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unusual facts about Rockstar: INXS



Battlecross

During the summer of 2012, Battlecross was announced to be participating in the inaugural Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival Cruise in December 2012, with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Suicide Silence, Hatebreed, Machine Head, and others.

Bill Budge

Budge's name became well-known among gamers, because of EA's "rockstar" promotion of game designers (other designers who received similar treatment were Dan Bunten, Anne Westfall, and Jon Freeman).

Bosson

Two years later the successful follow-up Rockstar was released, and in June 2007 he released his fourth album Future's Gone Tomorrow / Life Is Here Today and in June 2013 he released his fifth album Best Of 11-Twelve.

Boxerstock

Headliners included State of Man; Atlanta's guitar legend, Barry Richman; Rock Star INXS contestant, Heather Luttrell; American Idol finalist Anna Kaelin, and other local talent.

Daphna Dove

She is best known for her appearance on the TV Show Rock Star: INXS

In Los Angeles, Daphna played with the band Lexington and worked as a legal secretary until her successful audution for the TV Show Rock Star: INXS, in which INXS was looking for a new lead singer.

David Chotjewitz

His Novel "Crazy Diamond" about a teenaged rockstar, who dies under unclear circumstances, is published in the USA in April 2008

Gay Tony

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, a video game published by Rockstar Games and developed by Rockstar North for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Hettienne Park

Hettienne Park's voice can also be heard on Rockstar Game, The Warriors and also as narrator of Jay Heyman's documentary film, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

I Don't Care Anymore

The track is featured in the in-game radio station "Los Santos Rock Radio" in the Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto V.

Jim McGorman

Best known for his work with the House Band on the CBS television shows Rockstar: INXS and Rockstar: Supernova, he has been musical director for Avril Lavigne, Weezer, Michelle Branch, Paul Stanley (from KISS) and toured with Cher.

John L. Reese

In 2005, Reese co-founded the Rockstar Taste of Chaos with fellow industry executive, producer and entrepreneur Kevin Lyman.

Johnson Motors Inc. Clothing

Among other famous Johnson Motors lovers are British actor Hugh Laurie and American rockstar Dave Grohl, frontman for the Foo Fighters.

Jordan McCoy

Her song "Rockstar" was featured on an episode of The Hills, a commercial for American Idol, and an episode of Make It or Break It.

Mig Ayesa

Ayesa was also a competitor of CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J. D. Fortune.

Nathalia Ramos

She made a brief appearance in the music video for Prima J's single "Rockstar" which was a tie-in with the Bratz film and was featured on the film's official soundtrack and provided her voice for the Bratz 4 Real video game.

Party Like a Rockstar

Confusion ensued, however, when a similarly titled song by hip hop artist Freak Nasty titled "Do It Just Like a Rock Star", was erroneously listed in the U.S. iTunes Store with the title "Party Like a Rockstar".

Paul Teutul, Sr.

He has been featured in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar", and also in the television programs Long Way Round starring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and on King of The Hill in Season 10, Episode 10 titled Hank Fixes Everything.

Prima J

Prior to "Rockstar", they performed the song "Gotta Lotta" for the Disney Channel original movie, Jump In!, which was released on the film's soundtrack, and they also starred in Baby Bash's music video "What Is It".

Rockstar Consortium

Spherix Incorporated, a company originally founded by Gilbert Levin, has acquired four families of mobile communication patents from the Rockstar Consortium in exchange for initial consideration of up-front cash and Spherix common stock.

Rockstar Games

In October 2011, Rockstar creative vice president Dan Houser told Famitsu that Rockstar is intentionally avoiding developing in the first-person shooter genre.

Rockstar Weekly

In late 2009, RockStar Weekly made the shift to a broader based music and popular culture website (while maintaining coverage of heavy metal bands) and published a special edition magazine for fans of the popular American Idol Season 8 contestant Adam Lambert.

Sasha Krivtsov

Sasha Krivtsov, born (Alexander Krivtsov) June 6, 1967 in St. Petersburg, Russia, is probably best known as the bass player for the House Band on the TV reality shows Rock Star: INXS, Rock Star: Supernova and The Voice.

Scion tC

For the 2009/10 Formula Drift seasons, Tanner Foust competed using a Rockstar, AEM and Toyo Tire sponsored Scion tC converted to RWD, built by Papadakis Racing.

Season Pass

Some Season Passes have unique names, such as Max Payne 3's "Rockstar Pass. Also is used with all Telltale Games such as Back to the Future: The Game The Walking Dead: Season One The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among Us."

Shannon Stephens

Several of her old band members including Paul Mumaw (Rockstar Crush), Jason Harrod, Kenny Hutson (Vigilantes of Love) and Sufjan Stevens of her former band Marzuki show up on her self-titled release.

Stephen Herek

Moving into the 2000s, Herek directed the 2001 movie Rock Star, a film about a rockstar wannabe and the evolution of a fictional rock group Steel Dragon mimicking that of Judas Priest, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, as well as produced by George Clooney.

Strickland v. Sony

Just before leaving the case, Thompson filed a motion with the court, quoting noted designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief) as being critical of Rockstar's actions, taken from a speech Spector gave at the Montreal International Game Summit.

Tactical Communications Wing RAF

In 2007 several members of No 4 Squadron created a parody of Nickelback's music video, Rockstar, whilst serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan.


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