspired short horror film Car Trouble, Darlin' (1994).- Actress
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Jennifer Grey is an American actress who starred in the film Dirty Dancing (1987) opposite Patrick Swayze, a sleeper hit that would become one of the biggest films of the 1980s. She had previously appeared with Patrick Swayze in John Milius's cold war drama Red Dawn (1984) as 'Toni,' one of the 'Wolverines,' a group of renegade teenagers fighting for their country during World War III.
She then starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) and the John Badham project American Flyers (1985). By this time she had been linked in with the 'so-called' Brat Pack and unsurprisingly won a starring role in John Hughes's hit comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) playing the older sister of Matthew Broderick and love interest of Charlie Sheen.
As the 1980s drew to a close, Jennifer headlined Howard Brookner's romantic drama Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), which again teamed her with Alan Ruck, and also Matt Dillon and Madonna. Since then she has worked steadily, starring in over 34 Film and TV appearances including If the Shoe Fits (1990), Wind (1992), and Bounce (2000).
Jennifer will nevertheless be best remembered as 'Baby' in Dirty Dancing (1987), a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress.- Strikingly beautiful and a multi-talented performer, Jennifer Collene Rubin is an American actress, model, screenwriter, and producer, with a career spanning nearly four decades. She was voted Ford International Model of the Year in 1984. She gained fame for her pictures in Harper Bazaar, Vogue, Glamour, and Interview magazine. Which lead her to acting in Super Bowl commercials for Chevrolet, Coke, Budweiser, and many more. Jennifer was also David Lynch's original Calvin Klein model for his "Obsession" campaign. In 1987, she decided to devote herself to acting and accepted the role of "Taryn White" in the Wes Craven sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), directed by Chuck Russell.
Jennifer followed "Elm Street 3" with Bad Dreams (1988), Permanent Record (1988) with Keanu Reeves, and the Oliver Stone-directed The Doors (1991) starring Val Kilmer, a biopic based on the career of Jim Morrison and The Doors. By the mid-1990s, she was co-starring in films, such as The Crush (1993) with Cary Elwes and Screamers (1995) alongside Peter Weller, the latter based on the science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick.
Adaptable to various genres, working in front and behind the camera, it is apparent that Jennifer is an enduring talent, much more than just a pretty face, and one of the top script writers to watch. She has produced - and starred in - the film, Road Kill (1999), and further appeared in popular TV series, including The Twilight Zone (1985), Tales from the Crypt (1989) and The Outer Limits (1995).
Jennifer appeared in Chris Isaak's music video for "Somebody's Crying" (1995), with Chris Penn. Bruce Hornsby's music video for "Harbor Lights"
In 2010, Jennifer followed her true passion and started writing the screenplays Hot Hemp Pancakes, Oopsy-Daisy, and The Bookie-Lady - all high quality scripts in pre-production for 2019. It is apparent that Jennifer is an enduring talent - much more than just a pretty face - and is one of the most mercurial talents working in Hollywood. - Writer
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Joseph Hillstrom King or Joe Hill is an American writer born in Hermon, Maine. He is the son of writer Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joe published his first book (a collection of horror stories called '20th Century Ghosts') in 2005:. It won the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. He has since published the bestselling novels 'Heart Shaped Box' (2008) and 'Horns' (2010). He collaborated with his father for the novella, 'Throttle', for the Richard Matheson tribute anthology 'He Is Legend'. Joe appeared in the cult classic film Creepshow (1982), in which he played Billy, the son of overbearing father Tom Atkins, in the film's wraparound segment.- Actor
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Joe Mantegna is an American actor who has made over 200 film and TV appearances. He is also a producer, writer, and director, and is probably best known for his role as Joey Zasa in the Francis Ford Coppola epic The Godfather Part III (1990), in which he stars alongside Al Pacino and Andy Garcia.
Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Mary Anne (Novelli), a shipping clerk, and Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Sr., an insurance salesman. He is of Italian descent. Having obtained a degree in acting from the Goodman School of Drama and taken to the stage early on in life, it is no surprise that Joe has maintained a strong relationship with the playwright -turned- screenwriter-director David Mamet. They have collaborated on several projects. He also stars as SSA David Rossi on the long running TV drama Criminal Minds. (2005-)- Writer
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Joe R Lansdale is a prolific genre fiction writer, who has published hundreds of novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories, chapbooks, comic books, graphic novels, and collections.
Joe is arguably most famous for his Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella, 'BubbaHo-Tep', which was later adapted to film. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) is directed by Don Coscarelli and stars Bruce Campbell as an aged "Elvis Presley", not dead but living in an East Texas rest home. 'Ossie Davis' (Qv) plays JFK. Together, the two do battle against an ancient Egyptian Mummy, who likes to leave crude messages on the toilet walls and suck the souls of old folk.
