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Raymond Victor Franz
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Ray Franz, early 1980s
Born
May 8, 1922
Died
June 2, 2010 (aged 88)
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Raymond Victor Franz (May 8, 1922 – June 2, 2010) was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses from 20 October 1971 until 22 May 1980,[1][2] and served at the organization's world headquarters for fifteen years, from 1965 until 1980. Franz claimed the request for his resignation and his subsequent disfellowshipping resulted from allegations of his apostasy from the faith.[3] Franz wrote two books that related his personal experiences with the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and his views on Jehovah's Witnesses teachings.
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[hide] 1 Watch Tower career
2 Expulsion
3 Death
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links
Watch Tower career[edit source]
Franz was born in 1922. His uncle, Frederick Franz, was influential in the religion's development, practices and doctrines.[4] His father associated with the Bible Student movement (from which Jehovah's Witnesses developed) and was baptized in 1913. Raymond joined the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1938, and became a baptized member in 1939.[5]
In 1944 Franz graduated from Gilead, the religion's school for training missionaries,[6] and temporarily served the organization as a traveling representative in the continental U.S. until receiving a missionary assignment to Puerto Rico in 1946. Franz became a representative of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the Caribbean, traveling to the Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic, at least until 1957 when Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in the Dominican Republic by dictator Rafael Trujillo.[7] At the age of 37 Franz married his wife, Cynthia, who joined him on missionary work. Both returned to the Dominican Republic in 1961 to evangelize for four more years before taking up work at Watch Tower headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.[8]
Franz began working in the organization's writing department and was assigned to collaboratively write Aid to Bible Understanding, the first religious encyclopedia published by Jehovah's Witnesses. On 20 October 1971 he was appointed as a member of the Governing Body.[9] In his personal memoir Franz said that at the end of 1979 he reached a personal crossroad:
I had spent nearly forty years as a full time representative, serving at every level of the organizational structure. The last fifteen years I had spent at the international headquarters, and the final nine of those as a member of the worldwide Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. It was those final years that were the crucial period for me. Illusions there met up with reality. I have since come to appreciate the rightness of a quotation I recently read, one made by a statesman, now dead, who said: "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." I now began to realize how large a measure of what I had based my entire adult life course on was just that, a myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.[10]
Frustrated by what he viewed as the Governing Body's dogmatism and overemphasis on traditional views rather than reliance on the Bible in reaching doctrinal decisions, Franz and his wife decided in late 1979 they would leave the international headquarters.[11]
Expulsion[edit source]
In March 1980 Franz and his wife took leave of absence from the world headquarters for health reasons and moved to Alabama, where he took up laboring work on a property owned by a fellow Witness. The following month a committee of the Governing Body raised concerns over the spreading of "wrong teachings" emanating from headquarters staff and began questioning headquarters staff on their beliefs. Staff were also questioned about comments Franz had made that may have contradicted Watch Tower doctrine.[12][13] The 15 March 1980 issue of The Watchtower issued a statement of regret that its assertions of probability of Armageddon arriving before 1975 had "apparently overshadowed the cautionary ones and contributed to a buildup of expectation already initiated."[14] It told disappointed Jehovah's Witnesses, "including persons having to do with the publication of the information that contributed to the buildup of hopes centred on that date" to "concentrate on adjusting his viewpoint".[15] This statement, which placed blame for the disappointment about 1975 on Raymond Franz and his writing committee, precipitated a purge of that committee and eventual disfellowshipping of its sometime Chairman.[16] On May 8 1980 Franz was told that he had been implicated as an apostate.[17] He was called back to Brooklyn on May 20 for two days of questioning[18] by the Chairman's Committee. Franz claimed the discussion concerned allegations that some Witnesses were meeting privately to discuss various teachings of the Watch Tower Society that may have constituted apostasy.
On 21 May 1980 Franz was called to a Governing Body session, questioned for three hours about his Bible viewpoints and commitment to Watch Tower doctrines[2][19] and agreed to a request to resign from the Governing Body and headquarters staff. Franz refused the Watch Tower Society's offer of a monthly stipend as a member of the "Infirm Special Pioneers".[20] The Governing Body investigation resulted in the disfellowshipping of several other headquarters staff.[21][22][23]
On 1 September 1980 the Governing Body distributed a letter to all Circuit and District overseers stating that apostates need not be promoting doctrines to be disfellowshipped. The letter stated that individuals who persisted in "believing other doctrine despite scriptural reproof" were also apostatizing and therefore warranted "appropriate judicial action".[18][24]
On 18 March 1981 Franz's employer in Alabama submitted a letter of disassociation from Jehovah's Witnesses. A Watchtower article on 15 September 1981 announced a change of policy on disassociation, directing that those who formally withdrew from the religion were to be treated by Witnesses as a disfellowshipped wrongdoer.[25] Franz, who continued to socialize with his employer, was summoned to a judicial hearing on 25 November and disfellowshiped for disobeying the edict.[2][26][27] Determined to set the record straight, not only with respect to his having been disfellowshiped, but with respect to larger doctrinal issues, in 1982 he sent Heather and Gary Botting proofs of his upcoming book Crisis of Conscience so that they could chronicle the more widespread discord within the Watch Tower Society.[28] They wrote regarding Franz's contribution to their expose on the Witnesses that his recommendations "undoubtedly strengthened the veracity of the text; we were impressed by his insistence on both fairness and frankness with respect to representing the view of the Watch Tower Society."[29] Following his disfellowshiping, Franz published two books—Crisis of Conscience (1983) and In Search of Christian Freedom (1991)—presenting detailed accounts of his experiences as a Jehovah's Witness, a Governing Body member, and his experiences throughout various levels of the organization.
Death[edit source]
On 30 May 2010, at age 88, Franz fell and suffered a brain hemorrhage.[30] He died on 2 June 2010.[30]
References[edit source]
1.^ "Announcements", Our Kingdom Ministry, August 1980, page 2, "This is a notification that Raymond Victor Franz is no longer a member of the Governing Body and of the Brooklyn Bethel family as of May 22, 1980."
2.^ a b c "Witness Under Prosecution", Richard H. Ostling, Anne Constable, Time Magazine, February 22, 1982.
3.^ "Church Told to Break Privacy, Report 'Sinner'", by John Dart, Los Angeles Times, August 27, 1987. Part 1."Church Told to Break Privacy, Report 'Sinner'", part 2.
4.^ Rogerson 1969, p. 66
5.^ Franz 2002, p. 11
6.^ "Gilead’s 61st Graduation a Spiritual Treat", The Watchtower, November 1, 1976, page 671.
7.^ Franz 2002, p. 16
8.^ Franz 2002, pp. 19, 20
9.^ Franz 2002, p. 31
10.^ Franz 2002, p. 273
11.^ Franz 2002, p. 274,275
12.^ Penton 1997, pp. 119–121
13.^ Franz 2002, p. 298,299
14.^ p. 17
15.^ pp. 17-18
16.^ The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses, pp. 48-49, 158-163
17.^ Franz 2002, pp. 312, 313
18.^ a b Beverley 1986, p. 71
19.^ Franz 2002, p. 331
20.^ Franz 2002, p. 332
21.^ Penton 1997, p. 121
22.^ Botting & Botting 1984, p. 161
23.^ "Branch Letter", Our Kingdom Ministry, August 1980, "We are saddened to report at this time that five members of the Bethel family, and a few others in the New York city area have recently been disfellowshiped. There has been some apostasy against the organization and the promoting of sectarian divisions in some of the congregations of God’s people. (Titus 3:9-11) Living as we are in times difficult to deal with, it should not be surprising that such things occur. The first-century congregation also experienced deviations as we well know from our reading of the Holy Scriptures.—1 Tim. 1:20; 4:1; 2 Tim. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 15:12, 13; Acts 20:29, 30."
24.^ Protecting the Flock, Watch Tower Society letter to district and circuit overseers, September 1, 1980, part 1. Protecting the Flock, Part 2.
25.^ "Disfellowshiping — How to View It", The Watchtower, September 15, 1981, page 23, "One who has been a true Christian might renounce the way of the truth, stating that he no longer considers himself to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses or wants to be known as one. When this rare event occurs, the person is renouncing his standing as a Christian, deliberately disassociating himself from the congregation ... Persons who make themselves 'not of our sort' by deliberately rejecting the faith and beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses should appropriately be viewed and treated as are those who have been disfellowshiped for wrongdoing."
26.^ Franz 2002, pp. 357–369
27.^ "Expelled Witnesses Claim Group is Ingrown", Miami News, March 19, 1983.
28.^ the Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses, pp. 161-63
29.^ The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses,p. xxiii
30.^ a b "Obituary". Legacy.com.
Bibliography[edit source]
Beverley, James A. (1986). Crisis of Allegiance. Burlington, Ontario: Welch Publishing Company. ISBN 0-920413-37-4.
Botting, Heather; Botting, Gary (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-6545-7.
Franz, Raymond (2002). Crisis of Conscience. Commentary Press. ISBN 0-914675-23-0.
Penton, M. J. (1997). Apocalypse Delayed (2nd ed.). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3.
Rogerson, Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable & Co, London. ISBN 09-455940-6 Check |isbn= value (help).
External links[edit source]
Time magazine, February 22, 1982.
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James Penton
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M. James Penton
Born
April 27, 1932 (age 81)
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Nationality
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Historian, author
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Former Jehovah's Witness
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James Penton is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and the author of three books on the history of Jehovah's Witnesses. Although raised in the religion, he was expelled in 1981 on the grounds of apostasy after criticizing some of the teachings and conduct of the religion's leadership. His expulsion gained national media attention and prompted one of several schisms that year among Jehovah's Witnesses.[1]
Contents
[hide] 1 Background
2 Dissent
3 Books
4 Published works
5 References
Background[edit]
Born in April 1932, Penton was raised as a fourth-generation Jehovah's Witnesses, experiencing as a child Canadian government restrictions on the religion's activities.[2] He was baptized in June 1948 and served in various capacities in Jehovah's Witness congregations in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada while pursuing an academic career, before moving to Alberta in 1965.[3] Penton claimed to be an anointed Christian, and therefore one of the religion's faithful and discreet slave class, which is said to be collectively used by Jesus Christ to "feed" his followers with scriptural instruction.
Dissent[edit]
While serving as an elder in his Lethbridge congregation in the late 1970s he developed concerns over the Watch Tower Society’s emphasis on the requirement for Witnesses to engage in public preaching work and what he saw as a growing harshness and intolerance in the treatment of members of the religion by those in authority.[4]
On August 10, 1979 he sent an eight-page letter to the society detailing his concerns. He opened the letter by saying he would “write lovingly but candidly about what I believe to be the central problem in our organization – the thing which has sickened it and for which the Governing Body as such must take much direct responsibility”.
... It is the Society’s misplaced, unscriptural overemphasis on the preaching work which has sickened, is sickening and will continue to sicken the organization until it is placed in its proper perspective. Although it is a necessary aspect of the Christian congregation’s testimony to the world, it is no important than any other Christian works outlined in the Scriptures ... many are tired to the point of spiritual death itself by the super-pietism and work-righteousness pervading the organization.[5]
Penton gave examples of what he claimed were distortions of New Testament texts to support Watch Tower Society teachings on house-to-house preaching, criticized the appointment of elders chiefly on the basis of field service records and described circuit overseer visits as “military inspections”. He also sought a re-emphasis on justification by faith.[1]
The letter, which was distributed among some Witnesses in Lethbridge, prompted accusations from within the organization's hierarchy that Penton was denigrating and opposed to the preaching work and resulted in pointed talks by the circuit and district overseers in Lethbridge warning that anyone who suggested the religion’s Governing Body had made "lots of mistakes" about the issue was lying, "blaspheming the organization" and trying to destroy it. One overseer told an assembly: "Woe betide the man that would speak evil against the representatives of God. He may become like Miriam and stricken with leprosy and he might lose his life." Another overseer said those who suggested the Governing Body were wrong were "unrighteous people" who would die at God's judgment day. Author James Beverley observed: "It is not often that preachers use the threat of leprosy to keep the flock in line." He said most informed Witnesses in Lethbridge would have guessed that the comments were directed chiefly against Penton.[6]
Penton resigned as an elder in December 1979, but a day later withdrew the resignation. He received a one-page reply to his letter from the society's headquarters in January 1980 that urged him to adjust his viewpoint or remain silent.
Despite his protests that he was the subject of a witch hunt and injustice[3] because of expressing his view about a religion he had once hailed as a "champion of free speech", Penton was disfellowshipped, or expelled, from Jehovah's Witnesses on the grounds of apostasy in February 1981.[7] His expulsion triggered a schism among Lethbridge Witnesses, as 80 supporters–about a quarter of all local members–severed ties or were expelled from the religion.[8][1] The events surrounding his expulsion gained widespread media attention including national television coverage[9] and were the subject of a 1986 book, Crisis of Allegiance, by James A. Beverley, an assistant professor at Atlantic Baptist College in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Books[edit]
While still a member, he wrote Jehovah’s Witnesses in Canada: Champions of Freedom of Speech and Worship (1976), a history of the religion's struggle for religious freedom under Canadian law, in which he claimed that much of the political and theological attacks on the Watch Tower Society had been grossly unfair. He subsequently appeared on a national current affairs television program in Canada defending the religion's doctrines and denying its leaders were guilty of false prophecy.[10] The book gained brief mentions in the society's magazine The Watchtower (quoting a Toronto Star review) and three years later in a Yearbook article about the Witnesses' history in Canada, although Penton later wrote that he found it curious that the society refused to quote directly from it or otherwise mention it in publications or conventions. "As a result," he wrote, "some Witnesses manifested direct hostility towards it. On occasions I was openly criticized by particularly narrow Witnesses with 'trying to make money on the brothers' or 'trying to make a big fellow out of myself'."[11]
He began work on Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses soon afterwards, but halted his research and writing in 1979 after developing concerns over what he viewed as a growing punitive response of the religion's leadership to doctrinal dissent from within its ranks.[2] He resumed work on the book after his expulsion and it was published in 1985. In 2004 he published Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution, which highlights what he claims are discrepancies between the religion's official history of its opposition to Nazism during World War II and documented facts.[12] He has edited two journals, written five articles about Jehovah's Witnesses and also wrote the Canadian Encyclopedia's entry about the religion.[13]
Published works[edit]
1976: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Canada: Champions of Freedom of Speech and Worship. (Macmillan, Toronto. ISBN 0-7705-1340-9)
1997: Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. (University of Toronto Press, Toronto. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3.)
2004: Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution. (University of Toronto Press, Toronto. ISBN 0-8020-8678-0.)
References[edit]
1.^ a b c Edwards, Linda (2001). A Brief Guide to Beliefs. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. p. 440. ISBN 0-664-22259-5.
2.^ a b Penton, M.J. (1997). "Preface". Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802079732.
3.^ a b Beverley, James A. (1986). "Appendix, letter 2". Crisis of Allegiance. Burlington, Ontario: Welch Publishing Company. ISBN 0-920413-37-4.
4.^ Beverley 1986, Appendix, p. 29
5.^ Beverley 1986, Appendix, letter 1
6.^ Beverley 1986, pp. 21, 33
7.^ Beverley 1986, pp. 22, 32, 71
8.^ Beverley 1986, p. 67
9.^ Beverley 1986, p. 12
10.^ Beverley 1986, p. 11
11.^ Penton, M.J. (1997). Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. p. 359, footnote 28. ISBN 9780802079732.
12.^ Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich, Amazon.com.
13.^ "Jehovah's Witnesses", Canadian Encyclopedia.
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Maureen Mwanawasa
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Maureen Mwanawasa is the widow of former Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa and former First Lady of Zambia.
Biography[edit source]
As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,[1] but following her husband's death, did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the election. She, however, did suddenly clash against Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front when he came to pay respects to her at her husband's funeral, resulting in Sata being forced off the premises.[2][3]
She is the immediate past president of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS, and founded the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. She was also the joint owner of Mwanawasa & Company, her husband's law firm, until he entered into politics and left his private practice.
Mwanawasa was a Jehovah's Witness, but in 2001 she was excommunicated for being actively involved in politics.[4]
References[edit source]
1.^ Mumba, Brainwave R. (November 26, 2007). "How The G Factor May Help The MMD Should Maureen Mwanawasa Run". The Zambian Chronicle. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
2.^ Shacinda, Shapi (August 26, 2008). "First lady chases Sata from funeral …". The Zambian Chronicle (source: Reuters). Retrieved 4 November 2010.
3.^ "Zambia's mourning turns political". BBC Online. BBC News. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
4.^ "Zambia: Jehovah's Witnesses Excommunicate Maureen Mwanawasa", allafrica.com, 2001-12-18.
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Dave Mustaine
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Mustaine performing with Megadeth at the No Sleep Til Festival in Perth (2010)
Background information
Birth name
David Scott Mustaine
Born
September 13, 1961 (age 51)
La Mesa, California, United States
Genres
Heavy metal, thrash metal, speed metal, hard rock
Occupations
Musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor, author, talent manager
Instruments
Guitar, vocals, bass, piano, keyboards
Years active
1978–2002 2004–present
Labels
Loud, Combat, Capitol, Sanctuary, Roadrunner
Associated acts
Megadeth, Metallica, MD.45
Website
www.megadeth.com
Notable instruments
Jackson King V Signature model
ESP DV8 Signature model
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David Scott "Dave" Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the founding guitarist/vocalist of the American heavy metal band Megadeth, and as the original lead guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica.
Contents
[hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life
1.2 Career 1.2.1 Panic
1.2.2 Metallica
1.2.3 Fallen Angels
1.2.4 Megadeth
1.3 The 1990s
1.4 The 2000s
1.5 The 2010s
1.6 Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
2 Gigantour
3 Equipment
4 Gear 4.1 Guitars
4.2 Amps
4.3 Other effects/rack equipment
4.4 Guitar Rig and signal flow
5 Guitar playing
6 Personal life 6.1 Coffee line
6.2 Christianity
6.3 Politics 6.3.1 Criticism of Barack Obama and 2012 U.S. Presidential election
6.4 Martial arts
7 Cameo appearances
8 See also
9 References
10 Bibliography
11 External links
Biography[edit source]
Early life[edit source]
Dave Mustaine was born in La Mesa, California, to Emily and John Mustaine. His mother is Jewish[1] but Dave was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness.[2] By the age of 17, Mustaine had rented his own apartment and was surviving financially by dealing drugs.[3] One of his clients, Willow[citation needed], was often short of cash, but worked in a record store, so in return for drugs, she offered albums by artists such as AC/DC, Motörhead and Judas Priest in trade,[3] which helped form his taste in heavy metal. In the 1970s, Mustaine began playing piano and later electric guitar, most notably a B.C. Rich and joined a band known as Panic for a short time.
Career[edit source]
Panic[edit source]
Panic was Mustaine's first band. The lineup was Mike Leftwych on drums, Bob Evans on bass, Tom Quecke on guitar, Pat Voeks as the vocalist and Dave Mustaine was the lead guitarist. Both Mike Leftwych and the sound man were killed in a car crash after Panic's first show.[4]
Metallica[edit source]
In 1981, Mustaine left Panic to join Metallica as the lead guitarist. Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich had posted an ad in a local newspaper, The Recycler, looking for a lead guitarist. In his own words, Mustaine remembers his first meeting with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich: "I was in the room warming up and I walked out and asked, 'Well, am I gonna audition or what?', and they said, 'No, you've got the job.' I couldn't believe how easy it had been and suggested that we get some beer to celebrate."[5]
Mustaine's membership in Metallica lasted less than two years. Brian Slagel, owner of Metal Blade Records, recalls in an interview: "Dave was an incredibly talented guy but he also had an incredibly large problem with alcohol and drugs. He'd get wasted and become a real crazy person, a raging megalomaniac, and the other guys just couldn't deal with that after a while. I mean, they all drank of course, but Dave drank more... much more. I could see they were beginning to get fed up of seeing Dave drunk out of his mind all the time."[6]
On one occasion, Mustaine brought his dog to rehearsal; the dog jumped onto the car of Metallica bassist Ron McGovney and scratched the paint. Hetfield allegedly yelled at Mustaine's dog and kicked it in anger, to which Mustaine responded by physically attacking Hetfield and McGovney and verbally abusing Ulrich. Mustaine was fired following the altercation, but the next day, Mustaine asked to be allowed back in the band and was granted his request. Another incident occurred when Mustaine, who had been drinking, poured a full can of beer down the neck and into the pick-ups of Ron McGovney's bass. When McGovney tried playing it, he received an electrical shock, which he claims 'blew him across the room and shocked the hell out of him'. McGovney then told Mustaine and Hetfield to leave his house and left the band shortly after.
On April 11, 1983, after Metallica had driven to New York to record their debut album, Mustaine was officially fired from the band because of his alcoholism, drug abuse, overly aggressive behavior, and personality clashes with founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, an incident Mustaine refers to as "no warning, no second chance". The band packed up Dave's gear, drove him to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and put him on a Greyhound bus bound for Los Angeles.[5] It was on this bus ride that Mustaine scribbled some lyrical ideas on the back of a hand bill, which would later become the song "Set the World Afire" from the 1988 Megadeth album So Far, So Good... So What!
During his time in Metallica, Dave Mustaine toured with the band, co-wrote four songs that appeared on Kill Em All, and co-wrote two songs that would eventually appear on Ride the Lightning. Mustaine has also made unverified claims to have written parts of "Leper Messiah" from Master of Puppets.[5] He also recorded several songs with the band including the No Life 'Til Leather demo tape. A few of the songs he wrote with Hetfield and Ulrich went on to be re-recorded by Metallica. The most well-known of these is "The Four Horsemen" from Kill 'Em All, which Mustaine wrote as "The Mechanix" and later released on Megadeth's debut album with the original lyrics as "Mechanix".[citation needed]
Fallen Angels[edit source]
Fallen Angels was the name of the short-lived band that Mustaine founded after his departure from Metallica. In April 1983, after returning to California to live with his mother, he landed what he calls his first real job with the aid of Robbie McKinney. McKinney and a friend, Matt Kisselstein, worked with Mustaine as telemarketers. Mustaine quit his job after earning enough money to move to an apartment in Hollywood, and recruited McKinney, who played guitar, and Kisselstein, who played bass, for his band Fallen Angels.[7] In his biography, Mustaine describes that "We lacked the chemistry, the energy, the spark—or whatever you want to call it—that gives a band life in its infancy."[7] The partnership did not last.[7]
This paved the way for his partnership for Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt. Ellefson was playing the opening bass line of Van Halen's 'Running with the Devil' in the apartment below Mustaine's.[8] After stomping on the floor and shouting for them to stop, Mustaine, being hung over at the time, took a potted plant and threw it out of his window and hit the air conditioner of the apartment below.[8] This resulted in the 2 coming up to Mustaine's apartment to ask for cigarettes. Mustaine replied "There's a store on the corner" and slammed the door in their faces.[8] A few minutes later, they knocked on the door, this time asking if he could buy them beer.[9] Mustaine's reply: 'Ok, now you are talking'. They spent the night talking about music, and soon after, Mustaine, Ellefson and Handevidt were then bandmates.
With little confidence in his own vocal capabilities, Mustaine added 'Lor' Kane (real name Lawrence Renna) to the Fallen Angels roster. Kane did not stay long, although is credited for the suggestion that they should change the name to Megadeth, knowing that Mustaine had written a song of the same name.[10] After Kane left, the first of many drummers, Dijon Carruthers, joined the band. The lineup of Mustaine, Ellefson, Handevidt and Carruthers would be the first incarnation of Megadeth.[11]
Megadeth[edit source]
Main article: Megadeth
After a series of unsuccessful vocalist auditions, Mustaine elected to take on vocal duties himself in addition to playing lead guitar. In 1984, Megadeth cut a three-song demo with drummer Lee Raush, who replaced Carruthers after Mustaine and Ellefson decided they couldn't trust him. Carruthers had chosen to hide his black heritage from them by claiming he was Spanish, and they couldn't understand why he would deceive them since they weren't racist.[12] Kerry King joined the band for a few shows; however, he opted to leave Megadeth after less than a week so he could continue working on his own band, Slayer. Jazz-influenced drummer Gar Samuelson replaced Raush, who left after Mustaine convinced him to play with a broken foot.[11] Megadeth recorded a demo as a three-piece band, which captured the attention of guitarist Chris Poland, also a jazz player and a friend of Samuelson, who subsequently joined the band.[13] In November, the band signed a deal with Combat Records and began touring.
In May 1985, Megadeth released their first album, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, on Combat Records. That summer, the band toured the U.S. and Canada with Exciter. Guitarist Mike Albert replaced Chris Poland for a while because Poland was charged for possession of heroin. After Poland was released, he rejoined the band in October and the band then began recording their second studio album for Combat. On New Year's Eve of that year, Megadeth played in San Francisco with Exodus and Metal Church. Metallica was the headliner. This was the only time Megadeth and Metallica were on the same card, until 1991.
In 1986, after recording Killing Is My Business..., Mustaine approached Jackson Guitars for a custom-built guitar. Jackson modified their existing Jackson King V model for Mustaine by adding 2 more frets to the standard 22 fret King V. In the 1990s the company began mass-producing a Dave Mustaine signature series Jackson King V, which continued into the early 2000s. This model uses Seymour Duncan SH-4 pickups, also known as TB-4 pickups.
The following year, major label Capitol Records signed Megadeth and obtained the rights to their second album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, from Combat. Megadeth opened a U.S. tour with King Diamond and Motörhead. This album, released in November, is regarded as a landmark metal album. It produced the notable title track (the opening bass lick of which was used by "MTV News" segments) as well as the thrash anthem "Wake Up Dead". The videos for both songs became staples on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.
In February 1987, Megadeth opened for Alice Cooper on his Constrictor tour. The band also toured with King Diamond whose previous band, Mercyful Fate, were a huge influence on Megadeth. In March, Megadeth's first world tour began in the U.K. Mustaine and Ellefson guested on the band Malice's License To Kill album. Megadeth re-recorded "These Boots" for the soundtrack to the film "Dudes", and that summer went on tour with Overkill and Necros. Amid drug problems and suspicions of stealing the band's equipment and pawning it for drug money, Mustaine fired Poland and Samuelson after their last show in Hawaii.
Chuck Behler, who had been Samuelson's drum tech, became Megadeth's new drummer with a guitarist named Jeff Young replacing Poland. Megadeth released their third album, So Far, So Good... So What!, in January 1988. The album contains the song "In My Darkest Hour", which, according to the liner notes of So Far, So Good... So What!, was composed after the death of Metallica's bass player Cliff Burton, despite the lyrics having nothing to do with Burton. "Hook in Mouth" attacked the Parents Music Resource Center with gusto, although their cover of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK", despite a guest appearance from ex-Pistol Steve Jones, was ill-advised in the eyes of Allmusic's critic.
Later that year, Megadeth opened for Dio and then Iron Maiden on tour before playing the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in the U.K. with Kiss, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, David Lee Roth, and Helloween. Shortly after, Mustaine fired Behler and Young, accusing Young of having thoughts of a relationship with Mustaine's then-girlfriend. Around this period, Mustaine produced the debut album from Seattle thrash band Sanctuary, called Refuge Denied.
Nick Menza, who was Chuck Behler's drum tech, joined Megadeth in 1989, and the band recorded their only track ever as a three-piece: a cover of Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" for the Wes Craven-directed horror flick, Shocker. Video director Penelope Spheeris would later recount in the Megadeth episode of Behind The Music that Mustaine showed up to the video shoot so fried on heroin and other drugs that he could not sing and play guitar at the same time; therefore, the singing and playing had to be recorded separately. Mustaine was arrested for "impaired driving" that March with seven or more drugs in his system and was forced by authorities to enter a rehabilitation program (the first of his 17 visits to rehabilitation centers).
The 1990s[edit source]
In February 1990, guitarist Marty Friedman (formerly of Cacophony) was auditioned to fill in the vacant lead-guitar position. In September of that year, the band joined the "Clash of the Titans" tour overseas with Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies and Testament. The tour began one month before Megadeth released Rust in Peace (1990), which continued their commercial success. They then went back on the road to promote the new album, this time as support for Judas Priest.
Megadeth started off 1991 by performing for 145,000 people at Rock In Rio before starting their own world tour with Alice in Chains as their special guest. Mustaine got married in April, the same month the Rusted Pieces home video was released. That summer, the Clash of the Titans tour hit the U.S., featuring Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, with Alice in Chains taking the opening slot. Later that year, the Megadeth song "Go to Hell" was featured on the soundtrack to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey.
Also in 1991, Mustaine collaborated with Sean Harris from Diamond Head on the track "Crown of Worms". (Mustaine would later appear on Diamond Head's reformation album Death and Progress.) Mustaine's wife, Pamela, gave birth to their son Justis on February 11, 1992. The band was featured on another soundtrack, this time for Super Mario Bros. with the song "Breakpoint". July saw the release of Megadeth's most commercially successful record: Countdown to Extinction. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and boasted some the band's most commercially successful songs, including "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets" and "Skin o' My Teeth". The original version of the "Symphony of Destruction" video was edited due to its depiction of a political leader being assassinated; "Skin o' My Teeth" was aired on MTV with a disclaimer from Mustaine insisting that the song did not endorse suicide. Ellefson contributed lyrics to the family-farm ballad "Foreclosure of a Dream", and Menza wrote the lyrics about canned hunting for the title track. This album began a new, more "collaborative" Megadeth.
Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies opened for Megadeth on the Countdown to Extinction tour. MTV News invited Mustaine to cover the Democratic National Convention for them that summer. In November, the "Exposure of a Dream" home video was released. In 1993, Mustaine guested on a new album by one of the bands who had influenced his own sound: Diamond Head. Megadeth began a U.S. tour with Stone Temple Pilots as their opening act. This tour, including a planned appearance at Budokan, was ultimately canceled due to Mustaine's continuing struggles with addiction. In June, Megadeth played Milton Keynes Bowl with Diamond Head and Metallica and later opened for Metallica on a handful of European Stadium dates. Megadeth was kicked off Aerosmith's U.S. tour after just seven dates due to the comment made by Mustaine that "We don't have much time to play because Aerosmith don't have much time left to live." was deemed offensive to Aerosmith. "Angry Again" was featured on the soundtrack to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, while "99 Ways To Die" was featured on The Beavis and Butt-head Experience compilation album.
Megadeth spent the bulk of 1994 making Youthanasia, a much more commercial album undoubtedly inspired in part by the success of Countdown to Extinction. The band covered Black Sabbath's song "Paranoid" for Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath and performed on MTV's "Night of the Living Megadeth" in celebration of the Halloween release of their new album. They began a tour the next month in South America. Youthanasia became the quickest album to go gold (500,000 units) in Canadian history and sold well throughout the world. It was an album that showed a more melodic side to the band with tracks such as "À Tout le Monde". The album also included "Train of Consequences", the music video for which became one of the band's most well-known.
