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Earl Brutus

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Nick Sanderson, creator and frontman from the music group Earl Brutus, had a unique objective for his group: he dreamed that some time among their music could end up being the regular melody played to drive out pubs in closing period. “Our dream would be to record an ideal song to become performed at chucking-out period,” Sanderson once informed a reporter. “That’s when music makes most feeling.” While they hardly ever achieved that wish, Earl Brutus do create a really distinctive sound throughout their life time, a reworked deviation on ’70s glam rock and roll with an extra layer of consumer electronics along with a lyrical position which was obsessively male, darkly witty, powerfully stylish, enthusiastic about alcohol and United kingdom lifestyle, and laced with subtly transgressive details. Earl Brutus had been produced in 1993 by Sanderson, who acquired previously performed drums with Time clock DVA, the Weapon Membership, the Jesus and Mary String, and Globe of Twist. Teaming up with Stuart Boreman (consumer electronics and vocals), Jamie Fry (vocals), and Rob Marche (electric guitar), the group followed the name Earl Brutus, called for the pub that been around within their collective creativity along with a once-popular make of denim jeans. Earl Brutus quickly earned a status for his or her thundering sound — fifty percent Queen, fifty percent Suicide — in addition to outrageous live shows where in fact the group would ruin equipment, tripped adobe flash bombs, decorate the stage with neon indications and funeral wreaths (the second option offering banners urging the punters to “Fuck Off”), and filling up the room using the smell of aftershave cream by dumping Brut into blowing wind machines. The music group was noticed by users of Saint Etienne, who authorized Earl Brutus with their Icerink Information label, and released their debut solitary, “Life’s TOO MUCH TIME,” in 1993; 2 yrs later on, Royal Mint released their second solitary, “Bonjour Monsieur” b/w “On Me Not really in Me.” The entire year 1995 also noticed the discharge of “Solitary Seater Xmas,” a interested one-sided holiday-themed name that finished up topping the indie graphs within the U.K. “Solitary Seater Xmas” was Earl Brutus’ 1st launch for Deceptive Information, a label founded by Steve Lamacq, a disk jockey with BBC Radio 1, and following a success from the solitary, Deceptive delivered Earl Brutus in to the studio room to record their 1st recording, 1996’s Your Majesty… WE HAVE BEEN Here, the name a cheeky boast to Freddie Mercury that Earl Brutus experienced come to save lots of British rock and roll. (The recording also found out Earl Brutus with a fresh lineup, after Stuart Boreman remaining the music group after experiencing stage fright, while Gordon Ruler took over on keyboards and consumer electronics. The music group would soon put in a 5th member because of its concert events, Shin-Ya Hayashida, a hairdresser and Japanese expatriate who stand beside the stage, guzzle beverage, and shout insults on the crowd both in British and Japanese.) While Your Majesty… WE HAVE BEEN Here received a lot of attention within the press, product sales had been meager, and Deceptive was attempting economically. Earl Brutus jumped to Fruition Recordings, a department of Island Information, because of their second long-player, 1998’s Tonight You Will be the Particular One, but once more the music group had trouble connecting using the mass market, and the record stalled over the graphs. The 1999 one “Larky” became their last release, and on the next couple of years they performed just sporadically prior to making their last appearance in 2004, in a fundraiser for Ken Livingstone’s mayoral advertising campaign. Nick Sanderson remaining music and discovered are a train drivers; in 2008, he passed away at age 47 after contracting lung tumor. Stuart Boreman, Jamie Fry, Gordon Ruler, and Shin-Ya Hayashida works together again within the music group the Pre New. In 2016, both Your Majesty… WE HAVE BEEN Right here and Tonight You Will be the Unique One had been reissued in unique luxurious editions by 3 Loop Music.

