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<mask>-Krier (born May 9, 1979), known professionally as <mask>.K., is an American rock singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor. Raised in Michigan, Wilkes-Krier began his musical career in the mid-1990s. He performed in a number of local bands before eventually moving to New York, where he produced his first recordings under the <mask>. moniker. After gaining initial attention with the 2000 EP Girls Own Juice, Wilkes-Krier rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album I Get Wet in November 2001, as well as its singles "Party Hard" and "We Want Fun". In the years following its release, Wilkes-Krier has undertaken a number of other musical and non-musical ventures including television and radio work, motivational speaking, and writing. Early life
<mask>-Krier was born in Stanford, California, and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.His father is Professor James E. Krier, a legal scholar at the University of Michigan Law School and co-author of the widely used Dukeminier & Krier Property casebook. His mother is Wendy Wilkes. His younger brother, Patrick, was a golf pro and is now a golf coach in Michigan. At the age of 4, Wilkes-Krier began learning piano at the University of Michigan School of Music. He has recalled early family trips to Midnight Mass as having had an enormous impact on his love for music. He was dubbed <mask>.K. by an elementary school teacher to differentiate him from his classmates <mask> and <mask>.He later attended the private college preparatory Greenhills School for middle school before attending the alternative Community High School from 1993 to 1997, where he continued to study piano and keyboard. Music career

1993–1999: Early career
In 1993, at the age of 14, he joined the band Slam, later to be called Reverse Polarity. In 1996, a song recorded by W.K. entitled "Mr. Surprise" was included on Plant the Flower Seeds, a compilation by the Ypsilanti, Michigan-based record label Westside Audio Laboratories, marking his first publicly-released recording. Over the next five years, W.K. would play in a number of Detroit-based punk rock and heavy metal bands, including The Pterodactyls; Lab Lobotomy; Music Band; Mr. Velocity Hopkins; playing drums in grindcore metal band, Kathode; in addition to forming the noise rock project Ancient Art of Boar, later known as AAB, which served as an outlet for his early solo material.In 1998, W.K. moved from Michigan to New York City, where he worked as a bubblegum machine salesman, an opera ticket salesman, a fashion photographer, a window decorator at the Bergdorf Goodman department store, a milkshake maker and waiter for a Mexican restaurant and in the offices of avant-garde fashion company Comme des Garçons, among other short-lived jobs. He ended the AAB project and began recording new solo material under his full "<mask>-Krier" name; the year saw the release of a cassette-only single entitled Room to Breathe on Hanson Records. A follow-up release entitled You Are What You Eat was scrapped when the master recordings went missing. W.K. also recorded the soundtrack for an independent film named Poltergeist made by Aaron Dilloway and himself, one track of which appeared on the Hanson Records compilation Labyrinths & Jokes. In 1999, he moved to Seffner, Florida, to start building his live band with drummer Donald "D.T."Tardy, of death metal band Obituary. 2000–2003: Solo breakthrough, I Get Wet and The Wolf
In March 2000, Wilkes-Krier released his first EP, Girls Own Juice, also abbreviated as AWKGOJ, on Bulb Records, which would be his first solo release under the moniker <mask>.K. (he had first been credited as "<mask>.K." for a remix entitled "Wolf Eyes Rules (What Kinda Band?)" for the noise rock band Wolf Eyes) and marked the beginnings of a hard rock-influenced musical style with elements of his more experimental tendencies, described as "Judas Priest mixed with Sparks" by Magas, a collaborator of W.K.'s. The release increased buzz for W.K., centered around his "hedonistic, so-dumb-it's-smart rawk." <mask>.K.continued to build his reputation by performing various solo gigs in the New York and other East Coast areas. Wilkes-Krier and his then manager, Matt Sweeney, later shopped out a number of <mask>.K. demo tapes, each accompanied by a handwritten letter. One tape reached alternative rock musician Dave Grohl; impressed, Grohl offered <mask>.K. a slot opening for his band Foo Fighters at a concert in San Francisco, which he accepted. Another tape reached The Island Def Jam Music Group executive Lewis Largent, who liked the demos enough to attend an <mask>.K. gig at the Mercury Lounge, where Largent was impressed by how W.K."won over every last person in the audience." Wilkes-Krier reacted with surprise to Island's interest in him, and "despite his manager's advice that you classically don't go with the first offer, [he] 'wanted to get down to work as quickly as possible and not fuck around", as Sweeney recalls. Girls Own Juice was followed by another Bulb Records EP entitled Party Til You Puke in October 2000. Following the release of Party Til You Puke, <mask>.K. left Bulb Records amicably to sign with Island Records. W.K. 's major-label debut studio album, I Get Wet, was released on November 13, 2001, on Island Records.Continuing the sound established by his previous Bulb Records EPs, I Get Wet is characterized by its metal and punk rock influences and lyrical content revolving around partying. The album is known for its cover art: a photograph by Roe Ethridge of <mask>.K. with a stream of blood running from his nose onto his chin and neck, which generated minor controversy in Europe after it was seen to represent cocaine abuse; W.K. reportedly achieved the effect by striking himself in the face with a brick during the photo shoot, and subsequently supplementing his own blood with some of an animal obtained from a butcher's shop. I Get Wet earned positive press from publications such as NME and Kerrang! and featured two UK hit singles, "Party Hard" and "She Is Beautiful", also rising to the top spot on Billboards Top Heatseekers albums chart. At the same time, W.K.also developed a reputation for his highly energetic live shows. <mask>.K. joined Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest that summer, and a number of I Get Wets tracks, such as "Party Hard", "It's Time to Party", and "Fun Night" were licensed for use in various video games, films, TV series, and commercials. In 2002, W.K., Gibson Goodness and Alec Rominger re-recorded his song "We Want Fun" from AWKGOJ for the soundtrack of Jackass: The Movie; an accompanying music video was also produced, filmed and directed by Jeff Tremaine with additional camera work by Spike Jonze. In late 2003, W.K. released his second studio album The Wolf. In contrast to I Get Wet, which was recorded by W.K.with his live band, The Wolf featured W.K. playing all instruments, with heavy use of overdubbing of these instrument sections in production. The album spawned the singles "Tear It Up" and "Never Let Down" in the United States, while the song "Long Live the Party" was a minor hit in Japan. The single "Tear It Up" was included as menu music in the video-game Nascar Thunder TM 2004. On tour for The Wolf, W.K. was injured on stage and broke his foot. After the concert, he signed autographs from the ambulance.Not wanting to let his fans down, he performed the remainder of the tour in a wheelchair. 2004–2008: Close Calls with Brick Walls

Though Close Calls with Brick Walls failed to see wide release in 2006, W.K. continued to be active, releasing a live concert DVD entitled Who Knows? in February that year and presenting five screenings of the film in New York and Hollywood. In March 2006, during an episode of Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones' radio show Jonesy's Jukebox, W.K. debuted a new song entitled "I'm a Vagabond". On November 26, 2008, under Universal Music Group, he released his fourth studio album, The Japan Covers, which consists of cover versions of J-pop songs, as well as a compilation entitled The Very Best So Far.2009–2019: 55 Cadillac, You're Not Alone and other releases
In February 2009, Wilkes-Krier claimed to have found a loophole in his contractual constraints allowing him to form his own record label, Skyscraper Music Maker, based in London and Manhattan. The label released DAMN! The Mixtape Vol. 1 on May 25, 2009, a compilation of W.K. 's production work for Skyscraper Music Maker artists Bad Brilliance, Aleister X, and Cherie Lily, with music by New York producer, DJ B-Roc. Wilkes-Krier's fifth studio album 55 Cadillac served as the label's second release. Recorded entirely by Wilkes-Krier and consisting of his spontaneous solo piano improvisations, the album was released on September 7, 2009.In a piece written to accompany the release of the album, he explained that the last decade had "been so fraught with legal trouble" that he began to suffer hallucinations, which inspired him to produce the album, and that successful negotiations had allowed him to start a new label and release 55 Cadillac, which he described as "the sound of a piano being played by a free man – nothing more, nothing less." New negotiations were undertaken over the UK release of 55 Cadillac, as "certain people [who] weren't credited because they weren't involved with the recording... had to be given credit," owing to previous contracts. Wilkes-Krier and his management settled by renaming Skyscraper Music Maker as Steev Mike, which the parties involved saw as a reasonable compromise. All prior complaints were dropped and Wilkes-Krier was then allowed to release the album worldwide. On September 9, <mask>.K. released a Japan-only album entitled Gundam Rock, consisting of covered music from the Gundam anime television series to celebrate its 30th anniversary in Japan; he had been approached by Japanese animation studio Sunrise Inc. to record the album following the success of The Japan Covers. With all prior legal disputes over credit and naming settled, in March 2010 <mask>.K.and the newly named Steev Mike label presented its first official release: a repackaged two-disc version of Close Calls with Brick Walls with a bonus disc of rare and unreleased material entitled Mother of Mankind. To promote the set, <mask>.K. joined the 2010 Warped Tour as a headlining act for the entire tour. A music video for the single "I Want to See You Go Wild" from Close Calls with Brick Walls, directed by Peter Glantz, was released in June 2010. In March 2011, <mask>.K. released a new EP entitled The "Party All Goddamn Night" EP, which consists of five new tracks and two previously released singles. In September 2012, while attending a fan convention for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, he expressed the possibility of recording a new album.In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" thread in October 2014, Wilkes-Krier stated that while his other career ventures had kept him from releasing a new studio album, he was eager to record one: "I've been stock-piling new songs for several years. I really want to make a new album as soon as possible." In September 2017, W.K. announced that a new studio album would be set for release on March 2, 2018, via Sony Music. In November, he announced its title, You're Not Alone, and shared its cover artwork. The album was released on March 2, 2018. In August 2018 he revealed to Riff Magazine that he had begun recording his next album.2020–present: Napalm Records, Babalon, and current ventures
In October 2020, <mask>.K. signed with Napalm Records and announced that he was working on a new album. The lead single "Babalon" was released on February 17, 2021. "Babalon" was announced via a Napalm Records press release and made available for limited pre-order on the Napalm Records and Andrew W.K. stores as a 7" vinyl with the instrumental B-Side "The Party Gods". The release, limited to 393 copies, marked a departure from <mask>.K. 's traditionally positive and uplifting themes, and features "swinging drums and a sinister guitar riff open[ing] the track's hellish gates."On May 6, 2021, <mask>.K. announced that his sixth studio album, God Is Partying, was to be released on September 10, 2021. Co-produced by long-time recording partner Ted Young, the nine-track album features W.K. performing all instruments. The announcement was accompanied by the release of a new single, "I'm in Heaven". On July 14, 2021, the video for "Everybody Sins" was released and features an appearance by Kat Dennings. In September 2021, the album God Is Partying was released alongside the single "Stay True To Your Heart".A short time after the release of the album, W.K. delayed upcoming shows and deleted his website and social media pages with no explanation, with his label also remaining quiet on what was happening. Other ventures