Another soundtrack appearance, "Diadems" on Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, kicked off 1995. Megadeth spent the first two months of the year on the "Youthanasia" tour with Corrosion of Conformity in tow. In March, the Hidden Treasures compilation hit European stores. The "Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia" home video followed in May, and Hidden Treasures made it to the U.S. and Japan in July, just in time for the start of the "Reckoning Day" tour with special guests Flotsam and Jetsam, Korn and Fear Factory. In September the band performed at the "Monsters of Rock" festival in South America, Peru.
A Grammy nomination for "Paranoid" began 1996 for Megadeth. Enlisting Fear singer Lee Ving, Mustaine released an album under the moniker "MD.45" with Suicidal Tendencies drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. In September, Megadeth returned to the studio, this time in Nashville, TN, to record Cryptic Writings.
Cryptic Writings (1997) included thrashing songs like "Vortex" and "FFF"—reminiscent of Megadeth's older material—alongside radio-friendly fare like "Trust", the song that put Megadeth on the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Billboard, earning them many spins at rock radio. Megadeth.com launched that year, and in June, the reformed Misfits opened for the band on tour. Chaos Comics released "The Cryptic Writings of Megadeth" comic books, and a remix of "Almost Honest" showed up on the "Mortal Kombat Annihilation" soundtrack. The first ever all-acoustic Megadeth performance in Buenos Aires, Argentina closed out the year in December.
Mustaine's daughter, Electra Mustaine, was born on January 28, 1998, the same month that "Trust" was nominated for a Grammy. Megadeth played on the Howard Stern Show and that summer took part in Ozzfest[citation needed]. As Nick Menza sat in the hospital side-lined by a knee injury, he received a call from Mustaine informing him that his services would no longer be needed. Jimmy DeGrasso, who Mustaine had enjoyed playing with in MD.45, joined Megadeth in his place. On New Year's Eve, Megadeth opened for Black Sabbath alongside Soulfly, Slayer, and Pantera.
While touring after Cryptic Writings, Mustaine told interviewers that songs like "She-Wolf" and "Vortex" had reinvigorated his love for classic music by bands like Iron Maiden and Motörhead, and that he intended to write an album that was "1/2 Peace Sells, 1/2 Cryptic Writings"; however, after hearing about a comment that Lars Ulrich had made in the press in which he said he wished Mustaine would take more "risks", intentions changed. Managers and producers had more input. The song "Crush 'Em" was written with the express purpose of being played in wrestling arenas. In later years, Mustaine would blame much of this period on Friedman's desire to go in a more "pop" direction. Recorded with producer Dann Huff, again in Nashville, Risk was released on August 31, 1999. "Crush 'Em" made it onto the Universal Soldier: The Return soundtrack and into WCW wrestling events (notably played live on Monday Nitro). In July, the band covered "Never Say Die" for a second Black Sabbath tribute. They closed the Woodstock '99 music festival and again opened for Iron Maiden in Europe. There were few other highlights in the Megadeth world in 1999, a year that ended with Marty Friedman announcing his departure from the band.
The 2000s[edit source]
As the tour behind Risk soldiered on, Al Pitrelli replaced Friedman on the road. In April, the new lineup entered the studio to begin work on a new album a couple of months before they officially parted ways with Capitol Records. The summer was spent on the road with Anthrax and Mötley Crüe. Capitol released a "best of" collection in the fall, Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, featuring two brand new (and more metal-leaning) songs, "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" was one of the brand new songs and appeared on the next studio album the following year. With a new deal in place with Sanctuary Records, Megadeth returned to the studio toward the end of the year to finish their album and on New Year's Eve, played a show in Anchorage, Alaska.
An acoustic tour sponsored by radio stations, a press tour, and a video shoot for the song "Moto Psycho" all preceded the May 2001 release of The World Needs A Hero. The summer was filled with festival appearances supporting AC/DC. In September, Megadeth set out across North America with Endo and Iced Earth. VH1's "Behind The Music" special on Megadeth aired that year and was later released on DVD. At the end of the year, the band filmed two shows in Arizona, which were released as the 2CD and DVD Rude Awakening. The early part of 2002 saw the release of a remixed and re-mastered Killing Is My Business... with bonus tracks and expanded packaging, followed by Rude Awakening.
In January 2002, Mustaine was admitted to the hospital to get a kidney stone removed. While undergoing treatment, he was administered pain medication that triggered a relapse. Following his hospital stay, he immediately checked himself into a treatment center in Texas.[14] While at the treatment center, Mustaine suffered a freak injury causing severe nerve damage to his left arm. The injury, induced by falling asleep with his left arm over the back of a chair, caused compression of the radial nerve. He was diagnosed with radial neuropathy, also known as Saturday Night Palsy, which left him unable to grasp or even make a fist with his left hand.[15]
On April 3, 2002, Mustaine announced in a press release that he was disbanding Megadeth, officially due to his arm injury.[15] For the next four months, Mustaine underwent intense physical therapy five days a week.[14] Slowly, Mustaine began to play again, but was forced to "re-teach" his left hand.
Mustaine himself gave what he called "the Reader's Digest version" of the whole matter during an interview for SuicideGirls: "I went into retirement because my arm got hurt really bad. I broke up the band which at the time was Al Pitrelli, Dave Ellefson, Jimmy DeGrasso, and myself. I was having problems with Al because he liked to drink, and we didn't want to show up at places with him drunk. Al also got married to a nice woman, but he wanted to spend time with her. After a few years, most married men are willing to die, so I figured if we got a couple years into the marriage that might have changed. But the fact was, Al wasn't fitting. DeGrasso was really hard to be around because he was so negative all the time with his complaining about money and wanting things. Ellefson was all about 'play my songs, play my songs.' I hated being around these guys so when the arm injury happened, it was a welcome relief and an indication that I had to stop."[16]
Mustaine went through physical therapy for his arm injury. During his recovery, he explored other areas of the music industry, including production. Contrary to what doctors had predicted, within a short time he fully recovered. However, all was mostly quiet on the Megadeth front for the better part of 2003. Mustaine left Jackson guitars, did a solo acoustic performance at a benefit show, unveiled his new ESP model at the NAMM convention, and oversaw the release of Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? as an audio DVD presented in Dolby 5.1 surround.
At the same time, Mustaine's personal life once again underwent change. It was during this period that Mustaine became a Christian. He expressed his intent to withdraw from a show in Greece that had Rotting Christ and Dissection opening for Megadeth.[17][18] Mustaine told The Daily Times during a recent interview, his own world was already shattered, and becoming a Christian was the one way he's found to put the pieces back together. "I went back to being a Jehovah's Witness, but I wasn't happy with that." He later said in an interview, "Looking up at the cross, I said six simple words, 'What have I got to lose?' Afterwards my whole life has changed. It's been hard, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Rather go my whole life believing that there is a God and find out there isn't than live my whole life thinking there isn't a God and then find out, when I die, that there is."[19] Mustaine also considers his talent a gift from God. "To be the No. 1 rated guitar player in the world is a gift from God and I'm stoked about it, but I think Christ is better than I am, anyway," he said. "Either way, I don't put too much earthly merit on it."[19]
In 2004 Mustaine oversaw the remixing and re-mastering of Megadeth's entire Capitol Records catalog. All albums were re-released with bonus tracks and full liner notes. With one album remaining in his contract to Sanctuary Records, Mustaine began recording what he intended to be the first Dave Mustaine solo album with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and bassist Jimmy Sloas. Complete with guest solos from old friend Chris Poland, this project became a new Megadeth album, The System Has Failed, released September 14, 2004. One month before, Mustaine announced a new touring lineup for Megadeth: Glen Drover (King Diamond/Eidolon) and James MacDonough (Iced Earth). Nick Menza had briefly been a part of the new band before differences once again caused his departure. One week before a new US tour with Exodus supporting, new drummer (and Glen's brother) Shawn Drover (Eidolon) joined Megadeth.
Dave Mustaine at a Gigantour show in Orlando, FL.
The "Blackmail The Universe" tour started in February 2005 with Diamond Head and Dungeon supporting. Capitol released a new greatest hits, Back to the Start, in June, a month before Mustaine created "Gigantour" with Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Symphony X, Dillinger Escape Plan, Life of Agony, and more. During 2005 Gigantour Mustaine brought a "spiritual counselor" to help him avoid the problems that almost cost him his life due to his prior drug addictions. The Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato stated: "He had a pastor walking around with him on tour and riding on his bus, I think to help keep him on the straight and narrow path."[20]
Arsenal of Megadeth, a two-disc anthology DVD, was released in March 2006. Bass player James LoMenzo (Black Label Society, White Lion) replaced James MacDonough in February shortly before the band headed to the Dubai Desert Rock Festival in the United Arab Emirates. On April 19, the band began recording a new album, United Abominations, at SARM studios in the UK (David Gilmour's house), they announced a worldwide deal with Roadrunner Records in May 2006. United Abominations was released worldwide on May 15, 2007. However, the album had already been leaked before its release. On January 13, 2008, Dave Mustaine confirmed that guitarist Glen Drover had quit Megadeth to focus on his family and that he had been replaced by Chris Broderick of Jag Panzer. The new lineup made its live debut in Finland on February 4 and returned to the US for Gigantour 2008 in the spring.[21] A 12th studio album titled Endgame was released on September 15, 2009.
Mustaine planned to open Megadeth's California recording studio to under-privileged children to teach them about rock 'n' roll. The band owns a building in San Diego, California, which has housed their recording equipment over the years. In an interview with Kerrang, Mustaine wanted to make better use of the studio by turning the space into a learning center for children who come from under-privileged backgrounds. He also said he vowed to teach them how to play instruments.[22]
The 2010s[edit source]
Longtime bassist, David Ellefson has recently re-joined Megadeth after 8 years since the disbanding of Megadeth in 2002. Ellefson and Mustaine have agreed to keep any unresolved issues in the past and are working on building and maintaining their friendship again. Since this time Ellefson has gone on to say that he feels that "that having that time away created a realization for both of us that while we are both productive individually, Megadeth is definitely stronger with both of us in it together."[23]
Megadeth embarked on a Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary tour, playing the album in its entirety, along with fan favorites such as "Wake Up Dead", "In My Darkest Hour" and "Skin O' My Teeth".
On June 16 for the first time ever "The Big Four" (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) of thrash played together on the same stage in Warsaw, Poland. The same event happened in various other countries like Switzerland, U.K, U.S, Greece, Germany, Sweden and ended in the Yankee stadium of New York City on September 14, 2011.
On August 3, 2010, Mustaine released his autobiography in the US, titled "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir". The book covers Mustaine's life from childhood till shortly before the release of the 2009 Megadeth album "Endgame". The book was released in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand titled "Mustaine: A Life in Metal".
On November 16, 2010, Mustaine revealed that he and Megadeth were working on material for a new album. At the time of the statement, they had "five songs almost finished".
On December 10, 2011, Mustaine reunited on stage with Metallica to play five songs as part of band's 30 year anniversary celebration at the Fillmore Theater.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock[edit source]
Dave Mustaine composed the song "Sudden Death" for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock under the name of his band. The game also features two additional Megadeth titles, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "This Day We Fight!". Megadeth downloadable content is also available; the tracks "Hangar 18", "Symphony of Destruction" and "Peace Sells" can be purchased.
Gigantour[edit source]
In the summer of 2005, Mustaine launched a travelling North American metal festival. He named it Gigantour after a favorite childhood cartoon of his, Gigantor. It spanned six weeks and was co-headlined by Megadeth and Dream Theater, with a variety of other supporting metal acts such as Fear Factory and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Mustaine has been quoted as saying that his main intention when conceiving the tour was to bring the American metal audiences an eclectic and affordable alternative to Ozzfest.
The second annual Gigantour began in September 2006 and was composed of Megadeth, Lamb of God, Opeth, and Arch Enemy. The second stage bands were Overkill, Into Eternity, Sanctity, and The Smash Up.
The 2007 Gigantour featured Bring Me the Horizon, Static-X, DevilDriver, and Lacuna Coil along with Megadeth. Megadeth appeared on their first tour to India, Bangalore in March 2008.
The 2008 installment of the tour featured Megadeth, Children of Bodom, In Flames, High on Fire, and Job for a Cowboy (and Evile for the UK and Scandinavia tour).[24]
Megadeth Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego (from the Gigantour 2008) premiered on HDNet Sunday November 2 at 8PMET in high definition and 5.1 audio (Repeats check www.hd.net)
In November 2011, it was announced the Gigantour would start up again. The lineup consists of Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, and Lacuna Coil. The tour kicked off at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ on Jan 26, 2012.
Equipment[edit source]
A KV1, same model played by Mustaine before the Y2KV was created.
Mustaine used B.C. Rich guitars early in his career (and for his entire duration with Metallica), most notably a B.C. Rich Bich 10 string with just the regular six strings. First the guitar started in a natural finish, but Dave painted it black around the time 'Peace Sells' was released. In 1987 he switched to Jackson guitars.
In March 2009, while he was guest hosting Bruce Dickinson's Friday night radio show, Mustaine attributed his choice of the Flying V guitar to being a fan of UFO's Michael Schenker when he was growing up.
After switching to Jackson Guitars he helped to re-design the guitar maker's version of the King V model (at the time, it was a "double Rhoads size" meaning it had two of the longer fins from the RR). The reshaped Mustaine KV1 model had slightly shorter fins, Kahler bridge and Seymour Duncan JB (SH-4b) and Jazz (SH-2n) pickups. He also specified 24 frets rather than the original King V's 22, a tradition that Jackson still keeps on its King V models today, and the KV1, as have all of Mustaine's signature models, also featured a smaller, medium fretwire compared to the extra jumbos featured on most Jacksons.
Mustaine later switched to ESP Guitars. The company released the DV8 signature model in the 2004 NAMM convention also at which time Mustaine announced his ESP endorsement deal. In 2005, Mustaine and ESP teamed up to release the ESP Axxion, (pronounced Action), in order to celebrate Megadeth's 20th anniversary.(the XX in Axxion and the fretboard inlays being the number 20 in Roman numerals) The ESP Axxion and ESP DV8 were both successful and cheaper models such as the LTD-DV8 R, LTD DV200 and the LTD Axxion were released to target a bigger market.
Dave Mustaine with his Dean VMNT USA Gears of War guitar, during the United Abominations tour
However, on December 6, 2006, Dave Mustaine announced that he was leaving ESP guitars and shifting his endorsement to Dean Guitars. His new signature guitar was revealed during NAMM Show on January 19, 2007. The signature guitar is called the Dean VMNT. The V-shaped guitar is very similar to his earlier Jackson and ESP Signature models. The release campaign of the VMNT had a limited copy of only 150 in the world and are signed by Dave Mustaine. This was posted on the website.
"After two successful years, I have decided to leave ESP guitars. This was a business decision and had nothing to do with the guitars or the manufacturing of the guitars, and I wish the staff of ESP, both in the USA and in Japan and Korea the very best of health and prosperity. Meanwhile, I am taking my Classic Metal V known formerly as a Jackson King V1 or an ESP DV8, and my new guitar design presently known as an Axxion, which was the recipient of the Gold Award from Guitar World Magazine for 2005 for new guitar designs with me. I will also be re-introducing through my new endorsement many special models, including re-issues of my old models from over the span of my career, as well as some retro V shapes, similar to the formerly known Jackson Y2KV or a Gibson Flying V. I will make my announcement and be attending the 2007 NAMM show to meet Megadeth fans and all metal fans, musicians of all styles-especially guitarists."
Dave Mustaine performing with Megadeth in Hartford, CT, with his Dean Zero.
Today he uses his signature models by Dean Guitars, the Dean VMNT and Zero. The USA models were available briefly in limited run after release, although the Korean and Chinese models are in continuous production. Mustaine uses the USA and Korean models on stage.
Dave Mustaine has also recently collaborated with Marshall in order to produce the 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinets. He is now using his signature Marshall cabinets on tour.
Dave Mustaine endorses Seymour Duncan and has his own Signature Live Wire pickups and uses Signature GHS Progressives Strings (10–52).
The Dean Zero debuted in 2010 with Dean guitars was a unique new shape for Dave, resembling the Gibson Explorer with sharper points. Dave has made a few appearances so far; with this guitar on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and on shows during the Australian tour with Slayer. He has also used the guitar in the later dates of the 2009 Endgame tour and continues to use it to this day. He says he primarily still uses his VMNT's so he can grab on to the lower horn with his legs for certain songs.[25]
Dave has also used Ovation acoustic guitars for most of his career. However, he stopped endorsing the company after receiving a signature acoustic from Dean, dubbed the Mako.[25][26] Dave also has his own signature Zoom pedal, called the Zoom G2.1DM.
Gear[edit source]
Guitars[edit source]
Dean Dave Mustaine Signature Dean VMNT or VMNT Double neck Models
Dean Dave Mustaine Signature Zero Models
Seymour Duncan Dave Mustaine Live Wire Pick Ups
Dunlop .73mm Picks
GHS Dave Mustaine Progressive Strings 10–52
Dean Guitars Dean Dave Mustaine Signature Mako Acoustic Models
Amps[edit source]
Fractal Audio Systems Fractal Audio Systems Axe-Fx II
Marshall JVM410 100W Amp Head
Fractal Axe FX Ultra Preamp
DigiTech GSP1101 Preamp
Marshall EL34 100/100 Dual Monobloc Power Amp
Marshall Dave Mustaine Signature 1960DM Cabinets With Celestion Speakers
Other effects/rack equipment[edit source]
Rocktron All Access Controller
Furman PL Plus Power Conditioner
Mogami Cables
Whirlwind MultiSelector
Shure UHF-R Wireless Guitar System
Ebtech Hum Eliminator
Rockman XP-100 (Used on SFSGSW)
Guitar Rig and signal flow[edit source]
A detailed gear diagram of Dave Mustaine's 2004 Megadeth guitar rig is well-documented.[27]
Guitar playing[edit source]
In 2004, Guitar World magazine ranked Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman together at No. 19 on the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.
In 2009, Mustaine was named the No. 1 player in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. As he told Classic Rock magazine in September 2009: "It was especially sweet when I found out that Joel has written books on Metallica. Every page I turned, I became more excited. I get to Number 5 and it's Kirk Hammett, and I thought, 'Thank you, God'. At that point it didn't matter [which position I was]. To be better than both of them [James Hetfield and Hammett] meant so much – it's been one of the pet peeves of my career and I've never known how to deal with it. All I thought was – I win!"
In an interview with James Hetfield in 2013, he said "I may have been a bit jealous of Dave when he was in Metallica; because he was a better guitarist than me. But that had nothing to do with why we fired him. We fired him because he was very violent and was always destroying hotel rooms. Also, he drank way more than what we did." [28]
Personal life[edit source]
Mustaine was married to Pamela Anne Casselberry in 1991.[29] They have a son named Justis David Mustaine and a daughter Electra Nicole Mustaine.[29] Mustaine recently[when?] confirmed to Eddie Trunk that after two trial separations, he and Pam had reconciled.[29]
Coffee line[edit source]
Mustaine helped promote his wife Pam's coffee business, Net Worth Coffee Brokers, by creating a Dave Mustaine line of coffee and associated items, with part of the proceeds going to Door of Faith charity. The bags featured his silhouette with a guitar and his signature. Among the items in the line were Dave Mustaine's Peruvian Blend coffee, Black Gold Blend coffee, Decaf coffee, Dave Mustaine's Perfect Tea Maker, a Barrel Mug, Travel Tumbler, and a Christmas T-shirt. Mustaine announced the line would be discontinued in August 2009, though his wife's business would continue.[30][31][32][33]
Christianity[edit source]
Mustaine was raised as a Jehovah's Witness[34] and is now a born again Christian.[35] In 1988, in response to the British government's criticism of homosexuality, Mustaine said: "More power to them. It says in the Bible that men should not lay with men like they lay with women. I mean I don't wanna fuck up and not go to heaven."[36] In an answer to a question about Judas Priest having an overt homosexual image, "I don't wanna talk about this. The last thing I need is a bunch of homos picketing us."[36] In 2012, on KIRO-FM he was asked if he supports gay marriage and replied: "Well, since I'm not gay, the answer to that would be no."[37][38] He was then asked if he would support legislation to make gay marriage legal and said, "I'm Christian. The answer to that would be no."[37]
Mustaine began to focus on his Christian faith more directly while attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.[35] Finding that the meetings were actually impeding his progress in sobriety and spirituality, Mustaine left to focus on Christianity on his own.[35] Through this process he became a committed Christian.[35] It has become his policy not to appear with any band that is seen as black metal or satanic, such as declining to appear in a music festival in Greece with the band Rotting Christ as well as in Israel with the band Dissection.[17] In these instances, Mustaine claims he requested that the bands not be kicked off the bill, but that Megadeth would step down and perform some other night.[35][17] However, the promoters actually removed the smaller bands from the billing rather than deal with rescheduling the headliner.[35]
Politics[edit source]
Over his career, Mustaine has made numerous comments about both American and international politics, criticizing both politicians and political issues. In addition, Mustaine covered the 1992 Democratic National Convention for MTV.[39]
In a confrontational 1988 interview with Sounds journalist Roy Wilkinson, Mustaine made derogatory comments about Mexicans, and stated that he would "build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in..." if he were President of the United States.[36]
In 1988, Mustaine caused a riot when Megadeth played a concert in Northern Ireland after he "unwittingly" expressed support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) regarding the problems between Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant communities.[40][41] This incident occurred amid a period of turmoil in the province known as the Troubles.
In 2009, Mustaine discussed the influence activist Alex Jones' films and ideas have had on him and his music.[42] Specifically, Mustaine said that he wrote the album Endgame based on Jones' film Endgame in order "to educate his fans and the general public about the conspiracy behind the march towards global government".[43]
Criticism of Barack Obama and 2012 U.S. Presidential election[edit source]
In the 2010s, Mustaine grew increasingly vocal in his support of many Republican figures and positions, which is a change from his politics during the George H. W. Bush administration, when Mustaine acted as a reporter for MTV News during the Democratic National Convention in 1992, and was seen as leaning to the political left, in light of the lyrics of "Foreclosure of a Dream".[44]
Mustaine has criticized several Democratic Party politicians. During the 2004 presidential campaign, Mustaine commented that he believed that John Kerry would "ruin our country".[45] In addition, Mustaine has made several comments critical of president Barack Obama, calling him "the most divisive president we've ever had" in 2011,[46] and commenting that he believed that Obama was born outside of the United States during a March 2012 interview on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.[47]
In an August 2012 Singapore performance on the tour to support the band's then-new album Thirteen, Mustaine expressed his views of President Obama and recent gun violence in the United States, making an accusation that Obama had staged the mass shooting in Aurora, CO and the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting in order to push a gun control agenda, while engaging the audience during onstage banter in between songs. Mustaine also criticized the 'Fast and Furious' arms scandal and said that the country looked like it was turning into "Nazi America."[48][49][50]
The comments drew much criticism. Entertainment news outlet TMZ showed footage of Mustaine's statements to a wounded Aurora massacre survivor, Carli Richards. Richards said he was being "absurd" and that his conspiracy theory shifted blame away from the shooter, noting that "[the president] didn't shoot me."[51][52] In response to the controversy over his comments Mustaine told radio host Alex Jones that his comments were done "In the heat of the moment." He also denied any intention to hurt anyone with his comments, but believed that the possibility of a conspiracy should still be looked into.[53]
In February 2012, Mustaine gave a statement supportive of the presidential campaign of former conservative Republican Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Mustaine commented on Santorum's "presidential qualities." Mustaine pointed to Santorum's temporary suspension of his campaign to be with his sick daughter as the act that gained his attention and respect. He expressed his hope that Santorum would win the nomination but stated that regardless of the results he would be voting against a second term for President Barack Obama. Mustaine also criticized other Republican presidential candidates. Mustaine was critical of a $100 million trust fund that Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney set up for his sons. He criticized Texas Congressman Ron Paul for his unorthodox political views saying Paul "make[s] total sense for a while, and then he'll say something so way out that it negates everything else". Mustaine also admitted that he once supported former Georgia Congressman and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, but that he no longer thought he could vote for him.[54][55]
Mustaine denied that his statement was intended as an endorsement of Santorum.[56]
Martial arts[edit source]
Dave Mustaine holds black belts in taekwondo and karate. In 2007, he was made a Goodwill Ambassador of the World by the World Taekwondo Federation.[57]
Cameo appearances[edit source]
Dave Mustaine has appeared on various television shows:
In 1992 Mustaine covered the Democratic National Convention for MTV. He also hosted the MTV2 Television Network's series Headbanger's Ball on two occasions: once on a tribute to Dimebag Darrell in December 2004 and the second time as a special guest on an episode that aired August 27, 2005. He also played the song "Gears of War" with Megadeth on an episode about the video game release under the same name.
Dave Mustaine makes an appearance on the 1998 The Drew Carey Show episode entitled "In Ramada Da Vida". When Drew and the gang decide to start a band, they audition guitarists, including Mustaine. After Mustaine plays a fast guitar solo, Lewis Kiniski tells him "Don't be nervous, son, just slow down," to which Mustaine replies, "It's supposed to sound that way." Drew replies by saying, "Yeah, sure it is ... next."[58]
In the 1996 Black Scorpion science fiction series episode "Love Burns" Mustaine plays Torchy Thompson, a vengeful arsonist.
Dave Mustaine and Megadeth appear in the Duck Dodgers 2006 episode "In Space, Nobody can Hear you Rock/Ridealong Calamity", the second-to-last episode of the series.[58] In the show, Mustaine plays a cryogenically frozen version of himself. He is unfrozen because the main cast requires an incredibly loud noise to overload a Martian sonic weapon, and "nobody rocks harder, faster, or louder than Dave Mustaine." He is referred to by a documentary as being "genetically engineered to rock and raised by wolverines", though Mustaine denied these theories. During this episode he played the song "Back in the Day" from the album The System Has Failed. Mustaine appeared again in the show in the final episode, Bonafide Hero: Captain Duck Dodgers.
Mustaine appeared on the second episode of season 8 on the television show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Mustaine and Megadeth appeared in promotional videos for the NHL team Philadelphia Flyers in response to an inflammatory comment by Mike Wise in The Washington Post that suggested that some of the Flyers' fans could work security for Megadeth.[59] Mustaine invited them to do so. Megadeth all wore Flyers' jerseys. Mustaine sported the one of team captain Jason Smith, while other members wore the jerseys of Danny Brière, Martin Biron and Mike Richards.
Mustaine appeared in an episode of Rock & Roll Jeopardy! along with George Clinton and Moon Zappa. He won the game in a landslide victory.
See also[edit source]
Megadeth discography
MD.45
Gigantour
References[edit source]
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2.^ Bresky, Ben (August 8, 2005). Megadeth Play Israel. Megadeth Interviews. Megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl. Retrieved on May 13, 2013.
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7.^ a b c Layden, p. 103
8.^ a b c Layden, p. 105
9.^ Layden, p. 106
10.^ Layden, p. 108
11.^ a b Layden
12.^ Layden, p. 109
13.^ Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good remastered liner notes
14.^ a b Epstein, Dan (August 2003). "Die Another Day". Guitar World. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
15.^ a b "Megadeth Disbands Press Release". Megadeth's Official website. 2006. Retrieved November 15, 2006.
16.^ Daniel Robert Epstein (September 14, 2004). "Megadeth – Dave Mustaine". SuicideGirls.com. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
17.^ a b c "Dave Mustaine vs. Satanic Bands". ultimate-guitar.com. May 9, 2005.
18.^ "Rotting Christ interview at". Tartareandesire.com. September 22, 2005. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
19.^ a b Wildsmith, Steve (November 19, 2009). "ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIER: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine talks of his spiritual reinvention".
20.^ "Dave Mustaine takes a Pastor on tour". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 21, 2005.
21.^ "Press Release". Megadeth.com. January 14, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
22.^ "Dave Mustaine to Open School of Rock". ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
23.^ "ThePOGG Interviews – Dave Ellefson – Founding member of Megadeth". Retrieved November 6, 2012.
24.^ "Gigantour 2008 lineup". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
25.^ a b "Dean Electric Guitars-Acoustic Guitars-Bass Guitars". Deanguitars.com. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
26.^ Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Hardrock Haven interview, April 17, 2010
27.^ Cooper, Adam (November 4, 2004). "Dave Mustaine's 2004 Megadeth Guitar Rig". GuitarGeek.Com.
28.^ gbarton (August 25, 2009). "'I'm Over My Metallica Demons', Says Dave Mustaine". Classic Rock. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
29.^ a b c Dave Mustaine Says That He Knows That He Doesn't Make Lars Ulrich "Comfortable". EddieTrunk.com. September 11, 2009.
30.^ Teitelman, Bram (August 14, 2009). "Coffee To Extinction: Dave Mustaine Stops Production Of Coffee".
31.^ Mustaine, Dave (June 21, 2009). "Introducing Net Worth Coffee Brokers, Inc".
32.^ "Dave Mustaine". networthcoffeebrokers.wordpressors.com. May 29, 2009.
33.^ "Dave Mustaine's Peruvian Blend Coffee". hotfrog.com.
34.^ Jodi Beth Summers talks to Dave Mustaine, "Out to Lunch", Hit Parader, June 1987
35.^ a b c d e f Dave Mustaine Explains Why He Refuses To Share Stage With His 'Confessed Enemy' Blabbermouth.net – May 8, 2007
36.^ a b c Roy Wilkinson, "MegaDumb: Interview with Dave Mustaine", Sounds, May 28, 1988, Page 23
37.^ a b DAVE MUSTAINE Opposes Gay Marriage, Blabbermouth.net, February 17, 2012.
38.^ Kornelis, Chris (February 15, 2012) Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Is Not Necessarily Voting For Santorum, But He Does Oppose Gay Marriage, and Won't Play Bass With Metallica, Seattle Weekly.
39.^ Dave Mustaine AllMusic biography
40.^ Dave Mustaine – Mustaine's Terrorist Blunder ContactMusic, 12 November 2005 09:19
41.^ Northern Ireland: Tim Wheeler reflects on the musical tradition of his home country The Guardian, February 14, 2008
42.^ Live with Dave Mustaine, The Alex Jones Show/Prison Planet, 2009
43.^ Dave Mustaine: Endgame' Is About People Being Run By The People Who Have Money', Ultimate-Guitar.com, December 10, 2009
44.^ Sacks, Ethan (February 15, 2012). "Megadeth's Dave Mustaine endorses Rick Santorum for President – big change for one-time GOP critic". Daily News (New York).