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Full Name Earl Brutus
Music Songs On Me Not in Me, Life's Too Long, Come Taste MY Mind, Navyhead, Universal Plan, The S.A.S. and the Glam That Goes With It, Single Seater Xmas, Your Majesty We Are Here, Bonjour Monsieur, Midland Red, Male Milk, Don't Leave Me Behind Mate, Second Class War, North Sea Bastard, God, Let Me Be Kind, Valley of the Slimkings, Mondo Rotunda, Thelmex, Like Queer David, Don't Die Jim, England Sandwich, Black Speedway, Gypsy Camp Battle, I'm New, Male Wife, Larky, Teenage Opera, Nice Man In A Bubble, William, Taste My Mind, 99P, 48 Trash, Earl Brutus Display Purchasing Power
Albums Tonight You Are The Special One, Your Majesty… We Are Here, Your Majesty...We Are Here (Deluxe Expanded Edition)


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1 Along with Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Patrick Cassidy, Michael McKean, George Murdock and Rob LaBelle, he is one of seven actors to appear in both Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) and Smallville (2001).


Actor

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beverly Hills, 90210 1992 TV Series The Inspector
Jake and the Fatman 1992 TV Series Mr. Nelson
Last Breeze of Summer 1991 Short Will Davis
Revenge of the Nerds 1991 TV Movie P.T, Turner
False Arrest 1991 TV Movie Det. John Volland
MacGyver 1991 TV Series Asst. D.A. Johnny Denmark
Stone Cold 1991 Cunningham
Rocky V 1990 George Washington Duke
The Freshman 1990 Lloyd Simpson
Love or Money 1990 Zoo
Collision Course 1989 Jarryd Guard #2
Miami Vice 1989 TV Series Battlin' Barry Gay
The Cosby Show 1989 TV Series Moving Man
Internal Affairs 1988 TV Movie Police Commissioner
Suspect 1987 Everett Bennett
Spenser: For Hire 1987 TV Series George
Krush Groove 1985 Jay B (as Richard E. Gant)
Death of a Prophet 1981 TV Movie
Night of the Juggler 1980 Hospital Cop
Attica 1980 TV Movie Eddie Lewis
Atone 2016 Short post-production Unknown Man
The Fluffy Shop 2016 TV Movie post-production Carl
The Mindy Project 2012-2016 TV Series Melville Fuller
The Soul Man 2016 TV Series Fred
Family Time 2014-2016 TV Series Darius
Married 2015 TV Series Lincoln
The Game 2013-2015 TV Series Walter Mack
The Blexicans 2015 TV Series Carl Sr.
The Fright Night Files 2014 TV Movie Michael
Bleach 2014 TV Movie Harvey
Back in the Game 2013 TV Series Earl
Island Song 2013 Short Duke
Bunheads 2012 TV Series Michael
The Middle 2012 TV Series Pastor Watkins
Men of a Certain Age 2009-2011 TV Series Owen Thoreau Sr.
American Dad! 2007-2011 TV Series Fireman #2 Fireman
Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story 2010 Paps 'Pure Plastic' Patterson
Ashes 2010/III Thomas Muller
Waiting for Forever 2010 Albert
The Deep End 2010 TV Series Judge Byron Cole
Cold Case 2009 TV Series George Watson '09
Eli Stone 2008 TV Series Judge Marlon Anderson
Bones 2008 TV Series Arthur Lang
General Hospital: Night Shift 2007-2008 TV Series Dr. Russell Ford
General Hospital 2007-2008 TV Series Dr. Russell Ford
Boston Legal 2008 TV Series Judge Vincent Kimball
Cover 2007 Robert Mass
Daddy Day Camp 2007 Buck
The Bill Engvall Show 2007 TV Series Martin
Young Cesar 2007
Fist of the Warrior 2007 Chief Matthews
Norbit 2007 Preacher
Ezra 2007/I Mac Mondale
Summertime 2006 Paul Reeseman
How I Met Your Mother 2006 TV Series Judge
