Rudolph Grey is a musician and the biographer of filmmaker
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
.
As an electric guitarist, Grey has recorded and performed with
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
, under his own name, as well as leading various ad hoc ensembles called
The Blue Humans. His music draws on
no wave and
free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...
.
Grey is also a motion picture historian and has written ''Nightmare of Ecstasy'' (1992), a biography of
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
, the director of notoriously awful cult films.
Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...
's film ''
Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
'' was based on Grey's book.
In 2001, Grey rediscovered a copy of Ed Wood's final feature-length film, ''
Necromania
''Necromania'' (sometimes subtitled ''A Tale of Weird Love'') is a pornographic horror film by Ed Wood, released in 1971. It was produced, written, directed and edited entirely by Wood. The screenplay was based on Wood's own novel, ''The Only Ho ...
'', which had been presumed to be lost, in a Los Angeles warehouse.
New Yorker: Weird Love
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In 2011, Grey produced a one-hour documentary called ''Dad Made Dirty Movies'', about the life and career of 1960s porn film producer Stephen Apostolof, detailing his co-productions with filmmaker Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
.
Elliott, Tim (2011-09-09). "Review: Dad Made Dirty Movies. smh.com.au.
Discography
Mars
Rudolph Grey
Blue Humans
Red Transistor
Recordings of sessions led by others
Bibliography
Published works include:
* 1992: ''Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.'', Feral House
Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.
Early history
The company's first book was '' The Satanic Witch'' (1989; originally published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company) by A ...
, ; reprinted 1994, – Biography of Ed Wood
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker,
actor, and pulp novel author.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American experimental guitarists
American male guitarists
American biographers
American male biographers
No wave musicians
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