Self-help and motivational performance
In 2005, <mask> announced that he would begin performing as a self-help, new age motivational speaker. He accepted invitations to speak at Yale University, New York University, the University of Wisconsin, Carnegie Mellon University, the Cooper Union, Missouri Western State University, and Northeastern University. During 2007, <mask> performed a series of unpredictable happenings as part of his "One Man Show" tour. Each event began with <mask> improvising on the piano alone on a stage before they frequently evolved into giant parties, with most of the audience dancing on stage with <mask>, themselves playing the piano and singing the lyrics. In March 2007, The New York Times put <mask> on the front page of its Arts section, in a feature article on <mask>'s lectures.In 2008, <mask>'s self-help work led to his second appearance as a sit-down guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In November 2008, Time magazine called him "truly cute." In June 2012, W.K. announced that he would be appearing at the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan convention Canterlot Gardens. His appearance was announced as a motivational seminar on "How to Party like Pinkie Pie", based on one of the show's lead characters, Pinkie Pie. The appearance was featured in Rolling Stone, and was co-hosted by musician and personality Klisk Midori. In June 2014, <mask> was announced to speak as a guest lecturer at the Oxford Union.W.K. 's keynote, titled <mask>.K. and The Philosophy of Partying, discussed his signature message of positive power and celebratory self-confidence. Regarding the lecture, Oxford's Nick Fowler said: "In my opinion, <mask> is one of Rock N' Roll's great philosophers." And the Oxford University Rock Society offered their own statement: "We've seen rock stars, we've seen brilliant public speakers, but rarely are they the same person, and rarely do they have as intriguing and broad a background as <mask>.K." In September 2014, <mask> gave a lecture on his philosophy of partying at Baltimore School for the Arts as part of The Contemporary museum's speaker series called "CoHosts." In the same month, he also brought his Village Voice advice column, "Ask <mask>.K.," to life in an intimate setting at New York City nightclub, Santos Party House.In July 2016, <mask> announced The Power of Partying tour, his first nationwide speaking tour, spanning the entire country with stops in all 50 U.S. states. Each evening will be an intimate celebration of discussion, a pep rally for the inner spirit, and an optimistic look at the overwhelming intensity of life. The tour sees <mask> continuing his eternal mission to defend and promote human joy, and the never-ending collective search to find truth through partying. In February 2018, <mask> was named the Person of the Year by the American Association Of Suicidology. The AAS stated, "The inaugural Person of the Year Award will be presented to <mask>.K. due to his consistent and powerful use of positivity to improve the lives of those who hear his music." Written work
<mask> wrote a monthly column in FRONT Magazine in the UK.<mask> also wrote a monthly advice column in the Japanese magazine "Rockin' On", which ran for 10 years – from 2002 until 2012 – and resulted in a book of all the advice columns compiled, called "I Will Change Your Life." In September 2013, <mask> announced that his first book about partying, "The Party Bible," will be published by Simon & Schuster. The announcement, first broken on The A.V. Club, is accompanied by a video of the "Party Hard" rock icon's physical and mental preparation for the literary task. In January 2014, The Village Voice announced a new weekly advice column from <mask> called "Ask <mask>.K." The column appeared in the print edition of the paper, as well as Village Voice online. On September 28, 2016, Vice Media