45.^ Dave Mustaine Says John Kerry Will 'Ruin Our Country', Blabbermouth.net, October 25, 2004.
46.^ "DAVE MUSTAINE Says OBAMA Is 'The Most Divisive President We've Ever Had'". Roadrunnerrecords.com. October 25, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
47.^ "Megadeth singer gives Santorum a thumbs-up". CBC News. March 26, 2012.
48.^ Ferner, Matt (August 15, 2012). "Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting, Sikh Temple Shooting To Pass A Gun Ban". The Huffington Post.
49.^ Marc Schneider (August 16, 2012). "Dave Mustaine: Obama Staged Aurora, Sikh Temple Shootings".
50.^ Eakin, Marah (August 15, 2012). "Dave Mustaine thinks Obama staged the shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin". The AV Club.
51.^ Stenovec, Timothy (August 17, 2012). "Carli Richards, Aurora Shooting Survivor, Responds To Megadeth Singer's Obama 'Staged' Comment". The Huffington Post.
52.^ "'Batman' Massacre Victim to Megadeth Singer: Don't Blame Obama!". tmz.com. August 16, 2012.
53.^ "Dave Mustaine addresses shooting comments controversy". San Francisco Chronicle. August 17, 2012.
54.^ "Megadeath frontman wants to see Rick Santorum in the White House, report says". Fox News (News Core). February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
55.^ Interview: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine talks guitar, politics and today's music, MusicRadar.com, February 14, 2012
56.^ Dave Mustaine: I'm Not Ready to Endorse Rick Santorum, Rolling Stone, February 16, 2012
57.^ ""Taekwondo Changed My Life" Says Megadeth Leader Dave Mustaine". wtf.org.
58.^ a b Dave Mustaine. Internet Movie Database.
59.^ Wise, Mike (April 16, 2008) "Beaten to the Punch", The Washington Post.
Bibliography[edit source]
Layden, Joe (2011). Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9780061714405.
External links[edit source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dave Mustaine
Official Megadeth website
Dave Mustaine at the Internet Movie Database
Dave Mustaine on Myspace
A Heavy Metal Memoir, review at Guitar Noize
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This article is about the musician. For the rugby league player, see Greg Alexander.
Gregg Alexander
Also known as
Alex Ander
Born
May 4, 1970 (age 43)
Origin
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock
Occupations
Singer-songwriter, producer, musician
Instruments
Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, bass
Years active
1989–present
Labels
A&M, Epic, MCA, EMI, Warner-Chappell
Associated acts
New Radicals, Danielle Brisebois, Rick Nowels
Gregg Alexander (born Gregory Aiuto, 4 May 1970) is an American singer/songwriter and producer, best known as the frontman of the New Radicals, who scored the international hit "You Get What You Give" in late 1998. Earlier in life he recorded two solo albums, Michigan Rain and Intoxifornication. He dissolved the New Radicals in 1999 to focus on production and songwriting work, winning a Grammy for the song "The Game of Love" in 2003.
Contents
[hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career
1.2 New Radicals
1.3 Post New Radicals
2 Aliases
3 Misc.
4 Discography 4.1 Albums
4.2 Singles
4.3 Others
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Biography[edit source]
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. (December 2006)
Early life and career[edit source]
Gregg Alexander was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and was raised in a conservative Jehovah's Witness household. He received his first guitar at the age of twelve and taught himself to play several instruments shortly thereafter.[1] At the age of fourteen Gregg joined the band The Circus, with classmates George Snow, John Mabarak, along with Gregg's older brother Stephen Aiuto. They played the 1984 highschool Battle of the Bands, competing against John Lowery (John 5). By the age of sixteen, he signed his first recording contract with A&M after playing his demo tapes to producer Rick Nowels. He released his debut album Michigan Rain in 1989 at the age of nineteen, to little notice. In 1992 he signed to Epic and released Intoxifornication, which consisted largely of re-released songs from Michigan Rain and was again ignored.
In the mid-1990s, Alexander would often busk in Tompkins Square Park and Central Park.
New Radicals[edit source]
Main article: New Radicals
In 1997, Alexander formed the New Radicals, a revolving-door band with no permanent members other than Alexander and long-term collaborator Danielle Brisebois. They released the album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too in October 1998, which went on to sell over a million copies. The single "You Get What You Give" was released that fall and was a smash hit internationally. The song's unique sunny production sound became a template for much of Alexander's future production work.
It was not long after the New Radicals' success that Alexander became tired of the constant media attention and exhaustive touring schedule. In July 1999, "Someday We'll Know" was announced as the band's second single. However, several days later Alexander announced he was disbanding the New Radicals to focus on production work. He said that "the fatigue of traveling and getting three hours sleep in a different hotel every night to do boring 'hanging and schmoozing' with radio and retail people is definitely not for me." Despite disagreements with MCA, Alexander finally agreed to shoot a video for "Someday We'll Know"; but with the band now defunct, the song got little attention and the New Radicals became known as a one-hit wonder.
Post New Radicals[edit source]
Since disbanding the group in summer 1999, Alexander has written and produced songs for artists including Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Enrique Iglesias, Texas, Geri Halliwell, Melanie C, Mónica Naranjo and fellow ex-New Radical Danielle Brisebois. Most noteworthy was the song "The Game of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch, which earned Alexander a Grammy in 2003.
Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described him as "the catchiest, smartest professional mainstream pop songwriter of the early 2000s."[2]
In 2003 a new Alexander track, "A Love Like That", was released uncredited on the Internet. It was suspected to be a New Radicals outtake[citation needed], as parts of the lyrics were found in the booklet for Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too.
A new song entitled "Why Can't We Make Things Work" written by Alexander (and Rick Nowels) was released by Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead in November 2007, on his self-titled album.
In 2010, Boyzone released the single "Love Is a Hurricane",[3] written by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois.
Aliases[edit source]
Gregg Alexander co-wrote and produced "The Game of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch as well as four songs on Enrique Iglesias' album 7 under the pseudonym Alex Ander.[citation needed]
Misc.[edit source]
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo released a cover of the song "The World We Love So Much" in his 2007 release "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo"
Discography[edit source]
For Gregg Alexander's releases with the New Radicals, see New Radicals' discography
Albums[edit source]
Michigan Rain (1989)
Intoxifornication (1992)
Singles[edit source]
"In the Neighborhood" (1989)
"Smokin' In Bed" (1992)
"The Truth" (1992)
Others[edit source]
"Promise Tomorrow Tonight" (1994, duet with Danielle Brisebois on her album Arrive All Over You)
"A Love Like That" (2003, digital download)
See also[edit source]
List of songs written by Gregg Alexander
References[edit source]
1.^ "Technicolor Lover, New Radicals fansite".
2.^ "Reason Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2006.
3.^ http://www.boyzone.net/2010/04/new-boyzone-single/
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Gregg Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
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David W. Bercot (born April 13, 1950) is an attorney,[1]author, and international speaker.[2] He has written various books and magazine articles about early Christianity and Christian discipleship.[3] His two best-known works are Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up?, and the Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs. Bercot is a conservative American Christian and lives in Pennsylvania, United States.[4]
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[hide] 1 Biography
2 Writings
3 Personal
4 Bibliography
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Biography[edit]
David Bercot was raised as a Jehovah's Witness.[5] After leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1976, he began his university education. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University summa cum laude,[6] and he obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree cum laude from Baylor University School of Law.[7]
In 1985, Bercot began an in-depth study of the early Christians who lived before the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. His studies started him on a spiritual pilgrimage.[8] In 1989, he wrote the book, Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up, which sets forth some of the teachings and lifestyle of the early Christians.[9] That same year, he joined with an Assembly of God pastor to establish Scroll Publishing Company for the purpose of publishing various writings of the pre-Nicene Christians, as well as to publish other Christian books.[10]
Bercot’s studies of the early Christians brought him into contact and dialogue with three different branches of Christianity: the Anabaptists (Mennonites, Amish, Brethren),[11] the Anglican Church, and the churches of the Restoration Movement (Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, International Church of Christ).[12] In 1985, after completing his religious studies through Cambridge University, Bercot was ordained as an Anglican priest.[13] However, he eventually left the Anglican Church and began fellowshipping with various Anabaptist churches.[14]
Today Bercot is a lecturer and author who emphasizes the simplicity of Biblical doctrine and early (ante-Nicene) Christian teaching over against what he would call the heavy and complex body of theological understandings that have built up over the centuries in churches and in academia and that have come to be thought of as orthodoxy. He is particularly notable for his deeply pacifistic understanding of Jesus's and New Testament teaching.
Writings[edit]
Bercot’s most widely read work is A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, published in 1998.[15] It is a work that collects together over 7000 excerpts from the writings believed by many to be those of early Christians, arranged alphabetically by topic.[16] According to Bercot, before the publication of his work, the only practical way to determine what the early Christians believed about any given topic was to read the actual writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers themselves. After the publication of A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, the Evangelical Review of Theology stated: “David Bercot has done the church a great service in providing an accessible point of entry into the extant writings of the pre-Nicene church.”[17] The Conservative Theological Journal stated: “This is a must text for everyone interested in modern theological trends in general and especially historical studies.”[18]
Other popular books that Bercot has written are Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up, published originally in 1989, and The Kingdom That Turned the World Upside Down (2003), and Will the Theologians Please Sit Down (2009).[19]
Personal[edit]
Bercot and his wife, Deborah, were married in 1972. They have three children.[20]
Bibliography[edit]
Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up (1989) ISBN 0-924722-00-2
The Pilgrim Road (1991) ISBN 0-924722-03-7
Common Sense (1992) ISBN 0-924722-06-1
A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs (1998) ISBN 1-56563-357-1
Let Me Die in Ireland (1999) ISBN 0-924722-08-8
The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down (2003) ISBN 0-924722-17-7
Plain Speaking: How to Preach and Teach Effectively (2007) ISBN 978-0-924722-19-6
Will the Theologians Please Sit Down (2009) ISBN 978-0-924722-24-0
In God We Don't Trust (2011) ISBN 978-0-924722-25-7
See also[edit]
Early Christianity
Restorationism (Christian primitivism)
References[edit]
1.^ Martindale-Hubbell [1], accessed November 26, 2010.
2.^ Eglise de Mainson [2], accessed November 27, 2010.
3.^ Wilson, Dean [3], accessed November 26, 2010.
4.^ Martindale-Hubbell [4], accessed November 26, 2010.
5.^ Staten, Steve [5], accessed November 25, 2010.
6.^ Origen, The Pilgrim Road, Scroll Publishing Co., 1991, p. ix.
7.^ Hendrickson Publishers [6], accessed November 25, 2010.
8.^ davidbercot.com [7], accessed November 28, 2010.
9.^ Amazon.com [8], accessed November 26, 2010.
10.^ Scroll Publishing Co. [9], accessed November 24, 2010.
11.^ The Mennonite Encyclopedia, “Anabaptist,” Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, vol. A-C, pp. 111-116.
12.^ Restoration Movement [10], accessed November 16, 2010.
13.^ Hendrickson Publishers [11], accessed November 25, 2010.
14.^ Staten, Steve [12], accessed November 25, 2010.
15.^ The Library Thing [13], accessed November 10, 2010.
16.^ Ante-Nicene Fathers [14], accessed September 3, 2010.
17.^ Laird, Ray, Theological Commission Evangelical Review of Theology, January, 2000, Vol. 24 No. 1.
18.^ “The Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs,” in The Conservative Theological Journal, vol. 4 no. 16 (Fort Worth, TX: Tyndale Theological Seminary, December 2001), 334-362.
19.^ Amazon.com [15], accessed October 14, 2010.
20.^ Wilson, Dean [16], accessed October 4, 2010.
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Gary Norman Arthur Botting (born 19 July 1943)[1] is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer as well as a poet, playwright and critic of literature and religion, in particular Jehovah's Witnesses. The author of more than 30 books, he is one of the country's leading authorities on extradition law.[2]
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[hide] 1 Early life
2 Entomology
3 Religion
4 Professor of English
5 Law career
6 Legal scholar
7 Other writings
8 Personal life
9 References
10 External links
Early life[edit]
Botting was born in a military hospital at the wartime Royal Air Force base at Frilford near Oxford, England on 19 July 1943. He was christened in the Church of England Parish Church of St. James the Great in Radley, Berkshire. His father, Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Botting DFC, was killed in action over Germany on 15 September 1943 when he was less than two months old—on his older sister Mavis' second birthday. Following the war, their mother Joan, a teacher, took up residence with Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, the father of their younger sister, Elizabeth, at Gumley Hall near Bedford Gardens, Market Harborough, Leicestershire[3] and later she and the children moved with Cheshire to LeCourt, the name of the mansion he had acquired from his aunt in Hampshire.[4] After witnessing the bombing of Nagasaki at the end of World War II, Cheshire, who had been raised high Anglican, began to examine various religions.[5] Joan and he agreed about the nature of God as a person.[6] Joan was baptized as a Jehovah's Witness in September 1948 and expected Cheshire to follow; when he converted to Roman Catholicism later that year instead, she moved with the children back to Radley.[7]
Botting attended the Church of England Primary School in Radley. One day when pedaling back from school he found a "rare and portentous Death's-Head Hawk [moth] (Acherontia atropos)" at the side of the road.[8] Later, in Cambridge, he began collecting moths in earnest.[9] On Elizabeth's eighth birthday, 8 January 1954, the Botting family arrived in Fort Erie, Ontario as immigrants to Canada.[1]
Entomology[edit]
In his early teens Botting began to experiment at home with the hybridization of moths, developing his own technique entailing surgical transplantation of female pheromonal scent sacs.[10] Exhibits of his hybrid moths won top honours at the Ontario (Canada) and United States National Science Fairs two years in a row—in 1960 for "Interesting Variations of the Cynthia Silk Moth", and in 1961 for "Intergeneric Hybridization Among Giant Silk Moths".[11] In particular, he cross-bred the North American Polyphemus moth (then called Telea polyphemus) with Japanese and Indian giant silk moths of the genus Antheraea, pointing out that the Polyphemus moth really belonged to that genus.[12] The Polyphemus moth was subsequently renamed Antheraea polyphemus to accord with his observations.
In the summer of 1960 he was sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences on a lecture tour of the US to explicate his experiments.[13] Later that year the US National Academy of Sciences sponsored him on a lecture tour of India.[14] While in India, in January 1961, Botting—then seventeen—was befriended by famed British geneticist and statistician J. B. S. Haldane, at that time a research professor with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),[15] who decades earlier, at the University of Oxford in England, had applied statistical research to the natural selection of moths.[16] In the 1960s, Haldane's wife, Helen Spurway, was also researching the genetics of giant silk moths of the Antheraea genus. The Haldanes' socialist sympathies disturbed Botting's US host, the United States Information Service (USIS)—the name used outside the US by the United States Information Agency—which summarily cancelled Botting's attendance at a high-profile banquet, to which the Haldanes had invited him as guest of honour to meet biologists from all over India. Haldane protested this "insult" by going on a hunger strike.[17] Botting continued to collect moths and butterflies in Asia and North America. He received the US National Pest Control Award when he demonstrated that his experiments had practical applications beyond producing finer silk: by baiting moth traps with single females, the many males attracted to each captive female would be taken out of circulation, reducing the population of pests such as the gypsy moth.[18] In 1964 he experimented with feeding caterpillars juvenile hormones and vitamin B12 to keep Luna moths (Actias luna) and Cecropia moths (Hyalophora cecropia) in the larval stage an instar longer than normal, resulting in larger cocoons and larger adult moths.[19]
Religion[edit]
In 1948, Botting's mother Joan converted to Jehovah's Witnesses. Botting was raised as a Jehovah's Witness (JW) by his war-widowed mother, who prayed for the physical resurrection of her husband. At age five, with his sister Mavis (then seven), Botting began going from house to house distributing The Watchtower and Awake! magazines,[20] and the following year gave his first sermon, about "Noah and the Ark", at the Cambridgeshire Labour Hall (which doubled as a Kingdom Hall) in Cambridge, England.[21] Mavis and Gary Botting attended the semi-official Theodena Kingdom Boarding School in Thorpeness, Suffolk, run by Rhoda Ford, the sister of Percy Ford, at that time the head of Jehovah's Witnesses in Great Britain.[22] Botting's lay preaching activity for Jehovah's Witnesses continued after his arrival in Canada at age ten. Following JW policy, he entered the "industrial arts" (rather than "academic") stream in high school, majoring in drafting and machine shop.[23] In July 1955, Botting was baptized as a "dedicated" Jehovah's Witness at a convention in New York City.[24]
In July 1961, in London, England, Watch Tower vice-president F.W. Franz assigned Botting the task of smuggling Watchtowers and anti-Francisco Franco tracts into Spain, where Jehovah's Witnesses were banned.[25] Commencing that fall, Botting spent two years (1961–63) in Hong Kong as a volunteer "pioneer" missionary, supporting himself by working as a journalist for the South China Morning Post.[26] Once he returned from "pioneer service" in Hong Kong in 1964, he attended Trent University, opting for the study of literature and philosophy rather than biology. In 1965, the Peterborough Examiner published a full-page editorial on Botting's personal dilemma, "Evolution and the Bible: Faith in Science or Faith in God a Choice for Man."[27] Botting later admitted that his discussions with Haldane in India in 1961 had had a profound effect on his way of looking at the world, although the process of shaking the social imperatives imposed by his religion took decades.[28]
Disenchanted with organized Christian religion in general and Jehovah's Witnesses in particular, in 1975 Botting wrote the semi-autobiographical poem sequence Monomonster in Hell,[29] satirizing his experiences as a missionary and the fact that Armageddon had not arrived by October 1975 as Jehovah's Witnesses had predicted.[30] His play Whatever Happened to Saint Joanne? (1982) depicted the existential struggle and moral dilemma of leaving a fundamentalist sect.[31] Another of his plays first produced by the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta depicted the forming of a covenstead in which the protagonist priestess rejects her fundamentalist background and protects herself and those she loves with charms, spells and rituals.[32]
In 1984, Gary and Heather Botting co-authored The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses,[33] an exposé of the inner workings, shifting doctrines, linguistic quirks and "mental regulating" of members of the group. It graphically compares the Watch Tower Society's closed social paradigms to the "Newspeak" and thought control depicted in Orwell's novel.[34] Critics were generally intrigued by The Orwellian World, Debbie Morgan of the United Church Observer calling it "another warning against the way religious doctrine can be created and used to enslave rather than to free."[35] The Lethbridge Herald called it "jolting and unnerving. Uncanny"; and Carl Rapkins of the New York Tribune described it as "excellent and sophisticated—a rare treat."[36] The book sold out its first edition of 5000 copies within weeks of its release.[37]
In 1993, Botting published Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses,[38] an academic work about Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada and their role in pressing for the development of the Canadian Bill of Rights and what eventually became the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[39]
By 1982, and possibly much earlier, Botting had embraced Darwinian evolution as indisputable fact.[40] He reconciled his atheism with the promotion of paganism by reference to the suspension of disbelief and the intrinsic validity of the literary arts: poetry, drama and fiction. Pagan religion was a form of theatre that could coexist with a godless yet unfathomably immense and miraculous universe. Religion can and of necessity does coexist with science; there is no need for a bridge between them because they are concentric universes, one originating within and the other from outside the human mind.[41] Both have equal significance to the human psyche; in fact, the capacity to appreciate both science and religion simultaneously is a dualistic side-product of human evolution.[42] Ultimately, both are merely extensions of the human mind calibrated using different dimensions of spacetime, one concrete and the other abstract. Rather than regarding himself as an essentialist like Iris Murdoch or an existentialist like Jean-Paul Sartre, Botting has described himself as an extensionist: all things, including human understanding, can be explained as extensions of mind and body in space and time.[43] Like Richard Dawkins, of whose brand of genetic theory—and unabashed atheism—Botting has been a staunch advocate, he considers himself a disciple of Haldane.[44]
See also: Aquarian Tabernacle Church
Professor of English[edit]
Botting graduated with a B.A. from Trent University with a joint major in philosophy and English literature, then obtained his Master of Arts degree in English from Memorial University of Newfoundland[45] and his PhD in English literature and Master of Fine Arts in drama (playwriting) from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. There, he taught English at the University of Alberta and was producer and playwright-in-residence for People & Puppets Incorporated and Edmonton Summer Theatre—precursors to the Edmonton Fringe Festival. Botting's PhD dissertation was on William Golding,[46] author of Lord of the Flies.[47] From 1972 to 1986 Botting taught English and creative writing at Red Deer College, where he was at various times the college's media relations coordinator, chairman of the English department, editor-in-chief of Red Deer College Press and president of the Faculty Association. He was later remembered by college librarian and fellow thespian Paul Boultbee (who had acted in Botting's plays Crux (1983)[48] and Winston Agonistes (1984))[49] as being a "creative, rebellious faculty member."[50] Professor Botting was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Central Alberta Allied Arts Council on 5 May 1984, the Director listing "more than a dozen recent publications written by the writer, including the 'hot off the press' title The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses."[51]
In the 1970s, Botting was vice-president of Central Alberta Theatre, sat on the executive of the Literary Presses Group and the Canadian Publishers Association, and was founding president of the Alberta Publishers Association.[52] In the 1980s, he was executive vice-president of the Alberta Association of College Faculties (AACF) and vice-president of liaison for Calgary Region Arts Foundation. After moving to British Columbia in the 1990s he became president of Kaleidoscope Theatre and sat on the board of the Open Gallery in Victoria, BC.
Law career[edit]
Botting entered the University of Calgary Faculty of Law on a Brunet scholarship in 1987 at the age of 44. Shortly afterwards he joined the staff of the Institute of Natural Resources Law as a legal researcher. He was elected vice-president of Victims of Law Dilemma (VOLD), an independent watchdog group designed to keep lawyers responsible and to pressure Canadian law societies—especially the Law Society of Alberta—to appoint lay benchers. As a first-year law student he represented Joel Slater, an American man who became stateless after renouncing US citizenship.[53] When he was in second year the Law Society of Alberta "investigated" Botting for representing Howard Pursley, an alleged white supremacist refugee claimant who was eventually flown directly from Calgary to Texas in a form of disguised extradition later known as extraordinary rendition.[54] Law students can represent refugee claimants, and Botting was cleared of any wrongdoing.[55] In his third year, Botting was enlisted by Calgary lawyers Don McLeod and Noel O'Brien to assist them with research in connection with the extradition of Charles Ng—who faced the death penalty for allegedly murdering as many as 25 men, women and children in California. That year Botting also represented, on his own, the first dozen Chinese students in Canada to be granted refugee status after they publicly protested China's 1989 clampdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, including Dr. Shaobo-Xie, now an associate professor of English at the University of Calgary.[56] After graduating with his J.D./LL.B degree in 1990, Botting articled in Victoria for Doug Christie, who at that time was testing the boundaries of the right to freedom of expression in Canada. Their clients included persons charged with such crimes as "spreading hatred against an identifiable group" (James Keegstra in Alberta and Malcolm Ross in New Brunswick), and "spreading false news" (Ernst Zündel in Ontario).
Notable clients whom Botting has represented since his call to the bar of British Columbia in 1991 include Dorothy Grey-Vik, who five decades after the fact successfully sued her parents' former hired hand for repeatedly raping her, beginning when she was a prepubescent school girl, making her his "sex slave" for two years and fathering her two children (born when she was twelve and thirteen, respectively)[57]—with her parents' complacency and complicity;[58] Gerald Gervasoni, extradited to Florida to face trial for the murder of his girlfriend, whose body was found stuffed under her mother's bed;[59] Patrick Kelly, an RCMP officer who sued the Correctional Service of Canada for negligence after his imprisonment in Kingston Penitentiary for the murder of his wife;[60] James Ernest Ponton, charged with second degree murder after shooting his victim twice in the back—who was acquitted by a jury on the basis of Botting's argument of self-defence;[61] Clifford Edwards, for whom Botting sought a moratorium on extradition from the Minister of Justice on the grounds that the Canada-US Extradition Treaty has never been ratified by Parliament;[62] Karlheinz Schreiber, a German man who fought extradition from Canada for nearly a decade;[2][63] friends of Marc Emery, a cannabis policy reform activist who consented to his extradition to the United States;[64] Mark Wilson, who won his 2011 extradition appeal on the basis that the extradition judge had refused to admit important evidence;[65] the family of Dr. Asha Goel, an Ontario obstetrician murdered in her sleep while visiting her brother's house in Mumbai, India—the Canadian component of the investigation having been squelched by the Department of Justice;[66] Emmanuel Alviar, who received a one-month jail sentence for his part in the 2011 Stanley Cup Riot in Vancouver;[67] Sean Doak, who is currently fighting extradition to the United States for allegedly leading a drug smuggling ring while incarcerated in a federal penitentiary;[68] and Brinder Rai, a Calgary man suing his grandfather, father and other relatives for allegedly conspiring to shoot him in the back at close range with a shotgun in an "honour killing" attempt.[69]
Legal scholar[edit]
Botting completed a second PhD, in law, at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2004, writing his dissertation on Executive and judicial discretion in extradition between Canada and the United States,[70] and went on to publish a number of scholarly works on Canadian and international law.[71] His U.S.-published Extradition between Canada and the United States,[72] cited by the Supreme Court of Canada,[73] criticized Canada's level of cooperation with the United States in international criminal matters, arguing that Canada's policy of placing international comity over individual rights had dangerously expanded executive discretion and damaged human rights protections.[74] The book received favourable reviews in the Law & Politics Book Review and the Revue québécoise de droit international.[75] Another of his works on extradition law, Canadian Extradition Law Practice, contains broader criticisms of Canada's network of extradition treaties, in particular of the erosion of the double criminality requirement.[76] Other Botting titles on extradition include Halsbury's Laws of Canada: Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (2011)[77] and Extradition: Individual Rights vs. International Obligations (2012).[78] His Wrongful Conviction in Canadian Law (2010)[79] examines in detail every Canadian commission of inquiry into miscarriage of justice. The book's foreword was written by David Milgaard, who was convicted of a murder he did not commit and spent 23 years in prison.[80] Botting spent four years as a visiting scholar and post-doctoral fellow at University of Washington School of Law in Seattle and a further year as research associate at UBC Faculty of Law before returning to private practice in British Columbia in 2009.
Other writings[edit]
Aside from his analytical works on religion, literature and the law, Botting is also a journalist,[81] playwright,[82] and poet.[83] He initially worked as a reporter for the South China Morning Post to support his "pioneering" for Jehovah's Witnesses, but soon journalism took over as a priority.[84] He returned to Canada and in 1964 began to work for the Peterborough Examiner,[85] then owned by Robertson Davies, at the same time attending Trent University, where he was editor of the student newspaper, Trent Trends, and literary magazine, Tridentine. He became fast friends with Farley Mowat and wrote several features about the popular author, describing their mutual escapades on The Happy Adventure ("The Boat that Wouldn't Float"), including speculation as to whether sharks had invaded Lake Ontario via the newly-opened St. Lawrence Seaway.[86] As an investigative reporter, in 1966 Botting opted to serve time in jail rather than pay parking fines so that he could write an exposé on security and health problems at the notorious Victoria County Jail in Ontario—eventually forcing the prison to close.[87] His later work of popular history, Chief Smallboy: In Pursuit of Freedom, published in 2005 by Fifth House Books, discusses the life of mid-twentieth century Cree leader Bobtail ("Bob") Smallboy of the Ermineskin Cree Nation. Laurie Meijer-Drees, writing for The Canadian Historical Review,[88] praised the book for its use of oral history and family history in shedding more light on its subject, but criticized its portrayal of Smallboy as a "lone leader" with few peers and in particular its failure to put Smallboy in context with major First Nations political movements of the time such as the Indian Association of Alberta.[88] Other titles by Botting include BumweltS,[89] The Theatre of Protest in America,[90] Streaking!,[91] Freckled Blue,[92] Lady Godiva on a Plaster Horse.[93] Leadership: An Anthology,[94] and Lady of My House.[95] His award-winning plays, performed across Canada, include Who Has Seen the Scroll?, The School of Night, Prometheus Rebound, The Box Beyond, Pipe Dream, Harriott!, The Girls in the Steno Pool, Prime Target, Whatever Happened to Saint Joanne?, The Succubus, Crux, Winston Agonistes, Wh!, and Fathers.[96] His poems are published in Streaking! The Collected Poems of Gary Botting (2013).[97]
Personal life[edit]
Botting has four children by his first wife, Dr Heather Botting (nee Harden): Tanya (born 1970), Trent (born 1975), Thomas (born 1979) and Tharian (born 1983). He and Heather were divorced in 1999. In 2011, Botting married Australian-Canadian speech language pathologist Virginia Martin.
