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PATTY SCHEMEL is a drummer, songwriter and teacher, who has worked with a myriad of notable artists and producers such as Pink, Linda Perry, Imperial Teen, Courtney Love and Juliette Lewis. Patty anchored the rhythm section for HOLE and earned two platinum recrods in the process. Patty teaches drums to young girls at the LA Rock & Roll Camp for Girls and is a founding member of the all-women super-group, A Moment Of Loudness, which debuted at the Grammy's MusiCares Benefit. She was honored as one of 2011's Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz. Currently she is the drummer for The Cold & Lovely, a project with Smashing Pumpkins bassist Nicole Fiorentino and Meghan Toohey. | |||
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MELISSA AUF DER MAUR is a musician and photographer, born in Montreal, Canada, formerly of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins. In 2000, AUF DER MAUR, her first solo album, was released by Capitol Recrods/EMI Worldwide. 2010 marked the release of OUT OF OUR MINDS, which includes an album, a comic book and the OOM fantasy film which was directed by Tony Stone and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. MAdM is currently focusing her efforts on her work as creative director of the Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance space in Hudson, NY which offers facilities for a wide range of cultural and community activities. |
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ERIC ERLANDSON was born and raised in San Pedro, California. He is best known as cofounder, songwriter, and lead gutarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which he formed with Courtney Love. Their albums Pretty on the Inside, Live Through This, and Celebrity Skin achieved international recognition and success. Live Through This was named one of the top 100 albums of all time by Time magazine. Since the breakup of the band in 2002, Erlandson has been involved in a number of musical and literary projects. He has a BS in Economics from Loyola Marymount University and practices Nichiern Shoshu Buddhism. He currently lives in Los Angeles. |
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COURTNEY LOVE COBAIN is an American icon, a rock musician and occasional actress. Love is primarily known as lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for alternative rock band Hole, as well as for her publicity-ridden marriage to the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain. In 2006, Rolling Stone called Love "the most controversial woman in rock history." |
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KURT COBAIN was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Many call him the voice of his generation. | |||
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RODDY BOTTUM is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the San Francisco rock band Faith No More. He is also a founder of the band Imperial Teen with which Patty has toured. | |||
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ALICE DE BUHR is a drummer who was most notable for her band Fanny, the pioneering first all-female band to release an album on a major label and score a Top 40 hit. She was also a marketing rep for A&M Records promoting The Go-Go's among others. |
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NINA GORDON is an American rock singer. Co-founder of the band Veruca Salt, she quickly became known for her power-pop hooks, writing the hits Seether and Volcano Girls. Since leaving Veruca Salt, she has released two solo albums: Tonight and the Rest of My Life and Bleeding Heart Graffiti. |
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IZZY is a Brooklyn, NY based drummer who is also a member of the punk/pop group Care Bears On Fire. The band released their first, full length LP, I Stole Your Animal on 28 September 2007 at a release party in Brooklyn. Their second album, Get Over It, was released in July 2009 on S-Curve Records. |
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JOE MAMA-NITZBERG is an American artist and photographer. He is the former Creative Director for Interscope/Geffen/A&M and Arista Records, working on the imaging of artists including Hole, Outkast, Sting, Eminem, Usher and No Doubt. His photography, film and video has been exhibited internationally. |
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DEBBI PETERSON is the drummer of the all-girl group, The Bangles. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" and "Be With You. |
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PHRANC is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned several decades. She styled herself the "All-American Jewish Lesbian Folksinger" with a wry sense of humor and has opened for The Smiths, H sker D , Violent Femmes, and Billy Bragg. Patty played drums on her EP, Goofyfoot. |
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KATE SCHELLENBACH was the drummer for The Beastie Boys from 1981 to 1984, and drummed for Luscious Jackson until the band broke up in Spring of 2000. Schellenbach was also the drummer for the New York all-girl punk band, the Lunachicks, during the summer of 1992. |
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LARRY SCHEMEL is an American rock musician and Patty's younger brother. He has played in the bands Flesh Eaters, Kill Sybil, Midnight Movies and currently plays guitar with Patty in the group Green Eyes. |
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TERRY SCHEMEL is Patty and Larry's mother. |
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GINA SCHOCK is best known as the drummer in the all-girl punk/pop band, The Go-Go's. Most recently, Schock is one of the co-writers of the title track for the Miley Cyrus album, Breakout. |
