Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators

Born: October 22, 1949
Died: June 4, 1990
in Youngstown, Ohio
Steven John Bator, better known by his stage name Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Girard, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.

Movies for Stiv Bators...

Stiv
Title: Stiv
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
The life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
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Dead Boys: Live at CBGB's 1977
Title: Dead Boys: Live at CBGB's 1977
Character: Himself
Released: November 30, 2004
Type: Movie
This 1977 performance from New York's legendary CBGB's proves why The Dead Boys were the epitome of snotty punk rock. Characterized by Stiv Bator's audience provoking on-stage antics, along with the band's aggressive power chord punch, the Dead Boys have big balls.
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Lords of the New Church: Live From London
Title: Lords of the New Church: Live From London
Released: September 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Live performance from the post-punk goth band, recorded at the Marquee Club in London in 1984.
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Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Title: Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Released: September 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.
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Tapeheads
Title: Tapeheads
Character: Dick Slammer
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
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Polyester
Title: Polyester
Character: Bo-Bo Belsinger
Released: May 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
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D.O.A.
Title: D.O.A.
Character: Himself
Released: September 12, 1980
Type: Movie
Documentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
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Punking Out
Title: Punking Out
Character: Himself
Released: September 26, 1978
Type: Movie
The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.
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Blitzkrieg Bop!
Title: Blitzkrieg Bop!
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Live punk rock and new wave from CBGB’s at 315 Bowery, NYC, a music club that opened Dec 10, 1973
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Crash 'n' Burn
Title: Crash 'n' Burn
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
"Toronto's first punk rock club is the subject of this innovative document featuring performances by The Dead Boys, Teenage Head and the Diodes. The rock magazine CREEM praised the film for 'doing everything in its flickering power to self-destruct,' and commented that anyone who 'thought Canadians bored their beef to death ate a different delicatessen." –The Funnel Film Theatre Distribution Catalog.