Stiv Bators

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Stiv Bators , actually Steven John Bator (born October 22, 1949 in Youngstown , Ohio , † June 3, 1990 in Paris ), was an American musician, actor and songwriter. He became known as the front man of the bands The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church and as a soloist.

biography

Stiv Bators first started out with garage rock in Youngsten in the 1970s. He was enthusiastic about Iggy Pop and moved similarly unrestrained on stage. Bators joined the group "Frankenstein" in Cleveland in 1977, which shortly thereafter called themselves Dead Boys . He met the Ramones when they were visiting Ohio. Due to their influence in the New York scene, the Dead Boys got the chance to introduce themselves to the punk audience in the CBGB . With Bator's sensational shows and his extraordinary appearance, the band was quickly able to make a name for itself in the punk scene that was just emerging.

After the end of the Dead Boys, Bators, who had since moved to Los Angeles, started a solo career with the album Disconnected . In it he mixed punk with pop music. His work as a soloist only satisfied him for a short time, and so at the end of the year he founded the group The Wanderers together with guitarist Dave Parsons, drummer Rick Goldstein and bassist Dave Tregunna, all former members of Sham 69 . The band released only one record, the concept album Only Lovers Left Alive , which was about schizophrenia .

In 1981, Bators took a foray into the film industry and played a small role in the comedy film Polyester by John Waters . He then rehearsed first with Brian James, who had just left The Damned , ex- Generation X bassist Tony James and Terry Chimes , the former drummer of The Clash , a little later with musicians who had previously come from The Damned and Sham 69 . Always with the aim of founding a new “punk super group”. Eventually the band The Lords of the New Church was formed , in which Bators was a singer from 1981 to 1989.

In between he worked in 1985 with the singer of the Hanoi Rocks group , Michael Monroe . The two of them caused a stir just by their appearance. Bators with long dyed black hair and Monroe with a platinum blonde shaggy mane, both dressed entirely in black leather, they called themselves "The Glimmer Twins".

In 1988, Bators appeared in the film Tapeheads . There were a couple of live concerts with the Dead Boys trying to make a comeback. Bators moved to Paris and recorded The Last Race at EMI studios shortly before his death . The album was recorded with Johnny Thunders , Kris Dollimore of The Godfathers and Vom Ritchie . Dee Dee Ramone and Neal X from Sigue Sigue Sputnik were initially also involved. However, there were disputes and the two left early without having achieved anything. On June 3, 1990, Bators was hit by a car while crossing the street in Paris. He was taken to the emergency room at the hospital, where he apparently had to wait a long time, only slightly injured. Before a doctor could examine him, he went home, where he died in his sleep as a result of a traumatic brain injury .

Discography

The Dead Boys

  • 1977 Young, Loud and Snotty
  • 1978 We Have Come for Your Children

The Wanderers

The Lords of The New Church

  • 1982 The Lords of the New Church
  • 1983 Is Nothing Sacred?
  • 1984 The Method to Our Madness

As a soloist

  • 1980 disconnected
  • 1983 The Church and the New Creatures
  • 1997 The Last Race

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Glimmer Twins
  2. ↑ Interview with Vom Ritchie in Ox-Fanzine , Issue 51, June 2003.

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personal data
SURNAME Bators, Stiv
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bator, Steven John (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, actor, and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Youngstown , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 1990
Place of death Paris