References[edit]
1.^ a b "Profile: Gary Botting". ABC Bookworld. 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
2.^ a b Greenway, Norma (2009-07-06). "Schreiber challenges extradition treaty". The Windsor Star. Retrieved 2013-01-11.;http://www.thefilipinopost.com/article/1642-another-kick-chingkoe-can.html; http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/giroday/; Sarah Boyd, "Book Review: Canadian Extradition Law Practice", Prism Magazine, 5 February 2012, http://prism-magazine.com/2012/02/book-review-canadian-extradition-law-practice/
3.^ The Face of Victory(London: Hutchinson, 1961) p. 69; Richard Morris, Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM (London: Viking, 2000), pp. 237-240
4.^ Morris (2000), pp. 242-260
5.^ The Face of Victory, pp. 104-110
6.^ The Face of Victory, p. 47, 55-56; Russell Braddon Cheshire V.C. (London: Evans, 1954) p. 135
7.^ The Face of Victory, pp. 57-58, 95-98, 148-151
8.^ Gary Botting, "Preface", Heather and Gary Botting, The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984), p. xii
9.^ "Gary's Open Window Way to Science Prize", Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1960, page 1
10.^ Gary Botting, "Preface" to The Orwellian World, p. xiii
11.^ "City Student Earns Praise for Work in Studying, Breeding Silk Moths", Peterborough Examiner, 2 May 1960; "Gary's Open Window Way to Science Prize", Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1960, page 1; "Ontario Boy Wins Top Spot in Science Fair", Toronto Telegram, 13 May 1960; "Science Fair Winners", Science Newsletter, 28 May 1960; "Bright Youth Brighter Today", Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 40, 1960
12.^ Gary Botting, "Intergeneric hybridization among giant silk moths", Exhibit, U.S. National Science Fair—International, 1961
13.^ "Moths Wing Lad to Oklahoma", Toronto Telegram, 16 June 1960; "Student to be Guest of U.S. Institute", Globe and Mail, 16 June 1960; "PCVS student receives fresh recognition", Peterborough Examiner, 2 September 1960
14.^ "Young Expert on Moths Invited to India Talks", Toronto Telegram, 29 December 1960; "Boy Collector: Moths Win Gary World Trip", Evening News, 29 December 1960; "Young City Moth Expert Flies to India", Peterborough Examiner, 30 December 1960; "Noted U.S. Scientists Address Roorkee Meeting", American Reporter, 11 January 1961; "Biology Students in India", The American Biology Teacher, Vol. 23 No. 6 (October 1961) p. 364; http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4439623?uid=3739400&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=21101589318023; "Moths Going to India". The Windsor Star. 1960-10-22. Retrieved 2013-01-12.; "Moth Expert, 17, invited to India", Winnipeg Free Press (Tuesday 25 October 1960)
15.^ Dronamraju, Krishna R. (1987). "On Some Aspects of the Life and Work of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, F.R.S., in India". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 41 (2): 211–237
16.^ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ridley/classictexts/haldane2.pdf
17.^ "Haldane on Fast: Insult by USIS Alleged", The Times of India, 19 January 1961; "Protest Fast by Haldane: USIS' 'Anti-Indian Activities'", The Times of India, 18 January 1961; "Situation was Misunderstood, Scholars Explain", The Times of India, 20 January 1961; "USIS Explanation does not satisfy Haldane: Protest fast continues", The Times of India, 18 January 1961; "USIS Claim Rejected by Haldane: Protest Fast to Continue", The Times of India, 18 January 1961; "Haldane Not Satisfied with USIS Apology: Fast to Continue", The Free Press Journal, 18 January 1961; "Haldane Goes on Fast In Protest Against U.S. Attitude", The Times of India, 18 January 1961; "Haldane to continue fast: USIS explanation unsatisfactory", The Times of India, 19 January 1961; "Local boy in hunger strike row", Toronto Star, 20 January 1961; "Haldane, Still on Fast, Loses Weight: U.S.I.S. Act Termed 'Discourteous'", The Indian Express, 20 January 1961; "Haldane Slightly Tired on Third Day of Fast", The Times of India, 21 January 1961; "Haldane Fasts for Fourth Consecutive Day", The Globe and Mail, 22 January 1961
18.^ "Boy Scientist Will Collect More Moths", Toronto Telegram, 17 February 1961; "The Boy Who Catches Moths", The Star Weekly, 26 August 1961, pp. 24-29
19.^ "Lepidopterologist Botting At Work: Caterpillars Thrive on Vitamins", Peterborough Examiner, 21 July 1964, p. B1; Gagnon, "Introduction," p. xxiii
20.^ The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984, p. ix)
21.^ The Orwellian World p. x
22.^ "The Orwellian World", pp. 38, 152
23.^ T. Gagnon, "Introduction", Streaking! The Collected Poems of Gary Botting (Miami: Strategic, 2013)
24.^ "Preface," The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses, pp. xi-xii
25.^ The Orwellian World, p. xi-xii
26.^ David Spurgeon, "Gary Botting, 17, Boy Biologist, Decides on Life as Missionary", Globe and Mail, Friday 7 April 1961; Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10 No. 40, 1960.
27.^ Peterborough Examiner, 17 June 1965, p. 5
28.^ Gary Botting, "Preface", The Orwellian World, pp. xiv-xix; Stanley Oziewicz, "'It's rather like trying to flee Soviet' to get out of Witnesses, author says", Globe and Mail, 21 June 1984
29.^ Red Deer: RDC Press, 1975
30.^ "Do Jehovah's Witnesses still hold to their 1984 Doomsday deadline?" Christianity Today, 21 September 1984, p. 66
31.^ Edmonton Journal, Saturday 1 May 1982, p. D4
32.^ Gary Botting, The Succubus, Major Project, Edmonton: University of Alberta Department of Drama, 1982
33.^ Bob Bettson, "Witnesses risk future with book", Calgary Herald, Wednesday 23 May 1984
34.^ Dwayne Janke, "Book fights JW 'Big Brother ways'", Calgary Herald, 15 May 1984, p. A8; Stephen Weatherbe, "Theocracy girded for the end: An Alberta book says the Jehovah's Witnesses are Orwellian", Alberta Report, 4 June 1984, pp. 34-38
35.^ The Observer, January 1985, pp. 62-63
36.^ "Former Members of Jehovah's Witness Say Sect Hard To Quit". Ocala Star-Banner. 1984-05-23. Retrieved 2013-01-12.;Norman Sigurdson, "Nothing sinister here despite charges of thought control", Winnipeg Free Press (Saturday 12 May 1984) pp. 54-55; David E. Reid, "Two new books remove part of mystery around Jehovah's Witnesses movement", The Birmingham News, Friday 22 June 1984, p. 2B
37.^ "Author meets with Witness president", Lethbridge Herald (Thursday 14 June 1984) p. C8
38.^ http://www.questia.com/library/102111748/fundamental-freedoms-and-jehovah-s-witnesses; http://www.garybotting.ca/media/online-books/fundamental-freedoms-and-jehovahs-witnesses/front.pdf
39.^ Penton, M. James (December 1994). "Comptes rendus/Reviews of books: Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses Gary Botting Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1993. xvii + 214 p". Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 23. Retrieved 2013-01-13.; Dericquebourg, Régis (1996). "Botting (Gary), Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses". Archives des sciences sociales des religions 94. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
40.^ Jim Isbister, "Jehovah's Witness author unnerved by life in 'false religion'", The Advocate, Saturday 6 October 1984, p. 1C; Tihemme Gagnon, "Introduction", Streaking! The Collected Poems of Gary Botting (Miami: Strategic, 2013), p. xx-xxii.
41.^ Gary Botting, "Evolution and the Bible: Faith in Science or Faith in God a Choice for Man," Peterborough Examiner, 17 June 1965, p. 5
42.^ Gary Botting, "Dualism in the Novels of William Golding," Master's Thesis, St. John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1970
43.^ Gary Botting, Extensionism, unpublished ms., 2012
44.^ Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (New York: Free Press,2009), pp. 31n, 147, 211-12, 217, 248-50, 330-331, 418 Gagnon, p. xxi; The Orwellian World, pp. 18-19
45.^ "Dualism in the Novels of William Golding" (M.A. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1970)
46.^ "Three Grades of Thought in the Novels of William Golding" (doctoral diss., University of Alberta, 1975), published as Thinking As a Hobby: the Novels of William Golding, Red Deer: Red Deer College Press, 1975
47.^ See Gary Botting, "Leadership in Lord of the Flies", Gary Botting and M.E. Symons, eds. Leadership: An Anthology (Victoria: Royal Roads University, 1998), pp. 75-89
48.^ "Nude Woman in Morality Play", Lethbridge Herald, Friday 18 February 1983, p. B5
49.^ "What better year to have a sequel to George Orwell's 1984?" Alberta Report, 19 March 1984, p. 25
50.^ Paul G. Boultbee, "Vain Dream to Mainstream: the Growth of Red Deer College Press", Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, 33/1, p. 51 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/article/viewFile/17946/14879
51.^ "Citizen of the Year: Dr. Gary Botting," Central Alberta Advisor, Friday 11 May 1984, p. 2
52.^ George Melnyk, "Honeymoon with Alta. govt. over", Quill & Quire, January 1976, p. 2
53.^ Boatman, Kim (1992-11-27). "A Man Without A Country, Literally". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
54.^ Tom Keyser, "Far-right label proves sticky", Calgary Herald, 2 May 1989; Tom Olsen, "Pursley won't quit refugee fight", The Calgary Sun, Tuesday 25 April 1989, p. 18; "White supremacist renews claim for refugee status", Globe and Mail, Tuesday, 24 April 1989, p. A12
55.^ Alan Boras, "Pursley lawyer cleared", Calgary Herald, Thursday 8 June 1989, p. B6
56.^ http://english.ucalgary.ca/profiles/shaobo-xie
57.^ "Ex-'sex slave' sues: She bore her rapist's kids 5 decades ago", The Province, Friday 31 December 1993, p. 1; Gordon Clark, "Horror after horror", The Province, Friday 31 December 1993, p. A5
58.^ Barbara McLintock, "Mom sued for failing to halt rapes", The Province, Wednesday 8 February 1995 p. A11
59.^ Kim Westad, "Murder suspect seeks judicial review", Times Colonist Friday 17 June 1994, p. B3; Kim Westad, "Refugee bid may mean convict stays", Times Colonist, Wednesday 22 June 1994, p. B1
60.^ "Convicted killer sues system for negligence". Waterloo Record. 1994-05-13. Retrieved 2013-01-12.; Gerard Young, "Jailed ex-Mountie sues for $1 million over prison posting", Times Colonist, Friday 13 May 1994, p. A7; Gordon Clark, "Crown ordered to pay killer's ticket to court", The Province, Tuesday 17 May 1994, p. A19; David Lennam, "Convicted murder Patrick Kelly to appear on Donahue", Victoria Regional News, Wednesday 21 September 1994, p. R7
61.^ Al Cameron, "Ponton Trial: Shots fired in defence, lawyer contends", Nanaimo Daily Free Press, Tuesday 8 November 1994, p. 3A; Al Cameron, "Death by gun ruled defence", Nanaimo Free Press, Wednesday 16 November 1994, p. 1; "Shooter cleared in slaying", The Province, Wednesday 16 November 1994, p. A20
62.^ http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/6129-canadian-demands-for-moratorium-on-extradition-to-us.html
63.^ http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=fd8c2faf-0a82-465f-953f-11f129e2e7e0&sponsor=
64.^ "Legal trick could block Emery's extradition". Kelowna News. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
65.^ http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/10952-charming-the-cobra-the-curious-case-of-mark-wilson.html
66.^ http://"Ex-officer told to drop probe of Canadian killed in India" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/10/18/ahsa-goel-doyle-investigation329.html; http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/09/extradition-put-to-test-in-honour-killing-case/
67.^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/11/bc-stanley-cup-riot-emmanuel-alviar.html; http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/stanley-cup-rioter-gets-one-month-in-jail/; http://www.news1130.com/2012/06/11/stanley-cup-rioter-sentenced/gary-botting-emmanuel-alviar-lawyer/; http://www.news1130.com/2012/06/11/stanley-cup-rioter-sentenced/
68.^ http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+drug+smuggler+ordered+committed+extradition/7972548/story.html
69.^ http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/12/calgary-man-sues-grandfather-15-years-after-alleged-honour-killing-attempt/; http://www.asianjournal.ca/jan%2013_12/ot_head9.html; http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/01/13/calgary-man-sues-family-over-shooting
70.^ See https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/16172 and https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/9402
71.^ Botting, Gary Norman Arthur. Executive and judicial discretion in extradition between Canada and the United States. Ph.D. dissertation. University of British Columbia. OCLC 58457191.
72.^ New York: Brill, 2005; Ardsley, NY: Transnational, 2005
73.^ United States of America v. Ferras, [2006] S.C.J. No. 33, para 41
74.^ https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/32772/3/Miller_Bradley_J_201206_PhD_Thesis.pdf, p. 9
75.^ Currie, Robert J. (2006). "Gary Botting, 'Extradition between Canada and the United States' (Ardsley: Transnational Publishers, 2005)". Revue québécoise de droit international 19 (1). Retrieved 2013-01-12.;Turack, Daniel (June 2006). "Gary Botting, 'Extradition between Canada and the United States' (Ardsley: Transnational Publishers, 2005)". Law & Politics Book Review 16 (6). Retrieved 2013-01-12.
76.^ Currie, Robert J. (2006). "'Canadian Extradition Law Practice', by Gary Botting. Markham, Butterworths LexisNexis Canada, 2005. Pp. 720". Ottawa Law Review 37 (1). Retrieved 2013-01-12.; Boyd, Sarah (2012-02-05). "Book Review: Canadian Extradition Law Practice". Prism Magazine. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
77.^ Markham: LexisNexis, 2011
78.^ Stuttgart Germany, Lambert, 2012
79.^ Markham, ON: Butterworths LexisNexis
80.^ Pheotist, Tim (February 2011). "Wrongfully Convicted: A cry from the heart from a victim of our Canadian Justice system". Pacific Free Press. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
81.^ Gary Botting, "Occupational Hazard: The Adventures of a Journalist", The Advocate, serialized weekly column commencing 18 May 1977
82.^ Robert Lee, "Ingenue bares all in play", The Advocate (Thursday 17 February 1983) p. 1B; "Nude Woman in Morality Play", Lethbridge Herald (Friday 18 February 1983) p. B5; "Sell-out crowds enjoy 'stunning' production of top one-act play", The Advocate (Monday 21 February 1983) p. 2B;
83.^ "Poets Form Tour Circuit", Lethbridge Herald (Friday 21 January 1977), p. 8; "Newsmakers: Dr. Gary Botting", Lethbridge Herald" (Wednesday 7 June 1978) p. 9; "Off the Record: an Anthology of Poetry by Lawyers", James R. Elkins, ed. The Legal Studies Forum, Vol. xxviii, Nos. 1 and 2 (2004), pp. 129-32, 702l "Poetry", Legal Studies Forum, Vol. xxvii, No. 1 (2003), pp. 303-312
84.^ Gary Botting, "The Descent of 20 Battery", South China Sunday Post-Herald, 31 March 1963; Gary Botting, "The Death or Glory Boys in Macau", South China Sunday Post-Herald, 16 June 1963; Gary Botting, "A Corporal at Ten", South China Sunday Post-Herald, 16 June 1983; Gary Botting, "She's a Bit of Portugal Afloat", South China Sunday Post-Herald, 23 June 1963, p. 26
85.^ Gary Botting, "Hong Kong: Two Faces of the Orient", Peterborough Examiner, 1 February 1964
86.^ "Sharks in Lake Ontario—Farley Mowat", The Port Hope Evening Guide, 19 July 1968; "How did I enjoy what swim?" political cartoon, editorial page, Toronto Star, 20 July 1968; Gary Botting, "You'll find Farley Mowat a totally innocent devil", The Advocate, Tuesday, 24 October 1972, p. 3
87.^ Gary Botting, "Reporter went to jail to get the 'inside' story", Peterborough Examiner, 9 April 1966, p. 5, Globe and Mail, 10 April 1966; Gary Botting, "Newsman found that piece of wire could open cell door in county jail", Peterborough Examiner, 11 April 1966, p. 15; Gary Botting, "Health conditions at Victoria County Jail leave much to be desired", 13 April 1966, p.22
88.^ a b Drees, Laurie Meijer (June 2008). "Chief Smallboy: In Pursuit of Freedom (review)". The Canadian Historical Review 89 (2). doi:10.1353/can.0.0037.
89.^ Randy Joyce, "Bumwelts Review", The Muse, Vol. 19, No. 23 (2 April 1969), p. 22
90.^ Edmonton: Harden House, 1972
91.^ RDC Press, 1974
92.^ RDC Press, 1978
93.^ RDC Press, 1976
94.^ Victoria: Royal Roads University, 1998 (with M.E. Symons),
95.^ Ponoka, AB: Harden House of Canada, 1986; "Botting offers intimate poetry", The Advocate, 14 March 1987, p. 8C; "Books", The Globe and Mail, Saturday 28 February 1987, p. C8
96.^ David Lennam, "William Head prison players present local lawyer's work", Victoria Regional News, Wednesday 7 April 1993, p. R19; "Sell-out crowds enjoy 'stunning' production of top one-act play", The Advocate, Monday 21 February 1983, p. 1b; Terry Snyder, "Botting's Girls", The Bricklayer, Thursday 3 February 1977
97.^ Strategic Book Publishing, ISBN 978-1-62516-309-7
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Jan Groenveld
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Born
1945
Australia
Died
22 October 2002
Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Founder,
Cult Awareness and Information Centre
Spouse(s)
Simon
Children
5
Jan Groenveld (1945 – 22 October 2002) was a former member of the LDS Church and the Jehovah's Witnesses.[1] She spent a total of fifteen years in these organizations before leaving them in 1975.[1][2] After her negative experiences in these organizations, she resolved to make more information about what she saw as "cults" available to the general public.
Her personal experiences involving these groups were featured in Richard Guilliatt's book, Talk of the Devil.[3][4]
Groenveld coined the often quoted phrase:
“ The most dangerous lie is that which most closely resembles the truth. ”
—Jan Groenveld – See also Wikiquote: Cult[5]
Contents
[hide] 1 Education
2 Helped affected individuals
3 Cited as "cult expert"
4 Death
5 Publications 5.1 Articles
5.2 Presentations
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Education[edit source]
BSc, psychology, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Helped affected individuals[edit source]
Groenveld first began providing information about what she referred to as cults to the public and helping affected individuals in 1979.[1] In 1980, she founded the Freedom In Christ ministry, whose purpose was to counsel former members of controversial groups, and provide information about coercive religious sects.[2]
Jan founded the Cult Awareness and Information Centre (CAIC), in 1990.[1][2] Groenveld's CAIC website was started in 1991, with an original size of 500 kilobytes.[6] Groenveld first met Steven Hassan in 1993, when she brought him to Brisbane, Australia from the United States for a seminar. Hassan educated Groenveld as to the serious potential for doubt and lack of veracity in satanic ritual abuse stories.[2]
Groenveld's name eventually became well known as an educator and campaigner against so-called cults and controversial religious sects. Groenveld's Cult Awareness and Information Centre was listed with her name as a resource in Marlene Winell's book, Leaving the Fold.[7] "Jan Groenveld" is a prohibited term on the Church of Scientology's internet filters, software it gives its members to filter out critical information on the internet.[8] See Scientology versus the Internet.
Cited as "cult expert"[edit source]
In 1999 an Australian publication interviewed Groenveld on the likelihood that more destructive cults would show up in their country. The publication titled Groenveld a "cult specialist'"[9] and two other Australian publications titled her a "cult expert."[10][11] She warned the publication about a cult called the Twelve Tribes Mission, believing them to possess militant tendencies. She warned: "There are people out there all over the place who would like to be another Jim Jones", referring to the Peoples Temple cult suicide.[9]
Groenveld's definition of a cult was cited as "any group which has a pyramid type authoritarian leadership structure with all teaching and guidance coming from the person at the top. The group will claim to be the only way to God...and will use thought reform or mind control techniques to gain control and keep their members."[12]
Groenveld's work has also been cited in Snow's Deadly Cults: The Crimes of True Believers.[13]
Death[edit source]
Jan died in October 2002, and was survived by her husband Simon and five sons.[14]
Publications[edit source]
Articles[edit source]
It Hurts, Jan Groenveld
Recovery from Mind Control, Cult Involvement, Jan Groenveld, Cult Awareness and Information Centre
Cult Dynamics: Social Psychology and Group Dynamics, Jan Groenveld
The Art of Persuasion: Telling it Like it Is, Jan Groenveld, 1985
Parable of the New Soap, Jan Groenveld, Computers For Christ
Stages in Recovery
Identifying a Cult
Healthy vs. Unhealthy (Toxic) Faith, Jan Groenveld, 1996
Totalism in Today's Cults, Jan Groenveld, 1994
Eight Marks of Mind Control, Cult Awareness and Information Centre
Totalism and Group Dynamics, 7 May 1999, Cult Awareness and Information Centre
Presentations[edit source]
There are No Wasted Years, Pioneers in Ministry, audio CD
See also[edit source]
International Cultic Studies Association
Cultic Studies Review
Christian countercult movement
References[edit source]
1.^ a b c d About Jan, Cult Awareness and Information Centre, 2006.
2.^ a b c d "My Story in: Talk of the Devil", Jan Groenveld, excerpted portion of Talk of the Devil (with permission), 1996.
3.^ Talk of the Devil: Repressed Memory & the Ritual Abuse Witch-Hunt, Richard Guilliatt, The Text Publishing Company, 1996 [1]
4.^ Book Review, Talk of the Devil, 3 September 1995. News Review Page A14, New Zealand Herald
5.^ Parable of the New Soap, Jan Groenveld, Computers For Christ, Chicago, Illinois
6.^ Who on Earth is the Cult Awareness & Information Centre??, Jan Groenveld, Cult Awareness & Information Centre.
7.^ Leaving the Fold, Marlene Winell, December 1983, New Harbinger Publications.
8.^ The Scientology Net Censor, List of censored terms, retrieved 1/6/2006.
9.^ a b Griffith, C. (10 January 1999) "Doom Cults Aussie Alert", Sunday Mail Brisbane, Australia, pages 1, 4.
However, Queensland cult specialist Jan Groenveld said the doomsday merchants were more likely to come to Australia. "If it's a biblical cult, they may go to Israel, but eastern, Nostradamus-based and UFO-based cults believe the southern hemisphere, in particular Australia, may suffer less or later damage as the end approaches."
10.^ Twelve Tribes Café in Australia, Griffith, Chris; Watt, Amanda (26 December 2001), Courier Mail, Australia, page 7.
Brisbane cult expert Jan Groenveld said that the group's commercial operations may look benign, but that the public should be wary if approached by cult members with invitations to visit their community.
11.^ Binet, Harriet (2 November 2000) "Cult Alert", The Mercury, (Australia), page 1.
A Brisbane cult expert Jan Groenveld has worked with the families of members involved with Infinity. She described it as a cult which used subtle mind control to manipulate people for financial gain. "They cut off their family if there is any opposition," Mrs Groenveld said. "People become separated from families and become totally absorbed. "They really get hooked on the leader. No one that's in a cult knows that it's a cult. "It's not until you start to see that things are wrong that you can see what you're in." Mrs Groenveld, who has counselled victims and families of cults for more than 20 years, said isolating people from their family and urging them to "stay away from unbelief" was a common tactic.
12.^ "Keith Butler: Minister, Senatorial Candidate, Fanatic", JM Kern, T Foundation, [2]
13.^ Snow, Robert L. (2003). Deadly Cults: The Crimes of True Believers. Praeger/Greenwood. p. 196. ISBN 0-275-98052-9.
14.^ In Memory of Jan Groenveld, Free Minds, Inc.
External links[edit source]
Cult Awareness and Information Centre Main page.
About Jan, Cult Awareness and Information Centre
My Story in Talk of the Devil, excerpted portion (with permission) of Groenveld's background, from book Talk of the Devil, Richard Guilliatt 1996
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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (14 September 1934 – 24 April 2002) was an American journalist, essayist and memoirist. She is best known for her autobiographical work, particularly her account of growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and for her travel writing.[1]
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison in 1980s
Born
September 14, 1934
Queens, NYC, New York, U.S.
Died
April 24, 2002 (aged 67)
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5 Books
6 References
Early life[edit source]
Barbara Grizzuti was born in Queens, New York City, on 14 September 1934. Her parents were first-generation Americans; her grandparents were immigrants from Calabria in Southern Italy. She later described her childhood as deeply troubled. Her mother, who apparently suffered from mental illness, was emotionally distant and insisted on describing herself as "Barbara's relative", not her mother. Near the end of her life Harrison also revealed that her father had sexually abused her. The turmoil of her childhood would have a strong influence on her writing.
When Harrison was 9, she and her mother were converted by a Jehovah's Witness missionary who visited the family. Harrison's father and brother did not convert, and this caused a rift in the household. Harrison's mother immersed herself totally in her new faith, even making a pact with a Witness man to marry after Harrison's father had perished in the last judgement. Harrison later said that the Witnesses' bloody visions of apocalypse both stimulated her imagination and made her frightened to use it.
A precocious student, Harrison skipped several grades in school. As a teenager at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, Harrison fell in love with Arnold Horowitz, an English teacher who was among the first to encourage her writing talent. He apparently returned her feelings, and although their relationship remained platonic, they continued to see each other and to correspond until Horowitz's death in the late 1960s.
After graduating from high school, Harrison, who had been forbidden to attend university, went to live and work at the Watchtower headquarters of Bethel. However, her friendship with Horowitz scandalised her colleagues. Nathan H. Knorr, then head of the Watchtower Society, told Harrison to stop seeing Horowitz, but she was unable to do so.
The relationship was but one symptom of a growing conflict between Harrison's faith and her artistic sensibilities, which eventually led to a nervous breakdown. At age 22, Harrison left Bethel, and very shortly afterward she renounced her faith altogether.
Harrison found work as a publisher's secretary and became involved in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village. She had a turbulent three-year affair with an African-American jazz trumpeter whom she never publicly named. Through him, Harrison associated with many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, including Ben Webster, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra. "Jazzman", as Harrison called her lover in her autobiography, would come back into her life nearly 40 years later; the two would resume their affair with undiminished passion and conflict until a second, and final, break-up.
In 1960 Barbara Grizzuti married W. Dale Harrison, an aid worker for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE). The couple spent the eight years of their marriage living in Tripoli, Mumbai, Hyderabad, India, and Chichicastenango. The Harrisons had a son, Joshua, and a daughter, Anna. They divorced in 1968, and Barbara returned to New York with the children.
First publications[edit source]
By now Harrison had become involved with the women's movement, and she began writing on feminist themes for various publications. Her first book, Unlearning the Lie: Sexism in School, was published in 1969. Harrison was one of the first contributors to Ms. magazine.
Harrison became nationally known in 1978 when she published Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses, which combined childhood memoirs with a history of the Jehovah's Witness movement. Although Harrison expressed admiration for individual Witnesses and wrote sympathetically of their persecution, she portrayed the faith itself as harsh and tyrannical, racist and sexist.[2][3]
Harrison was an agnostic when she began Visions of Glory, but while writing it she experienced a spiritual epiphany and converted to Catholicism. Her conversion became the subject of the book's last chapter. Harrison drew much of her spirituality from the Catholic Worker Movement and from the medieval female mystics.
Journalism, travel writing and fiction[edit source]
Harrison wrote for many of the leading periodicals of her time, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Village Voice, The Nation, Ladies' Home Journal and Mother Jones magazine. Among the people she interviewed were Red Barber, Mario Cuomo, Jane Fonda, Gore Vidal, Joan Didion, Francis Ford Coppola, Nadia Comăneci, Alessandra Mussolini and Barbara Bush. Because of her background, Harrison was often asked to write about movements that were perceived to be cults; she described families affected by the Unification Church and the Northeast Kingdom Community Church, and reported on the U.S. government's deadly standoff with the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.
Harrison published two collections of her essays and interviews: Off Center (1980) and The Astonishing World (1992). Her 1992 Harper's essay "P.C. on the Grill", which lampooned the "philosophy" of popular TV chef The Frugal Gourmet, was included in the 1993 edition of Best American Essays.
Harrison also wrote numerous travel articles covering destinations all over the world. She published two books about her travels in Italy, Italian Days (1989) and The Islands of Italy: Sicily, Sardinia, and the Aeolian Islands (1991).
In 1984 Harrison published a novel, Foreign Bodies. She won an O. Henry Award for short fiction in 1989.
Final years[edit source]
In 1994 Harrison, who had been a heavy smoker for most of her adult life, was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During her illness she completed her last book, An Accidental Autobiography. As the title implied, the book was less a straightforward memoir than a stream-of-consciousness collection of memories and reflections, loosely organised by theme.
Harrison wrote little afterwards as her illness progressed. She died on 24 April 2002 in a hospice in Manhattan.
Books[edit source]
Unlearning the Lie: Sexism in School (Liveright, 1969)
Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses (Simon & Schuster, 1978)
Off Center (The Dial Press, 1980)
Foreign Bodies (Doubleday, 1984)
Italian Days (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989)
The Islands of Italy: Sicily, Sardinia, and the Aeolian Islands (Ticknor & Fields, 1991)
The Astonishing World (Ticknor & Fields, 1992)
An Accidental Autobiography (Houghton Mifflin, 1996)
References[edit source]
1.^ New York Times obituary, April 26, 2002.
2.^ Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Visions of Glory, Simon & Schuster, 1978, chapter 1.
3.^ Los Angeles Times obituary, April 27, 2002.
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Nate Quarry
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Nate Quarry
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Born
March 19, 1972 (age 41)
Arcata, California, United States
Other names
Rock
Nationality
American
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division
185
Reach
72.5 in (184 cm)
Style
Muay Thai, Wrestling
Stance
Orthodox
Fighting out of
Gresham, Oregon
Team
Next Level MMA
Years active
2001–2010
Mixed martial arts record
Total
16
Wins
12
By knockout
7
By submission
2
By decision
3
Losses
4
By knockout
2
By submission
1
By decision
1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Nathan Parker Quarry (born March 19, 1972) is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter who is most notable for his appearance in The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as well as co-hosting the show MMA Uncensored Live.
Contents
[hide] 1 Early life 1.1 Mixed martial arts career
2 Personal life
3 Championships and awards
4 Mixed martial arts record
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Nate Quarry grew up as a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, which he later characterized as a cult that controls its members 24 hours a day. Quarry grew up in a sheltered lifestyle and did not even participate in organized sports until age 24, when he first became exposed to mixed martial arts. After a period of self-discovery, Quarry rejected his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, which caused him to become alienated from his family and former friends. He began to associate with others outside of the church and along the way began to train in mixed martial arts fighting.[1] Eventually, Quarry made his way to Team Quest, out of Gresham, Oregon, where he continued to train until mid-2007.[2]
Mixed martial arts career[edit]
Quarry made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2001, in a match against Drew McFedries, which he won with a TKO in the second round. After compiling a 5–1 record, Quarry was invited by the UFC to participate in The Ultimate Fighter, a reality television show and mixed martial arts competition featuring up-and-coming MMA talent living and training in seclusion with the UFC. On the show however, Quarry had to drop out of the competition when he suffered an ankle injury during practice, which would have required six weeks to heal. He was asked to stay on as an assistant coach. When he was no longer officially allowed to compete, he allowed Team Quest teammate, Chris Leben (who was already eliminated by Josh Koscheck) to take his place. During his time on the show, he was seen as the role model for Team Couture and would also stand up for Team Liddell member Sam Hoger when others would make fun of him, but confronted him when he was accused of stealing UFC merchandise from the gym.
Quarry made his UFC debut on The Ultimate Fighter finale card, where he defeated Lodune Sincaid by TKO. He won his first two fights in the UFC, both first round stoppages, including a victory over Shonie Carter, and was granted a shot at the middleweight title at UFC 56 on November 19, 2005. Quarry became the first Ultimate Fighter contestant to ever receive a UFC title shot. Middleweight Champion, Rich Franklin won the fight via one punch knockout in the first round.
Up until his rematch with Pete Sell, Quarry had not fought since his knockout defeat against Franklin, due to numerous injuries suffered prior to his fight with Rich Franklin. After his fight with Franklin, Quarry underwent a successful surgical procedure in June 2006 to repair a chronic back injury due to his many years of hard training. In the news segment of his website, he reported that his back and nose had since healed and that he is back in training.[3] On July 31, 2007, it was announced that Quarry would be making his return to the UFC on September 19, 2007 at UFC Fight Night 11, where he knocked out rival Pete Sell.