Another of his short stories was adapted for television in 2006, again by Don Coscarelli as part of the Masters of Horror (2005) TV series, episode _Incident on and Off a Mountain Road (#1.1)_, which stars Angus Scrimm, the 'Tall Man' from Phantasm (1979), another Don Coscarelli movie.
In literature, Joe is probably most famous for the 'Hap and Leonard' crime series. Often dark, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, these novels see the white working class Hap and gay black Leonard fighting racism, abuse, and violence. They are a tough, wise-cracking duo from East Texas. Investigators with a difference. The books are original, fresh, and convey a subtle noir-ish quality. The series begins with 'Savage Season' (1990), and includes 'Mucho Mojo' (1994) originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications as a limited hardcover, 'Two Bear Mambo' (1995), , 'Bad Chili' (1997), 'Rumble Tumble' (1998), 'Captains Outrageous' (2001) and 'Devil Road' (2011).
Joe is further known for his 'Drive-In' series: 'The Drive-In: A B Movie with Blood and Popcorn' (1988), 'The Drive-In 2: Not Just One of Them Sequels' (1989), and 'The Drive-In: The Bus Tour' (2005). And then there is the wacky 'Ned the Seal' Trilogy: 'Zeppelins West' (2001), 'Flaming London' (2006), 'Flaming Zeppelins' (2010), and 'The Sky Done Ripped' (unreleased).
'Act of Love' (1980) was Joe's debut novel, and has since been linked with the splatterpunk movement of the 1980s that also includes Jack Ketchum, Richard Laymon, Edward Lee, John Shirley, and David J. Schow. It is a violent crime novel set in the Big City. Real serial killer and slasher stuff. He has written about twenty stand-alone novels since, including the zombie-horror-western 'Dead in the West' (1986), the fantasy-western 'The Magic Wagon' (1986), the gritty crime thriller 'Cold in July' (1989), 'The Boar' (1998) which has been likened to Mark Twain, the children's book 'Something Lumber This Way Comes' (1999) with a nod to the writer Ray Bradbury here, 'The Big Blow', 'Blood Dance' and 'The Bottoms' (2000), and the noir thriller 'Sunset and Sawdust' (2004).
In addition to his novels, Joe has written hundreds of short stories that are collected in over 20 books: 'By Bizarre Hands' (1989), 'Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy' (1991), 'Writer of the Purple Rage' for Cemetery Dance (1994), 'High Cotton' (2000) and its sister book 'Bumper Crop' (2004), 'Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories' (2004), 'The King and Other Stories' (2005), 'Sanctified and Chicken-Fried' (2009). Other collections include 'Fistfull of Stories' (1996) for Cemetery Dance, 'For A Few Stories More' (2002), and 'The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent' (1997).
Much of his body of work has been adapted for the Comic Book format, and Joe has also contributed to comic books, novelizations, and cartoons including _The New Batman Adventures_ (TV Series 1997-1999)_, _Superman (TV Series 1996-2000)_, 'Conan the Barbarian', 'The Fantastic Four', 'Jonah Hex', _DC Showase: Jonah Hex (Video 2010)_, 'The Spirit', 'Tales from the Crypt', and an adaptation of the classic Robert E. Howard short story 'Pigeons from Hell'. His 'Dead in the West' and the Bram Stoker Winner 'By Bizarre Hands' have been adapted into comic book format by Dark Horse, the 'Drive-In' series by Avatar.
Apart from writing, Joe has edited over one dozen anthologies including: 'Razored Saddles' (1989), 'Dark At Heart' (1991), 'The Horror Hall of Fame: the Stoker Winners' for Richard Chizmar at Cemetery Dance Publications (2004), and 'Lords of the Razor' and 'Retro-Pulp Tales' (2006). He is the recipient of numerous awards including but not limited to: '7' Bram Stoker Awards (so far), to include the touching and traumatic and brilliant 'Mad Dog Summer' (1999), '9' further Bram Stoker Nominations, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, an Edgar Award for Best Novel by the 'Mystery Writers of America' association, an American Mystery Award, a Horror Critics Award, and nominated for a Dashiell Hammett award for 'The Bottoms' in 2000.
2011 sees another movie with Don Coscarelli, the sequel Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, this time with Ron Perlman as "Elvis Presley".
