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John Cafiero
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John Cafiero is an American punk rock musician and film director, film producer, best known as the frontman for the punk supergroup Osaka Popstar, whose debut album was released the summer 2006. The full album lineup toured the UK in September of 2006, followed by a tour of the United States and Canada with the legendary punk band The Misfits in Fiend Fest '06.[1]
Cafiero directed and co-produced (with wife Suzanne Cafiero)[2] the music videos of American Psycho and Dig Up Her Bones, which appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes and cable-access TV stations in the United States, and on MTV Japan and the Space Shower TV channel in Japan in late 1997. They were screened at the Euro-Underground Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival in late 1998, garnering a "Best of Fest" award for the former and a Horror Writers Association nomination.[2][3]
For his direct-to-video but feature-length directorial debut, Big Money Hustlas, he directed and co-produced (again with wife Suzanne Cafiero), and appeared in front of the camera as "The Director"[4] alongside The Misfits as themselves. The film was released in 2000 and topped the billboard video sales charts for several weeks.[3] Over the course of nine months in 2003 – 2004, he directed a documentary about the punk band Ramones, entitled Ramones Raw.[5][6]
In 1998, Cafiero wrote and sang (as guest vocalist) the song "I Wanna Be A NY Ranger" with the Misfits.[7] In a Hit Parader article on the song, he names the Ramones as his childhood heroes and the New York Rangers as a defining New York team.[8][9]
- ^ Market Wire (2006-09-12). Misfits Records Presents "Fiend Fest '06" Featuring the Misfits With Special Guest Appearance by Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk!. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-09-21.
- ^ a b Film Festival Screenings. Official Misfits Website. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ a b Bio. Official Misfits Website. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ Big Money Hustlas. IMDB. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ Ian Jane (2004-12-21). Ramones - Raw. Maniac Reviews. DVD Maniacs. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ Jennifer Vineyard (2004-10-22). Marky Ramone Hopes To Show The Ramones' Happier Days With 'Raw'. MTV News. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ I Wanna Be A NY Ranger. Official Misfits Website. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ Misfits Meet the NY Rangers in April's Hit Parader. Official Misfits Website. Retrieved on September 21, 2006.
- ^ Rene Daigle (April 2002). "I Wanna Be A NY Ranger". Hit Parader.