Quarry then defeated Kalib Starnes by decision at UFC 83. The fight was unusual because Starnes backed away from Quarry for almost the entire fight. In the final seconds of the fight, Quarry began showboating (which included the running-man) in protest to Starnes's refusal to engage. One judge scored the bout 30–24 in Quarry's favour, marking the second-largest margin of victory in UFC history.
At UFC 91, Quarry faced undefeated submission specialist Demian Maia. Maia controlled Nate on the ground and submitted him with a Rear Naked Choke in the first round. UFC 97 saw Nate take on Canadian fighter Jason MacDonald. Quarry over-powered Jason MacDonald by wrestling him to the ground and then delivering some brutal ground and pound bloodying him and ending the fight in the first round. Most recently, Nate fought Tim Credeur, who was an Ultimate Fighter 7 contestant, at UFC Fight Night 19. Nate won the fight via unanimous decision. The bout received Fight of the Night honours. With this victory Quarry improved his UFC record to 7-2 and had won 4 of his last 5 bouts since his return to the UFC.
He most recently faced fellow seasoned MMA veteran Jorge Rivera at UFC Fight Night 21. Quarry lost the fight via TKO in the second round. After the fight Quarry underwent facial reconstruction surgery.
Quarry has since retired from MMA.[4]
After his retirement he became the co-host of MMA Uncensored Live on Spike TV.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Quarry has a daughter named Ciera.[6]
Quarry was featured in the video game Left 4 Dead 2 as a guest zombie.[7]
Quarry created a comic book named Zombie Cage Fighter loosely based on his life.
Quarry is interviewed in the 2013 documentary Truth be Told, where he discusses his sheltered upbringing, and eventual expulsion, from the Jehovah's Witness faith.[8]
Championships and awards[edit]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Fight of the Night Honours
Mixed martial arts record[edit]
Professional record breakdown
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Res.
Record
Opponent
Method
Event
Date
Round
Time
Location
Notes
Loss 12–4 United States Jorge Rivera TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi March 31, 2010 2 0:29 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Win 12–3 United States Tim Credeur Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard September 16, 2009 3 5:00 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States Fight of the Night
Win 11–3 Canada Jason MacDonald TKO (elbows) UFC 97 April 18, 2009 1 2:27 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Loss 10–3 Brazil Demian Maia Submission (rear naked choke) UFC 91 November 15, 2008 1 2:44 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 10–2 Canada Kalib Starnes Decision (unanimous) UFC 83 April 19, 2008 3 5:00 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win 9–2 United States Pete Sell TKO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian September 19, 2007 3 0:14 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss 8–2 United States Rich Franklin KO (punch) UFC 56 November 19, 2005 1 2:34 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States For the UFC Middleweight Championship
Win 8–1 United States Pete Sell KO (punch) UFC Ultimate Fight Night August 6, 2005 1 0:42 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 7–1 United States Shonie Carter TKO (strikes) UFC 53 June 4, 2005 1 2:37 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 6–1 United States Lodune Sincaid TKO (Punches) The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale April 9, 2005 1 3:17 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 5–1 United States Chris Kiever Submission (triangle choke) IFC: Battleground Boise October 25, 2003 1 4:33 Boise, Idaho, United States
Loss 4–1 Brazil Gustavo Machado Decision (unanimous) KOTC 25 June 29, 2003 3 5:00 San Jacinto, California, United States
Win 4–0 United States George Lopez KO (punch) Gladiator Challenge 14 February 17, 2003 1 1:02 Porterville, California, United States
Win 3–0 United States Todd Carney Submission (armbar) Excalibur Fighting 13 December 7, 2002 N/A N/A Richmond, Virginia, United States
Win 2–0 Nakapan Phungephorn Decision (majority) Excalibur Fighting 11 July 6, 2002 2 5:00 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Win 1–0 United States Drew McFedries TKO Extreme Challenge 43 September 8, 2001 2 3:03 Orem, Utah, United States
References[edit]
1.^ UFC - NBCSports.com
2.^ "Taggradio.com". Taggradio.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
3.^ Nathan Quarry at NathanQuarry.com - News
4.^ "Nate Quarry retires on Spike TV's MMA Uncensored Live". mmamania.com. March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
5.^ "Nate Quarry Makes the Transition From Fighter to Broadcaster". mmafighting.com. February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
6.^ "TUF 1 crew talks old times". Yahoo! Sports, by Kevin Iole. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
7.^ "MMA Fighter Nate Quarry Talks Left 4 Dead 2". G4tv. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
8.^ http://vimeo.com/22708256#
External links[edit]
Nate Quarry's Official Website
Professional MMA record for Nathan Quarry from Sherdog
Official UFC Profile
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Leo Volpe
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Leo J. Volpe (1916–13 April 2000) was a draft resister and conscientious objector as a Jehovah's Witness during World War II.
In the Month of February 1940 Leo Volpe begin reading the first of a set of three books titled Vindication. The books were written by Joseph F. Rutherford of whom was later understood to be one of the Remnant of the heavenly class. Shortly after this he became a Jehovah's witness and studied with them for a year and a half.
In October 1943 he received his first command from Yahweh saying, "You must leave Jehovah's Witnesses, Move to the country, stay there by yourself, and I will teach you all about Jehovah's Witnesses; and afterward you will get back together in a way that will surprise them". Obediently he moved out to the country in Vineland, New Jersey. It was also at this time in 1944, that he left the Jehovah's Witnesses.
In 1945 he received his next vision from Yahweh and was told "You are a Prophet". In 1952 he was given the understanding of Revelation 13, but he did not yet have the understanding of the calculation of the 666. Through inspiration he realized that the king of iron (Russia, communism), and the king of clay (U.S.A., Capitalism ), spoken of in Daniel 2, would be the two nations that would combine to build the "abomination of desolation" the one world government. They would elect the Pope of Rome to be the temporal ruler. This One world government would only last for three and a half years,(Revelation 13:5). In 1964 he sat down and began to write out the elements of the beast spoken of in Revelation thirteen and came up with the calculation of the 666. The Revelation Thirteen article was put into print in 1965.
In 1973 he founded The Restored Israel of Yahweh, whose members believe that Volpe is the prophet Jeremiah resurrected, and which incorporates war tax resistance into its practices. Volpe also taught that Yahshua the Messiah returned in a spiritual presence in April 1917, and began to rule creation for One Thousand Years. Now that the Messiah's second presence has arrived, the time has come for the return of the Ancient Worthies the prophets of Old to return as "Princes in all the earth" as visible representatives of Yahweh's Holy Kingdom to Israel and to all people of goodwill. The Purpose of the Messiah's Reign is to remove all enemies that plague the human race, and the last enemy to be destroyed will be death. Then the earth will once again be a paradise as it was in the days of the Garden of Eden. All obedient mankind will be restored to perfection on earth through the Kingdom of Yahweh.
External links[edit]
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An "immortal" leader has a very mortal end The Press Of Atlantic City 21 May 2000
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Oliver Pocher
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Oliver Pocher in 2010.
Born
18 February 1978 (age 35)
Hanover, Germany
Nationality
Germany
Years active
1999 - present
Genres
Stand-up comedy, Observational comedy
Spouse
Alessandra Meyer-Wölden (m. 2010)
Notable works and roles
Rent a Pocher (2003-2006)
Schmidt & Pocher
Die Oliver Pocher Show
Website
Official Website
Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978 in Hanover) is a German actor, stand-up comedian and television host.
Contents
[hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and professional training
1.2 Career
1.3 Criticism and scandals
2 Shows
3 Discography 3.1 Albums
3.2 Singles
3.3 DVDs
4 Awards 4.1 2004
4.2 2005
4.3 2006
4.4 2008
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links
Biography[edit source]
Early life and professional training[edit source]
Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher and grew up in Hanover. His parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and he too was raised as one. In 2007, Pocher stated that, unlike his parents, he had no contact with the organization anymore as he claimed "not to have agreed with their rules“.[1]
The general predication that Pocher attended a Waldorf school was denied by his management.[2] Pocher successfully completed his training as an insurance broker at Signal Iduna Bauspar AG.
During the time of his apprenticeship he had some part-time jobs at various radio stations and as a DJ in clubs and during family celebrations. He also appeared in the comedian group Holla-Bolla and as an entertainer at Birte Karalus, a German chat show. After his apprenticeship he worked for the Swiss life insurance "Schweizerlebensversicherung und Rental AG" (today: SwissLife) and the "HDI Lebensversicherung AG" (HDI life insurance).
Career[edit source]
Pocher's first television appearance was on 28 October 1998 at the afternoon chat show of Bärbel Schäfer. Pocher was given 5 minutes to make the audience laugh.[3]
On 29 September 1999 he presented the show Chart Surfer Trash Top 100, Was geht ab, Planet Viva and finally 2002 his own show Alles Pocher, ... oder was?.
Between January 2003 to 14 April 2006 he presents the show Rent a Pocher on ProSieben.[4]
In 2006 he recorded the single "Schwarz und Weiss," a song dedicated to the 2006 world cup. A music video was made, featuring Oliver as several pressbox speakers, as well as him performing the song in front of fans dressed in Team Germany attire.[5]
From October 2007 to April 2009, Pocher joined established late night host Harald Schmidt's show on the Das Erste television channel, with the show being called Schmidt und Pocher.
In 2008 his third single "Bringt ihn heim“ (engl.: bring him home) was released. It is a song for the European Football Championship of 2008. The original version is Baschi's number one hit (Switzerland) “Bring en hei“[citation needed] He acted as a co-trainer of the European Team during the DEL All Star Game in 2009.[citation needed]
Pocher's contract was not renewed after April 2009, so he was hired by Sat.1 instead to present his own late night show, Die Oliver Pocher Show. The show's ratings were always below the station's average and even slipping over the course of the run until it was cancelled in March 2011.
Criticism and scandals[edit source]
Oliver Pocher is widely criticised for his jokes at the expense of others. After he recommended plastic surgery to a woman of the audience of the Wetten, dass..? ("Wanna Bet..?") episode on the 22nd of January in 2005, he was sued for damages of 25,000 Euros.[6] Although he apologized to her on the phone and repeated this apology in public during one of his shows, he was not able to solve this conflict out of court. On the 11th of January Pocher was sentenced by the district court of Hanover to pay a fine of 6000 euros. The judge in charge called Pocher’s statement (“You look quite old for your age”) a “very insulting comment”. The public insulting continued in January 2008 during the TV show "Johannes B. Kerner" when Pocher once again made fun of this woman’s appearance and mocked the verdict. As a result another suit was filed against the entertainer. The victim’s lawyer explained that the woman was insulted and that the topic is repeatedly brought up by people whom she meets during her work. Pocher did not comment on this.[7] Statements as those made by Pocher could be legal in the future, as the Council of Europe is advising to decriminalize insults.[8]
Pocher caused a scandal in July in 2005 during the ZDF (German broadcasting station) – show "Gottschalk & Friends" when he first insulted Mariah Carey and later accidentally spat water onto her.[9] For this action he has been harshly criticised by some newspapers and by the broadcast station in charge. Gottschalk himself kept calm and commented upon the incident: "Of course I do not want to have jokes at the expense of others during my show and I do not want corpses to be carried away from the battlefield afterwards. If you invite Pocher to your show, however, you should expect a different atmosphere than with, for example, Alfred Biolek."
When Pocher mocked the personal life of singer Sarah Connor and her reality show, Connor sued Pocher. While the exact outcome of the lawsuit is not known, Pocher did apologize to Connor.[10]
In January 2009, during the TV show “Schmidt & Pocher“, Pocher spoofed the Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who is portrayed by Tom Cruise in “Operation Walküre“. He had to face negative feedback for this and thereafter the broadcasting commission examined this incident.[11]
Shows[edit source]
Title
Channel
Period
Alles Pocher, … oder was? Viva (TV station) 2002
Rent a Pocher ProSieben January 2003 - 13 April 2006
Trash Top 100 VIVA 2004
Pochers WM-Countdown ProSieben 3 April 2006 - 5 June 2006
Pocher zu Gast in Deutschland ProSieben 12 June 2006 - 6 July 2006
Gameshow-Marathon ProSieben 15 January - 12 March 2007
Schmidt & Pocher Das Erste 25 October 2007 - 16 April 2009
Sportfreunde Pocher – Alle gegen die Bayern Sat.1 27 June 2009 - 25 July 2009
Alarm für Cobra 11 (guest appearance) RTL 3 September 2009
5 gegen Jauch RTL 4 September 2009
The Oliver Pocher Show Sat.1 October 2009 - March 2011
Samstag LIVE! Sky Deutschland since August 2011
Discography[edit source]
Albums[edit source]
2007: It's my life - Aus dem Leben eines B-Promis
Singles[edit source]
2006: "Schwarz und Weiß"
2007: "Ich kann nix dafür" (with Nena & Stephan Remmler)
2008: "Bringt ihn heim" (Germany: 68th best-selling single of 2008 [12])
2009: "Kennst du die Stars" (Bushido feat. Oliver Pocher)
2010: "Wir gehen nur zurück um Anlauf zu nehm’"
DVDs[edit source]
2005: Best of Pocher: Aufstieg & Fall eines B-Promis (2 DVDs)
2007: It's my life - Aus dem Leben eines B-Promis (2 DVDs)
2008: Best of Schmidt & Pocher (2 DVDs)
2009: Gefährliches Halbwissen - Die Weltrekord Live-Show (2 DVDs)
Awards[edit source]
2004[edit source]
Golden Bravo Otto in the category „Comedy“
2005[edit source]
Golden Bravo Otto in the category „Comedy“
Comet in the category „Beste Live-Comedy“
Deutscher Comedypreis for „Beste Comedy-Show“
Jetix Kids Award in the category „Coolster TV-Star“
2006[edit source]
Goldene Schallplatte for over 45.000 sold DVDs
Golden Bravo Otto in the category „Comedy“
Radio Regenbogen Comedy Award
Goldene Schallplatte for more than 220.000 sold Cd's of „Schwarz und Weiss“
2008[edit source]
Preis der beleidigten Zuschauer (Award of the offended viewers)
Filmography[edit source]
2005: Durch die Nacht mit Moritz Bleibtreu und Oliver Pocher (TV)
2006: 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug
2006: Hui Buh – Das Schlossgespenst
2007: Vollidiot
2009: Alarm für Cobra 11
2010: Hanni & Nanni
References[edit source]
1.^ Sex vor der Ehe ist verwerflich... muss aber leider manchmal sein Bild.de
2.^ [1]
3.^ YouTube Video vom Acting by Bärbel Schäfer
4.^ February 12, 2008: Who's Riding My Coattails Now? - Oliver Pocher
5.^ „Jeder kann blöd sein“
6.^ Spiegel.de
7.^ Spiegel.de
8.^ Report by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe
9.^ Clip from the Attack at YouTube
10.^ Sarah Connor vs. Oliver Pocher - Krieg im TV
11.^ Article in the "Hamburger Abendblatt"
12.^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Jahrescharts2008
External links[edit source]
[2] Stephen Colbert about Oliver Pocher (14. February 2008)
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Gloria Naylor
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Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor (born January 25, 1950) is an African-American novelist and educator.
Contents
[hide] 1 Early life 1.1 Education
2 Career
3 Works
4 Further reading
5 Notes
6 External links
Early life[edit source]
Born in New York, she was the first child to Roosevelt Naylor and Alberta McAlpin. During Naylor's childhood, her father worked as a transit worker and her mother as a telephone operator. From a young age, Naylor's mother encouraged her to read and keep a journal. Even though her mother had little education, she loved to read and often worked overtime in the fields as a sharecropper to produce enough money to join a book club.
In 1963, she moved to Queens with her family. Five years later Naylor followed in her mother's footsteps and became a Jehovah's Witness, but she left seven years later as ”things weren't getting better, but worse.”[1]
Education[edit source]
Naylor earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Brooklyn College, after which she obtained a master’s degree in American Studies from Yale University.
Career[edit source]
Naylor's debut novel The Women of Brewster Place was published in 1982 and won the 1983 National Book Award in the category First Novel.[2] It was adapted as a 1989 film of the same name by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
During her career as a professor, Naylor taught writing and literature at several universities, including at George Washington University, New York University, Boston University, and Cornell University.
Works[edit source]
The Women of Brewster Place (1982), ISBN 0-7868-6421-4
Linden Hills (1985), ISBN 0-14-008829-6
Mommy, What Does Nigger Mean? (1986)
Mama Day (1988), ISBN 0-89919-716-7
Bailey's Café (1992), ISBN 0-15-110450-6
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995), ISBN 0-316-59926-3 (editor)
The Men of Brewster Place (1999), ISBN 0-7868-8405-3
1996 (2005), ISBN 0-88378-263-4
Further reading[edit source]
Prahlad, Sw. Anand. 1998. "All chickens come home to roost: The function of proverbs in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day." Proverbium, 15: 265-282.
Drieling Claudia, 2011. Constructs of "Home" in Gloria Naylor's Quartet. Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann, 325 pp. ISBN 978-3-8260-4492-2.
Notes[edit source]
1.^ Voices from the Gaps biography: Naylor, Gloria
2.^ "National Book Awards – 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-28. (With acceptance speech by Naylor and essays by Rachel Helgeson and Felicia Pride from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
• First novels or first works of fiction were recognized from 1980 to 1985.
External links[edit source]
Biography at aalbc.com
Article "Award Winning Author Gloria Naylor Donates Archives to SHU" at sacredheart.edu
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John-Paul Langbroek
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The Honourable
John-Paul Langbroek
MP
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Minister for Education, Training and Employment of Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2012
Premier
Campbell Newman
Preceded by
Cameron Dick (Education)
Stirling Hinchliffe (Employment)
33rd Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
In office
2 April 2009 – 11 April 2011
Deputy
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Jeff Seeney
Leader of the Liberal National Party
In office
2 April 2009 – 11 April 2011
Deputy
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Campbell Newman
Member of the Queensland Parliament
for Surfers Paradise
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 February 2004
Preceded by
Lex Bell
Personal details
Born
John-Paul Honoré Langbroek
31 January 1961 (age 52)
Assen, Netherlands
Political party
Liberal National Party
Spouse(s)
Stacey Langbroek
Nickname(s)
JP
John-Paul Honoré Langbroek (born 31 January 1961 in Assen) is an Australian politician who is the Minister for Education, Training and Employment in Queensland.[1] He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the Liberal Party and its successor, the centre-right Liberal National Party, in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004. He was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the LNP from 2009 to 2011—the first person from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post.
Contents
[hide] 1 Early life
2 Early career
3 Leader of the Opposition
4 Personal
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
He and his sister, Melbourne-based media personality Kate Langbroek, grew up as the only two children of Jehovah's Witnesses. His family emigrated from the Netherlands to Australia in mid 1961. The family travelled around rural Queensland where Langbroek Sr worked at various schools.
Early career[edit]
A graduate of Sunnybank State High School, he went on to study at the University of Queensland, receiving an honours degree in Dental Science.[2] At university he showed no early sign of an interest in politics, describing his student days at the University of Queensland as being "toga parties, Lacoste shirts and university japes".[3]
He finished his degree in 1983 and departed for London where he met his wife Stacey. He won the state seat of Surfers Paradise from one-term independent MP Lex Bell at the 2004 state election, and served in the opposition shadow ministry for a number of years. He has held various shadow portfolios, including health, public works, mines and energy and immediately prior to his ascension to the leadership he has served as Shadow Minister for Education and Skills and Shadow Minister for the Arts from 12 August 2008.[4]
Leader of the Opposition[edit]
Langbroek was elected leader of the LNP following the 2009 state election after the LNP's first leader, Lawrence Springborg, announced his retirement. Langbroek named Springborg as his deputy.[5] Polling for much of 2009 and 2010 showed the LNP ahead of Labor on the two-party vote, and Langbroek consistently led incumbent Labor Premier Anna Bligh as preferred premier. However, after Labor's numbers rebounded in the wake of the Queensland floods, Langbroek came under growing pressure from the LNP's organisational wing to stand down.[6] According to Nine News Queensland's Spencer Jolly, LNP president Bruce McIver was trying to engineer a by-election to get Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, also from the Liberal side of the merger, elected to the legislature so Newman could challenge Langbroek for the LNP leadership.[7]
On 22 March 2011, Newman announced he would be seeking pre-selection for the seat of Ashgrove, and would challenge for the LNP leadership if successful. Later that day, Langbroek and Springborg announced their resignations as leader and deputy leader, respectively.[8] While a February poll showed the LNP with 55 percent two-party support—enough to make Langbroek premier—internal Coalition polling suggested that under Newman, the LNP would win government "in a canter".[9] As late as the previous day, Langbroek had insisted that he would not resign, and even demanded that McIver and the rest of the organisational wing either back down from their attempts to push him out or resign themselves. He appeared to have the support of most of the party room as well. However, within hours of Newman's announcement, Langbroek gave way.[6]
Newman appointed Langbroek Shadow Police Minister in his Shadow Cabinet.[10]
Personal[edit]
Langbroek is married and has three children. Although he has not shown a clear rejection of his parents' religion (Jehovah's Witnesses), he does not discuss the topic at length.[3] He has expressed the pain of having a relative with motor neurone disease. Describing the disease as having "destroyed his family", causing his 58-year-old brother-in-law to need constant nursing and causing potentially fatal weight loss.[11]
References[edit]
1.^ "Premier Campbell Newman announces Queensland Government's new ministry". Courier Mail. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
2.^ [1][dead link]
3.^ a b Andrew Fraser and Sean Parnell (3 April 2009). "Dentist in the chair". Theaustralian.news.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
4.^ "John-Paul Langbroek Biography". Parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
5.^ Rosemary Odgers and Steven Wardill (3 April 2009). "New LNP leader John Paul Langbroek warns dissidents". News.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
6.^ a b Newman's bid for leadership. 7.30 (ABC News), 22 March 2011.
7.^ Knives out for Langbroek. Nine News Queensland, 17 March 2011.
8.^ LNP leader John-Paul Langbroek quits as Campbell Newman announces he will enter state politics, Courier Mail, 22 March 2011.
9.^ Campbell Newman's Queensland coup. 6PM with George Negus (Ten News), 22 March 2011.
10.^ "Opposition Appointments to the Queensland Parliament as of 11 April 2011". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
11.^ "LNP leader John-Paul Langbroek keen to bite on Labor". Brisbanetimes.com.au. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
External links[edit]
Official Website
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Olin Richmond Moyle (1887–1966) was legal counsel for the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society[1] from 1935 to 1939. He helped represent Jehovah's Witnesses in two cases before the United States Supreme Court, which set new precedents on First Amendment freedoms.[2] A dispute with Watch Tower Society president J. F. Rutherford led to Moyle's expulsion from the religion.[3] Moyle later sued the Watch Tower Society for libel over an article in its magazine, The Watchtower. In his later years, he became one of the leaders of the United Israel World Union, a movement that sought to convert people, particularly Christians, to Judaism.
Contents
[hide] 1 Watch Tower Society association
2 Resignation
3 Libel lawsuit
4 Later life
5 References
6 External links
Watch Tower Society association[edit]
Moyle began associating with Charles Taze Russell's Bible Students group about 1910.[citation needed] In 1935 Moyle, his wife and son left their home in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and moved into the Brooklyn, New York headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society to serve as its legal counsel, heading its newly formed Legal Department. The department had been established by Rutherford to help Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the US mount court cases to defend themselves amid increasing opposition to their preaching and stance on flag salute.[4] Rutherford and Moyle jointly represented the Watch Tower Society in various lawsuits.[5] In 1938, Moyle won the Lovell v. City of Griffin case before the Supreme Court of the United States[6] and the same year sent a letter to President Roosevelt condemning his support of "Fascist" Catholicism.[7]
Resignation[edit]
On July 21, 1939, Moyle wrote an open letter of resignation to Rutherford, protesting over conditions at "Bethel", the Watch Tower Society's Brooklyn headquarters, including what he described as ill treatment of workers, discrimination by Rutherford, the use and encouragement of "filthy and vulgar language" and a "glorification" of alcohol.[8] Moyle said that Rutherford had "many many homes, to wit, Bethel, Staten Island, California" and deplored "the difference between the accommodations furnished to you, and your personal attendants, compared with those furnished to some of your brethren".[9]
Moyle had been handling the famous Minersville School District v. Gobitis case, and had won at the trial court level as well as at the appellate level. However, after Moyle's removal from the case, the Minersville School District appealed the Gobitis case to the Supreme Court. Rutherford himself argued the case before the Supreme Court in 1940, and the Court ruled against the Jehovah's Witnesses by a vote of 8-1. This ruling triggered a nationwide wave of violence against Jehovah's Witnesses that lasted for the next several months.[citation needed] Three years later the Supreme Court overruled this decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), argued by Moyle's successor, Hayden Covington.
Libel lawsuit[edit]
Although Moyle had advised his resignation would take effect on September 1, the Watch Tower board dismissed him immediately and he returned to his home congregation in Wisconsin. On October 15, 1939 the directors responded in the pages of The Watchtower,[10] stating that "every paragraph of that letter is false, filled with lies, and is a wicked slander and a libel".[11] The article compared his actions with those of Judas Iscariot.
For four years past the writer of that letter has been entrusted with the confidential matters of the Society. It now appears that the writer of that letter, without excuse, libels the family of God at Bethel, and identifies himself as one who speaks evil against the Lord's organization, and who is a murmurer and complainer, even as the scriptures have foretold. (Jude 4-16; 1Cor. 4:3; Rom 14:4) The members of the board of directors hereby resent the unjust criticism appearing in that letter, disapprove of the writer and his actions, and recommend the president of the Society immediately terminate the relationship of O. R. Moyle to the Society as legal counsel and as a member of the Bethel family.
— Joseph F. Rutherford, The Watchtower, 1939-10-15
Moyle was disfellowshipped by his congregation,[4] which wrote a letter to The Watchtower stating that they had not read Moyle's letter, but disapproved of his actions and "never listen to accusations against Brother Rutherford".[4][12] In 1940, Moyle sued the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York over the response in The Watchtower. Rutherford presented a public resolution at a 1941 convention against Moyle, with reference to the September 15, 1941 issue of The Watchtower.[13] Moyle won his suit, and the court awarded him $30,000 in damages, which was reduced to $15,000 on appeal in 1944.[14]
The initial jury verdict was affirmed twice on appeal; first by the five member Appellate Division, 2nd Department (3-2); and second, unanimously, by the seven members of the state's highest court, The Court of Appeals, in the capitol at Albany.[15]
Later life[edit]
Moyle later served as the vice president of the Jefferson County Bar Association in Wisconsin,[16] and was recognized by Rand McNally in its national list of "bank recommended attorneys".[17]
Moyle became involved with David Horowitz and the work of the United Israel World Union, formed in 1944 to "preach a universal Hebraic faith for all humankind".[18] The 1978 edition of The Encyclopedia of American Religions describes "former Jehovah's Witness Olin Moyle" as having been "[a]mong the leaders" of the movement, "a vigorous missionary program to convert people, particularly Christians, to Judaism".[19]
References[edit]
1.^ "Master List of Special Collections in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections", Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, As Retrieved 2009-08-14, "Moyle, Olin R. (Olin Richmond), 1887-1966, Olin R. Moyle Papers, Consists of works, correspondence, three diaries (1931-1951), a scrapbook, printed matter, and newspaper clippings of Moyle, an attorney for the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. The collection contains a typed manuscript with corrections of Moyle's unpublished book Christ's Glorious Church and descriptions of various legal proceedings, particularly those of Joseph F. Rutherford, in which Moyle was one of the society's attorneys."
2.^ "Schneider v. New Jersey". See also Lovell v. City of Griffin
3.^ Herbert W. Stroup, The Jehovah's Witnesses, Columbia University Press, 1945, page 26.
4.^ a b c Wills, Tony (2006). A People For His Name. Lulu Enterprises. pp. 21–224. ISBN 978-1-4303-0100-4.
5.^ FindLaw, U.S. Supreme Court SCHNEIDER v. NEW JERSEY, 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
6.^ "Correspondence from Rutherford to Moyle re: the Griffin case".
7.^ "1938 letter to Roosevelt".
8.^ "Moyle's open letter to Rutherford".
9.^ Olin R. Moyle's Letter to J. F. Rutherford
10.^ The Watchtower, October 15, 1939, pages 316, 317. Wills reproduces the article in A People For His Name, pages 202-203.
11.^ Blizard, Paul. "Watch the Tower website". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28.
12.^ The Watchtower, July 1, 1940, page 207.
13.^ "1941 Watchtower Resolution against Moyle". September 15, 1941. p. 285.
14.^ December 20, 1944 Consolation, p. 21
15.^ Moyle v. Rutherford et al., 261 App. Div. 968; 26 N.Y.S. 2d 860; Moyle v. Franz et al., 267 App. Div. 423; 46 N.Y.S. 2d 607; Moyle v. Franz et al., 47 N.Y.S. 484.
16.^ The Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, Volume 23, ©1950 University of California, page 33
17.^ Rand McNally List of Bank-recommended Attorneys, ©1952, Rand McNally & Co., page 575
18.^ "David Horowitz: A Life Remembered", UnitedIsrael.org, official web site of United Israel World Union, Retrieved 2010-08-16, "David Horowitz had a sharp break with Moses Guibbory and in 1944 formed his own organization which he called the United Israel World Union. The purpose of the organization was to preach a universal Hebraic faith for all humankind based on the Decalogue and the other universal commandments of the Torah."
19.^ The Encyclopedia of American Religions, Volume 2 by J. Gordon Melton, McGrath Pub. Co., 1978, page 327
External links[edit]
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Ja Rule
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Ja Rule
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Ja Rule with Jaid Barrymore in February 2005
Background information
Birth name
Jeffrey Atkins
Born
February 29, 1976 (age 37)
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin
Hollis, Queens, New York, U.S.[1]
Genres
Hip hop
Occupations
Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor
Years active
1994–present
Labels
Def Jam, The Inc., Mpire Music Group, Fontana Distribution
Associated acts
Irv Gotti, DMX, Jay-Z, Ashanti, Bobby Brown, Memphis Bleek, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, Lil' Mo, Christina Milian, Hussein Fatal, R. Kelly, Missy Elliott, Method Man, Nas, Wanessa.
Website
www.ruleyork.com
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976),[2] better known by his stage name, Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor from Queens, New York.
Born in Hollis, Queens, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" with Christina Milian, "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" with Jennifer Lopez, "Always on Time" with Ashanti, "Mesmerize" also with Ashanti, and "Wonderful" with R. Kelly and Ashanti. During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to The Inc. Records, which was formerly known as Murder Inc. and was led by Irv Gotti. He is also known for some well-publicized feuds with other rappers (in particular 50 Cent and Eminem).