Joe is also a martial-arts expert and instructor.- Christopher Samuel Youd aka John Christoher aka Samuel Youd is a British writer of science fiction who is best known for his post-apocalyptic novels 'The Death of Grass' aka 'No Blade of Grass' (1957) and 'The Gaurdians' (1970), and the popular trilogy 'The Tripods' (1967-68). He became well known during 1950s, along with fellow science fiction writers 'Jack Finney', Richard Matheson, and John Wyndham, and has since published over 70 books.
Many of his books and stories have been adapted to film, most notably, No Blade of Grass (1970) and the hugely popular The Tripods (1984). His numerous short fiction has appeared in 'Weird Tales', 'Astounding Science Fiction', and 'Galaxy Science Fiction'. 'The Death of Grass' was serialized in 'The Saturday Evening Post' in seven parts. In 1988 he wrote the long-awaited prequel to his 'Tripods' trilogy, 'When the Tripods Came'. - Music Department
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John Du Prez is a musician and composer best known as a past member of 1980's multi-hit New Wave Salsa group Modern Romance (1981-83). The band achieved eight top-forty hits and two hit albums and John - who played trumpet with Modern Romance - even had a song named after him: 'Who Is John Du Prez?', the b-side to the group's hit 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White'.
John quit the band in 1984 and concentrated on composing music scores for films like the Rob Lowe vehicle, Oxford Blues (1984), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990). He has since collaborated with ex- Modern Romance frontman David Jaymes a number of times, most notably on the feature film Fascination (2004), and their single 'Best Years of Our Lives' featured in Shrek (2001).
John is friend to Eric Idle and has worked with him on numerous Monty Python projects including Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). He and Eric wrote and performed the song 'Really Nice Day' in the animated movie The Wild (2006).- Actor
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John James Anderson is most well known for his ten-year role as 'Jeff Colby' on the 1980's prime time TV soaps Dynasty (1981) and The Colbys (1985). John was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of radio broadcaster Herb Oscar Anderson, and brother of actor Herb Anderson.
He first starred in small roles in TV series like Fantasy Island (1977) and The Love Boat (1976), before being offered the character of Jeff in Dynasty (1981) and its spin-off The Colbys (1985). He appeared in the first episode 'Oil' (1981) and remained until the last episode 'Catch 22' (1989), returning later for the film Dynasty: The Reunion.
John then took nearly fifteen years out of the acting business, except for the odd TV movie and a role in the action thriller Icebreaker (2000) with Sean Astin and Bruce Campbell.
He returned (2003-08) with the long running hit series As the World Turns (1956) and the equally successful All My Children (1970). He also starred in the drama Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001) alongside Jesse Eisenberg and John Schneider.
John lives with his wife and two children in New York, New York.- Writer
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John Patrick Shirley is a prolific writer of novels and short stories, TV scripts and screenplays. He has published over 30 books and 10 collections. His short fiction has appeared in scores of anthologies and magazines such as Cemetery Dance, and his film credits include The Crow (1994), written with fellow splatterpunk writer David J. Schow and James O'Barr (Graphic Novel), and directed by Alex Proyas. The film starred the late Brandon Lee.- Actor
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John Stockwell is an American actor, director, producer and writer who is probably best known - as an actor - for his roles in the Tom Cruise vehicles Losin' It (1982) and Top Gun (1986), and the Stephen King - John Carpenter film Christine (1983).
John has since moved from acting into the director's chair. His directing credits include Blue Crush (2002), Into the Blue (2005), and Turistas (2006).
John was a close friend of Andy Warhol and is mentioned frequently in the latter's 'Warhol Diaries'.- John W. Campbell, Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor, known predominantly for the sub-genre 'Hard Science Fiction', and further credited for his role in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He began writing science fiction in his teens and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then studied at Duke University where he gained his Bachelor of Science in Physics. By the time he reached his early twenties, however, he was already a well-known writer for the Pulp Magazines.
Campbell played a crucial and influential part in the careers of Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, Arthur C. Clarke, Tom Godwin, Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and A.E. van Vogt. He was further considered as one of THE most influential editors working in the world of science- or Pulp - fiction: he edited 'Astounding Science Fiction' and 'Analog
As a writer his most famous work is the novella 'Who Goes There?' first printed in 'Astounding Stories' August 1938. A tale of isolation, cabin fever, and alien invasion, the story has been filmed three times: as The Thing from Another World (1951), as The Thing (1982) by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, and as The Thing (2011). The story has also made into video game format. His short story 'The Machine' was filmed in the 1950's Tales of Tomorrow (1951).
