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Skum (band)
''Skum Rocks!'' is a 2013 independent film, independent rockumentary film about Skum, a 1980s rock band with "a near-crippling lack of musical talent." The film is directed by Clay Westervelt, a veteran documentary filmmaker, and features the living members of Skum along with various celebrities commenting on the band. The film is dedicated to Jerry Mann, a former bassist for Skum who died in 2011. Background Skum was formed in early 1984 by a group of students at the College of William & Mary. The founding members, Hart Baur, Todd, and Scott Bell, were all on the William & Mary Tribe men's soccer, men's soccer team at William & Mary. Their initial performance consisted of cover versions of contemporary rock songs played at a local Williamsburg, Virginia, Williamsburg bar. None of the initial members of the band had any background in music, though they soon recruited Jon Tarrant, who had studied at the Royal Academy of Music. The band members considered their own music to be of poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Westervelt
Clayton "Clay" Westervelt is a film director, producer, and cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Martini Crew Booking and Imaginaut Entertainment. Career Westervelt attended graduate school at University of Southern California for film, where he received both the Bush and Kodak Awards for Excellence in Cinematography. Subsequently, he filmed pilots for ABC, A&E, Animal Planet, and HGTV. He also produced and directed the award-winning series Storyline Online, featuring such talents as Elijah Wood, Betty White, James Earl Jones, and Al Gore. In 2009, Westervelt was the Director of Photography for the documentary film ''The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club'', which won an LA-area Emmy award in the Arts & Culture / History category. He directed and produced the documentaries ''Popatopolis'' (2009) and '' Skum Rocks!'' (2013) and was cinematographer for ''Lucky Bastard'' in 2013. Martini Crew Booking Westervelt establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
