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John Aikin is the Vice President of Leasing at Senator's Coaches, the company that provides the largest fleet of Prevost motor coaches in the entertainment industry. Patrick Albertson is the Associate Art Director at Revolver Magazine, the world's loudest rock magazine. Steve Albini is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black and Rapeman and is still a member of Shellac. He is founder and owner of the company Electrical Audio, which operates two recording studios in Chicago. Katrina Atkins has been married to Martin for 11 years and together they have three lovely boys. She is CEO of the Atkins' household and has coordinated, pre-production arrangements, hotels, and air travel for package tours for the last five years. Dave Baker was Label Manager for Invisible Records from 1994-2000. Maureen Baker is an immigration consultant and logistics coordinator for Traffic Control Group. TCG is one of the entertainment industry's leading visa coordination agencies. With over twenty years of experience, the company serves U.S. and international clients in all of their visa/passport issues worldwide. William Bastone is the editor of smokinggun.com, a website that features exclusive, confidential, accurate, quirky documents and information that cannot be found anywhere else on the web. Steve Beatty is the director of England's Plastic Head Distribution which exclusively handles sales and distribution in the UK for 170 record and DVD labels (over 30,000 titles), a range of over 3,000 titles of merchandise and 4,000 titles of specialist vinyl from limited edition 7 inch box sets, picture discs to electronic 12's. Plastic Head is a music distributor, not a carrier of "product." Extreme Metal to Hip hop, Techno to Reggae, Ambient chill out to Hardcore Punk, it matters not, but quality is top priority. He plays bass with his band October File Tamar Berk is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and has been a fixture in the Chicago music scene since 1996. She and her husband, Steve Denekas, formed The Countdown in 2001 (Invisible Records). Bradley Bills is a drummer, performance artist, and creator of CHANT, the solo drum project that is a new invention of the Industrial machine, a refined view of performance art, and a tribal/electronic showcase of sonic energy that intrigues audiences by its sheer power. He has contributed to the Pigface studio album 6. Check out his contribution online at www.tstouring.com Martin Bowes is the co-founder of the British electronic music band Attrition, formed in 1980 and still touring the world. He is an educator at Tile Hill College in Coventry, England. Kathleen "Burt" Bramlett is the Production Manager for Penn and Teller. Greta Brinkman is a bass player who has performed with Moby, L7, Debbie Harry, Pigface, and more. She has recently recorded some vocals and keyboard parts on Jayne County's new EP. Don Byczynski is a once death metal/hardcore guitarist, for Fleshold, turned swing producer. He has engineered and/or produced bands such as The Atomic Fireballs and Blue October and mixed live sound for The Damage Manual and more Dave Callens is a professional Tour Manager, Accountant, and has been employed in every known touring position. For 34 years he has worked with a variety of artists, corporations, and agencies on many different levels including: Barry White, Coolio, Motley Crue, Everlast, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Pointer Sisters, Paul Anka, George Benson, A.J. Croce, Arrested Development, Christopher Cross, Nell Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Tavares, Bobby Sherman, Roger Williams, The Monkees, The Carpenters, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and Tangerine Jack Carson is a Tour Manager for Jagermeister Music Tours and one of the creators of Jager's Mobile Stage. Xi Chen is the singer from the band Snapline from China. John Chmiel is the owner and booker for Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY. He also makes great soup! Michelle Cho is an activist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). She attended Columbia College Chicago for music business. Chris Connelly is a Scottish singer/songwriter known for his industrial music work with Ministry and The Revolting Cocks and his critically acclaimed solo albums. He is also an author. Lacey Connor is a singer and songwriter who founded the band Nocturne and toured with Pigface on the Free for All Tour. Jim Darden is the Production Manager at House of Blues Chicago. House of Blues Chicago is one of the busiest venues in the country with over 600 events per