In 1996 John W. Campbell Jr. was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. - Actor
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When Johnny Hates Jazz released the single 'Shattered Dreams' (1986), it propelled the Anglo-American New Wave and Blue-eyed soul band into the realm of super-stardom. The single reached the top five in the UK and America, and the subsequent album - 'Turn Back the Clock' (1988) - soared straight to the number 1 spot in the UK. The album spawned another three hit singles before the band split. They have since (2009) reformed.
Johnny Hates Jazz are Clark Datchler lead singer and songwriter, Calvin Hayes keyboards and drums, and Mike Nocito bass guitar and lead guitar.- Actor
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Kevin Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1956. He is an American actor who has made over 100 appearances in both TV and film.
One of his earliest roles was in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning (1988) with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. He followed this up with Kathryn Bigelow's Blue Steel (1990), Ghostbusters II (1989), and the Brian De Palma hit The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
He has since appeared in a number of box office hits, such as Hot Shots! (1991), Chain Reaction (1996), and Godzilla (1998). He also appeared in the Oliver Stone epic, Nixon (1995) and the Ridley Scott fantasy film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992).
Dunn is able to fit into various roles in diverse genres with ease, whether the role in question be a political thriller like 'Robert Redford (I)'s Lions for Lambs (2007), an action film such as Tony Scotts Unstoppable (2010), or a romantic drama like Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). He is an established and reliable supporting - and character - actor.
He has gained considerable fame as the father in the hit movies Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).- Writer
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Lawrence D. Cohen is an American screenwriter who, although hardly prolific, has worked with some of the most respected names in the genre movie and genre fiction industry. He first came to prominence in the 1970s when he penned the screenplay for the Stephen King adaptation Carrie (1976): the film was directed by Brian De Palma and featured an all-star cast that included Amy Irving, William Katt, Piper Laurie, P.J. Soles, Sissy Spacek, and John Travolta. With a long-awaited and phenomenal resurgence in the horror novel and film - mostly due to the arrival of Stephen King - Cohen has clearly found his niche.
His next writing project was the John Irvin film Ghost Story (1981) based on the classic novel by Peter Straub. This chilling - and often ambiguous - horror tale starred Fred Astaire and 'Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in lead roles. Cohen would then script another two Stephen King adaptations. Firstly the adaptation of It (1990) that was shot by cult horror director Tommy Lee Wallace, a bildungsroman tale laced with horror and science fiction, set in the small town of Derry, Maine. Following this was the alien invasion film The Tommyknockers (1993), a body snatcher tale starring Jimmy Smits and E.G. Marshall. Both teleplays were superbly executed and have remained extremely popular.
Cohen recently scripted a fourth Stephen King story, 'The End of the Whole Mess' from his collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006). He is also a movie producer.- Actress
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Mary 'Mare' Megan Winningham is an actress and songwriter who has appeared in nearly 100 TV shows and feature films. She began her career in 1976 as a singer, and starred in numerous and diverse film roles before hitting it big as one of the original Brat Pack in Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire (1985) with Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy.
Mare attended Chatsworth High School with Val Kilmer, James Rekart and Kevin Spacey, but she was bitten by the acting bug much earlier on. She had enjoyed drama and music since primary school, taking a particular interest in the guitar and drums.
Since St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Mare has played some outstanding roles in a number of big films. She starred in the Tom Hanks comedy Turner & Hooch (1989). She has also starred in two feature films with Kevin Costner, The War (1994) and the western Wyatt Earp (1994), the latter directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-starring Gene Hackman. Mare won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia (1995).
Bad Day on the Block (1997) saw her starring opposite Charlie Sheen and she put in a superb performance in Brothers (2009), a war drama co-starring Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Her myriad TV roles include ER (1994), Grey's Anatomy (2005), and 24 (2001) with Kiefer Sutherland.- Actor
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Mark Andrew White is a musician and songwriter, and ex-member of the New Wave band 'ABC' with lead vocalist Martin Fry. He produced several hits with the band including the No.1 album 'The Lexicon of Love' (1982), the No.12 album 'Beauty Stab', and the No.7 album 'Alphabet City' (1987). In 1982 he shared in three top ten singles: 'Poison Arrow', 'The Look of Love', and 'All of My Heart' that peaked at No.6, No.4, and No.5 respectively. He left 'ABC' in 1991 after completing the album 'Abracadabra' and embarked on a solo career. While with 'ABC' he played guitar, synthesizer, provided backing vocals and was co-songwriter.- Actor
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Martin Fry - along with Mark White - is the lead singer of the 1980's new-wave band ABC. During the 80s, Martin and ABC produced five hit albums including 'Beauty Stab'(1983), 'Alphabet City' (1987) and, their biggest hit, 'The Lexicon of Love' (1982) which reached No.1 in the UK. Their highest chart position on the singles chart was 'The Look of Love' peaking at No.4. A long-time fan of 'Smokey Robison', Martin's song 'When Smoky Sings' made the top twenty: it was a tribute to the singer.
