Stiv Bators
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Biography: Steven John Bator, better known by his stage name Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Girard, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio
Adult: No
Birthday: October 22, 1949
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 04, 1990
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Dead Boys: Live at CBGB's 1977
Overview: This 1977 performance from New York's legendary CBGB's proves why The Dead Boys were the epitome of snotty punk rock. Characterized by Stiv Bator's audience provoking on-stage antics, along with the band's aggressive power chord punch, the Dead Boys have big balls.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-30
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D.O.A.
Overview: Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-12
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Blitzkrieg Bop!
Overview: Live punk rock and new wave from CBGB’s at 315 Bowery, NYC, a music club that opened Dec 10, 1973
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Crash 'n' Burn
Overview: Crash 'n' Burn is an experimental film shot in and named after Toronto, Ontario's first punk rock club. (Not to be confused with Peter Vronsky's similarly titled 1977 documentary on the Toronto punk scene made for the CBC television network.) The film, shot on 16mm black-and-white stock, features performances by Dead Boys, Teenage Head, The Boyfriends, and The Diodes".
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Overview: Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-03
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Polyester
Overview: Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-29
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Stiv
Overview: The life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-20
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Punking Out
Overview: The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-26
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Tapeheads
Overview: The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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Lords of the New Church: Live From London
Overview: Live performance from the post-punk goth band, recorded at the Marquee Club in London in 1984.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-27
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Return of the Living Dead Boys – Halloween Night 1986
Overview: The reunion concert that brought New York to its knees in 1986 – the original Dead Boys, Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero, Jeff Magnum and Johnny Blitz on stage at the Ritz! The band got together for one more show in their old stomping ground, starting with an introduction from long-time supporter, Joey Ramone, to the power riff of “Sonic Reducer” (played twice!) to an unreal cover of The Stooges’ “Search & Destroy!”
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-31
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