year. Jade Dellinger is an art curator and the co-author of We are Devo! He has collaborated with the German musical group Kraftwerk on archiving their collection. Sarah Dope is a photographer, graphic designer, model, and merchandise specialist. She has photographed many bands including Incubus, Jane's Addiction, and Megadeth. Ramona Downey is in charge of Booking at the Bottom of the Hill Club in San Francisco, CA. Their website with detailed instruction for bands is so well put together that it has become an industry standard. Jean Encoule runs the British webzine trakMARX.com: "Where writing about music is like dancing to architecture: for punk rockers & poseurs past, present, and future – the diseased artery at the heart of the underground! 6 years! 29 issues! 1 agenda!" Enigma is a horned, tattooed sideshow musician, not to mention a daredevil, icon, artist, original member of the Jim Rose Circus and sideshow, featured on The X-Files and NBC's Identity. Maria Ferrero is the owner of Adrenaline PR which represents artists like Metallica, Anthrax, Ministry, Lamb of God, and many more. "Turning artists into household names since 1983." Susan Ferris, former manager of the band Slayer, is now Partner at Bohemia Entertainment Group, "Mob Boss" of Long Live Crime Records, and has since birthed another record label as well as a publishing company. Doug Firley is the producer and keyboardist for Gravity Kills. He is also the co-owner and producer for Shock City Records. He gave us the title "Exit Planet Bus." Awesome. Dirk Flanigan has been the singer in 77 Luscious Babes, High Plains Drifter, Pigface, and more, He is now Executive Chef at The Gage Restaurant and Tavern, across from Chicago's Millennium Park. Lee Fraser is the guitarist, keyboardist, and co-founder of the British industrial group Sheep on Drugs.and his own project Bagman. Michael Gallina is a street teamer for Invisible Records, creator of indeterminism.org, and general technology anarchist. Joel Gausten has been the drummer for The Undead and Electric Frankenstein. He is also a promoter and author of such books as Tales of Horror: The History of THE MISFITS & THE UNDEAD and Pandemonium: Inside Killing Joke. Dee Generate taught by Rat Scabies, Dee is the original and current drummer with the British punk band Eater, one of the youngest punk bands on the scene in 1977. Andrew Goldberg is the managing editor of smokinggun.com, a website that features exclusive, confidential, accurate, and quirky documents and information that cannot be found anywhere else on the web. Adam Grayer is in charge of sponsorships for Jager Music Tours that sponsors more than 150 bands across the country. Darren Guccione is an Illinois licensed Certified Public Accountant, Business Broker, Real Estate Broker, Mortgage Broker and Loan Originator who heads up the DSG Accounting Firm in Chicago. Jeffrey Halls is the proud owner of Australia's Blakhole Record Label, presenting real alternative entertainment. Chris Harris is the lead singer of Project .44, a Chicago band who joins metal guitar with captivating dance beats to create an aggressive alternative sound. Dr. Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., M.P.H, is an internationally known sex researcher, educator, and columnist. She is a Research Associate and Lecturer in the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University. She coordinates The Kinsey Institute Sexuality Information Service for Students (KISISS; www.indiana.edu/~kisiss.) She also serves as the Associate Director of the Sexual Health Research Working Group (SHRWG; www.indiana.edu/~shrwg), a collaborative of faculty and students conducting research on contemporary issues related to sexuality and writes regular columns about sexuality for various media including Men's Health magazine, Time Out Chicago, and Velocity Weekly. Jim Holahan was the Deputy National Scheduler for Al Gore's Presidential campaign and is now a co-owner and Design-maker for Mud Room Studios. Mike Johnson, formerly of Reckless Records, is now label manager of Invisible Records, Chicago. Jairus Khan is Ad•ver•sary, an independent Canadian industrial project . With output ranging from ambient to rhythmic noise and industrial rock, Ad•ver•sary has joined several acts on tours of the United States and Canada. He had also done tour management. Wes Kidd is a manager, producer, and musician. He manages bands such as Local H and Cheap Trick for Silent Partner Management. Nathan Koch is the electronic pop music band Emulsion and promoter of RAMP Chicago at Sonotheque. He is currently expanding his digital horizons. Kamela Lise Koehler is the vocalist for the industrial