Contents
[hide] 1 Early life
2 Music career 2.1 Venni Vetti Vecci (1999)
2.2 Rule 3:36 (2000)
2.3 Pain Is Love (2001)
2.4 The Last Temptation (2002)
2.5 Blood in My Eye (2003)
2.6 R.U.L.E. (2004)
2.7 Hiatus, departure from Def Jam and leaving The Inc. Records (2005–2009)
2.8 The Mirror and Mpire Music Group (2009)
2.9 Pain Is Love 2, prison and Renaissance Project (2012–present)
3 Acting career
4 Personal life 4.1 Family
4.2 Legal issues
5 Feuds 5.1 50 Cent/G-Unit Records
5.2 Shady/Aftermath
6 Discography
7 Awards and nominations
8 Filmography
9 References
10 External links
Early life[edit source]
Atkins was born in the Queens borough of New York City.[2] He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness by his mother, health care worker Debra Atkins,[3] and grandparents. At the age of five his sister died from breathing complications, leaving him as an only child. He attended Public School 134 in Hollis, a school he has described as having a predominantly black student body. He said he got into many fights at the school because of his small size, so his mother transferred him to Middle School 172 in Glen Oaks, which he described as a "white school".[4]
Music career[edit source]
Atkins began his rap career in 1993 with his classic hip hop group Cash Money Click. He told Curtis Waller of MTV News that his stage name "Ja Rule" came from a friend who addressed him by that name; other friends called him "Ja".[5] In 1995, he made his first appearance on Mic Geronimo's "Time to Build" which featured Jay-Z and DMX, who were also in their early stages of their careers. In 1998 he had signed with Def Jam, and was also featured on Jay-Z's hit single "Can I Get A..." along with Amil which Ja Rule wrote the hook, and was going to be a Ja Rule solo song, until Jay-Z heard the track.
Venni Vetti Vecci (1999)[edit source]
Ja Rule's debut album Venni Vetti Vecci was released in 1999, peaking at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 184,000 copies sold in its first week and eventually reached platinum status in the US due to the popularity of the hit single, "Holla Holla" which reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[6][7]
Rule 3:36 (2000)[edit source]
Ja Rule returned in 2000 with his new single "Between Me and You", which featured Christina Milian which would end up getting Top 40 airplay. "Between Me and You" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the second single "Put It on Me" featuring Vita and Lil' Mo reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] The music video for "Put It on Me" had also topped the MTV Video Countdown for a week. The second album, Rule 3:36, was released on October 10, 2000 and had debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album. The album would be certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[7]
Pain Is Love (2001)[edit source]
Ja Rule released his third studio album, Pain Is Love on October 2, 2001 and is considered to be Ja Rule's most commercially successful album of his career. The album spawned three top ten singles, two of them reaching number 1. The first single, "Livin' It Up", featuring Case, reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the second single "Always on Time", which featured Ashanti ended up being Ja Rule's first number 1 hit to top the Billboard Hot 100.[6] The remix of Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real" which features Ja Rule, also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Like its predecessor, Pain Is Love topped the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 361,000 copies and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[7] The album would also receive a Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Rap Album. By 2007, 3.6 million copies of Pain Is Love had been sold.[8]
The Last Temptation (2002)[edit source]
The Last Temptation, Ja Rule's fourth album, was released on November 19, 2002. It featured two hit singles; "Thug Lovin'" (peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100), and "Mesmerize" another duet with Ashanti (peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100).[6] The Last Temptation debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 237,000 copies and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in December 2002.[7][9]
Blood in My Eye (2003)[edit source]
Ja Rule's fifth album Blood in My Eye, was released on November 4, 2003 under the "Murder Inc." label, which renamed itself "The Inc." several days after the album release. The album was originally planned to be a mixtape, but Murder Inc. had ordered Ja Rule to release an album each year based on the requirements of his contract. The album was described as a "hate" album, directed at artists on G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath. It spawned one hit single, "Clap Back" which reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and had won him a Source Award for "Fat Tape" song of the year. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 139,000 copies in its first week of release. It has since sold over 468,000 copies in the U.S.[9] In October 2003, Ja Rule met with Minister Louis Farrakhan, who wanted to intervene and prevent escalating violence in the feud between Ja Rule and 50 Cent.[10]
R.U.L.E. (2004)[edit source]
Ja Rule's sixth studio album R.U.L.E. was released in November 2004 debuting at number 7 selling 166,000 copies in its first week of release. Its lead single was "Wonderful" featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was followed by the street anthem "New York" featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss which charted at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third single was the love song "Caught Up" featuring Lloyd which had failed to make an impact on the Billboard Hot 100. The RIAA certified R.U.L.E. Gold on January 14, 2005,[7] and by October 2007, the album had sold 658,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[8]
Hiatus, departure from Def Jam and leaving The Inc. Records (2005–2009)[edit source]
Ja Rule performing in Fort Hood, Texas, May 13, 2005
On December 6, 2005, The Inc. released Exodus, a greatest hits album whose only new tracks were the song "Me" and intro and outro tracks. Exodus was the last album on Ja Rule's contract with The Inc. After the release of this compilation, Ja Rule took a hiatus from recording music.[2]
In 2005, The Inc. Records came under investigation because of drug trades by Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, who was associated with Irv Gotti.[11] This led to Def Jam Recordings refusing to renew The Inc.'s contract. From 2005 to 2006, Gotti searched for other labels until finally reaching a deal with Universal Records (part of the same company as Def Jam).
The Mirror and Mpire Music Group (2009)[edit source]
After leaving Murder Inc. Records in 2009, Ja Rule founded his own independent label, Mpire Music Group and recruited new artists while still maintaining friendship with Irv Gotti. The Mirror was to be Ja Rule's seventh album and set for a 2007 release date, however, due to poor reception to singles (partly believed to be due to his beef with 50 Cent), it was pushed back. Tracks from the album leaked online, leading Ja Rule to re-record the album. He eventually decided to release it as a free download in 2009.
Pain Is Love 2, prison and Renaissance Project (2012–present)[edit source]
In February 2011, it was announced that Ja Rule started working on another album called Pain Is Love 2, naming it after the original 2001 triple platinum album (Pain Is Love). It was planned to have production from the producers on the original Pain Is Love album in order to "recreate magic". Most of the production would be done by 7 Aurelius (who co-produced "Down Ass Bitch"), while Irv Gotti was the executive producer of the album. He had planned on releasing it June 7, although later decided to delay the release date in order to allow more time to perfect the "level and quality of the records" and to avoid "doing an injustice to [his] fans".[12][13][14]
Pain Is Love 2 was slated for an October 11, 2011 release date but was pushed back to February 28, 2012.[15] To make up for the delay Ja Rule released a new track called "Falling to Pieces" which was produced by 7 Aurelius. The song samples The Script's "Breakeven".[16][17] On October 2, 2011, another track called "Spun a Web" was released, which was also produced 7 Aurelius and samples Coldplay's "Trouble". The following day a teaser music video premiered on YouTube and the official music video was released on October 11.[18] Pain Is Love 2 was finally released on February 28, 2012, while Ja Rule was serving a two-year sentence in prison for gun possession.
Renaissance Project is the upcoming eighth studio album by Ja Rule which has yet to have a confirmed release date. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily at Mpire Studios in NYC Studio during 2008 to 2011. Production was handled by Rule and several others, including Benzino, 7 Aurelius and Buck 3000. Most of the tracks that were meant for the Renaissance were transferred over to Pain Is Love 2. Ja Rule was set to be released from prison on July 28, 2013, but on May 7, 2013, he was released early.[19] He then announced that a new album is on the way and he is getting offers from major labels and artists wanting to collaborate with him. N.O.R.E announced that Ja will be on a remix to one of the tracks off his latest album, Student of the Game. He is then set to go out on his tour, "40 Days, 40 Nights" tour.
Acting career[edit source]
Aside from rapping, Ja Rule has established a career as an actor, his first film was a buddy movie with Pras, he famously appeared in The Fast and the Furious. In 2004, he appeared in several movies including Back in The Day with Ving Rhames and Pam Grier and Half Past Dead as Steven Seagal's co-star. He also starred in the movies The Cookout with Queen Latifah and Assault on Precinct 13.
Personal life[edit source]
Family[edit source]
In April 2001, Ja Rule married Aisha Murray.[20][21][22][23] He also has three children; Brittany (born 1995), Jeff Jr Atkins (born 2000), and Jordan Atkins (born 2004).[24][25]
Legal issues[edit source]
In 2003, he allegedly punched a man in Toronto, who later sued Ja Rule. The issue was settled out of court.[26]
In 2004, police investigated whether a feud involving The Inc. led to a fatal shooting outside a nightclub party hosted by Ja Rule and Leon Richardson where they thought he shot Proof of D12.[27][28]
On July 1, 2004, Ja Rule was arrested with Don Rhys for driving with a suspended license and possessing marijuana.[29]
In July 2007, Ja Rule was arrested for gun and drug possession charges along with Lil Wayne, and Don Rhys who served eight months in prison during 2010 for attempted possession of a weapon stemming from the arrest.[30][31][32] New York Supreme Court judge Richard Carruthers rejected Ja Rule's argument that the gun was illegally obtained evidence.[33][34] On December 13, 2010, Ja Rule received a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted possession of a weapon after the aforementioned 2007 concert. On March 8, 2011 Ja Rule's surrender date for his two-year prison sentence was set for June 8.[35] His publicist said that Ja Rule will turn himself in to authorities. He will go to Rikers Island first, then be sent to a state facility in Upstate New York.[36]
In July 2011, Ja Rule received an additional 28-month prison sentence for tax evasion, to run concurrently with his state term, failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in earnings between 2004–2006.[37] He was released from state prison on February 21, 2013, but was immediately taken into federal custody for the tax case, for which he has less than six months remaining on his sentence.[38] Ja Rule was held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center and was set be released in July 28, 2013. On May 7, 2013, Ja Rule was released from prison early.[19][39]
Feuds[edit source]
50 Cent/G-Unit Records[edit source]
Before signing with Interscope Records, 50 Cent engaged in a well-publicized feud with Ja Rule and his label Murder Inc. Records. 50 Cent claimed that the feud began in 1999 after Ja Rule spotted him with a man who robbed him of his jewelry and also because of Ja Rule "trying to be Tupac".[citation needed] However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because 50 Cent did not like Ja Rule "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.[40] A confrontation occurred in a New York studio where rapper Black Child, a Murder Inc. artist, stabbed 50 Cent, which resulted in him having three stitches.[4]
In his book, 50 Cent details how Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff tried to resolve the conflict between him and Ja Rule. Allegedly, McGriff asked 50 Cent to leave them alone because of the money involved. 50 Cent insinuated the conflict had something to do with the shooting where he was ambushed and shot.
Since then, Black Child publicly insulted 50 Cent twice in "There's a Snitch in the Club", and "You the Wanksta". In both songs, Black Child details violent actions directed toward 50 Cent.[4] The exchange of insult tracks released from both parties culminated in Ja Rule releasing Blood in My Eye, which was an album that returned additional insults to 50 Cent. Ja Rule eventually tried to quash the feud with 50 Cent by using minister Louis Farrakhan in a televised interview. However, the attempt at peace lost credibility as the interview was scheduled a day before Blood in My Eye was released. As a result, most fans, along with 50 Cent, dismissed the interview as a blatant publicity stunt. Because of the ongoing feud between the two, 50 Cent's labelmates Eminem, Dr. Dre, Obie Trice, D12, DMX, and Busta Rhymes also became involved and released tracks which insulted Ja Rule.[4]
Ja Rule later released R.U.L.E. with the successful single "New York" featuring Jadakiss and Fat Joe in which Ja Rule took subliminal shots at 50 Cent. This single prompted 50 Cent to enter a feud with the two featured artists (see article on "Piggy Bank" for details).
Although it seemed that the feud was over, Ja Rule returned with a track entitled "21 Gunz".[41] In response, Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent released the track "Return of Ja Fool" on Lloyd Banks' mixtape Mo Money in the Bank Pt. 4, Gang Green Season Starts Now.[41] 50 Cent claimed in 2010 that Ja Rule's beef with him and Shady/Aftermath has ruined Ja's career saying "We just ripped the nigga apart and he hasn't and can't come back from it."
In an interview with MTV, Ja Rule stated that his album, The Mirror, would not be continuing any past feuds that he has engaged in. He said:
There was a lot of things I wanted to say, and I didn't want there to be any bitter records on the album. Because I'm not bitter about anything that happened [in the past few years].[42]
In May 2011, it was confirmed that both Ja Rule and 50 Cent ended the feud. Ja Rule said "I'm cool. We ain't beefing no more. We'll never collaborate. That's just what it is. You don't have to be at war with somebody, but it's also kind of like U.S. and another country that they may not get along with. We don't gotta go to war, but we're not friends either. But we can coincide inside of a world. He's doing him, and he's not thinking about me, and I'm doing me and I'm not thinking about him."[43]
Shady/Aftermath[edit source]
The conflict started after 50 Cent signed to Shady Records and Aftermath. Ja Rule stated that he had a problem with Eminem and Dr. Dre for signing someone he disliked.[44]
The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change", in which he insulted 50 Cent, called Eminem by the name "Feminem", called Dr. Dre bisexual, and claimed that Suge Knight knew of Dre "bringing transvestites home". The song also includes lyrics that insulted Eminem's family (most notably his daughter) and acquaintances.[44] After the "diss" track mentioned earlier Eminem and his group D12 made the songs "go to sleep" and "do rae mi" respectively
Busta Rhymes joined the conflict when he was featured on the track "Hail Mary 2003", with Eminem and 50 Cent. The song, a remake of Tupac Shakur's song "Hail Mary", was done partially as a response to Ja Rule's remake of another Tupac song, "Pain" (retitled "So Much Pain"). The rappers felt that Rule could never amount to Tupac, and so they made the track, mocking him for trying to "imitate" the deceased rap icon. Eminem prevented Ja Rule from appearing on any of the "new" Tupac songs he produced, including those on Loyal to the Game.[45]
Discography[edit source]
Main article: Ja Rule discography
Studio albums1999: Venni Vetti Vecci
2000: Rule 3:36
2001: Pain Is Love
2002: The Last Temptation
2003: Blood in My Eye
2004: R.U.L.E.
2012: Pain Is Love 2[46]
TBA: Renaissance Project[46]
Independent album2009: The Mirror
Compilation albums2005: Exodus
2012: Icon
Awards and nominations[edit source]
Year
Award/Nomination
2001 Source Hip-Hop Music Award Won for Single of the Year – "Put It on Me"
MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Rap Video – "Put It on Me"
2002 MTV Video Music Awards Won for Best Hip-Hop Video – "I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
MTV Video Music Awards nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video – "Always on Time"
American Music Award nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
Grammy Awards nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group – "Put It on Me"
Grammy Awards nominated for Best Rap Album – Pain Is Love
Grammy Awards nominated for Best Rap/Song Collaboration – "Livin' It Up"
World Music Awards Won for World's Best-Selling Rap Artist
BET Awards Won for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Artist
GQ Men of the Year Award Won for Musician of the Year
Teen Choice Awards Won for Male Artist of the Year
NAACP Image Awards Won for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
Soul Train Music Award nomination for Best Rap/Soul or Rap Album of the Year – Pain Is Love
2003 Source Award Won for R&B/Rap Collaboration of the Year – "Thug Lovin'"
American Music Award nomination for Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Male Artist
Grammy Awards nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration – "Always on Time"
2004 Source Award Won for Phat Tape Song of the Year – "Clap Back"
2009 MTV Video Music Brasil nomination for Hit do Ano (Song of the Year) – "Fly"
Filmography[edit source]
Film
Year
Film/Television
Role
Notes
2000 Turn It Up David 'Gage' Williams Alongside Jason Statham and Pras.
2001 The Fast and the Furious Edwin Plays a supporting role as a street racer.
2002 Half Past Dead Nicolas 'Nick' Frazier Though a sequel was made, Ja Rule did not star in it.
2003 Crime Partners Hitman
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself
2003 Scary Movie 3 Agent Thompson Minor role
2004 The Cookout Bling Bling/Percival Assmackey
2004 Shall We Dance Hip Hop bar performer
2005 Back in the Day Reggie Alongside Ving Rhames
2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Smiley Supporting role
2006 South Beach Donnie Fox T.V. Series "The S.B."(episode 7)
2006 Furnace Terrence Dufresne
2008 Ja Rule:2005 Himself A concert from his 2005 European tour, plus bonus tracks and interviews.
2009 Just Another Day Himself
2009 Don't Fade Away Foster
2009 Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff Himself[47]
2010 Wrong Side of Town Razor Alongside wrestlers; Batista & Rob Van Dam
2011 I'm in Love with a Church Girl Miles Montego His real son plays the younger version of himself, Miles.
2012 The Cookout 2 Bling Bling Sequel to The Cookout
2013 Goat Willie Davis Post-production
References[edit source]
1.^ Ja Rule: The Road To Redemption Retrieved 2013-06-26.
2.^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason (2007). "AllMusic Biography". allmusic. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
3.^ Hughes, Zondra (2002-04). "Ja Rule: rap star rules hearts & charts – Jeffrey Atkins". Ebony. p. 140
4.^ a b c d Farrakhan, Louis. "Ja Rule on 50 Cent, God and Hip-Hop". MTV. Retrieved 2008-12-01. "The first school I went to was all-black, PS 134. I used to fight every day, and got my ass kicked every time, so my mom figured I should be bused out — you know the busing thing in Boston? So they bused me on out to a white school, MS 172, where it was a little bit better. I didn't have any black friends there, but I learned how to deal with that situation and get along."
5.^ Waller, Curtis (2001-02-17). "Ja Rule: Rules of the Game". MTV News. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
6.^ a b c d "Ja Rule: Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
7.^ a b c d e "Gold & Platinum: Ja Rule". RIAA. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
8.^ a b Mitchell, Gail (October 7, 2007). "Rapper Ja Rule releasing first album in 3 years". Reuters. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
9.^ a b "Ja Rule – Charts & Awards (Billboard Albums)". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
10.^ "Farrakhan warns hip-hop artists: Clap-back will only lead to coffins". The Final Call. 2003-11-04. Retrieved 2008-04-150.
11.^ Rashbaum, Matthew; Sweeney (2005-12-03). "Hip-Hop Producers Get Acquittal, Then Hugs, From Jurors". The New York Times.
12.^ "Ja Rule Working On ‘Pain Is Love Pt. 2′ « GetWrite Gossip | New Hip Hop Music, Hip Hop News, Sports, Entertainment Blog". Getwritegossip.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
13.^ "Ja Rule working on "Pain is Love 2″". Hip-hopvibe.com. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
14.^ Horowitz, Steven J. (2011-12-09). "Ja Rule Reveals Tracklist For "Pain Is Love 2," Due In 2012 | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
15.^ "Pil 2: Ja Rule: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
16.^ September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23). "Ja Rule - "Falling 2 Pieces" | New Music". SoulCulture. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
17.^ » by September 23, 2011, 14:24pm (2011-09-23). "Ja Rule Releases "Falling To Pieces" [Audio". Hip-Hop Wired. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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19.^ a b "JA RULE RELEASED From Prison". http://www.tmz.com/. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
20.^ Hughes, Zondra (2002-04). "Ja Rule: rap star rules hearts & charts – Jeffrey Atkins". Ebony. p. 142
21.^ Borow, Zev. "33 Things You Should Know About Ja Rule". Blender. August 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
22.^ Hughes, Zondra (2002-04). "Ja Rule: rap star rules hearts & charts – Jeffrey Atkins". Ebony. p. 142
23.^ "Life with Rapper Ja Rule, Wife, and Kids". BlackCelebrityKids. 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
24.^ "Rapper Ja Rule's Wife Aisha Murray (Photos - Pictures)". BallerWives.com. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
25.^ "Ja Rule". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
26.^ "Ja Rule apologizes for punching the man". USA Today. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
27.^ "Police probing nightclub shooting". USA Today. 2004-12-29. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
28.^ Weiss, Murray (2005-07-18). "Ja Rule Target of Shooting Investigation". New York Post. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
29.^ Tavernise, Sabrina (2004-07-02). "Rapper and Tap Dancer Arrested". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
30.^ Shepherd, Julianne (July 23, 2007). "Lil Wayne, Ja Rule Arrested After NY Performance". Vibe. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008.
31.^ Brunswick, Deborah (July 23, 2007). "2 hip-hop stars arrested in New York after concert". CNN. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
32.^ Grace, Melissa (December 13, 2010). "Rapper Ja Rule gets two year jail sentence after pleading guilty to weapon possession". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
33.^ "Judge: Gun Stays as Evidence in Ja Rule's NYC Case". ABCNews.com. Associated Press. January 20, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
34.^ Grace, Melissa (January 20, 2010). "Judge tosses rapper Ja Rule's 'weed' plea in gun case". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
35.^ "Ja Rule to go to prison in June in NYC gun case - Entertainment - Music - TODAY.com". Today.msnbc.msn.com. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
36.^ "Rapper Ja Rule to turn himself in for prison sentence Wednesday". CNN.com. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
37.^ Theo Bark (19 July 2011). "Ja Rule Receives Additional Jail Time for Tax Evasion". Theboombox.com/. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
38.^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22995/title.ja-rule-to-be-released-from-prison-in-gun-case
39.^ "BREAKING NEWS: JA RULE HAS BEEN RELEASED!". http://www.ruleyork.com/. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
40.^ MTV News (3 November 2003). "Ja Rule on 50 Cent, God and Hip-Hop". MTV. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
41.^ a b "Hip-Hop Rumors: Kay Slay Doll, Ja Rule, Happy 1,000Th To Illseed!". Allhiphop. April 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
42.^ Rodriguez, Jayson (12 July 2007). "Ja Rule Leaves Bitterness — and 50 Cent Beef — Behind on New Album". MTV. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
43.^ "Ja Rule and 50 Cent Squash Beef". Inquisitr.com. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
44.^ a b "Ja Rule - Eminem's Enemies". Eminemlab.com. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
45.^ "Eminem's Enemies, Rivals and Beefs: Ja Rule". EminemLab.com. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
46.^ a b Kuperstein, Slava (2011-03-19). "DX News Bits: Lil Wayne Signs Porcelain Black, Ja Rule Plans 2 Albums In 1 Day, Rev. Run Signs Watch Deal | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
47.^ "Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff (Video 2009)". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
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Patti Smith
Patti Smith.jpg
Patti Smith performing at Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 1978
Background information
Birth name
Patricia Lee Smith
Born
December 30, 1946 (age 66)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Origin
New York City, New York
Genres
Rock, protopunk, punk rock, art punk, blues rock
Occupations
Singer-songwriter, poet, artist
Instruments
Vocals, guitar, clarinet
Years active
1971–present
Labels
Arista, Columbia
Associated acts
Tom Verlaine
Website
www.pattismith.net
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946)[1] is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.[2]
Called the "Godmother of Punk",[3] her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978.[2] In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture,[4] and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5] On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.[6] She is also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.
Contents
[hide] 1 Life and career 1.1 1946–1967: Early life
1.2 1967–1973: New York
1.3 1974–1979: Patti Smith Group
1.4 1980–1995: Marriage
1.5 1996–2003: Re-emergence
1.6 2004–present
2 Influence
3 Activism
4 Band members
5 Discography
6 Bibliography
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Life and career[edit]
1946–1967: Early life[edit]
Patricia Lee Smith was born in Chicago.[1] Her mother, Beverly, was a waitress, and her father, Grant, worked at the Honeywell plant. The family was of Irish heritage.[citation needed] She spent her early childhood in Germantown, Pennsylvania,[7] before her family moved to Woodbury Gardens, Deptford Township, New Jersey.[8][9] Her mother was a Jehovah's Witness. Patti had a strong religious upbringing and a Bible education, but left organized religion as a teenager because she felt it was too confining; much later, she wrote the line "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" in her cover version of Them's "Gloria" in response to this experience.[10] She has described having an avid interest in Tibetan Buddhism around the age of eleven or twelve, saying "I fell in love with Tibet because their essential mission was to keep a continual stream of prayer," but that as an adult she sees clear parallels between different forms of religion, and has come to the conclusion that religious dogmas are "...man-made laws that you can either decide to abide by or not."[11] At this early age Smith was exposed to her first records, including Shrimp Boats by Harry Belafonte, Patience and Prudence doing The Money Tree, and Another Side of Bob Dylan, which her mother gave to her. Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School in 1964 and went to work in a factory.[2][12] She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on April 26, 1967, and chose to place her for adoption.[12]
1967–1973: New York[edit]
In 1967, she left Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and moved to New York City. She met photographer Robert Mapplethorpe there while working at a book store with a friend, poet Janet Hamill. She and Mapplethorpe had an intense romantic relationship, which was tumultuous as the pair struggled with times of poverty, and Mapplethorpe with his own sexuality. Smith considers Mapplethorpe to be one of the most important people in her life, and in her book Just Kids refers to him as "the artist of my life". Mapplethorpe's photographs of her became the covers for the Patti Smith Group LPs, and they remained friends until Mapplethorpe's death in 1989.[13] In 1969 she went to Paris with her sister and started busking and doing performance art.[8] When Smith returned to New York City, she lived in the Hotel Chelsea with Mapplethorpe; they frequented Max's Kansas City and CBGB. Smith provided the spoken word soundtrack for Sandy Daley's art film Robert Having His Nipple Pierced, starring Mapplethorpe. The same year Smith appeared with Wayne County in Jackie Curtis's play Femme Fatale. As a member of the St. Mark's Poetry Project, she spent the early 1970s painting, writing, and performing. In 1971 she performed – for one night only – in Cowboy Mouth,[14] a play that she co-wrote with Sam Shepard. (The published play's notes call for "a man who looks like a coyote and a woman who looks like a crow".) She wrote several poems, "for sam shepard"[15] and "Sam Shepard: 9 Random Years (7 + 2)"[16] about her relationship with Shepard.
Smith was briefly considered for the lead singer position in Blue Öyster Cult. She contributed lyrics to several of the band's songs, including "Debbie Denise" (inspired by her poem "In Remembrance of Debbie Denise"), "Baby Ice Dog", "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" (on which she performs duet vocals), and "Shooting Shark". She was romantically involved at the time with the band's keyboardist, Allen Lanier. During these years, Smith also wrote rock journalism, some of which was published in Rolling Stone and Creem.[17]
1974–1979: Patti Smith Group[edit]
Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, October 6, 1976
By 1974, Patti Smith was performing rock music herself, initially with guitarist, bassist and rock archivist Lenny Kaye, and later with a full band comprising Kaye, Ivan Kral on guitar and bass, Jay Dee Daugherty on drums and Richard Sohl on piano. Ivan Kral was a refugee from Czechoslovakia, fleeing in 1968 after the fall of Alexander Dubček. Financed by Sam Wagstaff, the band recorded a first single, "Hey Joe / Piss Factory", in 1974. The A-side was a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken word piece about fugitive heiress Patty Hearst ("Patty Hearst, you're standing there in front of the Symbionese Liberation Army flag with your legs spread, I was wondering were you gettin' it every night from a black revolutionary man and his women...").[18] The B-side describes the helpless anger Smith had felt while working on a factory assembly line and the salvation she discovered in the form of a shoplifted book, the 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud's Illuminations.[2] In a 1996 interview which discusses artistic influences during her young years, Smith said, "I had devoted so much of my girlish daydreams to Rimbaud. Rimbaud was like my boyfriend."[11]
Smith performing with the Patti Smith Group, in Germany, 1978
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The Patti Smith Group was signed by Clive Davis of Arista Records, and in 1975 recorded their first album, Horses, produced by John Cale amid some tension. The album fused punk rock and spoken poetry and begins with a cover of Van Morrison's "Gloria", and Smith's opening words: "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" (an excerpt from "Oath," one of her early poems). The austere cover photograph by Mapplethorpe has become one of rock's classic images.[19] As the popularity of punk rock grew, Patti Smith Group toured the United States and Europe. The rawer sound of the group's second album, Radio Ethiopia, reflected this. Considerably less accessible than Horses, Radio Ethiopia initially received poor reviews. However, several of its songs have stood the test of time, and Smith still performs them regularly in concert.[20] She has said that Radio Ethiopia was influenced by the band MC5.[11]
On January 23, 1977, while touring in support of Radio Ethiopia, Smith accidentally danced off a high stage in Tampa, Florida, and fell 15 feet into a concrete orchestra pit, breaking several neck vertebrae.[21] The injury required a period of rest and an intensive round of physical therapy, during which time she was able to reassess, re-energize and reorganize her life. Patti Smith Group produced two further albums before the end of the 1970s. Easter (1978) was her most commercially successful record, containing the single "Because the Night" co-written with Bruce Springsteen. Wave (1979) was less successful, although the songs "Frederick" and "Dancing Barefoot" both received commercial airplay.[22]
1980–1995: Marriage[edit]
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Smith with her daughter Jesse Smith at the 2011 Time 100 gala
Before the release of Wave, Smith, now separated from long-time partner Allen Lanier, met Fred "Sonic" Smith, former guitar player for Detroit rock band MC5 and his own Sonic's Rendezvous Band, who adored poetry as much as she did. (Wave's "Dancing Barefoot" and "Frederick" were both dedicated to him.)[23] The running joke at the time was that she married Fred only because she would not have to change her name.[24] They had a son, Jackson (b. 1982) who would go on to marry The White Stripes drummer, Meg White in 2009;[25] and a daughter, Jesse (b. 1987). Through most of the 1980s Patti Smith was in semi-retirement from music, living with her family north of Detroit in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. In June 1988, she released the album Dream of Life, which included the song "People Have the Power". Fred Smith died on November 4, 1994, of a heart attack. Shortly afterward, Patti faced the unexpected death of her brother Todd[8] and original keyboard player Richard Sohl. When her son Jackson turned 14, Smith decided to move back to New York. After the impact of these deaths, her friends Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Allen Ginsberg (whom she had known since her early years in New York) urged her to go back out on the road. She toured briefly with Bob Dylan in December 1995 (chronicled in a book of photographs by Stipe).[14]
1996–2003: Re-emergence[edit]
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In 1996, Smith worked with her long-time colleagues to record Gone Again, featuring "About a Boy", a tribute to Kurt Cobain. That same year she collaborated with Stipe on "E-Bow the Letter", a song on R.E.M.'s New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which she has also performed live with the band.[26] After release of Gone Again, Patti Smith recorded two new albums: Peace and Noise in 1997 (with the single "1959", about the invasion of Tibet) and Gung Ho in 2000 (with songs about Ho Chi Minh and Smith's late father). Songs "1959" and "Glitter in Their Eyes" were nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[27] A box set of her work up to that time, The Patti Smith Masters, came out in 1996, and 2002 saw the release of Land (1975–2002), a two-CD compilation that includes a memorable cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry". Smith's solo art exhibition Strange Messenger was hosted at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on September 28, 2002.[28]
2004–present[edit]
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On April 27, 2004, Patti Smith released Trampin' which included several songs about motherhood, partly in tribute to Smith's mother, who had died two years before. It was her first album on Columbia Records, soon to become a sister label to her previous home Arista Records. Smith curated the Meltdown festival in London on June 25, 2005, the penultimate event being the first live performance of Horses in its entirety.[29] Guitarist Tom Verlaine took Oliver Ray's place. This live performance was released later in the year as Horses/Horses.
