Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators

Birth : 1949-10-22, Youngstown, Ohio

Death : 1990-06-04

History

Steven John Bator, better known by his stage name Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Girard, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church.

Profile

Stiv Bators

Movies

Stiv
Himself (archive footage)
The life and times of Stiv Bators, legendary frontman of the Dead Boys and The Lords of The New Church.
Dead Boys: Live at CBGB's 1977
Himself
This 1977 performance from New York's legendary CBGB's proves why The Dead Boys were the epitome of snotty punk rock. Characterized by Stiv Bator's audience provoking on-stage antics, along with the band's aggressive power chord punch, the Dead Boys have big balls.
Lords of the New Church: Live From London
Live performance from the post-punk goth band, recorded at the Marquee Club in London in 1984.
Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
Punk rock devotees will welcome director Lech Kowalski's reflective video portrait of late bassist Dee Dee Ramone and his life as a music industry icon -- including his self-destructive bouts with heroin. The centerpiece of the hourlong documentary -- which is peppered with vintage performance clips -- is a 1991 interview with a clean Dee Dee, who talks at length about his storied career and penchant for living on the edge.
Tapeheads
Dick Slammer
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Polyester
Bo-Bo Belsinger
A suburban Baltimore housewife's life is upended when her husband reveals he's been serially unfaithful and her teenage children go wayward. Then she meets a handsome stranger...
D.O.A.
Himself
Documentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Also concert and news footage.
Punking Out
Himself
The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.
Blitzkrieg Bop!
Live punk rock and new wave from CBGB’s at 315 Bowery, NYC, a music club that opened Dec 10, 1973