gutter gothic band Apocalypse Theatre, the gypsy punk troupe The Hellblinki Sextet, and the honky tonk angels' "The Shed Keys." Chris Lee, formerly of Christopher Lee and the Oddities, has been a law enforcement officer for the past five years. Ken Lopez is an entrepreneur, explorer, inventor, and musician. He is a professor and Associate Director of the Music Industry Program at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. For 15 years, Mr. Lopez served as vice president of JBL, a world-renowned manufacturer of professional audio equipment. He has an extensive background in professional audio and musical equipment product development, distribution, and marketing. Jared Louche is the singer and songwriter of Chemlab. He is also a writer, conductor, father, mythomaniac, painter, storyteller, and conceptualist. Kevin Lyman is the founder and promoter of Van's Warped Tour, which has featured as many as 100 bands every year since 1993. Van's Warped Tour continues to sell over 500,000 tickets a year. Curse Mackey is a vocalist, composer, art curator, DJ and producer, currently based in Tampa, Fl. He is also the Creative Director of the Action Arts Agency and curator of Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute. Curse also founded the Woodstock Tattoo & Body Arts Festival where "artists who also tattoo," illustrators, graffiti artists, and other visionary artists come together to display and share their art. Patrik Mata is an American anti-art, anti-pop singer/guitarist who formed the post punk rock band Kommunity FK that helped establish what came to be known as the death rock scene in Los Angeles. Mat Matlack is the drummer and co-founder of The Follow and the founder of Space 380, a music promotion website that offers promotion services for radio airplay, press reviews, tour and retail, TV coverage, and more. Simon Mattock is a DJ, agitator, and collector. Steve McClellan was the General Manager and Talent Buyer at First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis, MN for most of its life. He is an advisor to the Diverse Emerging Music Organization, a non-profit focused on connecting independent venues and new artists. He also teaches classes at McNally Smith College of Music in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the business department and introduced Martin to White Castle. Jeff McClusky is the owner of Jeff McClusky & Associates, the only comprehensive entertainment promotion and artist exposure company with Music, Broadcast, and New Media expertise, with clients including major and independent record labels, publishing companies, Internet music companies, artist management firms, and film companies among others. V. Mercy is the co-founder of Apocalypse Theatre, a traveling caravan of musicians, and promoter of the U-35 corridor, an alliance of artists dedicated to the ultimate American touring experience. Adrian H. Merrill is Metal Chef. He provides on-site catering to bands on the road such as As I Lay Dying and Exodus. "Cuisine To Mangle Your Mind." Menu ranges from proscuitto-wrapped baby greens to Frangelico-infused chocolate Ganache with crushed pecans. Jason Miller is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the industrial rock band Godhead. He has also been selected as music producer for a film written and directed by Andy Dick,. He is also a voice-over artist who owns his own studio in Los Angeles. Moose is the Editor-in-Chief of the College Music Journal, the authority on new music, college radio, and music industry charting. CMJ also holds the CMJ Music Marathon where over 1,000 bands play all over Manhattan and Brooklyn. David Nicholas is a street teamer for Invisible Records, Washington DC anti-scene agitator, and dub addict. Jason Novak is a producer, father, and co-founder of the industrial rock band Acumen Nation, DJ? Acucrack, and Cracknation Records. Mitch O'Connell is a Chicago artist whose illustrations have appeared everywhere from "traditional" comics by Charlton and DC to Heavy Metal to "cutting edge" publications like Deadline and Juxtapoz. He published his first "graphic novel," The World of Ginger Fox in 1986 and followed that with two collections, Good Taste Gone Bad in 1993 and Pwease Wuv Me! in 1998. He has recently been concentrating on tattoo designs which can be seen in his new book, Mitch O'Connell Tattoos available from Last Gasp Publishing. To see more about the Man, the Myth, the Legend, please visit www.mitchoconnell.com today! Margot Olavarria, Ph.D., was the bass player for The Go-Go's and Brian Brain. She currently resides in NYC and is a writer, Doctor of Philosophy, entrepreneur, activist, and party