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DALLAS TAYLOR is a renowned musician and the former drummer with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Manassas, Clear Light and more. He is an alcoholism and chemical dependency specialist, providing addiction and recovery help to individuals and their loved ones throughout the United States and abroad. |
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SARAH VOWELL is an American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has written five nonfiction books on American history and culture, and was a contributing editor for the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International from 1996-2008. | |||
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P. DAVID EBERSOLE director/editor/writer Singled out a decade ago by Filmmaker Magazine as one of "25 New Indie Faces," writer/director/producer P. David Ebersole likes to joke that he is one of the "25 Tired Old Indie Faces." David recently made his prime-time directing debut with DESIRE, the first American telenovela on the new Fox-owned My Network TV and also directed their hit follow-up novella, WICKED WICKED GAMES starring the inimitable Tatum O'Neal. David's first feature, STRAIGHT RIGHT, premiered as an original cable movie on Sundance Channel; and he co-produced STRANGER INSIDE (HBO), directed by Cheryl Dunye, produced by Jim McKay, Michael Stipe and Effie Brown, which debuted at Sundance and was nominated for four Spirit Awards. As a student writer/director, David scored a rare "double-header" winning both Best Undergraduate Film & Director at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for his project LOVER MAN and the Franklin J Schaffner Award for Best Film/Director at the American Film Institute for his multiple award-winning M.F.A. thesis, DEATH IN VENICE, CA. David was founding Artistic Director and Festival Director of the Silver Lake Film Festival, he mentors in Film Independent's "Project:Involve" program, and he has taught film/video production at Pitzer College, Chapman University and USC School of Cinema/TV. Though he is proud to have directed documentary segments for LAWSON LIVE on the Hallmark Network (for legendary Reverend Jim Lawson, a close colleague of Martin Luther King Jr), HIT SO HARD is his first feature length documentary. He is executive producer of a new documentary ROOM 237 which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. |
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TODD HUGHES producer/writer As a filmmaker, Todd Hughes first gained notoriety in the early 80s with his underground Ivy League movie outfit Feminette Productions in New York City. Relocating to Hollywood, he scored his first festival hit with the notorious DING DONG in 1995. Todd's first feature THE NEW WOMEN (2001) starred cult superstar Mary Woronov and earned Todd the cover of Filmmaker Magazine as one of the new faces of indie film. Other festival films include HUBBY/WIFEY (2005) and HOT CHICKS (2006). A member of the WGA, Todd was a staff writer for the Fox Television hit WICKED WICKED GAMES starring Tatum O'Neal and has worked on screenplays with Cheryl Dunye, Brian Newkirk and Andre Salas. Todd and P. David wrote the teleplay for Phil Collins' museum piece "soy mi madre" and have recently been collaborating with noted photographer and philanthropist Nigel Barker on a variety of projects.HIT SO HARD marks Todd's first foray into feature producing. He is executive producer of a new documentary ROOM 237 which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Previously he has produced numerous short films including the 2010 fest smash SWIMMING starring Gretchen Phillips and Phranc. |
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CHRISTINA SOLETTI producer Christina Soletti has a diverse background in the film and reality television realm. She began her career in the film world with her involvement in the Silver Lake Film Festival, as Public Relations Director and later as Festival Co-Director. The migration to production was a natural move. She worked as an Art Department coordinator on feature films including RENT, SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS and OVER HER DEAD BODY. A call from an old colleague enticed her into the reality television realm, where she currently works as a producer. Her credits include CW's "Beauty & The Geek"; Vh1's "The Pick Up Artist," and "The OCD Project"; and ABC"s "Opportunity Knocks" and "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition." She is now turning her attention to the documentary genre, as she is compelled by the real life stories that shape our generation. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife, baby & four dogs; and spends her free time blogging about things that make her happy: weddings, babies, dogs, music, film and art for her blog Steady Happy. |
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RODDY BOTTUM composer Roddy Bottum is a rock star best known as the keyboardist for FAITH NO MORE and as a founder of IMPERIAL TEEN. He has been scoring film and television for a decade with many documentaries to his credit. His feature film credits include WHAT GOES UP (2009), KABLUEY (2007) and ADAM & STEVE (2005). |
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HEATHER E BENDLER associate producer Heather E Bendler is a computer geek from Long Grove, IL who has been with Kleinschmidt Inc for the last 20 years as some form of customer tech support or another. She enjoys snowboarding, road racing (at the track) and MUSIC. Having come across the opportunity to help with "Hit So Hard" she jumped at it. www.bendler.net www.kleinschmidt.com |
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