Stiv Bators
Actor · 1949 – 1990 · 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.
Movies7
Movie7.0ComedyBlessed 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. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Polyester
1981 · 197 votes
Movie5.4ComedyDramaThe story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Tapeheads
1988 · 65 votes
Movie5.7DocumentaryMusicDocumentary chronicling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
D.O.A.
1981 · 21 votes
Movie5.9DocumentaryMusicPunk 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.
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
2003 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryThe 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.
Punking Out
1978 · 1 votes
MovieLive punk rock and new wave from CBGB’s at 315 Bowery, NYC, a music club that opened Dec 10, 1973
Blitzkrieg Bop!
1978
Movie6.3DocumentaryMusicThe life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
Stiv
2019 · 6 votes