girl. Mark O'Shea is the former tour manager for Nine Inch Nails, Pigface, and The Damage Manual among many others . He is an Adjunct Instructor at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH, where he teaches a course on Concert Tour Management. Chris Payne is the DJ for Local 101, a radio program that showcases local bands on Chicago's Q101, one of the leading radio stations for new music in Chicago and one of the top stations in the country. Sean Payne does vocals and programming for Cyanotic, an electronic metal band. He also owns the label Glitch Mode Recordings based in Chicago. Eric Perina has been involved in all aspects of touring, from working for a local P.A company carrying gear to tour management and drum tech for Cheap Trick, Survivor, Run-DMC, Local H, Kanye West, and many others. He mixes for major label executives throughout the country and has done runs as a drummer for bands such as Killjoy, Voodoo Rain, and Dirtbag. He owns/operates "Chicago Music Service," a full service production company. Jason Pettigrew is Editor-in-Chief of the Cleveland, Ohio-based Alternative Press. Since its debut as a photocopied fanzine handed out at a punk show in 1985, AP has been the publication where the honest word, the correct word, the authoritative word has been spoken on new music and youth culture. Cynthia Plastercaster is an artist, fan, collector, author, and rock/cockumentarian—immortalizing rock star's "very special appendages" for the last 30 years from Jimi Hendrix to Martin Atkins. Jono Podmore, also known as Kumo, is a composer, producer, programmer, engineer, orchestral arranger, and professor of music at Germany's Cologne Musikhochschule, (the Cologne University of Music), the largest academy of music in Europe. Lee Popa has been in charge of Front of House Sound on tour for Ministry, KMFDM, Killing Joke, Zilch, Living Colour, Lollapalooza, Pigface, and more. Jonathan Pust is the owner of the Independent Record Store HeeBeeGeeBeez in Salt Lake City and the vendor coordinator for the Curiosa Festival, a tour headlined by The Cure. Chris Ramos is former: label manager of Invisible Records and tour merchandiser for Dope, Pigface, and other bands. He is currently working with Dope Gear, Inc. Angelique Rickhoff is the owner of PromoHo, an ever-growing network of businesses and artists providing a one-stop affordable service and promotion for musicians in Chicago's Underground. She is also a graphic designer, web designer, merch girl, and photographer. Ursula Rodriguez is in charge of Booking at the Bottom of the Hill Club in San Francisco, CA which was chosen as "the best place to hear live music in San Francisco" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Jolly Roger an imposing legend in touring circles. He has been the tour manager for Cheap Trick, Kansas, Styx, Foreigner, Hart, Ozzy, Ministry, Pigface, and more. Henry Rollins has been touring steadily since 1981. His various roles include: vocalist of Rollins Band, Black Flag, Radio DJ, Author, Actor, Spoken Word Artist, and several television and movie credits. He also heads up 21361 Publishing Company. Carlton P. Sandercock is a UK promoter. Victoria Santino is the production manager for the SuicideGirls, an online community that features profiles of goth, punk, emo, and indie-styled young women, who themselves are known as the "SuicideGirls". The website also features interviews with major figures in popular and alternative culture. Chris Schleyer was the guitarist with the bands Prick and Zeromancer, rehearsal guitarist with A Perfect Circle, and guitar tech for Nine Inch Nails. He is currently promoting his new band Affected and working with NIN on their current tour. Randall Scott is the front man of Portland-based rock band, Railer.. Joe Shanahan is the owner of the Metro in Chicago, a concert hall that features live alternative/rock acts on the verge of breaking into the big time. Joe started what soon became the Metro in 1982 and it has been going strong ever since. Cliff Sieloff is a filmmaker with such credits as GothicFest, Terrorvision, and the Free for All Documentary. Matthew Lee Smith is the former President and Director of MLS Health Services, Incorporated. Currently, he is a doctoral student in the Department of Health & Kinesiology at Texas A&M University, College Station. He has achieved distinction as a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified Prevention Specialist (CPP) with research experience in fields surrounding alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use and abuse; human sexuality; minority health; health disparities; youth problem gambling; and injury and violence