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Outside of his solo work, <mask> also performed with and produced music for the avant-garde ensemble To Live and Shave in L.A. He first appeared on the band's 2004 release God and Country Rally! He co-produced their 2006 studio album Noon and Eternity, and appears on the group's other 2006 release, the "chronological remix" project Horoscopo: Sanatorio de Molière. In late 2006, <mask> re-worked his song "Fun Night" into a theme song for the Arizona Sundogs, a hockey team.The song was titled "Sundogs (It Just Got Hotter)". The song "Fun Night" also appeared in the film Old School during one of the party scenes. <mask> was also a judge for the 5th and 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. On July 7, 2007, at 7:07 pm, <mask> appeared as one of the 77 drummers in the 77 Boadrum concert held at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York which was organized by Japanese noise rock group Boredoms. In September 2007 <mask>'s piano playing was featured on a jazz fusion CD release "électricité" with Mike Pachelli on guitar, Rich Russo on drums, and Dennis Harding on bass for Los Angeles-based Fullblast Recordings (2007). <mask> has also performed and recorded electric bass guitar for the artist Baby Dee, whom he met while playing live as the bassist of Current 93. <mask> played bass and drums on Dee's Safe Inside the Day album, and performed with her group at a 2008 show Manhattan.He also produced and mixed Dee's 2011 album, Regifted Light. <mask> has performed bass guitar with Current 93 at the Donau Festival in Krems, Austria in April 2007, the UK All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2007, and their European tour in April 2008. On Friday, December 5, 2008, an <mask>.K. fan named Dominic Owen Mallary died after an accident while his band Last Lights performed at Boston University. Dominic had always said that he wanted to have <mask>.K. play during his funeral. After several friends of Dominic emailed him, <mask> came to the wake, and played classical piano for the entire time after paying his respects.<mask> formed the group The Brill Sisters with guitarist Matt Sweeney and producer Don Fleming. They played their first show (without Fleming) at Santos Party House on April 2, 2009. The entire group performed together on April 21, 2009. <mask> has collaborated with Canada's Nardwuar the Human Serviette and his band The Evaporators to record the split 7-inch A Wild Pear, released in 2009. They worked together again on a pair of tracks for The Evaporators' 2012 album Busy Doing Nothing. In 2012, it was believed that the United States State Department had named W.K. the U.S.Cultural Ambassador to Bahrain. In reality, he had been merely asked to speak at the Embassy as part of a cultural speakers program, an invitation which, upon further reflection, was repealed "because it did not meet the standards of the State Department." <mask> set a world record for Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store at the MTV O Music Awards on Thursday, June 20, 2013, after drumming non-stop for 24 hours. On Thursday, June 12, 2014, <mask> co-hosted the Relentless Kerrang! Awards alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax. The event was held at East London's Troxy. <mask> also made an appearance as himself in the Cyanide and Happiness show.Most recently, he appeared as a fictional version of himself, "Intern <mask>.K.," in a live show for Welcome to Night Vale, entitled "The Librarian". <mask> is featured on Nekrogoblikon's album titled Heavy Meta released on June 2, 2015. <mask> appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on December 11, 2015. <mask> played the role of the character known as "Redeye" in the game Fallout 4 in the Nuka-World DLC. TV and film appearances
<mask> has made multiple appearances on MTV, MTV2, and VH1, hosting shows such as The Most Outrageous Frontmen, with Johnny Knoxville and Backstage Pass at the Warped Tour. <mask> was the focus of a televised live performance at Cleveland's Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame, broadcast on MTV. He's also made appearances on the shows, I Love The 90's, I Love The New Millennium, Black to the Future, I Love The Holidays, The Great Debate, Best Week Ever and The Osbournes.<mask> was also featured on a popular MTV show called Crashing With <mask>.K., which documented <mask>'s visit to a girl's dorm at North Carolina Central University. In 2004, <mask> had a television show on MTV2 titled Your Friend, <mask>.K.. In the series, fans would write letters to <mask>, asking for his help. <mask> would pick certain letters and go to visit them. The series lasted for 11 episodes, each about 9 or 10 minutes in length. During the filming of the show, <mask> was in a car crash but sustained no serious injuries. <mask> has performed on TV shows such as Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Last Call with Carson Daly, Saturday Night Live, and the Spike TV Video Game Awards.His most recent performance was with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He had a cameo in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, singing "Party Party Party", a song that combines elements of multiple previous Andrew W.K. songs. The song was released on Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters the Soundtrack. <mask>'s only confirmed movie role is in Punk Rock Holocaust, playing himself. <mask> was also featured on the finale of the third season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Kathy's date in New York. The two attended one of <mask>'s performance art shows.Late Night with Conan O'Brien has twice featured <mask> as a sit-down interview guest—the first in 2003 to speak about the Your Friend, <mask>.K. show, and then again in 2007, to speak about his motivational performance tours. <mask> was a frequent guest on the Fox News late-night program, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. <mask> has also been a featured interviewer and guest on The Daily Show. In 2011, he appeared in A Day to Remember's video for "All I Want." <mask> also appears on the vocal-instructional DVD The Zen of Screaming. Cartoon Network also used <mask>.K.in a music video about the network's new live-action shows. The song and video, "Hearing What I Say" (adapted from <mask>'s 2006 song, "Not Going to Bed") aired extensively on Cartoon Network and was available on YouTube. Later the clip was replaced by another bumper. In 2011, <mask> was part of a pyrotechnic stunt with motocross superstar Robbie Maddison performing a backflip on his motorcycle while <mask> presented the event for Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards. <mask> presented Cartoon Network's live-action show Destroy Build Destroy. <mask> had a cameo on Cartoon Network's Mad, in the episode "Kung Fu Blander / Destroy Bob the Builder Destroy," which spoofed only Bob the Builder In 2014, <mask> appeared on Fuse TV's Insane Clown Posse Theater with Insane Clown Posse. <mask> also starred in Lil BUB's Special Special on Animal Planet alongside Lil Bub herself and Amy Sedaris.The TV special premiered on Saturday, February 8 at 9:00 pm right after the Too Cute show. <mask>'s trip to a safari park is the subject of the documentary film, Party Safari (2014), by Nik Box & Chris Hines. In August 2014, <mask> hosted his own show on Kerrang! TV called <mask>.K. 's Party Hard 100 in which he counted down some of the most party videos on Earth. <mask> also guest co-hosted six episodes of Pivot's TakePart Live alongside Meghan McCain and Jacob Soboroff. <mask> appeared as a guest on The SDR Show with Ralph Sutton and Big Jay Oakerson.He has also made a comeback to Cartoon Network in late March on Pete Browngart's animated series Uncle Grandpa as himself hosting a party alongside Pizza Steve and Mr. Gus in the episode, "Shower Party." Producer
In addition to producing his own music on the albums I Get Wet, The Wolf, Close Calls with Brick Walls, and You're Not Alone, <mask> has produced and mixed music for other artists as well as working on special commercial music projects. These include the production of music exclusively for commercial use on television and radio. In 2008, <mask> gained new notoriety for recording a song called "The McLaughlin Groove", based on an exchange between Pat Buchanan and John McLaughlin on the political television show The McLaughlin Group. The song was commissioned by the Public Radio International show Fair Game, on which <mask> has appeared for interviews. In 2004, <mask> recorded a television jingle for Kit Kat candy bars, and rewrote their trademark "Give Me A Break" slogan into a new song. The recording appeared in a variety of 30-second, 45-second, and 1 minute commercials, broadcast on television worldwide."I avoided working with other people for many years, partly out of paranoia, and partly out of an earnest desire to stand on my own. After a while, I got tired of thinking that way, and it just seemed natural to do the opposite of what I had done before. I like making music with other people. I can still make music by myself too.". <mask>'s earliest external production work was with the group Wolf Eyes, on their now out-of-print 12-inch EP Fortune Dove. The last track on that album, "What Kind of Band?" features <mask>.K.on vocals explaining why he enjoys listening to Wolf Eyes. Since then, he's chosen to work on a select and seemingly random set of projects, beginning with production and mixing on the album, Through The Panama, by Brooklyn, NY based three-piece art rock band, Sightings. The album was jointly released by Load Records and Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label in October 2007. At the end of 2007, <mask> accepted an invitation to produce a new album, Repentance, for veteran reggae artist Lee "Scratch" Perry. The two had met when <mask> interviewed Perry for DirecTV. "Repentance" was nominated for "Best Reggae Album" in the 2009 Grammy Awards.On February 20, 2008, <mask> released an exclusive ringtone commissioned by Universal Music Japan for the Japanese mobile phone market. The song is called, "Sonna no Kankei Ne Rock", which celebrates a then popular catch-phrase by a TV Talent, "Sonna no Kankei Ne, Hai Oppappi!" This translates to, "I Don't Give A Damn, Yes Oppappi!" The ringtone was first announced on a Japanese national T.V. program called Music Station and had over 3,500 downloads that day. Cumulative sales of ringtone are over 20,000. <mask>'s song debuted at No.1 in Label Mobile's International daily ringtone chart.Label Mobile is the biggest mobile retailer in Japan. Live music venue
In the spring of 2008, <mask> and three partners opened a multi-level nightclub and live concert hall in downtown Manhattan, New York City. The venue was named Santos Party House, and featured  of dance floor and concert facilities, and over 150 loud-speakers. The space was designed for disco dancing and live music. It was one of the few new venues in New York City to be granted a liquor license and a cabaret license. The cabaret license means people can legally dance until 4 am. Santos Party House received numerous awards, including The People's Choice Award for Best Night Club, Best New Club, Best DJ Night (from Paper Magazine), Best New Dance Floor (from The Village Voice), and many more.In May 2009, Wilkes-Krier and his work with Santos was the subject of an extensive four-page article in New York Magazine. In 2010, the Zagat Survey rated Santos Party House the "Top Dance Club" in all of New York City. Santos Party House's last night of operation was May 29, 2016. Radio
On April 28, 2015, W.K. announced a new radio show called America W.K. on TheBlaze Radio Network, the new show will be a two-hour Saturday program focusing on "what it is to be alive—meaning, motivation, mind set, and making dreams come true, all included in a celebration of life itself—and all with a positive and honest outlook". Ghostwriting allegations
In November 2004, W.K.'s official website was hacked with threats of blackmail from someone who claimed to have co-created <mask>.K. 's persona, and demanded to be included in the production of the third album, claiming to be "Steev Mike". W.K. responded stating, "Please don't believe Steev Mike. I used to call myself Steev Mike a long time ago and it's nothing now. Someone is trying to confuse you and make me look bad." In subsequent years, W.K.denied various theories accusing him of being a fake entity, declaring himself to be "a real person who thinks for himself" and "not the victim of anyone or group of people trying to influence my career or life". He clarified that "the nature of how we presented my initial offerings caused some confusion, even though I tried to make it as straightforward as possible... Different people I've worked with and different parts of my back story have gotten twisted and changed. But I made the music on my albums – I had a lot of help from incredible people, but not the kind of help that some people think." In September 2009, W.K. acknowledged legal disputes around his name: "At the end of 2004, an old friend of mine got in some business trouble and basically decided to take it out on me... they were able to turn my life and career upside down. I wasn't allowed to use my own name within certain areas...This made my life complicated and intense for a few years, but I kept working and doing whatever I could to keep moving forward." Physical appearance

W.K. is known for his long hair and wearing a usually dirty all white outfit, consisting of a white t-shirt, white jeans, black digital watch and sneakers. The album artwork for I Get Wet featured a photo of <mask> with a bloody nose and this image is used frequently in his merchandise and persona. W.K. has six tattoos, all of which are straight lines on his arms. In 2011, Kesha gave <mask> a line tattoo with a pen and a safety pin that resulted in an infection.Personal life
<mask>.K. previously lived in Midtown Manhattan but left in 2006 or 2007, "bouncing between short-term situations" in other locations outside New York. He married Cherie Lily on October 4, 2008, in a traditional Persian wedding ceremony at Santos Party House, a nightclub in Chinatown that W.K. co-owned. They met through their mutual heavy-metal voice instructor, and Lily performed with W.K. 's band as a vocalist and hypewoman from 2006 until 2018. W.K.has two children but keeps them out of the public eye. In May 2021, W.K. announced via a press release that he and his ex-wife Cherie had begun amicable divorce proceedings in late 2019. He also confirmed that he was dating actress Kat Dennings, after the two met in Los Angeles in early 2021. A week later, on May 13, 2021, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram. Live band members

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 Erik Payne – guitars, backing vocals (1999–present)
 Gregg Roberts – bass, backing vocals (1999–present)
 Dave Pino – guitars, backing vocals (2012–present)
 Amanda Lepre – guitars, backing vocals (2016–present)
 Clark Kegley – drums (2016–present)

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 Jeff Victor – keyboards (2001–2002)
 Rich Russo – drums (2003–2016)
 <mask> – guitars, backing vocals (2003–2011)
 Johnny "Beans" Sutton (2004–2005)
 Derek Weiland – keyboards (2006–2007)
 Cherie Lily – vocals (2006–2018)
 Justin Payne – guitars (2008–2013)
 Blake Canaris – bass, backing vocals (2010–2016)
 Erica E.T. Pino – keyboards, backing vocals (2018–2019)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums
 I Get Wet (2001)
 The Wolf (2003)
 Close Calls with Brick Walls (2006)
 55 Cadillac (2009)
 You're Not Alone (2018)
 God is Partying (2021)

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<mask> (23 February 1830 – 6 July 1897) was a French dramatist and opera librettist, best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on Georges Bizet's Carmen and on the works of Jacques Offenbach, as well as Jules Massenet's Manon. Biography
<mask> was born in the 1st arrondissement of Paris in 1830. As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and comédies en vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront. About 1860, <mask> met Ludovic Halévy, and their collaboration for the stage lasted twenty years. Their most famous collaboration is the libretto for Georges Bizet's Carmen. However, <mask>'s work is most closely tied to the music of Jacques Offenbach, for whom he wrote over a dozen librettos, most of them together with Halévy. The most successful collaborations with Offenbach are La belle Hélène (1864), Barbe-bleue (1866), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867), and La Périchole (1868).Other librettos by Meilhac include Jules Massenet's Manon (with Philippe Gille) (1884), Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche (1883), and Rip, the French version of Robert Planquette's operetta Rip Van Winkle (also with Gille). Their vaudeville play Le réveillon was the basis of the operetta Die Fledermaus. In 1888, <mask> was elected to the Académie française. He died in Paris in 1897. Works

