Alan Bown produced an improbable rock and roll superstar — though maybe it’s argued that he was hardly ever really a “superstar.” Using the trumpet as his device, he wasn’t a good terribly likely rock and roll & move bandleader, but he certainly was that, and for a number of …

Vocalist Lexa “Ophelia” Vonn describes Ophelia Growing best: “Our audio may be the Go-Go’s matches Marilyn Manson and our imagery is Kenneth Anger matches Russ Meyer.” The music group holds up to the self-portrait by merging punk intensity; metallic riffs; and dark, erotic, gothic overtones. Ophelia Rising’s origins are in …