His music with ABC has featured in TV and Film including The Office (2001) and The Firm (2009). ABC had three No.1 singles on the U.S. dance charts: 'The Look of Love', 'Be Near Me' (1985) and 'When Smokey Sings' (1987). They are one of the bands who originated from the UK city of Sheffield along with Heaven 17 and The Human League.- Actor
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Matt Cameron is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer for the Seattle Grunge Rock bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Matt first played drums for Seattle band Skin Yard, but did not acquire international fame until he joined 'Soundgarden' with Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, and Hiro Yamamoto in 1986. He remained with 'Soundgarden' for roughly ten years until the band split up in 1997. The band were one of the biggest alternative rock acts of the 1990s, along with Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the Screaming Trees. By 1994 'Soundgarden' were an international success, their albums 'Superunknown' (1994) and 'Down on the Upside' (1996) topping the album charts. Matt is credited as writer - and co-writer - of many of the band's songs.
In 1991 Matt appeared on the 'Temple of the Dog' album with Jeff Ament, Chris Cornell, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. The album was a side-project, a tribute to Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood who had died of an overdose. In 1992 he featured on the soundtrack to - and made an appearance in - the film Singles (1992) starring Matt Dillon and based upon the Seattle 'Grunge' scene. Following the Soundgarden split, Matt temporarily played drums for the bands The Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stone Age, before finally replacing Jack Irons as drummer for Pearl Jam during the 1998 'Yield Tour' where he has remained since.
Matt has supported Guns N' Roses on their 1991 tour and played the 1992 Lollapalooza tour with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ministry. He can be found on many movie soundtracks including John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Pump Up the Volume (1990), _Wayne's World_qv) (1992), Quentin Tarantino's _True Rommance_ (1993), Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003), and Reign Over Me (2007). He has further collaborated with Tony Iommi and Peter Frampton.
Matt lives outside Seattle with his wife April Acevez and their two children Ray and Josie.
He recently (2010) reformed with 'Soundgarden' and continues to play drums for 'Pearl Jam', dividing his time between both bands, whilst still concentrating on solo projects. He features in the Pearl Jam Twenty (2011) documentary.- Music Department
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Michael J. Mullins (aka Mick Mullins) began his music career as a backing vocalist for the 1980's multi-hit band Modern Romance. He appeared on their first studio album ''Adventures in Clubland'' (1981) and their single ''By the Way (I'm Still in Love with You)'' (1981). In 1982, Mullins replaced Geoff Deane as lead vocalist, after the latter quit the band.
During his time with Modern Romance, Mullins enjoyed two hit UK albums- ''Trick of the Light'' (1983) and ''Party Tonight'' (1983) - and four
Mullins then became a backing vocalist for Cliff Richard and appeared on the hit single ''Mistletoe & Wine'' (1988). He has since continued to tour with Cliff Richard, as well as providing both lead and backing vocals for The Alan Parsons Project.- Music Department
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Modern Romance were a popular Latin American-influenced Salsa Pop band, active between 1980 and 1985 in the UK. The band members included David Jaymes, Michael J Mullins (lead vocalist 1982-85), 'Robbie Jaymes' (brother of David and Keyboard player), Paul Gendler (guitars), John Du Prez (trumpets and horns), Geoff Deane (vocalist 1980-82), 'Tony Gainsborough' (drums), and Andrew Kyriacou (who replaced Gainsborough).
Between 1981 and 1983 the group had a string of UK hits including 'Everybody Salsa' (No. 12), 'Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey' (No. 10), 'Queen of the Rapping Scene / Nothing Ever Goes the Way You Plan' (No. 37), 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White' (No. 15), 'Best Years of Our Lives' (No. 4), 'High Life' (No. 8), 'Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm' (No. 14), and 'Walking in the Rain' (No. 7). Two albums also entered the top 50 in 1983. Modern Romance made a total of 13 appearances on Top of the Pops (1964).
They were huge in Europe and Japan. They produced a No. 1 hit in the Far East with their single 'Walking in the Rain'. Their album 'Adventures in Clubland' (1981) hit No. 1 in Venezuala, earning them a Gold Disc.
In 2006 a 'Best Of' album was released - 'Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection' - and the group's music began to appear in download format.
Bassist, founder member, and chief songwriter David Jaymes went on to work in the management side of the business. Michael J. Mullins became a backing vocalist for Cliff Richard. Modern Romance will be remembered as the quintessential and most successful 1980s Latin American - style band in the history of British Music.