TIM festival, Marina da Glória,
Rio de Janeiro, October 28, 2006
On July 10, 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.[4] In addition to Smith's influence on rock music, the Minister also noted her appreciation of Arthur Rimbaud. In August 2005, Smith gave a literary lecture about the poems of Arthur Rimbaud and William Blake. On October 15, 2006, Patti Smith performed at the CBGB nightclub, with a 3½-hour tour de force to close out Manhattan's music venue. She took the stage at 9:30 p.m. (EDT) and closed for the night (and forever for the venue) at a few minutes after 1:00 a.m., performing her song "Elegie", and finally reading a list of punk rock musicians and advocates who had died in the previous years.[30]
On November 10, 2005, Smith received the Woman of Valor Award from ROCKRGRL Magazine at the ROCKRGRL Music Conference, marking the 30th Anniversary of the release of "Horses."
Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007.[5] She dedicated her award to the memory of her late husband, Fred, and gave a performance of The Rolling Stones staple "Gimme Shelter". As the closing number of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Smith's "People Have the Power" was used for the big celebrity jam that always ends the program.[31]
From November 2006 - January 2007, an exhibition called 'Sur les Traces'[32] at Trolley Gallery, London, featured polaroid prints taken by Patti Smith and donated to Trolley to raise awareness and funds for the publication of Double Blind, a book on the war in Lebanon in 2006, with photographs by Paolo Pellegrin, a member of Magnum Photos. She also participated in the DVD commentary for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. From March 28 to June 22, 2008, the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris hosted a major exhibition of the visual artwork of Patti Smith, Land 250, drawn from pieces created between 1967 and 2007.[33] At the 2008 Rowan Commencement ceremony, Smith received an honorary doctorate degree for her contributions to popular culture.
Smith with National Book Critics Circle President Jane Ciabattari and NBCC board member John Reed. Smith's memoir Just Kids was an NBCC autobiography finalist at the 2010 awards.[34]
Smith is the subject of a 2008 documentary film, Patti Smith: Dream of Life.[35] A live album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields, The Coral Sea was released in July 2008. On September 10, 2009, after a week of smaller events and exhibitions in the city, Smith played an open-air concert in Florence's Piazza Santa Croce, commemorating her performance in the same city 30 years earlier.[36] In the meantime, she contributed with a special introduction to Jessica Lange's book 50 Photographs (2009).[37] In 2010, Patti Smith's book, Just Kids, a memoir of her time in 1970s Manhattan and her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe, was published; it later won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.[6][38] On April 30, 2010, Patti Smith headlined a benefit concert headed by band-mate Tony Shanahan, for The Court Tavern of New Brunswick.[39] Smith's set included "Gloria", "Because the Night" and "People Have the Power." She has a brief cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's 2010 Film Socialisme, which was first screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[40]
On May 17, 2010, Patti Smith received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Pratt Institute, along with architect Daniel Libeskind, MoMA director Glenn Lowry, former NYC Landmarks Commissioner Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, novelist Jonathan Lethem, and director Steven Soderbergh.[41] Following the conferral of her degree, Smith delivered the commencement address[42] and sang/played two songs accompanied by long-time band member Lenny Kaye. In her remarks, Smith explained that in 1967 when she moved to New York City (Brooklyn), she would never have been accepted into Pratt, but most of her friends (including Mapplethorpe) were students at Pratt and she spent countless hours on the Pratt campus. She added that it was through her friends and their Pratt professors that she learned much of her own artistic skills, making the honour from the institute particularly poignant for Smith 43 years later.[43]
Smith is currently working on a crime novel set in London. "I've been working on a detective story that starts at the St Giles in the Fields church in London for the last two years," she told NME adding that she "loved detective stories" having been a fan of Sherlock Holmes and US crime author Mickey Spillane as a girl.[44] Part of the book will be set in Gothenburg, Sweden.[45]
On May 3, 2011, it was announced that Patti Smith is one of the winners of the Polar Music Prize: "By devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock’n'roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock’n'roll. Patti Smith is a Rimbaud with Marshall amps. She has transformed the way an entire generation looks, thinks and dreams. With her inimitable soul of an artist, Patti Smith proves over and over again that people have the power."
On June 19, 2011, Patti Smith made her television acting debut on the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, appearing in an episode called "Icarus".[46]
Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic "Words of Love" for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly, a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28, 2011.[47]
Smith is also contributing a track to "AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered", a U2 covers album due to be released through Q Magazine on October 25. Smith recorded a cover of "Until The End Of The World" for the compilation.
More recently, Smith has devoted her time to what she terms 'pure photography' (a method of capturing still objects without using a flash), which she began to pursue following the death of her husband in 1994.[48] In 2011, Smith announced the first museum exhibition of her photography in the United States, Camera Solo. She named the project after a sign she saw in the abode of Pope Celestine V, which translates as 'a room of one's own', and which Smith felt best described her solitary method of photography.[48] The exhibition featured artifacts which were the everday items or places of significance of artists whom Smith admires, including Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Keats and Blake.[49]
In February 2012, she was a guest at the Sanremo Music Festival.
Patti Smith's newest album, Banga (Believe or explode), was released in early June 2012 with critical acclaim. Music Journalist Hal Horowitz wrote : "These songs aren’t as loud or frantic as those of her late 70s heyday, but they resonate just as boldly as she moans, chants, speaks and spits out lyrics with the grace and determination of Mohammad Ali in his prime. It’s not an easy listen—the vast majority of her music never has been—but if you’re a fan and/or prepared for the challenge, this is as potent, heady and uncompromising as she has ever gotten, and with Smith’s storied history as a musical maverick, that’s saying plenty."[50] Overall, she has stayed true to her style of blending rock and poetry.
Smith provides lead vocals on the title track to Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea's 2012 debut solo EP titled Helen Burns.
Smith was honored by Bryn Mawr College by receiving the 2013 Katharine Hepburn Medal on February 7, 2013.
Pope Francis greeted Smith, among other officials, visitors, and faithful, in St. Peter's Square on 11 April 2013.[51] Although Smith maintains she is not Catholic, she says she followed the Conclave after Benedict XVI´s resignation.
Influence[edit]
Provinssirock festival, Seinäjoki, Finland, June 16, 2007
Smith has been a great source of inspiration for Michael Stipe of R.E.M. Listening to her album Horses when he was 15 made a huge impact on him; he said later, "I decided then that I was going to start a band."[52] In 1998, Stipe published a collection of photos called Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith. Stipe sings backing vocals on Smith's songs "Last Call" and "Glitter in Their Eyes." Patti also sings background vocals on R.E.M.'s songs "E-Bow the Letter" and "Blue".
The Australian alternative rock band, The Go-Betweens dedicated a track (When She Sang About Angels) off their 2000 album, The Friends of Rachel Worth, to Smith's long time influence.[53]
In 2004, Shirley Manson of Garbage spoke of Smith's influence on her in Rolling Stone's issue "The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time", in which Patti Smith was counted number 47.[54] The Smiths members Morrissey and Johnny Marr shared an appreciation for Smith's Horses, and reveal that their song "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" is a reworking of one of the album's tracks, "Kimberly".[55] In 2004, Sonic Youth released an album called Hidros 3 (to Patti Smith).[56] U2 also cites Patti Smith as an influence.[57] In 2005 Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall released the single "Suddenly I See" as a tribute of sorts to Patti Smith.[58] Canadian actress Ellen Page frequently mentions Smith as one of her idols and has done various photo shoots replicating famous Smith photos.[59] In 1978 and 1979, Gilda Radner portrayed a character called Candy Slice on Saturday Night Live based on Smith.
Alternative rock singer-songwriter Courtney Love of Hole heavily credited Smith as being a huge influence on her; Love received Smith's album Horses in juvenile hall as a teenager, and "realized that you could do something that was completely subversive that didn't involve violence [or] felonies. I stopped making trouble," said Love. "I stopped."[60] Hole's classic track "Violet" features the lyrics "And the sky was all violet / I want it again, but violent, more violent", alluding to lyrics from Smith's "Kimberly".[61] Love later stated that she considered "Rock n Roll Nigger" the greatest rock song of all time.[62]
American pop-dance singer Madonna has also named Smith as one of her biggest influences.[63]
The influence of Smith's music is featured in two award-winning young adult novels by Meagan Brothers, Debbie Harry Sings in French and especially Supergirl Mixtapes.
Activism[edit]
In 1993, Smith contributed "Memorial Tribute (Live)" to the AIDS-Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Furthermore, Smith has been a supporter of the Green Party and backed Ralph Nader in the 2000 United States presidential election.[64] She led the crowd singing "Over the Rainbow" and "People Have the Power" at the campaign's rallies, and also performed at several of Nader's subsequent "Democracy Rising" events.[65] Smith was a speaker and singer at the first protests against the Iraq War organized by Louis Joseph Posner of VoterMarch on September 12, 2002, as U.S. President George W. Bush spoke to the United Nations General Assembly. Smith supported Democratic candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election. Bruce Springsteen continued performing her "People Have the Power" at Vote for Change campaign events. In the winter of 2004/2005, Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the Iraq War and called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.[64]
Smith premiered two new protest songs in London in September 2006.[66] Louise Jury, writing in The Independent, characterized them as "an emotional indictment of American and Israeli foreign policy". The song "Qana"[67] was about the Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese village of Qana. "Without Chains"[68] is about Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen who was born and raised in Germany, held at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp for four years. Jury's article quotes Smith as saying:
I wrote both these songs directly in response to events that I felt outraged about. These are injustices against children and the young men and women who are being incarcerated. I'm an American, I pay taxes in my name and they are giving millions and millions of dollars to a country such as Israel and cluster bombs and defense technology and those bombs were dropped on common citizens in Qana. It's terrible. It's a human rights violation.
In an interview, Smith stated that Kurnaz's family has contacted her and that she wrote a short preface for the book that he was writing.[69] Kurnaz's book, "Five Years of My Life," was published in English by Palgrave Macmillan in March 2008, with Patti's introduction.[70]
On March 26, 2003, ten days after Rachel Corrie's death, Smith appeared in Austin, Texas, and performed an anti-war concert. She subsequently wrote a song "Peaceable Kingdom" which was inspired by and is dedicated to Rachel Corrie.[71]
In 2009, in her Meltdown concert in Festival Hall, she paid homage to the Iranians taking part in post-election protests by saying "Where is My Vote?" in a version of the song "People Have the Power".[72]
Band members[edit]
Bowery Ballroom, New York City, December 31, 2007
1974
Lenny Kaye – guitar
1974
Lenny Kaye – guitar
Richard Sohl – keyboards
1975–1977
Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass
Ivan Kral – guitar, bass
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Richard Sohl – keyboards
1978
Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass
Ivan Kral – guitar, bass
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Bruce Brody– keyboards
1979
Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass
Ivan Kral – guitar, bass
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Richard Sohl– keyboards
1988
Fred "Sonic" Smith – guitar
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Richard Sohl – keyboards
1996
Lenny Kaye – guitar
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Tony Shanahan – bass
Luis Resto– keyboards
1996-2005
Lenny Kaye – guitar
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards
Oliver Ray – guitar
2006
Lenny Kaye – guitar
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Tony Shanahan – keyboards, bass
Tom Verlaine – guitar
Flea – bass and trumpet
2007–present
Lenny Kaye – guitar
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards
Jack Petruzzelli - guitar, bass
Discography[edit]
Main article: Patti Smith discography
Studio albumsHorses (1975)
Radio Ethiopia (1976)
Easter (1978)
Wave (1979)
Dream of Life (1988)
Gone Again (1996)
Peace and Noise (1997)
Gung Ho (2000)
Trampin' (2004)
Twelve (2007)
Banga (2012)
Bibliography[edit]
Seventh Heaven (1972)
Early Morning Dream (1972)
Witt (1973)
Ha! Ha! Houdini! (1977)
Babel (1978)
Woolgathering (1992)
Early Work (1994)
The Coral Sea (1996)
Patti Smith Complete (1998)
Strange Messenger (2003)
Auguries of Innocence (2005)
Poems (Vintage Classics) by William Blake.
Edited by and with introduction by Patti Smith (2007)
Land 250 (2008)
Trois (2008)
Great Lyricists foreword Rick Moody (2008)
Just Kids (2010)
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64.^ a b Arthur, Deyva (2005). "Patti Smith reaffirms that people have the power". Volume 9 / Issue 2. Green Pages. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
65.^ "History of Democracy Rising". George Washington University. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
66.^ Jury, Louise (2006-09-09). "Patti Smith Rails Against Israel and US". The Independent (London: Independent Print Limited). Retrieved 2008-02-08.
67.^ "Qana" mp3 at PattiSmith.net
68.^ "Without Chains" mp3 at PattiSmith.net
69.^ Tayla, Alican; Çiğdem Öztürk, Yücel Göktürk (November 2007). "Bir Kamu Çalışanı Olarak". Roll (Istanbul, Turkey) (123): 28. ISSN 1307-4628.
70.^ "Macmillan: Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo Murat Kurnaz: Books". Us.macmillan.com. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
71.^ Jury, Louise (2006-03-25). "Jewish Pressure Drives Gaza Play Out of New York". The Independent (London: Independent Print Limited). Retrieved 2009-02-26.
72.^ "Patti Smith — People Have The Power". June 18, 2009.
Further reading[edit]
Bockris, Victor; Roberta Bayley (1999-09-14). Patti Smith: An Unauthorized Biography. translated by Jesús Llorente Sanjuán. New York City: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-82363-8.
Johnstone, Nick (September 1997). Patti Smith: A Biography. illustrated by Nick Johnstone. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-6193-7.
McNeil, Legs; Gillian McCain (2006-05-09). Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-4264-1.
Shaw, Philip (2008). Horses. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-2792-2.
Stefanko, Frank (2006-10-24). Patti Smith: American Artist. San Rafael: Insight Editions. ISBN 978-1-933784-06-9.
Stipe, Michael (1998). Two Times Intro: On the Road With Patti Smith. Little Brown & Co. ISBN 978-0-316-81572-7.
Tarr, Joe (2008-05-30). The Words and Music of Patti Smith. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0-275-99411-2.
External links[edit]
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Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd.jpg
Sherri Shepherd, May 27, 2010
Born
Sherri Evonne Shepherd
April 22, 1967 (age 46)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Comedienne
Television personality
Years active
1995–present
Known for
Co-hosting on The View
Religion
Christian/former Jehovah Witness
Spouse(s)
Jeff Tarpley (m. 2001–2009 divorced) 1 child
Lamar 'Sal' Sally (m. 2011–present)
Website
www.sherrishepherd.com
Sherri Evonne Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow The View, currently hosts the Newlywed Game, and has a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock. As an actress, she has starred in the sitcom Less than Perfect and her own sitcom Sherri on Lifetime. Shepherd previously had a recurring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond as police Sgt. Judy Potterbrother, the partner of officer Robert Barone.
Contents
[hide] 1 Early life
2 Career 2.1 Acting
2.2 Co-host on The View 2.2.1 Criticized statements
2.3 Book
2.4 Dancing with the Stars
3 Personal life
4 Filmography 4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Broadway
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit source]
Shepherd was born in Chicago to Lawrence A. Shepherd (born 1933) and LaVerne Shepherd (1931–1991)[1] as the eldest of three sisters. When she was 11, her family moved to Hoffman Estates, a Chicago northwest suburb. She attended Winston Churchill Elementary School and Eisenhower Junior High School of Community Consolidated School District 54 and Hoffman Estates High School of District 211.
Career[edit source]
Acting[edit source]
Shepherd worked a day job as a legal secretary while doing stand-up comedy at night. Her first TV role was on the show Cleghorne!, starring former Saturday Night Live cast member Ellen Cleghorne. Three years later, Shepherd pursued acting and stand-up comedy full-time, working again as a legal secretary for a day job. She had guest and recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and Living Single as well as regular roles on Suddenly Susan and The Jamie Foxx Show. Perhaps her most successful role prior to The View was playing the main character of Ramona Platt (2002–2006) on the comedy Less than Perfect. In 2009 she starred for one season in Lifetime Television's Sherri, a sitcom about Shepherd's life.
Shepherd has branched out to film, with roles in Guess Who, Beauty Shop, Cellular, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Academy Award-winning film Precious. Her most recent film role is as Lula in One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl. She still performs stand-up comedy at Los Angeles area clubs like the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory, although she lives in New Jersey. She has also been a frequent and popular guest on Ellen DeGeneres's syndicated daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, for which she holds a record for being on the show the greatest number of times. She also had a recurring role on 30 Rock as Angie Jordan, and she has appeared as a special guest host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Co-host on The View[edit source]
The View's panel (left–right Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck) interview United States President Barack Obama on July 29, 2010.
In 2006, Sherri Shepherd became a frequent guest co-host on ABC's The View. She eventually became a permanent co-host on Monday, September 10, 2007. She co-hosted the 35th Daytime Emmy Awards on June 20, 2008. Her fellow co-host was All My Children star Cameron Mathison. Shepherd was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
On May 14, 2009, she was nominated again for her second Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, when nominations for 36th Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on the Today Show. Shepherd won her first Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host that year.
Criticized statements[edit source]
Shepherd was criticized heavily after the September 18, 2007, broadcast of The View,[2] in which she stated that she didn't "believe in evolution. Period." Co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked her, "Is the world flat?" She first responded, "I don't know," and expanded that she "never thought about it". Shepherd continued that it was more important to her that she thought about how she was "going to feed [her] child". Barbara Walters replied by pointing out, "You can do both." However, Shepherd then went on to quote scripture.[3] Shepherd later referred to her statement as a "brain fart" brought on by nerves and the following exchange between Barbara Walters and Sherri Shepherd occurred after that particularly embarrassing episode: Walters said, "Dear, the Earth is round", and Shepherd responded with: "Barbara, I know that!"[4][5]
Similar criticism erupted after the December 4, 2007, broadcast of The View when, during a discussion initiated by Joy Behar about Epicurus, Shepherd attempted to assert that Christians existed in classical Greece, and that the Greeks threw them to the lions. When confronted on this point, she further claimed that "Jesus came first" (before Greeks and Romans) and stated, "I don't think anything predated Christians", to which Joy Behar responded: "The Jews."[6][7]
Shepherd garnered ridicule after admitting to never voting partly due to her upbringing as a strict Jehovah's Witness. She was quoted as saying that she just "never knew the dates or anything"; she stated, "I've never voted for anything in my life."[8] In January 2008, Sherri referred to R&B/gospel singer Shirley Caesar as "the black Patti LaBelle." LaBelle, like Caesar, is black.[9]
Book[edit source]
Shepherd authored the book Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break, published in October 2009.[10]
Dancing with the Stars[edit source]
In March 2012, Shepherd participated as a celebrity contestant on the fourteenth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was announced as Val Chmerkovskiy, however the couple were eliminated on the fourth week of competition.
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Sherry" 8 7 8 No Elimination
2 Jive / "Proud Mary" 8 7 8 Safe
3 Rumba / "If I Could" 8 8 8 Safe
4 Tango / "Come On Feel the Noise" 7 7 7 Eliminated
Personal life[edit source]
In 2001, Shepherd married comedian Jeff Tarpley (also referred to as Jeff T. Aware). Their only child, Jeffrey, was born in April 2005.[1] Previously, Shepherd had announced that she was expecting fraternal twins (one boy, one girl), but miscarried her daughter, and instead gave birth three months prematurely.[11][12] The couple separated in 2006 and divorced in 2009 after she discovered Tarpley was having an affair, an event that inspired her sitcom Sherri.[4]
Shepherd got engaged on December 26, 2010, to TV writer Lamar Sally, whom she had been seeing for over a year. They were wed on August 13, 2011, at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.[13][14] Shepherd's eight bridesmaids included The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, comedian Niecy Nash, Community's Yvette Nicole Brown, and comedian, actress Kym Whitley. Shepherd's son Jeffrey walked her down the aisle.
A devout Christian, she has stated about the role God has played in her life and career: "If I didn't have God, I would have been dead."[15] She has mentioned on The View that she is opposed to same-sex marriage as her faith prohibits such unions.
Shepherd has admitted to having "many abortions".[16]
She suffers from type 2 diabetes[17] after having had pre-diabetes for years.[18]
Filmography[edit source]
Film[edit source]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000 King of the Open Mics Marci
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Herself
2004 Cellular Jaded Cashier
2005 Beauty Shop Ida
2005 Guess Who Sydney
2007 Who's Your Caddy Lady G
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Florrie Animated; voice
2009 Madea Goes to Jail Herself
2009 Precious Cornrows Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated – Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Beverly Townsend
2012 One for the Money Lula
2012 Think Like a Man[19] Vicki
Television[edit source]
Year
Title
Role
Episodes
Notes
1995 Cleghorne! Victoria 6 episodes
1997 Claude's Crib Lorene 1 episode
1997 Living Single Comedienne 1 episode
1997, 1999–2000 Suddenly Susan Roni, Miranda Charles 23 episodes
1998 Friends Rhonda, The Tour Guide 1 episode
1998–1999 Holding the Baby Miss Boggs 8 episodes
1998–2003 Everybody Loves Raymond Officer Judy Roseman 9 episodes
1999–2001 The Jamie Foxx Show Sheila Yarborough 10 episodes
2000 The Trouble with Normal Nina 1 episode
2001 Emeril Melva LeBlanc 11 episodes
2001 Rendez View Herself 1 episode
2002 Holla Herself 1 episode
2002 Men, Women & Dogs Dr. Michaels 1 episode
2002 My Adventures in Television Joanna Walker 8 episodes
2002–2004 Pyramid Herself 3 episodes
2002–2006 Less than Perfect Ramona Platt 79 episodes Nominated - BET Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
2003 Joan of Arcadia MVA Clerk Good 1 episode
2003–2004 Hollywood Squares Herself 30 episodes
2003–2005 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Herself 3 episodes
2004 50 Most Outrageous Moments on TV Herself 1 episode
2004 My Coolest Years Herself unknown episodes
2004 E! 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment Herself 1 episode
2004 The Sharon Osbourne Show Herself 1 episode
2004 The Wayne Brady Show Herself 1 episode
2004–2006 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers Cheryl/Meryl (voice) 17 episodes
2004–2006 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Herself 9 episodes
2004–2005, 2007 Kim Possible M.C Honey (voice) 3 episodes
2005 Big Time Herself 1 episode
2006 Capitol Law Glynda Johnson TV pilot
2006 The Megan Mullally Show Herself 1 episode
2007–present The View Herself 600 episodes Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
(Nominated in 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008, winning in 2009)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series
(Nominated in 2009, 2010, 2011, winning in 2009 & 2011)
2007 The Wedding Bells Debbie Quill 4 episodes
2007 Wheel of Fortune Herself 1 episode
2007–2008, 2012, 2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Herself 8 episodes
2007–2010 Entertainment Tonight Herself 25 episodes
2007, 2009–2013 30 Rock Angie Jordan 11 episodes
2007, 2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Herself 3 episodes
2008 Entourage Herself 1 episode
2008-2013 Rachael Ray Herself 8 episode
2009 Larry King Live Herself 2 episodes
2009 Sherri Sherri Robinson 13 episodes Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series
Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
2009 The Bonnie Hunt Show Herself 2 episodes
2009, 2011 The Joy Behar Show Herself 2 episodes
2009 The Mo'Nique Show Herself 1 episode
2009 WWE Raw Herself 1 episode
2009 WWE Smackdown Herself 1 episode
2009, 2011 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Herself Hosted 5 episodes
2010 The Electric Company Herself 1 episode
2010 82nd Academy Awards Herself Red Carpet co-host
2010 The Emeril Lagasse Show Herself 1 episode
2010 Nickelodeon MegaMusic Fest Herself 1 episode
2010–present Newlywed Game Herself Host, 195 episodes
2010, 2011 The Nate Berkus Show Herself 1 episode
2010 Celebrity Holiday Homes Herself 1 episode
2010 Sesame Street Herself 1 episode
2010 WWE Tribute to the Troops Herself 1 episode
2011 Hot in Cleveland Judge Lesser 2 episodes
2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show Herself 1 episodes
2011 GMA Dove Award Herself Host
2011 Season 25: Oprah Behind The Scenes Herself
2011 38th Daytime Emmy Awards Herself Presenter
2011 Neicy Nash Wedding Bash Herself
2011 The Early Show Herself 1 episode
2011 VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul Herself Presenter
2011 Wedding Fabulous: Sherri Shepherd Gets Married Herself
2011 Top 10 Wedding of 2011 Herself
2012 The Daily Show Herself 1 episode
2012, 2013 Wendy Williams Show Herself 2 episode
2012 The Colbert Report Herself 1 episode
2012 Dancing With The Stars Herself 8 episodes Contestant
2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Herself 1 episode
2012, 2013 The Chew Herself 1 episode
2013 Good Day L.A. Herself 1 episode
2013 The Steve Harvey Show Herself 1 episode
2013 The Dr. Oz Show Herself 1 episode
2013 The Chew Herself 1 episode
2013 Showbiz Tonight Herself 1 episode
2013 How I Met Your Mother Herself Season 9, 1 episode [20]
Broadway[edit source]
Year
Title
Role
2010 Love, Loss and What I Wore herself
Awards and nominations[edit source]
Daytime Emmy Award
2008 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
2009 Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
2010 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
2011 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
2012 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
2013 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) (The View)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2010 Nomination for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Precious (Shared with rest of cast)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Nomination for Best Ensemble, Precious (Shared with rest of cast)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2009 Award for Best Ensemble Cast (Precious)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2010 Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble, Precious (Shared with rest of cast)
Black Reel Awards
2010 Nomination for Best Ensemble Cast, Precious (Shared with rest of cast)
BET Comedy Awards
2005 Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Less than Perfect)
NAACP Image Awards
2009 Award for Outstanding Talk Series (The View)
2010 Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Sherri)
2010 Nomination for Outstanding Talk Series (The View)
2011 Award for Outstanding Talk Series (The View)
Gracie Awards
2010 Award for Leading Actress in a Comedy Series (Sherri)
Braveheart Awards
2010 Powerful Women in Hollywood
References[edit source]
1.^ a b Liza Hamm, Mark Dagostino (December 17, 2007). "Sherri Shepherd Her Rough Road to The View". People (magazine). Retrieved June 4, 2011.
2.^ Gilchrist, Tracy E. (2007-09-19). "Media Blender". GayWired.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18.
3.^ "New "View" Co-Host Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Know If World Is Flat". Huffington Post. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
4.^ a b "Sherri Shepherd: Trading pain for the laughs". San Jose Mercury News. 2009-10-11. Archived from the original on 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
5.^ Martin, Denise (2009-10-08). "Sherri Shepherd: Trading pain for laughs". Crystal Lake, IL: The Northwest Herald. Retrieved 2010-07-16.(registration required)
6.^ Danny Shea (2007-12-04). "Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Get That Whole BC Thing, Insists "Jesus Came First"". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
7.^ Michael Starr (2007-12-05). "'View' History Lesson: Sherri Shepherd Says Jesus Came Way First". New York Post. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
8.^ Jefferson, Cord (January 29, 2008). "Sherri Shepherd Admits to Never Voting". Mollygood. Archived from the original on 2008-02-01.
9.^ Kerr, Luke (January 16, 2008). "Sherri Shepherd Forgets Patti LaBelle is Black". Daytime Confidential.
10.^ Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break. Grand Central Publishing. October 5, 2009. ISBN 978-0-446-54742-0.
11.^ "Update on Sherri Shepherd's son". People. January 13, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
12.^ On the February 12, 2008, episode of Entertainment Tonight.
13.^ "Sherri Shepherd Discusses Her Engagement". The View, ABC. January 10, 2011.
14.^ Hammel, Sara (January 4, 2011). "Sherri Shepherd Engaged to Lamar Sally". People.com.
15.^ Allen, Marshall. "From Crass Comedy to Christ Talk". Beliefnet. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
16.^ "Emotional Sherri Shepherd Admits To Multiple Abortions On The View…". MrsGrapevine.com. February 9, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
17.^ Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It). sherrishepherd.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
18.^ Siegler, Bonnie (April 12, 2012). "Balanced Living – Sherri Shepherd". Viva Magazine Online. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
19.^ Lowry, Brian (April 10, 2012). "Think Like a Man (review)". Variety. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
20.^ "The Locket"- How I Met Your Mother, CBS.
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Norma McCorvey
Born
Norma Leah Nelson
September 22, 1947 (age 65)
Simmesport, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Nationality
American
Other names
Jane Roe
Occupation
Director, Crossing Over Ministry
Known for
Roe v. Wade
Religion
Roman Catholic
Spouse(s)
Woody McCorvey (m. 1963–1965)
Partner(s)
Connie Gonzales (1970–1993)[1]
Children
3
Parents
Mildred (mother)
Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; born September 22, 1947), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973.[2][3] The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. Later, McCorvey's opinion on abortion changed substantially, and she is now active in pro-life causes.[4]
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2 Roe v. Wade
3 Books and conversion
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Personal life[edit source]
McCorvey was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas as a Jehovah's Witness. McCorvey's father left the family when she was 13 years old[5] and her parents subsequently divorced. She and her older brother were raised by their mother Mildred, a violent alcoholic. McCorvey's father died on September 27, 1995. She is of partial Cajun and Cherokee ancestry.[3]
McCorvey dropped out of high school at the age of 14.[6] Two years later, she married Woody McCorvey (born 1940), but left him after he abused her. She moved in with her mother and gave birth to her first child, Melissa (born 1965).[7] The following year, McCorvey again became pregnant and gave birth to a baby that was placed for adoption. She then returned to live with her mother, but when Norma intimated that she was sexually attracted to women, her mother disowned her and took custody of Norma's daughter, Melissa.[3]
Roe v. Wade[edit source]
In 1969, at the age of 21, while working low-paying jobs and living with her father, McCorvey became pregnant a third time. She returned to Dallas, where friends advised her to assert falsely that she had been raped, as she would then be eligible to obtain a legal abortion (with the understanding that Texas's pro-life laws allowed abortion in the cases of rape and incest). Due to lack of police evidence or documentation, the scheme was not successful and McCorvey would later admit the situation was a fabrication.[8][9] She attempted to obtain an illegal abortion, but the respective clinics had been closed down by authorities.