1856: La Sarabande du cardinal, one-act comedy with couplets, created at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 29 May. 1856: Satania, comedy in 2 acts with couplets, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 10 October. Garde-toi, je me garde, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, Théâtre du Palais-Royal.1857: Le Copiste, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre du Gymnase, 3 August. 1858: Péché caché, ou A quelque chose malheur est bon, one-act comedy, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 11 January. 1858: L'Autographe, one-act comedy, Théâtre du Gymnase, 27 November. 1859: Un petit-fils de Mascarille, comedy in 5 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Gymnase, 8 October. 1859: Le Retour de l'Italie, à-propos (short theatre play) Théâtre du Gymnase, 14 August. 1860: Ce qui plaît aux hommes, comedy in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 6 October. 1860: Une heure avant l'ouverture, prologue in 1 act, with songs, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 December.1860: L'Étincelle, one-act comedy, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 December. 1861: Le Menuet de Danaë, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 20 April. 1861: La Vertu de Célimène, comedy in 5 acts, Théâtre du Gymnase, 1 May. 1861: L'Attaché d'ambassade, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre du Vaudeville in October (this play served as basis for the operetta The Merry Widow, libretto by Leo Stein and Victor Léon, music by Franz Lehar). Le Café du roi, opéra comique in 1 act, music by Louis Deffès. 1862: L'Échéance, comédy in 1 act (with Arthur Delavigne), Théâtre du Gymnase, 15 March. 1862: Les Moulins à vent, comedy in 3 acts with couplets (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 22 February.1862: Les Brebis de Panurge, one-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Vaudeville, 24 November. 1862: La Clé de Métella, one-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Vaudeville, 24 November. 1861: Les Bourguignonnes, one-act opéra comique, music by Louis Deffès, Opéra-comique, 16 July. 1863: Le Brésilien, one-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 9 May
1863: Le Train de minuit, two-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Gymnase, 15 June. 1864: La Belle Hélène, opéra-bouffe in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 17 December. 1864: Fiammetta, ballet-pantomime in 2 acts (with Ludovic Halévy and Arthur Saint-Léon), music by Léon Minkus, Moscou, Ballet de Bolshoi, 12 (24) novembre 1863; entitled Néméa, ou l'Amour vengé - Paris, Académie impériale de musique, 11 July. 1864: Les Curieuses, one-act comedy (with Arthur Delavigne), Théâtre du Gymnase, 17 October.1864: Le Photographe, one-act comédie en vaudeville (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 24 December. 1865: Fabienne, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre du Gymnase, 1 September. 1865: Le Singe de Nicolet, one-act comedy with singing (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 29 January. 1865: Les Méprises de Lambinet, one-act comedy with couplets (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 3 December. 1866: Barbe-bleue, opéra bouffe in 3 acts and 4 tableaux (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 5 February
1866: José Maria, three-act opéra comique (with Eugène Cormon), music by Jules Cohen, Opéra-Comique, 16 July. 1866: La Vie parisienne, opéra bouffe in 5 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 31 October
1867: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, opéra bouffe in 3 acts and 4 tableaux (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 12 April
1867: Tout pour les dames, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 8 September
1868: L'Élixir du docteur Cornelius, operetta (with Arthur Delavigne), music by Émile Durand, Fantaisies-Parisiennes, 3 February
1868: La Pénitente, one-act opéra comique (with William Busnach), music by Mme de Grandval, Opéra-Comique, 13 March. 1868: Le Château à Toto, opéra bouffe in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 6 May.1868: Garde-toi, je me garde, comedy in 1 act with songs, revived at the théâtre des Variétés 28 June 1868 (Théâtre du Palais-Royal in 1856). 1868: Fanny Lear, comedy in 5 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Gymnase, 13 August. 1868: La Périchole, opéra bouffe in 2 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 6 October. 1868: Suzanne et les deux vieillards, comedy in 1 act, Théâtre du Gymnase, 10 Octobre. 1868: Le Bouquet, comedy in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 23 October. 1869: Vert-Vert, opéra comique in 3 acts (with Charles Nuitter), music by Jacques Offenbach, Opéra-Comique, 10 March. 1869: La Diva, opéra bouffe in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 22 March.1869: Frou-Frou, comedy in 5 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Gymnase, 30 October, published in 1870 by Michel Lévy frères Read online. 1869: L'Homme à la clé, comedy in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 11 August. 1869: Les Brigands, opéra bouffe in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 10 December. 1871: Tricoche et Cacolet, comédie en vaudeville in 5 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 6 December. 1872: Madame attend Monsieur, comedy in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 8 February. 1872: Le Réveillon, comedy in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 10 September (this play served as a basis for the operetta Die Fledermaus, libretto by Richard Genée and Karl Haffner, music by Johann Strauss II). 1872: Les Sonnettes, comedy in 1 act in prose (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 15 November.1873: Le Roi Candaule, one-act comedy in prose (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 9 April. 1873: L’Été de la Saint-Martin, one-act comedy in prose (with Ludovic Halévy), Comédie-Française, 1 July. 1873: Toto chez Tata, one-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés 25 August. 1874: La Petite Marquise, three-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 13 February. 1874: La Mi-carême, folie-vaudeville in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 2 April. 1874: L'Ingénue, one-act comedy (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 24 September. 1874: La Veuve, comedy in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Gymnase, 5 November.1874: La Boule, comedy in 4 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 24 November. 1875: Carmen, opéra comique in four acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Georges Bizet, Opéra-Comique, 3 March. 1875: Le Passage de Vénus, "leçon d'astronomie" in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 4 May. 1875: La boulangère a des écus, opéra bouffe in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 5 August. 1876: Loulou, folie-vaudeville in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 31 March. 1876: Le Prince, comedy in 4 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 25 November. (year unknown) Paturel, comedy in 1 act.1877: La Cigale, comedy in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 6 October. 1877: Le Fandango, ballet-pantomime in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy and Louis Mérante), Opéra de Paris, 26 November. 1878: Le Petit Duc, opéra-comique in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre de la Renaissance, 25 January. 1878: La Cigarette, comedy in 1 act (with Charles Narrey), Gymnase-Dramatique, 20 April. 1879: Le Mari de la débutante, comedy in 4 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 5 February. 1879: Le Petit Hôtel, comedy in 1 act in prose (with Ludovic Halévy), Comédie-Française, 21 February. 1879: La Petite Mademoiselle, opéra comique in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre de la Renaissance, 12 April.1879: Lolotte, comedy in 1 act (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 October. 1880: La Petite Mère, comedy in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), Théâtre des Variétés, 6 March. 1880: Nina la tueuse, comedy in 1 act in verse (with Jacques Redelsperg), Théâtre du Gymnase, 2 October. 1881: Janot, opéra-comique in 3 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Charles Lecocq, Théâtre de la Renaissance, 22 January. 1881: La Roussotte, comédie en vaudeville, music by Hervé, Charles Lecocq, and Marius Boullard, libretto by Ludovic Halévy, <mask> and Albert Millaud, Théâtre des Variétés, 28 January. 1881: Le Mari à Babette, comedy in 3 acts (with Philippe Gille), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 31 December. 1882: Madame le diable, féerie-opérette in 4 acts and 12 tableaux including a prologue (with Arnold Mortier), music by Gaston Serpette, Théâtre de la Renaissance, 4 April.1883: Mam'zelle Nitouche, comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts (with Albert Millaud, Théâtre des Variétés, 26 January. 1883 Le Nouveau régime, one-act comedy (with Jules Prével), Théâtre du Gymnase, 11 May. 1883 Ma camarade, five-act play (with Philippe Gille), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 9 October. 1884: Manon, opéra comique in 5 acts and 6 tableaux (with Philippe Gille), music by Jules Massenet, Opéra-comique, 19 January. 1884: Le Cosaque, opéra bouffe (with Albert Millaud and Ernest Blum), music by Hervé, Théâtre des Variétés, 26 January. 1884: La Duchesse Martin, one-act comedy, Comédie-Française, 16 May. 1884: Rip, opéra comique in 3 acts (with Philippe Gille after Henry Brougham Farnie's English-language Rip Van Winkle), music by Robert Planquette, Folies-Dramatiques, 11 November.1886: Les Demoiselles Clochart. 1886: Gotte, comedy in 4 acts, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 2 December. La lettre de Toto, monologue in verse. 1888: Décoré, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre des Variétés, 27 January. 1888: Pepa, comedy in 3 acts (with Louis Ganderax), Comédie-Française, 31 October. Le Train de minuit. 1890: Margot, comedy in 3 acts, Comédie-Française, 18 January.1890: Ma cousine, comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre des Variétés, 27 October. M. l'Abbé. Brevet supérieur. 1893: Kassya, opera in 5 acts (with Philippe Gille, after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch), music by Léo Delibes, Opéra-Comique, 13 March. 1894: Villégiature, comedy in 1 act, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 15 January.

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<mask> (born Glasgow, Scotland), best known by his current alias <mask>, is a Grammy Nominated Scottish singer, songwriter, and producer whose style combines "hints of R&B, soul, funk and disco." <mask> was signed as a singer-songwriter to Virgin Records at age 14, and his first four singles, released under the name <mask>, all reached Top 40 positions in the UK Singles Chart in the late 1990s. His debut album Finally was released in 2000 on Innocent Records, and that year he was awarded The Young Scottish Achievers Award from Queen Elizabeth II. His first album as <mask>, his Life Is the Music EP, was released in 2008, and he has since appeared as a guest vocalist on tracks by artists such as deep house DJ Miguel Migs. As a producer <mask> has remixed or produced tracks for artists such as Faith Evans, Pleasure P, Kimbra, Gabrielle, Loveable Rogues, The Wanted, and Elyar Fox and has co-written music with songwriters and producers such as No I.D., Mike Elizondo, <mask>, Warren Campbell, Keefus Ciancia, Dee Kay, Karen Poole, Andy Taylor, and <mask>. In 2012 <mask> co-wrote the song "Come into My Head" with New Zealand pop artist Kimbra and Keith Ciancia. The song won two awards at The International Songwriting Competition in 2013.In 2012 he co-wrote a song on the Faith Evans' album R&B Divas, which in 2014 was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2014, he co-wrote a song on Kimbra's album The Golden Echo, also playing drums on the track. The album went on to peak at No. 43 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on 24 July 2015, the debut single "Get Stupid" by British entertainer Aston Merrygold featured primary production and co-writing by <mask>. The track peaked at No. 10 on the ARIA Charts and achieving platinum status in Australia.Early life
<mask> was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was also raised. He is of Glaswegian and Nigerian heritage. He attended Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, and began writing music as a teenager under his full name <mask>, or simply "<mask>." Music career