prevention Geoff Smyth was the guitarist with Brian Brain assisted with tours and accounting and whatever the band were throwing at the audience. Mark Spybey is the creator of Dead Voices On Air, an experimental and industrial project formed after his departure from Zoviet France, an ambient industrial music group from England. He has also toured with The Legendary Pink Dots and Can. He is an industrial psychologist. Brain St. Clair was the drummer for Triple Fast Action and Local H. the drum tech for Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick and the tour manager for Liz Phair, Triple Fast Action, and Local H. He works with Tour Time Productions, a professional tour management company for bands on a budget. Dan Steinberg is a concert promoter at Square Peg Concerts (Seattle, WA), producing live events all over the country. Miche Stirling is a promoter, DJ, and owner of the company Mother's Cupboard Productions—an "international DJ rescue service." Check out her contribution online at tstouring.com Luke Stokes is a tour manager, merchandiser, Chicago-based DJ, and owner of Deezal Records. He has also been co-hosting a radio show called Abstract Science since 1999 on WLUW 88.7. Chuck Suber has been an Artist-in-Residence in the Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management Department at Columbia College Chicago since 1978. He is the Director of Publications at AEBMedia. Nixon Suicide is one of the first SuicideGirls. She has been featured in CSI: New York and Jeremy Kasten's Wizard of Gore with Crispin Glover. She also works at The Bone Room in Berkeley, CA. Jeffrey A. Swanson is the creator and promoter of GothicFest, North America's largest gothic festival and expo. Lindsay Tipping is a band manager and has worked in music promotion and tour management in Beijing, Shanghai, and Vancouver. Chris Tisone is the Tour Manager of a Children's Theatre Troupe. He is currently working to establish a new theater group in Chicago Gary Topp is a concert promoter and film distributor from Toronto. Miguel Torres is an engineer at Chicago's Mattress Factory Studio. Steve Traxler is the president and co-founder of Jam Theatricals, a Chicago-based entertainment company that produces Broadway engagements throughout the country. Jam has presented programs such as CATS, STOMP, and Hairspray. Pat Van Hulle is Director of Online Marketing at Underground, Inc. in Chicago and does booking for Grow Fins. Rion Vernon is the creator of PinUp Toons, which brought the punk rock-driven style of Adam Watkins is a St. Louis-based multimedia artist and is an Art Instructor at East Central College (Union, Missouri). He graduated with an MFA in 2000 from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Canterbury, UK (BFA Webster University 1997). His work deals with the notions of the post-pop culture that we live in and the constant re-contextualization of it. Raymond Watts is founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG. He has also collaborated with KMFDM and Chemlab. Rev. John Wheeler is the lead singer and keyboardist for the metal band Screaming Mechanical Brain. Emily White was the tour manager for The Dresden Dolls and Imogen Heap's last tour. She currently works with Madison House Management Co. in New York. Fakie Wilde was a member of Spank Sinatra (the Australian one), Hayward 5000, Visitors & More. He is also an author and poet. Mark Williams is the Director of International Sales for PreSonus Audio Electronic. He is an entrepreneur, engineer, and musician. Gail Worley is a writer and Rock Critic at Large. She has interviewed artists such as Marilyn Manson, Dweezil Zappa, and Ryan Roxie from Alice Cooper. She also runs her rock journalism website The Worley Gig. Michael Yerke is the #1 Talent Buyer in the country at House of Blues Chicago. Michelle Yoon is a Touring Merchandise Manager and has traveled the world for a variety of organizations including Warped tour and Shirts for a Cure doing merchandise and management. She is currently pursuing her Master's of Arts Management. Horace Alexander Young teaches woodwinds and jazz studies at Washington State University and tours the world as a member of Abdullah Ibrahim's jazz sextet, EKAYA. He plays woodwinds, keyboards, and percussion. He also sings and composes, and has done arrangements for and performed with a variety of musical artists including the Madd Hatta, Nancy Wilson, and B.B. King. Zim Zum is a multi-platinum musician and songwriter, Marilyn Manson's former guitarist, and member of The Pop Culture Suicides, an American experimental rock band from Chicago, Illinois. |
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