Eventually, McCorvey was referred to attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington.[10][11] The case took three years of trials to reach the United States Supreme Court. In the meantime, McCorvey had given birth to the baby in question, who was eventually adopted.[3]
McCorvey revealed herself to the press as being "Jane Roe" of the decision within days of its issuance and stated that she sought an abortion because she was unemployable and greatly depressed.[12] In the 1980s, McCorvey asserted that she had been the "pawn" of two young and ambitious lawyers (Weddington and Coffee) who were looking for a plaintiff with whom they could challenge the Texas state law prohibiting abortion.[13]
Books and conversion[edit source]
In her first book, the 1994 autobiography, I Am Roe, McCorvey wrote of her sexual orientation. For many years, she had lived quietly in Dallas with her long-time partner, Connie Gonzales. "We're not like other lesbians, going to bars," she explained in a New York Times interview. "We're lesbians together. We're homers."[3] That same year, she converted to Christianity and expressed remorse for her part in the Supreme Court decision. McCorvey has worked as part of the pro-life movement, such as Operation Rescue.
At a signing of I Am Roe, McCorvey was befriended by evangelical minister Flip Benham.[14] She was baptized on August 8, 1995, by Benham in a Dallas, Texas, backyard swimming pool, an event that was filmed for national television. Two days later she announced that she had become an advocate of Operation Rescue's campaign to make abortion illegal.
McCorvey's second book, Won by Love, was published in 1998. She explained her change on the stance of abortion with the following comments:
I was sitting in O.R.'s offices when I noticed a fetal development poster. The progression was so obvious, the eyes were so sweet. It hurt my heart, just looking at them. I ran outside and finally, it dawned on me. 'Norma', I said to myself, 'They're right'. I had worked with pregnant women for years. I had been through three pregnancies and deliveries myself. I should have known. Yet something in that poster made me lose my breath. I kept seeing the picture of that tiny, 10-week-old embryo, and I said to myself, that's a baby! It's as if blinders just fell off my eyes and I suddenly understood the truth — that's a baby!
I felt crushed under the truth of this realization. I had to face up to the awful reality. Abortion wasn't about 'products of conception'. It wasn't about 'missed periods'. It was about children being killed in their mother's wombs. All those years I was wrong. Signing that affidavit, I was wrong. Working in an abortion clinic, I was wrong. No more of this first trimester, second trimester, third trimester stuff. Abortion — at any point — was wrong. It was so clear. Painfully clear.[4]
Shortly thereafter, McCorvey released a statement that affirmed her entrance into the Roman Catholic Church, and she has been confirmed into the church as a full member.[15][16]
McCorvey has also stated that she is no longer a lesbian.[17] On August 17, 1998, she was received into the Catholic Church by Father Frank Pavone, the International Director of Priests for Life and Father Edward Robinson in Dallas.[16]
Social and political causes[edit source]
In February 2005, McCorvey petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 decision with McCorvey v. Hill, arguing that the case should be heard once again in light of evidence that the procedure harms women, but the petition was denied.
On January 22, 2008, McCorvey endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. McCorvey stated, "I support Ron Paul for president because we share the same goal, that of overturning Roe v. Wade. He has never wavered on the issue of being pro-life and has a voting record to prove it. He understands the importance of civil liberties for all, including the unborn."[18]
McCorvey is still active in pro-life demonstrations including one she participated in before President Barack Obama's commencement address to the graduates of the Catholic University of Notre Dame. The decision to have Obama speak at the university on May 17, 2009, was met with controversy because of the conflict between his views on abortion and those of the Catholic Church. She was arrested on the first day of U.S. Senate hearings for the confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States of Sonia Sotomayor after she and another protester started yelling during the opening statement of Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.).[19]
McCorvey made her acting debut in Doonby, shot on location in 2010 in the small central Texas town of Smithville. Starring John Schneider, Jenn Gotzon, and Robert Davi, the film previewed at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the fall of 2011.[20]
Books[edit source]
I Am Roe (1994) ISBN 0-06-017010-7 ISBN 0-06-092638-4
Won by Love (1998) ISBN 0-7852-7237-2 ISBN 0-7567-7332-6
References[edit source]
1.^ Duin, Julia (February 19, 1996). "Roe finds god, prays for life". Retrieved March 31, 2012.
2.^ Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. (2010). Roe v. Wade. Brigitte H. Bechtold and Donna Cooper Graves (eds), An Encyclopedia of Infanticide. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 227-228.
3.^ a b c d e "Norma McCorvey; Of Roe, Dreams And Choices" By Alex Witchel in The New York Times (July 28, 1994)
4.^ a b Roe v. McCorvey
5.^ 'These steps are covered with blood', The Guardian, 6 July 2009.
6.^ "Jane Roe" tells the truth about Roe v Wade
7.^ "The Woman Behind Roe V. Wade". People. May 22, 1989.
8.^ McCorvey, Norma. Won by Love (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997), p. 241.
9.^ McCorvey, Norma. Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights (1998-01-21), quoted in the parliament of Western Australia (PDF) (1998-05-20).
10.^ http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Roe+v.+Wade
11.^ McCorvey, Norma and Meisler, Andy. I Am Roe: My Life, Roe V. Wade, and Freedom of Choice (Harpercollins, May, 1994) (Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.) Retrieved (2009-08-20).
12.^ http://ravingatheist.com/2009/01/trivia-question-answer
13.^ CNN.com - Who is 'Jane Roe'?, Jun. 18, 2003
14.^ Miss Norma & Her Baby: Two Victims Who Got Away
15.^ Priests for Life: Norma McCorvey's Ministry and Website
16.^ a b http://www.priestsforlife.org/columns/conversionofnorma.html The Conversion of Norma McCorvey. Priests for Life. Rev. Frank Pavone
17.^ Duin, Julia (January 21, 1996), "Jane Roe's 'turn to God' complete", The Washington Times
18.^ 'Jane Roe' endorses Paul - msnbc.com
19.^ "'Jane Roe' Arrested at Supreme Court Hearing", Washington Post, July 13, 2009
20.^ Bond, Paul (May 4, 2011). "Woman at Center of Roe v. Wade Stars in Abortion-Themed Movie (Exclusive)". Retrieved June 20, 2011.
External links[edit source]
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Norma McCorvey's website: "Roe No More"
CNN: 2003 article
CNN: 1998 special article profiling Norma McCorvey
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Roe v. Wade at the Internet Movie Database
Prager, Joshua (February 2013). "The Accidental Activist". Vanity Fair.
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Michelle Massey
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Michelle Massey (born 1981)[1] is an English businessperson and former model.[2] She won the third series of the Irish version of The Apprentice TV show, defeating Niamh McDonald in the final.[3] As a result she earned a €100,000 contract with entrepreneur Bill Cullen's company and was given e-commerce to work on.[4] She was also presented with a car.[5] She began work, alongside Steve Rayner (the winner of the 2009 series), the following January.[6]
Massey is from a Jehovah's Witness background. She left her family at the age of 15 because of a religious disagreement. She did dancing in nightclubs as a teenager. She went to Ireland when she was 19 years old.[7] She spent ten years working as a sales consultant.[4]
Her interests include horse riding, rugby union and Coronation Street.[8][9]
References[edit source]
1.^ "Apprentice Michelle has found her new partner". Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
2.^ "Reality star Michelle looks stunning in sexy mag shoot". Sunday World.
3.^ "Michelle Wins Apprenticeship...". ShowBiz Ireland. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
4.^ a b Carbery, Genevieve (14 December 2010). "Michelle secures €100,000 'Apprentice' dream job". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). Retrieved 14 December 2010.
5.^ "Bill Cullen picks Michelle Massey to be his new Apprentice". JOE. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
6.^ "Apprentice winner begins new job". RTÉ Ten (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
7.^ Murphy, Claire (6 December 2010). "Michelle shocks Apprentice with Playboy secret". Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 6 December 2010.
8.^ Murphy, Claire (29 October 2010). "Apprentice's Michelle now single after contest's strain". Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 29 October 2010.
9.^ "Our 'Coffee Break Quiz' with Apprentice winner Michelle Massey!". Style Bible.
External links[edit source]
http://michellemassey.com/
Michelle Massey on Twitter
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Daniel Allen Cox
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Daniel Allen Cox
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2000s-present
Notable work(s)
Shuck, Krakow Melt
Daniel Allen Cox (born February 3, 1976) is a Canadian author and screenwriter. Shuck, his debut novel about a New York City hustler, was a Lambda Literary Award and a ReLit Award finalist. Cox is described in interviews as a former Jehovah's Witness and model/actor in gay pornography.[1] From 2008 to 2011, he wrote the column "Fingerprinted" for Capital Xtra! in Ottawa, Ontario.[2]
Krakow Melt, the second novel by Cox published by Arsenal Pulp Press, about Polish pyromaniacs who fight homophobia, was released in 2010 and was excerpted in the US-based national gay and lesbian newsmagazine The Advocate.[3] In 2011, Istanbul-based publisher Altikirkbes acquired Turkish-language rights to the novel for an underground literature imprint featuring Lydia Lunch.[4] The novel was nominated for the ReLit Award, the Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction. Cox's third novel, Basement of Wolves, was released in 2012.[5]
In a cover interview for Xtra!, the author revealed a collaboration with Bruce LaBruce on the screenplay for the director's upcoming film, Gerontophilia.[6] Cox's script One Shut Night was named one of five finalists in the 2013 NYC PictureStart Film Festival short screenplay contest, with the announcement of a stage reading directed by Peter Kelley.[7]
Cox has appeared at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, Ottawa International Writers' Festival, Northeastern Illinois University, Columbia College Chicago,[8] McGill University,[9] Wilfrid Laurier University's Rainbow Centre, the San Francisco Sex Worker Arts Festival,[10] WESTFEST, GritLit, AIDS Committee of Ottawa, and CBC Radio One.[11][12] He is a former fiction editor of Outsider Ink, and his own fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He is openly gay.[13]
Tattoo This Madness In, his novella about LGBT Jehovah’s Witnesses who use Smurf tattoos to rebel against their faith, was nominated for a 2007 Expozine Alternative Press Award.
Bibliography[edit source]
Episodes of Deflated Magic (short story chapbook, Fever Press, 2004) ISBN 0-9732424-1-8
Year of the Thief (anthology story, Thieves Jargon Press, 2006) ISBN 0-9770750-1-X
Tattoo This Madness In (novella, Dusty Owl Press, 2006) ISBN 0-9739266-4-3
Shuck (novel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008) ISBN 978-1-55152-246-3
Second Person Queer (anthology essay, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009) ISBN 978-1-55152-245-6
I Like It Like That (anthology story, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009) ISBN 978-1-55152-259-3
Krakow Melt (novel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010) ISBN 978-1-55152-372-9
Basement of Wolves (novel, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012) ISBN 978-1-55152-446-7
References[edit source]
1.^ Montreal Mirror, September 11, 2008.
2.^ Daniel Allen Cox author archives. Xtra! Ottawa.
3.^ "The Ninio in the Room". The Advocate, September 16, 2010.
4.^ "Deals: Natalee Caple, Cary Fagan, Mariko Tamaki, and more". Quill & Quire, February 23, 2011.
5.^ Basement of Wolves, Arsenal Pulp Press.
6.^ Matthew Hays. "The inner life of Daniel Allen Cox". Xtra!, April 5, 2012.
7.^ NYC PictureStart Film Festival 2013 edition.
8.^ LGBTQ students speak out. The Columbia Chronicle, October 18, 2010.
9.^ "Hit List". Hour Community, November 23, 2006.
10.^ Queer Arts Festival :: Formerly Known As. Edge San Francisco, June 10, 2009.
11.^ Ottawa International Writer's Festival.
12.^ CBC Radio One, December 2, 2006.
13.^ "Francis Vol interviews Daniel Allen Cox", Velvet Mafia (21), retrieved 2007-10-06
External links[edit source]
Daniel Allen Cox at the Internet Movie Database
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Marlon Jackson
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Marlon Jackson
Birth name
Marlon David Jackson
Born
March 12, 1957 (age 56)
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Genres
R&B, soul, pop
Occupations
Musician, singer-songwriter, dancer
Instruments
Vocals, multiple instruments
Years active
1964–1984, 1986-1992, 2001 , 2006–2010, 2012–present
Labels
Steeltown (1968)
Motown (1969–75)
Epic (1975–84)
Capitol (1987–90)
Associated acts
The Jackson 5, The Jacksons
Marlon David Jackson (born March 12, 1957) is an American entertainer, singer, dancer, member of The Jackson 5, and elder brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
Contents
[hide] 1 Personal life 1.1 Michael's memorial
2 Career 2.1 The Jackson 5
2.2 Solo career
2.3 Later years
3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums
3.2 Singles
3.3 Other contributions
4 References
Personal life[edit source]
Marlon was born in Gary, Indiana to Joseph and Katherine Jackson as the sixth child of the Jackson family. Marlon's twin brother Brandon died within 24 hours of birth. They were several weeks premature.
Marlon has three children with his wife Carol Parker.
Valencia Caroline (born December 18, 1976)
Brittny Shauntee (born April 15, 1978)
Marlon David, Jr. (born September 23, 1981)
Marlon also has four grandchildren:
Noah Laniak (born August 18, 2006) for Valencia Jackson
Sophia Laniak (born November 11, 2007) for Valencia Jackson
Phoenix Sanchez (born July 27, 2010) for Brittny Jackson
Savanna Sanchez (born September 2, 2011) for Brittny Jackson
He and sister Rebbie Jackson are the only Jackson siblings to have not divorced.
Michael's memorial[edit source]
On July 7, 2009, he and his family offered their final eulogies for Michael, saying he was the "soul" of the family, and breaking down as he tearfully addressed the crowd: "Maybe now Michael, they will leave you alone"[1] and "I would like for you to give our brother, my twin brother, Brandon, a hug for me".[2] Marlon fought back tears as he said "I love you Michael and I miss you".[1]
Career[edit source]
The Jackson 5[edit source]
Main article: The Jackson 5
While Marlon was still a child, his older brothers Jackie, Tito and Jermaine formed an early incarnation of what would become The Jackson 5. Marlon and younger brother Michael would soon join the group, initially as percussionists. In the early years of the group it's been well documented that Marlon had trouble singing and keeping up with dance steps. While Michael was more of a natural, Marlon had to work a little harder. However through his perseverance he would become a proficient singer, songwriter, producer and especially a dancer where he is best known for being the main choreographer behind many of the group's signature dance routines such as the Funk Shovel & what is known as the Jackson Point Dance. To this day, all of the brothers always call him "The Dancingest Jackson" which was a term he came up with Carol Burnett asked them to come up with nicknames that describe their personalities & all brothers agreed. On The Jackson 5's "Up On The Housetop" from their Christmas Album, Michael sings describing what each brother want for Christmas. When he goes to Marlon, he says
“ "Marlon wears his shoes so thin/he went through his socks again/he's always dancing as you know. " ”
& Marlon replies
“ "SO BRING ME SOME SHOES WITH LOTS OF SOUL. " ”
. Michael's 1988 book Moonwalk, he would say of Marlon...
“ Marlon was and is one of the most determined people I've ever met. He, too, was a real joker and prankster. He used to be the one who'd always get in trouble in the early days because he'd be out of step or miss a note, but that was far from true later. ”
While brothers Michael and Jermaine were the main attractions of the group, all five Jackson brothers sang lead spots on various songs. Marlon's voice can noticeably be heard on "Feelin' Alright", "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Corner of The Sky". He took a more prominent singing role on the 1973 G.I.T.: Get It Together album, particularly in the last minutes of the song "Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)". Eventually a dispute with Motown led to the group's split from the label in 1976, whereupon they signed with Epic Records. After the departure of Jermaine and inclusion of youngest brother Randy in the move, the group would be forced to change their name to "The Jacksons". All of the brothers took a more active role in their music and it was Marlon who filled in for Jermaine's vocal parts when they performed the old Jackson 5 songs on stage.
On the debut Jacksons albums Marlon sang lead spots on "Strength of a Man" and "Man of War". However it was the Destiny and Triumph albums that returned the brothers to the top of the pop charts. In the finale of Triumph Marlon shared a duet with brother Michael entitled "Give it Up". The return of Jermaine to the group in 1983 after their reunited performance at Motown 25 led to the Victory album and tour in 1984. For the Victory album Marlon wrote, produced and sang his first solo lead on the single "Body". In the music video for the single Marlon can be seen riding a motorcycle and leading a troupe of dancers. Despite the success of both the album and tour, monetary problems and rumored accounts of the brothers' egos led to the collapse of the Jacksons as a group. Michael announced his exit from the group at the end of the tour while Marlon stunned family members by announcing his split a year later. This left The Jacksons as a quartet of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Randy for their final album, 2300 Jackson Street, although Michael and Marlon would join their brothers on the album's title single.
Solo career[edit source]
In 1987, Marlon released his debut solo album Baby Tonight, an album he wrote and produced himself. It featured the No. 2 R&B hit "Don't Go" which he performed to an enthusiastic audience on The Late Show with Arsenio Hall. During the show he was interviewed by Arsenio and said:
“ I've always wanted to do a solo album and I've always wanted to pursue a solo career. I feel that God has a time for everybody and I think that this is my time. ”
Later years[edit source]
Unlike his brothers, after his brief brush with solo stardom, Marlon embarked on a career outside of show business, becoming a successful real estate agent in Southern California. He was also part owner of the Black Family Channel, a cable network designed to bring family-friendly programming to the Black community. Marlon joined his brothers on stage when The Jackson 5 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2001, he reunited with his brothers to perform as the Jacksons during Michael's 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden. He is now an executive producer for the show The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty along with the rest of his brothers.
Discography[edit source]
Studio albums[edit source]
Title
Album details
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Baby Tonight
Released July 1987
Label: Capitol
Formats: LP, CD
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Singles[edit source]
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Album
US R&B
[3]
"Baby Tonight"
1987 57 Baby Tonight
"Don't Go"
2
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Other contributions[edit source]
La Toya Jackson - La Toya Jackson (1980)
Barry White - Beware! (1981)
La Toya Jackson - My Special Love (1981)
Betty Wright - Wright Back At You (1983)
Billy Griffin - Respect (1983)
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede (1984)
La Toya Jackson - Heart Don't Lie (1984)
Janet Jackson - Dream Street (1984)
"Michael Jackson-We Are the World" (1985)
The Golden Child Soundtrack (1986)
The Jacksons featuring Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Rebbie Jackson and Marlon Jackson: 2300 Jackson Street (1989)
References[edit source]
1.^ a b Maria Puente, "At Jackson Memorial, Tears, Cheers and 'I Love You, Michael Jackson,'" USA Today, July 8, 2009.
2.^ http://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/45901, Retrieved on 2009-07-09.
3.^ a b c "Marlon Jackson". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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Jermaine Jackson
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Jermaine Jackson
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Jermaine Jackson, 2007
Background information
Birth name
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson
Born
December 11, 1954 (age 58)
Gary, Indiana, United States
Genres
R&B, soul, funk, dance
Occupations
Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, author
Instruments
Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer
Years active
1964–present
Labels
Motown, Epic, Arista, LaFace
Associated acts
The Jackson 5, Switch, Whitney Houston, Miki Howard Kino Kiongivi, Rihanna, Fabolous
Website
Official website
Jermaine La Jaune Jacksun (né Jackson; born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, bass guitarist, composer, member of The Jackson 5, and occasional film director. He also produced and recorded duets with American singer Whitney Houston in her early years as a recording artist and was a producer for Bobby DeBarge's band Switch.
Contents
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2 Career 2.1 The Jackson 5
2.2 Solo career
2.3 Reality television 2.3.1 Celebrity Big Brother
2.3.2 Gone Country
2.4 Later works
3 Personal life
4 In popular culture
5 Discography
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit source]
Jackson is the fourth child of Joseph and Katherine Jackson. He was born December 11, 1954 in Gary, Indiana, after his brother Tito Jackson. His siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Marlon, Michael, Randy, and Janet.[1] He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness by his devout mother, but he converted to Islam in 1989 after a trip to Bahrain. Jermaine was the original lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Jackson Brothers—an earlier incarnation of The Jackson Five—until 1968, when younger brother Michael began assisting with lead vocals. He remained the lead vocalist with Michael for many years. Jackson graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California in 1973.[2]
Career[edit source]
The Jackson 5[edit source]
Jermaine and his brothers signed with Motown Records in 1968. As the co-lead singer of The Jackson 5 after his brother Michael, Jermaine sang notable parts of "I Want You Back", "I'll Be There", "The Love You Save","Dancing Machine", and many other Jackson 5 songs. In 1975, after performing for six years with his brothers, Jermaine split from the Jackson 5 to continue his solo career at Motown Records, while the other Jackson brothers left to sign with Epic Records. In 1983, he reunited with his brothers for the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special. After the success of the broadcast, he rejoined the band to record the album Victory and participated in the Victory Tour. He stayed with the group for their final album, 2300 Jackson Street, in 1990. In 2001, he reunited with his brothers to perform for the 30th Anniversary Special.
Solo career[edit source]
Like Michael, Jermaine began a solo career while still a member of The Jackson 5, and had a hit with the 1972 Shep and the Limelites cover "Daddy's Home". It sold over one million copies by March 1973, and was awarded a gold disc.[3] When The Jackson 5 left Motown, Jermaine left the group and stayed at Motown, as he had married Hazel Gordy, and Motown head Berry Gordy was his father-in-law. In 2009, Jermaine claimed on the family reality series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, it was because "Motown was gonna make us like the Beatles. We were the Jackson 5 and that's all I wanted."[citation needed]
Jermaine was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his 1980 album Let's Get Serious. He had a number of Billboard Top 30 hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including "Daddy's Home" (#9), "That's How Love Goes", "Let's Be Young Tonight", "Bass Odyssey", "Feel the Fire", "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (featuring Devo on backing vocals) (#18), "Let's Get Serious" (#9, also one of his only two UK hits, peaking at #8), "Dynamite" (#15), "Do What You Do" (#13), and "I Think It's Love" (#16). A duet with his brother Michael, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)", hit No. 1 on the dance chart in 1984. He and Michael also collaborated with Rockwell, both providing guest vocals on his 1984 hit single, "Somebody's Watching Me". In 1985, his duet with Pia Zadora, "When the Rain Begins to Fall", topped several singles charts in Europe. His final chart success, 1989's "Don't Take It Personal", hit (#1) on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Some of Jermaine's finest moments as a singer can be heard in the soulful "Castle of Sand" and the Earth Wind & Fire-inspired "You Need To Be Loved".[citation needed]
Jackson is proficient on the electric guitar and is a talented bass guitar player. At an early age he performed the parts of legendary bass player James Jamerson, etc., when J5 performed live.[citation needed] Jermaine also composed and produced for other artists, such as Switch, and he produced and sang a couple of duets on Whitney Houston's debut album on Arista Records. In 1992, he produced The Jacksons: An American Dream, an award-winning and highly rated miniseries about the history of The Jackson 5. Jermaine Jr. portrayed his father as a young teenager in the miniseries.[citation needed]
Reality television[edit source]
Celebrity Big Brother[edit source]
Jackson was the first housemate to enter the Celebrity Big Brother UK house in 2007. He steered clear of the controversy caused by the series, avoiding confrontation and offering moral support to fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty against alleged bullying from fellow housemates Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara, and Danielle Lloyd. He was often considered to be the most stable-minded in the house.[citation needed] During a task in the Big Brother house, the housemates had to create a tribute band for The Jackson 5. The performance of "I Want You Back" helped put The Jackson 5 back in the UK charts at #53.[citation needed] The final three consisted of Dirk Benedict, Jackson, and Shetty. After leaving Big Brother,[4] Jackson did several interviews on UK television, stating why and how he took his peaceful and mediating stance in the Big Brother house. He also spoke about the Jackson 5 reuniting for a performance.[citation needed]
Gone Country[edit source]
Jackson was part of the second season of the CMT reality show Gone Country.[citation needed]
Later works[edit source]
He is currently involved in several charity projects and has been working on initiatives to help orphaned children around the world. Among other countries, he has visited Bangladesh as part of his work to raise funds and help children.[citation needed]
In April 2007, Jackson returned to the UK to take part in a one-off special of ITV's Challenge Anneka. On the same trip he appeared in Glasgow with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking in support of Searchlight magazine's anti-racism campaign, the Daily Mirror "Hope Not Hate bus".[5]
On November 23, 2007, Jackson appeared on Katie & Peter: Unleashed and again talked of a reunion with his brothers on a tour the following year. In 2008, Jackson flew to Australia to be a guest judge and mentor for the top 5 Michael Jackson night on Australian Idol. In March 2008, Jackson was the guest of honor at the Muslim Writers Awards in Birmingham.
In 2009, following the death of his brother Michael, Jermaine appeared on the A&E television series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty documenting what was supposed to be a 40th anniversary reunion between Jermaine and his brothers. The series lasted one season and Jermaine, along with his three surviving brothers, was listed as an executive producer. In October 2010, Jermaine played a concert at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas, titling it "40 Years of Jackson Music" and dedicating the concert to Michael.
He wrote the memoir You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother's Eyes.[6]
Jackson converted to Islam in 1989 after a trip to Bahrain[7][8] and publicly expressed his religious beliefs during his appearance on Big Brother. While filming the program, Jacksun prayed and fasted. He also expressed his hopes to convert his brother Michael to Islam, saying it would provide him with peace and help to heal his problems.[9][10][11]
He supported his brother Michael Jackson, during the 2005 child-abuse trial. He came to Michael's defense on CNN's Larry King Live and appeared with him in court on many occasions. On June 25, 2009, Jermaine held a press conference at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and broke the news of Michael Jackson's death to the media.[citation needed]
Jackson attended the memorial service for his brother Michael on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. He acted as a pallbearer, and performed the song "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, which was believed to be his brother's favorite song, in tribute.[12]
In a 2012 interview with Luka Neskovic, for The Huffington Post, Jackson said that his brother planned a reunion with him: "... the plan was to do some shows with the brothers as well, after he finished his commitment with the "This Is It", and we probably gonna do some songs with him on the "This Is It" tour.[13]
In October 2012, Jackson released I Wish You Love, his first solo album in 21 years, consisting mostly of jazz covers.[14]
Personal life[edit source]
On December 15, 1973, Jackson married Hazel Joy Gordy, who is the daughter of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.[15][16] The couple had three children together: Jermaine La Jaune "Jay" Jackson, Jr. (born January 27, 1977), Autumn Joy Jackson (born July 10, 1978), and Jaimy Jermaine Jackson (born March 17, 1987). Jackson had a relationship beginning in 1986 with Margaret Maldonado during his marriage to Hazel. After his divorce from Gordy in 1988, Jackson began living with Maldonado, and he had two children with Margaret: Jeremy Maldonado Jackson (born December 26, 1986) and Jourdynn Michael Jackson (born January 5, 1989).[citation needed]
After separating from Maldonado, Jackson began a relationship with Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza, who has two children with Randy: daughter Genevieve and son Steven, Jr. She also has three sons with Jermaine: Donte Randall Jackson (adopted, born June 13, 1992), Jaafar Jeremiah Jackson (born July 25, 1996), and Jermajesty Jackson (born October 3, 2000).[7]
Jacksun married Halima Rashid,[17] a wealthy Afghan native. The two currently live in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
In all, Jackson has 8 children: three with Hazel, two with Margaret, and three with Alejandra.[citation needed]
On November 6, 2012, Jackson filed a name change petition in Los Angeles, from Jermaine Jackson to Jermaine Jacksun, stating the switch was for "artistic reasons". His last name officially became Jacksun on February 22, 2013.
Jermaine was always his brothers Michaels Voice in regards to the media
In popular culture[edit source]
In the 1980s, Jermaine Jackson guest starred on an episode of The Facts of Life.
Jackson was portrayed by Jason Griffith in the 2004 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. Jermaine's son, Jermaine Jackson Jr., portrayed his father in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.
In 2010, on Saturday Night Live, Jackson was portrayed by Kenan Thompson.
Jermaine converted to Islam in 1989 after a visit to the Middle East and straight away went on the pilgrimage to the Hajj to perform one of the pillars of Islam.[citation needed] His faith was credited on numerous occasions to be the catalyst of this calm and collected philosophy and being the go-to person in the Big Brother house.[citation needed]
Discography[edit source]
Main article: Jermaine Jackson discography
Jermaine (1972)
Come into My Life (1973)
My Name Is Jermaine (1976)
Feel the Fire (1977)
Frontiers (1978)
Let's Get Serious (1980)
Jermaine (1980)
I Like Your Style (1981)
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (1982)
Jermaine Jackson (1984)
Precious Moments (1986)
Don't Take It Personal (1989)
You Said (1991)
I Wish You Love (2012)
References[edit source]
1.^ Jackson, Katherine; Rich Wiseman (1990). My Family, the Jacksons. St. Martin's Paperbacks. ISBN 0-312-92350-3.
2.^ "Vol. 44, No. 26". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company). September 20, 1973. p. 55
3.^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 314. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
4.^ "Jermaine Jackson About Islam, Being Muslim and Michael Jackson". Turntoislam.com. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
5.^ Wynne-Jones, Ros (April 7, 2007). "MAGIC BUS ; Last stop against racism". Daily Mirror via ProQuest News UK. p. 14. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
6.^ "You Are Not Alone (9780007435678): Jermaine Jackson: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
7.^ a b Jermaine Jackson – Biography IMBd. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
8.^ "Jermaine Jackson". DesPerados.com. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
9.^ "Jermaine Jackson wants Michael to convert to Islam" Reuters (January 29, 2007). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
10.^ "Jermaine Jackson hopes to convert brother Michael to Islam" Daily Mail (January 30, 2007). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
11.^ "Jermaine Jackson talk" MSNBC TV (Video). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
12.^ James Montgomery (July 7, 2009) "Jermaine Jackson Brings 'Smile,' Tears To Michael Jackson Memorial" MTV. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
13.^ "Luka Neskovic: Jermaine Jackson on His Brother Michael and First Tour in 30 Years". Huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
14.^ I WIsh You Love: Jermaine's New Album
15.^ Jermaine Jackson NNBD. Retrieved on 2009-078-07.
16.^ Jermaine Jackson Biography AOL Music (AOL). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
17.^ In Focus: Jackson 5 Family MSN Music (MSN). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
External links[edit source]
Portal icon The Jackson Family portal
A complete Jermaine Jackson's website
Only website full dedicated to Jermaine Jackson (fanclub)
All Jermaine Jackson – A Jermaine Jackson Fansite
Video interview about his Islamic beliefs
VH1 Profile
Jermaine Jackson Complete Motown Discography
Jermaine Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
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