1998–2001: As <mask> was signed to a recording contract with Virgin Records UK in 1998 at age 14, after appearing on the BBC Television programme, The Fame Game. Virgin recorded several songs he had written, and Osuji began releasing singles on both Streamline Records and Virgin UK under the name <mask>. His first four singles all reached Top 40 positions in the UK Singles Chart. The first release was "This Boy" (UK #34) in August 1998.His second single, "Over You" (his biggest hit to date, reaching UK #11), was released in 1999, and taken from his debut album, Finally, released in 2000 on Innocent Records. His third single was "It's All About You" (UK #34), whilst his fourth "Let It Be Me" (UK #15), was a cover version of the song first made famous by The Everly Brothers. At the time he was still in secondary school, and revising for his forthcoming GCSEs. In 2000 he was awarded 'The Young Scottish Achievers Award', from Queen Elizabeth II, at Edinburgh's, Holyrood Palace. 2002–08: Early production
By the fall of 2004 he was working as a singer-songwriter and producer under the name <mask>. His style combines "hints of R&B, soul, funk and disco." Working in genres such as grime, hip hop, and R&B, he has utilized the sounds of house as well.<mask> has remixed or produced tracks for UK artists such as Craig David, Sugababes, Richie Dan, Artful Dodger, and So Solid, and has co-written music with producers and songwriters such as Pam Sheyne (Christina Aguilera), <mask> (Seal) and Rick Mitra (Lu Lu, Christina Aguilera). 2008-9: Salted Music releases
As of 2007 Osuji was based in both London and Los Angeles. He released the solo EP Life Is the Music on 19 August 2008 on Salted Music, a dance music label based in San Francisco and operated by Miguel Migs. Released on both CD and 12" vinyl, Life Is the Music was his first solo release under the name <mask><mask>. That year the EP's single "Life Is the Music" was included on the compilation Stereo Sushi, Vol. 14, released on Hed Kandi. About "Life Is the Music,"  the song "is a midtempo soul stomper with classic hip hop and R&B flavor."Around 2008 he was collaborating with Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, who described him as "the best part of <mask>, the funkiest part of Prince and the elaborate part of Sly Stone," comparing the sound of their collaborations to Power Station. He moved to Los Angeles in 2009, and was signed as an artist to Warner Bros by notable record producer Lenny Waronker. After signing to Salted Music he began appearing as a guest vocalist as <mask><mask>, first on "HOT!" by Audioslam in 2009. This was followed in 2010 by "Burnin' Up", released by Miguel Migs on Salted Music. Migs later released a remix of <mask>'s "Life Is the Music," and in 2011 <mask> contributed vocals to Migs' song "Changin'," which Migs' included on his studio album Outside the Skyline. 2012–14: Recent years

He moved back to the UK in 2011.In 2012 <mask> co-wrote the song "Come into My Head" with New Zealand pop artist Kimbra and Keith Ciancia. The song was released on Vows, a full-length studio album by Kimbra. "Come into My Head" won first place for both performance and music video at The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) in 2013. The song has received positive reviews from critics. Cole Waterman of PopMatters stated that the song has "funk swagger," and Erin Brady of Interview magazine wrote: "Blending elements of pop and '70s funk with expansive vocals, 'Come Into My Head' ricochets from relative calm to full-blown groove as effortlessly as it does from interior to exterior, imagination to actuality." "Come into My Head" was also featured during the end credits and on the soundtrack for the 2013 film The Heat. In 2013 <mask> released two official remixes: "Change Your Life (Sonny J Mason Radio Mix)" by Little Mix, and "What a Night (ft. <mask>)" by the band Loveable Rogues.Loveable Rogues announced the release of their debut album This and That for 11 August 2014. The album was recorded with <mask>. He has also collaborated with artists such as Swedish house DJ and producer Alex P, and has had recent collaborations with musician and songwriter Mike Elizondo and No I.D. In 2014, he co-wrote a song on Kimbra's album The Golden Echo, also playing drums on the track. The album went on to peak at No. 5 on both the New Zealand Albums chart and the Australia Albums chart. It also reached No.43 on Billboards The Billboard 200 chart. Released on 24 July 2015, the debut single "Get Stupid" by British entertainer Aston Merrygold featured primary production and co-writing by <mask>. The track peaked at No. 10 on the ARIA Charts in Australia and went on to reach platinum certification

Personal life
As of 2012 <mask> was based in London. <mask> is married to Tanya they have been together since 2003. Awards and nominations

Discography

Albums

Singles

Remixes
2013: "What a Night (ft. <mask>) <mask> J <mask> Remix" by Loveable Rogues
2013: "Change Your Life (Sonny J <mask> Radio Mix)" by Little Mix

Compilations
2008: Stereo Sushi, Vol. 14 (Hed Kandi/Stereo Sushi) – track "Life Is the Music"

Guest appearances

Production and writing credits

Further reading
<mask> J <mask> Discography at Allmusic
Sonny J <mask> Discography at Discogs
<mask>ji Discography at Discogs

See also
Salted Music

References

External links

Living people
21st-century Scottish male singers
Musicians from Glasgow
Year of birth missing (living people)

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<mask> (born May 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 until 2000. A versatile player, he was able to play both the forward and defense positions. A former head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (2002–04), aside from his hockey career, <mask> has  worked as an actor, appearing in several film and television roles. <mask> was a valued teammate of Wayne Gretzky during their years playing together for the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings, where he served as an enforcer. In 2000, his on-ice assault of Donald Brashear with his stick, in which Brashear suffered a severe concussion, led to <mask>'s suspension and eventual retirement from the NHL. Biography

Early life and hockey career
<mask> was born in Hamilton, Ontario, but grew up near Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario. He made his NHL debut in October 1983 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but rose to fame after a trade in September 1985 brought him to the Edmonton Oilers.His arrival and physical presence soon made Edmonton's incumbent enforcer Dave Semenko expendable, and <mask> inherited the title of "Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard". This title would follow him to Los Angeles in 1988, when both he and Gretzky, along with Mike Krushelnyski, were obtained by the Los Angeles Kings. With the Kings, <mask>'s bruising style made him a fan favorite; but he strove to improve his game beyond being primarily known as an enforcer, earning great respect around the league for his hard work ethic, his fine team play, and his articulate intelligence off the ice. In the 1992–93 NHL regular season, <mask> led all defensemen in shorthanded goals with three. The Kings reached the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens, but in Game 2 with the Kings up 2–1, <mask> was caught with an illegal stick, contributing to the Canadiens game-tying goal. Montreal ending up winning that game in overtime and ultimately took the series in five games. <mask> otherwise had ten points in the playoffs, and was the only King to score during the final game.Some suggested that he was the second most dominant King after Gretzky in the playoffs. <mask> was then traded the following off-season in an August 1993 trade sent him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for offensive forward Shawn McEachern; however, his stay in Pittsburgh would be brief (only 47 games). The Kings re-acquired him on February 16, 1994. Back with the Kings, he assisted on Gretzky's goal which broke Gordie Howe's all-time goal-scoring record. On March 14, 1996, <mask> left the Kings' organization for good, traded to the New York Rangers as part of a multi-player deal. After completing the 1995–96 season with the Rangers, <mask> returned to the West Coast after being acquired by the San Jose Sharks in August 1996. He spent two injury-plagued seasons with the Sharks before returning to Edmonton as a free agent in October 1998.Confined to a part-time role in his second stint in Edmonton, he left after one season and signed with the Boston Bruins in December 1999. As a Bruin, his NHL career would come to a sudden and infamous end in a game against the Vancouver Canucks on February 21, 2000. Assault conviction
In a game between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks in Vancouver on February 21, 2000, McSorley swung his stick and hit Donald Brashear in the head with 4.6 seconds left in the game. Brashear fell backwards and hit his head hard on the ice, losing consciousness and suffering a Grade III concussion. <mask> was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season (including the playoffs), missing 23 games. On October 6, 2000, Judge William Kitchen of the Provincial Court of British Columbia found him guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation.The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since Dino Ciccarelli's 1988 trial. After his assault conviction, his NHL suspension was extended to one full year through February 21, 2001. It was the longest suspension for an on-ice incident in modern NHL history. <mask>'s contract expired during the suspension, and he would never play in another NHL game. He appeared in 14 games for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the IHL in 2000-01, and retired at the end of the season. United Kingdom
During his suspension, he attempted to continue playing hockey in the United Kingdom with the London Knights, where his elder brother Chris was coaching, but this move was blocked by the International Ice Hockey Federation, in deference to the NHL suspension. A similar intention to play in Germany for the Munich Barons also failed, but he then played for the Grand Rapids Griffins in their final IHL season, dressing for 14 games.In the autumn of 2001, following the completion of his suspension, McSorley again looked towards the other side of the Atlantic. He considered purchasing the then struggling Cardiff Devils team with his brother, in order to pursue a new player-coach role and to develop interest in the sport in the UK. McSorley appeared as a guest player for both Great Britain and the Cardiff Devils during a series of games in November 2001, but the business deal failed to materialise. Coaching career
McSorley coached the American Hockey League team the Springfield Falcons between 2002 and 2004. Film and TV career
From 1995 to 1997, McSorley also appeared in four movies in small roles: Bad Boys (1995), Forget Paris (1995), Con Air (1997) and Do Me A Favor (1997). During the 2005–06 NHL season, <mask> worked for Fox Sports West in Los Angeles, providing in-studio analysis of games involving the Los Angeles Kings or the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He provided color commentary for the San Jose Sharks games on FSN Bay Area during 2006–07 NHL season.<mask>'s time in that role ended mysteriously midway through the Sharks playoff series with Detroit, when the Sharks announced McSorley would not return for a Game 3 broadcast for personal reasons. No further explanation was given. He appeared in one episode of CSI: Miami in 2005 as rink manager Andrew Greven. On July 30, 2007, <mask> guest starred on ABC Family's Greek as himself playing a hockey goaltender. In February 2008, <mask> was featured as one of the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV. Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards referred to <mask> in her song "I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory", with the lyric, "You're the Great One, I'm <mask>..., I make the dough, but you get the glory." <mask> appears in the song's music video.<mask> is currently a TV analyst for Sportsnet and occasionally Hockey Night in Canada. He is a regular at Staples Center during Kings hockey games. Personal life
<mask> currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California. He married beach volleyball player Leanne Schuster in August 2002. They have three children. Awards and achievements
1986–87 – NHL – Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
1987–88 – NHL – Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
1990–91 – NHL Plus-Minus Award