Vanished 2006 TV Series Police Chief
Deadwood 2004-2006 TV Series Hostetler
Hood of Horror 2006 Jackson
In Justice 2006 TV Series Judge Walker
Layla's Girl 2005 JB
Sex, Love & Secrets 2005 TV Series Mr. Jackson
Eve 2003-2005 TV Series Andrew Hunter
Dragnet 2004 TV Series Chemist
JAG 2004 TV Series Rear Admiral Novak
Yes, Dear 2004 TV Series Officer
The Partners 2003 TV Movie Deputy Chief
Charmed 2003 TV Series Head Witch Doctor
Smallville 2002 TV Series Principal Terrence Reynolds
Titus 2002 TV Series FBI Agent
The District 2002 TV Series Holland Isaacs
Providence 2002 TV Series Judge William Fulshaw
Special Unit 2 2001-2002 TV Series Captain Richard Page
The Job 2001 TV Series Lieutenant
Moesha 2001 TV Series Reverend Lovechild
Kingdom Come 2001 Clyde Kincade
The Drew Carey Show 2000 TV Series Reverend Holloway
For Your Love 1998-2000 TV Series Mr. Talbot
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 Denise's Father
Any Day Now 2000 TV Series
Family Law 2000 TV Series Judge John Wyles
NYPD Blue 1994-1999 TV Series Sgt. Bill Dornan Bill Dornan Det. Bill Dornan ...
Johnny B Good 1998 as Richard E. Gant
ER 1998 TV Series Mr. Lipson
Divorcing Jack 1998 Charles Parker
Damon 1998 TV Series Judge Miller
Godzilla 1998/I Admiral Phelps (as Richard E. Gant)
Sour Grapes 1998 Detective Crouch
The Big Lebowski 1998 Older Cop
The Steve Harvey Show 1998 TV Series Clarence Hightower
Built to Last 1997 TV Series Wilson
The Good News 1997 TV Series
Alright Already 1997 TV Series Judge George Goodwin
Bean 1997 Lt. Brutus
Babylon 5 1997 TV Series Captain Edward MacDougan
Smart Guy 1997 TV Series Reverend Simms
Friends 1997 TV Series Dr. Rhodes
Diagnosis Murder 1993-1997 TV Series Det. Jim Michaels / Deputy Chief Clark Nichols
The Parent 'Hood 1997 TV Series Mr. Veasey
Raven 1996 Video Russ Carlson
Chicago Hope 1996 TV Series Det. Darryl Harding
The Glimmer Man 1996 Det. Roden
Touched by an Angel 1996 TV Series Johnson
The Client 1996 TV Series Tom
Ed 1996 Umpire, Sharks game
City Hall 1996 Deputy Commissioner Samuels
Trial by Fire 1995 TV Movie Judge
Bonnie 1995 TV Series Joe Briggs
The Marshal 1995 TV Series Glenfield
Picket Fences 1994 TV Series Lawyer
Living Single 1994 TV Series Al Evans
MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice 1994 TV Movie
Martin 1994 TV Series Rev. Barnes
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1994 TV Series Judge R. Cobb
Thea 1994 TV Series Henry Bolton
Wings 1993 TV Series Jack
Renegade 1993 TV Series Michael Prince
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 Coroner
Seinfeld 1993 TV Series Fred
Posse 1993 Doubletree
Empty Nest 1993 TV Series Sgt. Fletcher
Men Don't Tell 1993 TV Movie Pope
CB4 1993 Baa Baa Ack
L.A. Law 1993 TV Series Mr. Holmes
The Tower 1993 TV Movie Wilson
Trade Winds 1993 TV Mini-Series Judge
Condition: Critical 1992 TV Movie Sgt. Lidner
Murphy Brown 1992 TV Series Judge
Reasonable Doubts 1991-1992 TV Series Alvin Pinkston
Roc 1992 TV Series Black Officer

Self

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mama & Me 2011 Documentary Himself
Black Theater Today: 2005 2005 Documentary

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Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
5 Second Movies 2008 TV Series George Washington Duke

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