![]() Long time guitarist for Ozzy and frontman for his own band Black Label Society, Wylde plays Ghode, guitarist for Steel Dragon, the group loosely based on Judas Priest. “The gayest of all gay rock movies,” laughs Zakk Wylde. ![]() Rock Star, which also stars Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Olyphant and Timothy Spall, prompts a variety of opinions from those involved. When Dragon’s singer Bobby Beers (Jason Flemyng) quits, Cole auditions and becomes Steel Dragon’s singer only to realize having your dreams come true isn’t everything. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as Chris “Izzy” Cole, singer with Blood Pollution, a tribute band for his heavy metal heroes Steel Dragon. It’s the stuff that dreams, and Hollywood films are made of, and so it was that Rock Star was born. ![]() Owens flew to England, auditioned and found himself going from the singer in a Judas Priest tribute band to fronting the very group he idolized. With singer Rob Halford having left several years earlier to pursue a solo career, Priest were looking for a new singer. The Akron, Ohio native was the singer in British Steel, a Judas Priest cover band, when two friends of Priest drummer Scott Travis saw him performing and were so impressed they contacted Travis. Revkin’s New York Times article about Tim “Ripper” Owens. In August 1997, film producer Robert Lawrence read Andrew C. Sure, there have been some classic rock comedies and documentaries, but an authentic, powerful drama remains elusive, even when it’s based on true events. What’s the difference between typing 58 books backwards, eating a 12-inch pizza in 19.91 seconds and making a credible dramatic rock and roll film? The answer is the first two have actually been done.
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