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July 30, 1982 – Signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins. September 11, 1985 – Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Tim Hrynewich and Craig Muni to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Gilles Meloche.August 9, 1988 – Traded by the Edmonton Oilers, along with Wayne Gretzky and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, Los Angeles' 1989 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles' 1991 1st round draft choice, Los Angeles' 1993 1st round draft choice and $15 million. August 27, 1993 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Shawn McEachern. February 16, 1994 – Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins, along with Jim Paek, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Shawn McEachern and Tomas Sandstrom. March 14, 1996 – Traded by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Jari Kurri and Shane Churla, to the New York Rangers in exchange for Ray Ferraro, Ian Laperrière, Mattias Norström, Nathan LaFayette and New York's 1997 4th round choice. August 20, 1996 – Traded by the New York Rangers to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Jayson More, Brian Swanson and San Jose's 1997 4th round choice. October 1, 1998 – Signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers. December 9, 1999 – Signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins.See also
List of NHL players with 2000 career penalty minutes

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<mask> (born 1935, in Surabaya, Indonesia) is a Catholic scripture scholar and a laicized priest. Since 1977 he has been prominent in his public opposition to the teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood. In 1998 he resigned from his priestly ministry in protest against <mask>’s decrees Ordinatio sacerdotalis and Ad Tuendam Fidem which prohibited further discussion of the women priests’ issue in the Catholic Church. Early years
Wijngaards was born on 30 September 1935 from Dietze van Hoesel and Dr <mask>, both Dutch citizens, in the Indonesian city of Surabaya. During World War II, his father was made to work on the infamous Burma Railway in Thailand, while <mask> with his mother and three brothers were prisoners of war in Malang, Surakarta and Ambarawa. The family was repatriated to the Netherlands after the war. Studies
<mask> joined the Mill Hill Missionaries and was ordained a priest in 1959.In Rome he obtained the Licentiate of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Doctorate of Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1963). His studies focused on  The Formulas of the Deuteronomic Creed (dissertation, Brill, Leiden 1963). Further research resulted in The Dramatisation of Salvific History in the Deuteronomic Schools (Brill, Leiden 1969) and a 360-page commentary on the book of Deuteronomy in the well-known Dutch series of commentaries published by Romen & Zonen (Roermond 1971). Services in India
Wijngaards taught Sacred Scripture at St John's Major Seminary in Hyderabad, India (1963–1976). During that time he was instrumental in founding Amruthavani communication centre, Jeevan Jyoti theological institute for religious women and Jyotirmai, the statewide planning body for the Catholic dioceses of Andhra Pradesh. He served as part-time lecturer at the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre in Bangalore and was, for a number of years, a member of the National Advisory Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. At the same time he produced a number of books on Sacred Scripture including his well-known Background to the Gospels.Research on the ministries convinced him that the exclusion of women must be attributed to cultural obstacles, not to Scripture or Tradition. He urged the Indian hierarchy to start a process of exploring the full ordination of women. Worldwide responsibilities
After a spell as Vicar General of the Mill Hill Missionaries in London (1976–1982), he became Director of Housetop, an international centre of adult faith formation (1982–2009). During that time (1983–1998) he was also Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Missionary Institute London which was affiliated to Louvain Catholic University and Middlesex University. During this time he pioneered the ‘Walking on Water’ series of video courses for adult faith formation which were co-produced by 15 countries in all continents. He wrote the scripts for nine half-hour film stories. He also produced the acclaimed 2 ½ - hour film Journey to the Centre of Love of which he was both the scriptwriter and the executive producer (see awards below).Ministry for women
In 1977 Wijngaards wrote Did Christ Rule out Women Priests? (McCrimmon, Great Wakering) in response to Inter Insigniores (1976), the declaration by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in which the Vatican's reasons for excluding women are clearly spelled out. In the decades that followed Rome reiterated its inability to confer ordination on women, culminating in Ordinatio sacerdotalis (1995) and subsequent documents by which the discussion by theologians was curtailed. In protest, Wijngaards resigned from his priestly ministry on 17 September 1998. His request for official reduction to the status of a lay person was acknowledged by Rome on 21 February 2000. On the 27th of May he married Jacqueline Clackson in a simple Church ceremony. Wijngaards has continued publishing his reasons for advocating the ordination of women to the Catholic priesthood in a series of books, notably The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church  and No Women in Holy Orders?In 1999 he established a website that has grown out to be the largest internet library with documentation on the ordination of women. Wijngaards says that speaking out does not undermine accepting the teaching authority of the Pope. He firmly opposes the illegal ordination of women outside the established structure of the Church, as is done in the so-called Roman Catholic Women Priests movement. Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
Since 2005 <mask> has focused also on other issues he feels need reform in the Catholic Church. He created a pastoral website to deal with the sexual code. He drafted the Catholic Scholars' Declaration on Authority in the Church which gained international support. His Centre was reshaped to become the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research.Its main purpose is to publish independent Catholic scholarly assessments as 'a progressive theological think tank'. The Institute submitted a 'Documented Appeal' to Pope Francis, urging him to restore the ancient ordained diaconate for women. In 2016 he initiated the Catholic Scholars' Statement on the Ethics of Using Contraceptives which was launched on a United Nations platform. Awards

Grand Prix,  as scriptwriter for Journey to the Centre of Love, Tenth International Catholic Film Festival, Warsaw 1995. The Marga Klompé Award, 2005. Bibliography

 The Formulas of the Deuteronomic Creed (Brill, Leiden 1963)
 The Dramatization of Salvific History in the Deuteronomic Schools (Brill, Leiden, 1969)
 Background to the Gospels  (St Paul's, Delhi 1970)
 God's Word to Israel (TPI, Ranchi 1971)
 Did Christ Rule Out Women Priests? (McCrimmons, Great Wakering 1977)
 Communicating God’s Word (McCrimmons, Great Wakering 1978)
 Reading God’s Word to Others (ATC, Bangalore 1981)
 Experiencing Jesus (Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame 1981)
 Inheriting the Master’s Cloak (Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame 1985)
 The Gospel of John and his Letters (Michael Glazier, Wilmington 1986)
 The Spirit in John (Michael Glazier, Wilmington 1987)
 God Within Us (Collins, London 1988)
 My Galilee My People (Housetop, London 1990)
 For The Sake of His People (McCrimmons, Great Wakering 1990)
 Together in My Name (Housetop, London 1991)
 I Have No Favourites (Housetop, London 1992)
 How to Make Sense of God (Sheed & Ward, Kansas City 1995)
 The Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church.Unmasking a Cuckoo’s Egg Tradition  (Darton, Longman & Todd, London 2001)
 No Holy Orders for Women? The Ancient Women Deacons (Canterbury Press, London 2002; Herder & Herder, New York 2006)
 The Ordained Women Deacons of the Church's First Millennium (Canterbury Press, London 2011)
 AMRUTHA. What the Pope's man found out about the Law of Nature (Author House, Bloomington 2011)
 What they don't teach you in Catholic College. Women in the priesthood and the mind of Christ (Acadian House, Lafayette)
 Ten Commandments for Church Reform. Memoir of a Catholic Priest (Acadian House, Lafayette 2021)

References

Who’s Who in the World 1996 (Marquis Publications), p. 508. Who’s Who in Catholic Life 2009 (Gabriel Communications, Manchester), p. 391. External links
 <mask>s life story
 Publications by <mask>s online
  Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research
  Ten Commandments for Church Reform

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<mask> (; born 6 June 1978) is a British musician and actor, best known for being the co-frontman with Pete Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and in 2010 debuted a solo album. In 2014 he announced the creation of his new band, The Jackals. Early life
<mask> was born in Basingstoke, north Hampshire, England, on 6 June 1978, and spent most of his childhood in nearby Whitchurch, Hampshire. In a September 2004 interview with Blender Magazine, Barât mentioned having a French, Russian and Polish ethnic background. As a youth, Barât divided his time between his divorced parents. His father, a former artist, worked in an armaments factory, and his mother, Chrissie, was part of the commune-dwelling counterculture and a member of peace groups such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.Barât spent part of his childhood living with his mother on a commune in Somerset. He has one sister, actress-turned-singer Lucie Barât, who played Helen's handmaiden in the 2004 film Troy, founded publishing house and artistic organization Little Episodes, and is currently the lead singer of The Au Revoirs. He also has three half-siblings, one step brother and one step sister. In 1996, Barât was studying for a drama degree at Brunel University at the campus in St. Margarets, Twickenham. Although he dropped out halfway through, during his time he became well-acquainted with Pete Doherty's sister, Amy-Jo and through her, Barât met Doherty. They soon developed an intense friendship based on a shared interest in music and songwriting. Barât and Doherty also developed a shared mythology in which they were on a ship called 'The Albion' sailing to 'Arcadia'.After both dropped out of university, they formed The Libertines. The band in its final incarnation included bassist John Hassall and drummer Gary Powell. <mask> and Doherty were co-frontmen, sharing songwriting, vocal and guitar duties. Career

The Libertines

The Libertines' first album, Up the Bracket, was released in 2002 to critical acclaim. The band appeared on the cover of NME before the album was released and rapidly rose to fame in the UK. Referring to their relationship in a January 2010 interview, Barât said, '...it's a deep love. Deep love does funny things to people'.In 2003, Doherty's addiction to heroin and crack cocaine led Barât to ask him not to participate in the band's next tour. When Doherty discovered that The Libertines had left without him to perform in Japan he broke into Barât's Mayfair flat and stole various items, including an antique guitar and an NME Award. He was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison (this sentence was later shortened to two months). Barât warmly welcomed Doherty back to The Libertines on the day of his release, and they later performed an impromptu "Freedom Gig" at the Tap 'n' Tin club in Chatham, Kent on 8 October 2003. A photograph of the gig, taken by Roger Sargent, adorns The Libertines' self-titled second album, The Libertines, and the cover of Sargent's and Anthony Thornton's book, The Libertines Bound Together. Doherty's drug addiction continued while the band worked on their second album (the aforementioned The Libertines) in 2004, which strained his relationship with Barât. Bodyguards were needed in the recording sessions, allegedly to prevent Barât and Doherty from physically assaulting each other (though this is claimed to be an exaggeration of the press in Bound Together) and to keep Doherty's hangers-on away from him.Before the release of the album in 2004, relations between Barât and Doherty reached a breaking point and Doherty was once again prevented from performing with the band before addressing his addictions. Doherty did not take the ultimatum well, especially as The Libertines continued touring without him to fulfill contractual obligations. What was intended as a short leave of absence turned into something more permanent, as Doherty formed a new band, Babyshambles, and the Libertines officially disbanded after their final gig in December 2004. On 15 May 2009, Barât, Doherty and Powell of the Libertines played on stage together for the first time since the split in 2004. The Libertines (minus Denmark-residing bassist John Hassall) came together for a tribute gig for their late promoter, Johnny Sedassy. The six song set, which included "What a Waster", "Up the Bracket" and "Death on the Stairs", was played after Babyshambles appeared on stage. Barât explained that the show was a 'one off', although he admitted that the likelihood of more shows could not be ruled out.Barât also expressed his desire to get on stage with Doherty again, although perhaps not until 2010. Powell also confirmed that he'd be interested in a full reunion, although he wished to "readdress old ghosts first". The Libertines delighted their fans by announcing that year that they would be headline artists at the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festivals. Their set and the characteristic chemistry between the pair, was for many people one of the highlights of the weekend. In April 2014 the Libertines announced they would again reform for a show at London's Hyde Park. In November 2014 the band signed a record deal with Virgin EMI Records, and released their third album, Anthems for Doomed Youth, on 11 September 2015, leading to Headline slots at Reading and Leeds, T in the Park as well as a surprise slot at Glastonbury. They toured across 2016 and 2017 finishing with a tour across the seaside.Dirty Pretty Things

On 15 September 2005, it was announced that Barât was forming a new band. His bandmates included former Libertines drummer Gary Powell; Anthony Rossomando, who filled in as guitarist following Doherty's departure from the group; and Didz Hammond, formerly of The Cooper Temple Clause, on bass. It was later announced that the band's name was "Dirty Pretty Things". The group played their first shows in Italy and Paris, France, in October 2005, before recording their debut album in November 2005 in Los Angeles, California. This was produced by Dave Sardy, who has also worked with Supergrass, The Dandy Warhols, Jet, Marilyn Manson, Rolling Stones, and Oasis. The album – entitled Waterloo to Anywhere – was released on 8 May 2006 in the UK and 8 August 2006 in the US. Their first studio recorded demo, "Bang Bang You're Dead", was released on their website in the form of a flash video.This song was released as their debut single on 24 April 2006 and reached number 5 in the UK single chart. This coincided with the latter part of their first tour of the United Kingdom, which spanned from 26 February to 24 May 2006. Their debut album, Waterloo to Anywhere, was released on 8 May 2006, and reached number 3 in the UK album chart. They have since released "Deadwood" and "Wondering". The band were forced to postpone their Real Fits fundraiser gig, which had been set to take place at the London Hackney Round Chapel on 20 June 2008 as Barât was rushed to hospital on 17 June with acute pancreatitis. He was released from hospital on 22 June. The band released their new single, "Tired of England", on 23 June 2008, and their album, Romance at Short Notice, a week later on 30 June.Their album failed to chart highly despite heavy touring schedules. Powell wrote in the band's message board that it had been a difficult year. On 1 October 2008, Dirty Pretty Things split up, though they finished their final tour which began in Glasgow on 4 October and ended in London on 20 December. Solo work and contributions
In 2005, Barât modelled for clothing brand J. Lindeberg, along with Juliette Lewis. In 2008, Tim Burgess stated that he and Barât had a supergroup The Chavs and planned to record their debut album in August that year. A release never happened. Barât toured as a solo artist with Glasvegas, performing with them at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations on 31 December 2008, and at the Popscene in San Francisco on 8 January 2009.On 14 January 2009, Barât supported Glasvegas with a solo show during their gig at the Los Angeles Troubadour
. Barât played his first headline solo shows on 6 and 7 March 2009 at the Wakefield Escobar. He also played at the KU Bar in Stockton-on-Tees on 8 March. On 9 June 2009, Barât debuted two new songs, "So Long" and "Monday Morning" at a solo show at Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall. On 2 September, Barât confirmed his intentions to release a solo album. Barât also produced the debut EP "Scapegoat" of London-based singer-songwriter Kieran Leonard which was released in October 2009. He released his self-titled, first solo album on 4 October 2010.In an interview with C.B.Liddell of Metropolis magazine he described the album as "the first album I've done that is kind of introspective rather than escapist." In the same interview, he also talked about "stepping away from big loud guitars" as the album is stylistically more diverse and less rock-oriented than previous work. The release of Barât's first solo album also coincided with the release of Threepenny Memoir: The Lives of a Libertine, an autobiography documenting his years in The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things. In January 2013 Barât announced that guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of The Smiths) and drummer Andy Burrows (formerly of Razorlight and We Are Scientists) would feature on his second solo album, due for release in 2013. Barât revealed demo versions of tracks 'War of the Roses' and 'Victory Gin' from his second solo effort online. Also in 2013, Barât wrote the track "The dark, it comes" for French singer Vanessa Paradis' album Love Songs, on which they duet. He is part of the supergroup The Bottletop Band with Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys), Andy Nicholson (Arctic Monkeys), Drew McConnell (Babyshambles) and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals).The band's single, "The Fall of Rome", was released in December 2010. In 2014, Barât contributed the song "Love Is Not on Trial", co-written with Davey Ray Moor, for Marc Almond's album The Dancing Marquis. He also contributed vocals and guitar to the track. <mask> and the Jackals
In August 2013, Barât announced that his second solo album was complete and he had finished recording it with Joby Ford of The Bronx. He expressed that it was a return to guitar orientated rock stating "It would seem that my relationship with my guitar is all patched up." Later he said that he wouldn't release the new material until he'd formed a new band. In early 2014, Barât announced that he would search for a new band online via Facebook.From over 1000 applications for the positions of rhythm guitarist, drummer and bass guitar, Billy Tessio, Jay Bone and Adam Claxton were chosen, respectively. The band was named The Jackals, and their first live concert was on 15 May 2014 in London's XOYO. On 16 February 2015, Barât's previously recorded material was released through Cooking Vinyl with small changes, as the debut album of <mask> and The Jackals under the title Let It Reign. It has a score of 67 on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Acting and TV

In 2005, Barât and his friend, Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches appeared in a documentary following the pair on a night out in London. On 7 July 2006, Barât announced that he would become the fifth mentor in the Road to V competition, which involved a UK search for the best unsigned music talent in the UK, with the winner opening V Festival in either Chelmsford or Staffordshire. In 2008, he acted in the British film Telstar, in the role of Rock'n'Roll singer Gene Vincent.The film premiered at the London Film Festival on 25 October 2008 and was released on 19 June 2009. He also featured in an advertisement for BBC Two's The Culture Show, being asked about British culture. A longer version of his interview can be found on the Culture Show website. In May 2009 Barât featured as himself in a pilot episode for Svengali, alongside former manager Alan McGee and Welsh actor Jonathan Owen, and went on to appear as himself in the film version of Svengali (2013), directed by John Hardwick. On 25 August 2009, a short video entitled "Two British Dudes" featuring Barât and fellow musician Har Mar Superstar was released on crappyholidays.net. In January 2010, he appeared in the stage play Fool For Love alongside actress Sadie Frost. The play ran until March 2010 at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London.Barât also narrated a new artist documentary, Mark Donne's The Rime of the Modern Mariner. The film had its world premiere at St Anne's Church in Limehouse, East London, during the ninth East End Film Festival. Barât's former Dirty Pretty Things bandmate Anthony Rossomando composed the score for the film. Barât made his opera debut in 2012, as Nero in Pop'pea at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris; the show was a rock adaptation of Il Nerone. In the same year he played the role of Gavin Metcalf in Dan Turner's film The Man Inside, and had a cameo appearance on the BBC Three TV series Dead Boss. Personal life
In 2005, Barât underwent surgery to remove a tumour behind his ear and spent several weeks recovering from the operation. The tumour and resulting surgery left the singer partially deaf.Barât's girlfriend, Edie Langley, gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy named Eli on 9 December 2010. Their second son, Ramone, was born on 26 August 2014. Barât lives with his family in Muswell Hill, north London. In 2012, Barât was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Winchester for his contribution to the arts. Equipment

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Gibson Les Paul Junior (Pickguard Removed)
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Discography

Albums

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<mask> (4 October 2010) UK No. 52

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Let It Reign (16 February 2015) UK No. 47

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<mask> (13 June 1816 – 4 November 1852) was a Danish landscape painter of the Copenhagen School of painters who was educated under the guidance of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Around 1840, he was part of the emerging National Romantic landscape painting scene in Denmark but as a result of his over-dramatic and excessively natural style, he did not fit the aesthetics and the ideology of the period. After being widely criticized, he turned his back on the artistic establishment and passed into near oblivion. In 1852, when only 36 years old, he died from typhus. Posthumously, half a century after his death, his reputation was restored, prompted by the art historian Karl Madsen, and today he is considered to be one of the leading Danish landscape painters of his day, the peer of his more famous contemporaries P. C. Skovgaard and Johan Lundbye. Early life and education
As the youngest of 15 children, <mask> was born on 13 June 1816 in Assens on the Danish island of Funen. His parents were <mask>, a successful merchant who had been the richest man in town until the national bankruptcy in 1813, and his third wife Caroline Dorthea (née Møller).Dankvart soon showed a gift for drawing. Another boy in Assens at that time, born the same year as Dankvart, was Jens Adolf Jerichau, who also was to become a prominent artist. He later commented on young <mask>'s remarkable gifts and dedication: "While I was fooling around with the other boys, he would be sitting at home with his mother and sister drawing, and you can hardly imagine anyone with a greater disposition for art than that boy." <mask>'s godfather therefore saw to it that in 1831, at the age of 15, the boy was sent to Copenhagen to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Under the supervision of his professors, J. L. Lund and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, he trained to become a history painter, the most prestigious artistic discipline at that time, and also painted some portraits. He was talented and successful, winning several awards before he turned 21. Turn to landscaping
<mask> also had private lessons with Christen Købke, another professor at the Academy.He also met a group of fellow Academy students who were studying landscape painting, still a relatively unappreciated discipline at the Academy. Among them were P. C. Skovgaard and Johan Lundbye who became his close friends and inspired him to take still more interest in landscaping. Alone or together with them, he made frequent excursions to the countryside north of Copenhagen, particularly the area around Fredensborg and Jægersborg Dyrehave. There he made detailed sketches and studies of nature. Painting the other Denmark

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Unlike most of his contemporaries, <mask> never went abroad to further his studies, although he applied for travel scholarships on three occasions. Instead, he travelled widely in Denmark. His native island of Funen remained a focal point for his artistic attention throughout his career, particularly the area around Assens where he had grown up.A place of particular importance to him was the small manor house of Rugaard which he visited almost every summer from 1837 to 1847 to paint. Several times he also sought out the small island of Brandsø in the Little Belt, the narrow strait between Funen and Jutland, where he found a near perfect landscape to his liking with dolmens and distant coasts. Across Jutland

<mask>'s appetite for exploring the provinces also brought him to Jutland, a rare destination for painters at the time. He was the first to paint the gentle landscapes along the east coast or the moors of central Jutland. Martinus Rørbye, often described as the most adventurous of the Danish Golden Age painters, had visited Jutland on the way to Norway back in 1830 and made it all the way to remote district of Thy in north-western Jutland. However, he had found the landscape unsuitable for painting due to the lack of trees. This did not bother <mask> who had been struck by the short stories of Steen Steensen Blicher, a distant relative of his.Blicher's descriptions of the stark beauty of the vast, brown-colored heaths of mid Jutland, of its people and almost exotic dialects, had a mesmerizing effect on the painter. <mask> first visited the east coast around Aarhus in 1838 and later that year he was present when Blicher arranged his first National Awakening Meeting at Himmelbjerget. He went on to paint the heath and, when he returned in 1843, he went all the way to the west coast. The emerging National Romantic landscape era

In the years around 1840, the influential art historian and critic Niels Laurits Høyen campaigned for nationalistic art, reflecting a tendency which was seen all over Europe. In Denmark, people enthusiastically read Bernhard Severin Ingemann's historic novels and Adam Oehlenschläger while N. F. S. Grundtvig's sermons were drawing large crowds. According to Høyen, painters, too, should contribute to this national awakening. Instead of turning to the Mediterranean area, its landscapes and its people, and to classical mythology, for inspiration, they should paint what defined their native Denmark: the Danish landscape and its people, Danish history, and Norse mythology.Lundbye, Sjovgaard and Dankvart had for years preferred Danish subjects and became the leading proponents of the emerging era of National Romantic painting. Adversity and withdrawal

However, as time progressed, <mask> increasingly turned his back on what was considered good taste by Copenhagen's artistic establishment. Symptomatically, Lundbye and Skovgaard often attended Grundtvig's sermons while <mask> preferred to read Blicher. It was not enough just to paint the Danish landscape in order to satisfy the aesthetics and ideology of the time. Good painting, it was believed, should not merely document the scenery at a specific locale. It was supposed to be a carefully composed representation of an idealized picture of the nation and the national character. The physicist Hans Christian Ørsted had launched the theory that people reflected the landscape they lived in.The Danish national character, he maintained, was calm and proud because the Danish landscape was so undramatic and the climate so mild. <mask> could not, or would not, meet these demands. Painting the browning moorlands and not just the rolling, green hills of eastern Denmark, he was judged to be painting the wrong Denmark. He also presented a rougher, less sophisticated, image of the Danish countryside; one which was more dramatic and more natural. The critics reacted strongly against him. <mask>, whose reserved and introvert nature had been observed by Jerichau during his childhood, stopped exhibiting at the annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition and increasingly withdrew from Copenhagen's art scene. In 1848, he moved back to Funen, settling in the little village near Assens where he had grown up.He never stopped painting but he made no further efforts to exhibit. In 1852, when only 36, he died of typhus. Regained recognition
The art historian Karl Madsen reestablished <mask>'s reputation as one of the leading landscape artists of the day, on a par with Lundbye and Skovgaard, when commenting on two exhibitions in 1901 and 1912. See also
 Art of Denmark
 List of Danish painters

References

Sources
 Suzanne Ludvigsen, Maleren Dankvart <mask>. Forlaget Vandkunsten. (468 pages)

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1816 births
1852 deaths
Deaths from typhus
People from Assens Municipality
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
19th-century Danish painters
Danish male painters
Danish landscape painters
19th-century male artists

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<mask> (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Biography

<mask> was born in the Swiss capital Bern into an Austrian diplomat family. According to Einem's publisher, his father was <mask>, military attaché of the Austro-Hungarian embassy. According to another source, however, he was adopted by Einem, his natural father being the Hungarian aristocrat Count <mask>. His mother, Baroness Gerta Louise née Rieß von Scheurnschloss, an officer's daughter from Kassel, led a lavish lifestyle between Berlin and Paris.The family moved to Malente in the Prussian Schleswig-Holstein Province, when <mask> was four years old. After his school days in Plön and Ratzeburg, <mask> <mask> went to Berlin in 1937, to study at the State School of Music with Paul Hindemith who nevertheless resigned his post in October that year in protest against his modernist music being banned from public performances by Joseph Goebbels. By the agency of the tenor Max Lorenz, he started an employment as a répétiteur at the Berlin State Opera, where in 1939 <mask> Karajan became Staatskapellmeister. From 1938 onwards, <mask> also worked as an assistant of director Heinz Tietjen at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1941 he began to take counterpoint lessons with Boris Blacher; at that time he wrote his first work, Prinzessin Turandot, at the suggestion of Werner Egk. The ballet was first performed at the Dresden Semperoper conducted by Karl Elmendorff in early 1944 and became a success. Previously in March 1943, Leo Borchard had first performed <mask>'s composition Capriccio (Op.2) with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. During World War II, in Berlin, <mask> helped to both save the life and continue the professional development of young Jewish musician  by employing him as an rehearsal assistant for Prinzessin Turandot and later helping him obtain other employment. <mask> obtained a ration book and membership card of the Reich Musicians' Chamber for Latte, and lent him his own pass to the State Opera as well as introducing him to friends who could help his underground existence. Through Blacher, <mask> met his first wife, Lianne <mask>, whom he married after the war in 1946. They had a son, Caspar <mask>, who was an Austrian cabinet minister. In 1953, the family moved back to Vienna. Lianne <mask> died in 1962.In 1966 <mask> married his librettist, the renowned Austrian playwright and author Lotte Ingrisch. Apart from Vienna, the couple spent much of their time in the Waldviertel of Lower Austria (specifically, at Oberdürnbach and Rindlberg/Großpertholz), a virtually pristine region that clearly inspired not only his own work, but also the literature of Ingrisch. The composer died in Oberdürnbach in 1996. Works
Gottfried <mask> composed mainly operas based on dramas. He was internationally recognized after the premiere of his opera Dantons Tod at the Salzburg Festival of 1947, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay. His last operas, starting with Jesu Hochzeit, are based on libretti by his wife. In 1973 he wrote as a commission of the UN to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its foundation the cantata An die Nachgeborenen for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, based on diverse texts.The title is taken  of Bertolt Brecht, translated as To Those Who Follow in Our Wake. The premiere in 1975 in New York with Julia Hamari, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the Chorus of Temple University and the Wiener Symphoniker was conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. In England <mask> had two of his operas premiered within days of each other. In May 1973 The Trial (Der Prozeß) received its premiere at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, conducted by Leon Lovett, directed by Fuad Kavur. The following week, at Glyndebourne The Visit of the Old Lady (Der Besuch der alten Dame) received its British premiere, conducted by John Pritchard and directed by John Cox. In May 1996, the chamber chorus Cantori New York, directed by Mark Shapiro, gave the U.S. premiere of <mask>'s cantata Die träumenden Knaben, for chorus, clarinet and bassoon, on a work by the painter Oskar Kokoschka.

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